LGBTQIA Reads

Kings, queens, and in-betweens / Tanya Boteju

After a bewildering encounter at her small town's annual summer festival, seventeen-year-old biracial, queer Nima plunges into the world of drag, where she has the chance to explore questions of identity, acceptance, self-expression, and love.

The dead and the dark / Courtney Gould

When Logan, the adopted daughter of reality television ghosthunters, teams up with Ashley to search for missing teens in Snakebite, Oregon, they find themselves falling for each other as they uncover a hidden evil.

You should see me in a crown / Leah Johnson

Liz Lighty has always flown under the radar in her small, prom-obsessed town. However, she now faces a situation where she has to enter a contest to win prom queen for a monetary prize, and she learns about her own identity along the way.

Felix ever after / Kacen Callender

Felix Love, a transgender seventeen-year-old, attempts to get revenge by catfishing his anonymous bully. However, he lands in a love triangle with his former enemy and his best friend.

Only mostly devastated / Sophie Gonzales

When his aunt's illness keeps Ollie in North Carolina, he hopes his summer fling with Will can grow into something more, but at school Will proves to be a completely different--and closeted--guy.

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali / Sabina Khan

Rukhsana is looking forward to going to CalTech and getting away from her conservative Muslim parents' expectation that she will marry, especially since she is in love with her girlfriend Ariana.

Meet cute diary / Emery Lee

Noah, a trans romance blogger, is found to be a fraud when it comes to the romantic posts he writes about in his Meet Cute Diary. He enlists the help of a friend to help him make them real and learns some truths about romance and himself.

The gentleman's guide to vice and virtue / Mackenzi Lee

Vowing to make his yearlong escapade across Europe his last hurrah before taking over the family estate, Henry "Monty" Montague and his best friend Percy find themselves in the middle of a dangerous manhunt involving pirates and highwaymen.

Indestructible object / Mary McCoy

In the city of Memphis, eighteen-year-old Lee and her boyfriend Vincent make a popular podcast on artists in love, but Lee learns that stories of happily-ever-after love do not always mirror real life.

If I was your girl / Meredith Russo

Amanda Hardy only wants to fit in at her new school, but she is keeping a big secret, so when she falls for Grant, guarded Amanda finds herself yearning to share with him everything about herself, including her previous life as Andrew.

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe / Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

Not my problem / Ciara Smyth

A teen girl, Aideen, makes a journey from self-protectively tough to ready and willing to face her main problem: her single mother's alcoholism.

Between perfect and real / Ray Stoeve

After being cast as Romeo in the school play, Dean realizes he wants everyone to see him as he really is, a male, and not just play one on the stage, despite the risk of losing everything.

Fence. Volume one / written by C.S. Pacat ; illustrated by Johanna the Mad ; colors by Joana Lafuente ; letters by Jim Campbell

Nicholas, the illegitimate son of a retired fencing champion, dreams of getting the chance and the training to actually compete. After getting accepted to the prodigious Kings Row private school, Nicholas is thrust into a cut-throat world.

Cold / Mariko Tamaki

Told in alternating perspectives, Todd replays the events that lead to his death in the local park, watching as detectives investigate his murder and talk to the students responsible for it, and meanwhile Georgia, who does not know Todd, cannot stop thinking about him.

Mooncakes / written by Suzanne Walker ; illustrated by Wendy Xu ; lettered by Joamette Gil

Two friends, Nova and Tam, wonder if there might be more between them as they take on dark opponents that threaten to destroy their town.

Queer : the ultimate LGBTQ guide for teens / Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke

Queer is a humorous, engaging, and honest guide that helps LGBT teens come out to friends and family, navigate their new social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and rise up against bigotry and homophobia.

All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto / George M. Johnson

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.

On top of glass : my stories as a queer girl in figure skating / Karina Manta

An ice dancer shares her journey toward self-discovery and love, offering words of encouragement and reflective insight on relationships, mental health, and competitive skating culture.