LGBTQAI+ Young Adult Fiction
This Pride Month, we’re celebrating the books that are there for our youth–books that explore individual journeys of understanding identities and relationships through growth, struggle, love, and joy.
Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender
Felix Love, a Black, queer, transgender teen learns about identity, falling in love for the first time, and self-discovery.
The Henna Wars
Adiba Jaigirdar
Nishat, a Bangladeshi Muslim girl who has just come out to her parents, and Flávia, a charismatic Afro-Brazilian student, are brought together through competition in this romantic comedy.
Juliet Takes a Breath
Gabby Rivera
Juliet Milagros Palante leaves the Bronx for Portland, OR over the summer for introspection on what it means to be a Puerto Rican lesbian and feminist.
Love Beyond Body, Space & Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology
Edited by Hope Nicholson
An anthology of Indigenous science fiction focusing on LGBTQAI+ and two-spirit characters.
Cinderella is Dead
Kalynn Bayron
Sophia lives in a world where the heteronormative tradition of the Cinderella fairy tale is required, however, her desire to marry Erin leads her on a quest to break down societal expectations.
I’ll Be the One
Lyla Lee
Skye Shin pursues her dreams of joining the world of K-Pop despite the fat-phobic beauty standards of the entertainment industry and finds bisexual romance along the way.
Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun
Jonny Garza Villa
While making plans for college, Julián Luna impulsively comes out on Twitter. The upside is that his crush slides into his DMs and he’s finally given the opportunity to make choices as his true self.
Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger
Elatsoe is an asexual Lipan Apache teenager with the ability to raise the ghosts of dead animals–an ancestral skill that guides her on a journey to protect her family.
Meet Cute Diary
Emery Lee
Noah Ramirez is a transgender teen with a fictional fantasy blog that brings him to a friendship that grows into a true romance.
