A-Z Queer YA Recommendations for Pride

Annie connected My Mind by Nancy Garden

This classical young big caller is worthy a work for its beauteous depiction of young love, and for its humanities value — it was 1 of the archetypal YA books astir a same-sex mates falling successful emotion that doesn’t person a bittersweet oregon tragic ending. It tells the communicative of Liza and Annie, 2 New York City teens who autumn successful love.

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

This Lambda Literary Award-winning caller was a revelation erstwhile it released successful 2003. It’s astir Paul, who is openly cheery and lives successful an accepting municipality wherever being cheery isn’t a large deal. When helium blows his accidental astatine getting with the feline of his dreams, helium puts it each connected the enactment for a 2nd chance.

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

In this fantasy, Sophia lives 200 years aft Cinderella has recovered her prince, and present each the eligible young women successful the kingdom indispensable look astatine the yearly shot to beryllium matched to aboriginal husbands. This is simply a occupation for Sophia, who’d overmuch alternatively wed her puerility person Erin, and erstwhile she runs distant from the ball, she discovers a overmuch darker concealed astir Cinderella’s legacy.

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Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Darius is Iranian American, and helium ne'er feels similar he’s “enough” successful the U.S. oregon to his Iranian family. But an unexpected travel to Iran to sojourn his grandparents opens up his perspective, particularly erstwhile helium makes friends with his grandparents’ neighbor, a feline his ain age.

Epically Earnest by Molly Horan

In this retelling of The Importance of Being Earnest, Jane is somewhat celebrated for 1 thing: being recovered arsenic a babe successful a decorator container astatine a bid station. Now she’s wondering if she should look for her biologic parents, oregon if her champion person Algie is conscionable pushing for her to bash so. Add to this a crush connected Algie’s relative Gwen, and Jane has a batch connected her plate.

Flip the Script by Lyla Lee

Hana is simply a pb histrion successful a fashionable caller K-drama, and she’s crushing it. She doesn’t caput terribly that her co-star Bryan is falling for her, but erstwhile the showrunners bring connected a caller histrion to beryllium on-screen rival, Hana is amazed to find herself falling for the caller girl.

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

Shady has the powerfulness to summon ghosts by playing a fiddle she inherited from her father, but she’d alternatively disregard this peculiar endowment arsenic it lone seems to marque beingness much complicated. But erstwhile her member is accused of murder, Shady volition person to look the ghosts to find the truth.

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

Ishu and Hani whitethorn beryllium the lone Brown girls astatine their Irish school, but that doesn’t mean they’re friends. But erstwhile Hani comes retired arsenic bisexual to her friends and they don’t judge her due to the fact that she’s ne'er dated a girl, Hani panics and pretends Ishu is her girlfriend. Ishu doesn’t emotion the deception, but she could usage immoderate societal clout that Hani has to offer, and the brace onslaught a woody that gets analyzable erstwhile they drawback feelings.

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

One of the archetypal YA books with a nonbinary protagonist, this publication follows Ben, who comes retired arsenic nonbinary and is kicked retired of their parents’ house. Taking refuge with their older sister Hannah, Ben starts caller astatine a caller schoolhouse determined to support their caput down. But erstwhile they conscionable Nathan, an outgoing feline who tries to link with Ben, Ben has to determine if it’s worthy the hazard to unfastened themself up to Nathan.

Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June

Jay is the lone retired kid successful his tiny town, and helium dreams of dating misadventures similar the ones his peers are ever talking about. So erstwhile his household unexpectedly moves to Seattle during his elder year, Jay has a bucket database of things helium wants to do. But what happens erstwhile his transportation with 1 feline successful peculiar conflicts with his ain dating agenda?

Kings of B’more by R. Eric Thomas

Harrison isn’t precisely looking guardant to each the chaos that starting inferior twelvemonth volition bring, but astatine slightest he’ll person his champion person Linus by his side, and they person a full summertime earlier facing it. Then Linus drops a bombshell: he’s moving. Harrison attempts to battalion successful each of the amusive and escapade they were meant to person successful conscionable a fewer abbreviated days, starring them connected the astir epic Pride solemnisation ever.

The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

This award-winning caller follows Yami, a closeted lesbian who transfers to Catholic schoolhouse with her small brother. Determined to play it consecutive and conscionable past until graduation, she’s unprepared for what happens erstwhile she meets the pretty, intriguing, retired and arrogant miss of her dreams.

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Noah is the writer of a blog afloat of trans happily ever aft stories…but they’re fiction. He didn’t mean to deceive people, helium conscionable wanted to constitute immoderate romance stories arsenic a mode of holding retired anticipation for love. But erstwhile a troll exposes Noah, he’s hopeless to prevention face, truthful helium embarks connected a fake dating strategy that volition person a fewer unexpected twists.

Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth

When Aideen helps an overwhelmed Meabh orchestrate an wounded to get retired of immoderate extracurriculars, Aideen thinks that volition beryllium the extremity of it…but past different classmates privation Aideen’s “help,” and she soon has her hands afloat with hijinks that mightiness rotation retired of power if she’s not careful.

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

Denna has been betrothed to the prince from the neighboring kingdom, and she knows her work is to permission her location and marque this governmental alliance. The lone problem? She possesses magic that is amerciable successful her caller country. She tries to support it hidden, but erstwhile she meets her fiancé’s sister and begins to autumn for the beautiful, tempestuous Mare, Denna finds keeping secrets harder than she imagined.

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Set successful a utopian satellite without unit oregon war, Jam, who is trans, has grown up learning astir however the angels banished the monsters from their home. So Jam is shocked erstwhile a driblet of her humor summons a monstrous carnal who claims determination is 1 monster inactive left, and it’s up to Jam to hunt it.

Queer Ducks and Other Animals by Eliot Schrefer

Same-sex attraction is not unsocial to homo sapiens, and successful this witty and engaging award-winning nonfiction title, Schrefer presents historical, scientific, and anthropological probe connected queer creatures passim the carnal kingdom.

Running with Lions by Julian Winters

Sebastian is excited for a elder twelvemonth afloat of shot wherever helium doesn’t person to fell who helium is from his manager oregon teammates. But erstwhile an ex-friend joins the team, Sebastian is acrophobic that past play volition drawback up with him, truthful helium sets retired to regain his ex-friend’s spot with immoderate astonishing results.

A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

Aria has been sent to California to walk the summertime with her grandma aft an unfortunate incidental astatine a graduation enactment got backmost to her parents. She loves her grandmother, but this was not the summertime she had successful mind. But erstwhile she meets her grandmother’s gardener, Steph, Aria can’t assistance but consciousness a magnetic propulsion toward her arsenic she reckons with what she thought she knew astir herself, her friendships, and her family.

They Both Die astatine the End by Adam Silvera

Mateo and Rufus don’t cognize each other, but erstwhile they person the quality that they’ll dice today, they link via an app conscionable for radical who are astir to die. Even though they are strangers, they caput retired connected a expansive escapade to cram arsenic overmuch surviving arsenic they perchance tin successful conscionable 1 day.

The (Un)Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

Mark is simply a trans feline starting implicit astatine a caller school, pretending to beryllium cis due to the fact that his person dada is uncomfortable with Mark’s identity. Mark conscionable wants to support a debased profile, but erstwhile an atrocious pupil astatine his schoolhouse runs for pupil president, Mark tosses his chapeau successful the ring. As the run heats up, Mark makes friends and mightiness adjacent find love, but erstwhile idiosyncratic goes digging into his past, he’s astatine hazard of losing it all.

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

Tina whitethorn look similar a mean quality teenage girl, but successful reality, she’s the clone of an alien masquerading arsenic a hero. She is besides the keeper of an intergalactic beacon, and if she ever needs to prevention the universe, each she needs to bash is property the fastener to prevention everyone from evil. But erstwhile the beacon activates, adjacent Tina is unprepared for what happens next.

When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

Miel and Sam are champion friends turned lovers. Everyone knows they’re unusual and mysterious but meant to beryllium together. When the Bronner sisters, rumored to beryllium witches, acceptable their sights connected Sam and privation the roses that Miel tin turn from her wrists, the mates is successful sedate danger…unless they tin uncover the information to combat the sisters.

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

Nick is simply a large superhero instrumentality lad and instrumentality fabrication writer, and he’s crushing large clip connected his city’s astir celebrated superhero. The crush lone grows erstwhile Nick has a accidental brushwood with him, and helium sets retired to beryllium himself worthy of his love, with the reluctant assistance of his champion friend.

You Should See Me successful a Crown by Leah Johnson

Liz has a program for getting retired of town, and it involves a assistance to her imagination school. But erstwhile her fiscal assistance falls through, she’s desperate…until she remembers that prom king and queen are awarded assemblage scholarships. Although she is not the prom queen benignant successful her small, achromatic Midwestern town, Liz sets retired to triumph the crown — and finds herself moving against a precise cute caller girl.

Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina Khan

Zara and her household unrecorded successful Texas, and portion beingness isn’t precisely casual for Muslims successful her town, she tries to support a debased illustration truthful arsenic not to jeopardize her family’s migration process. But erstwhile she speaks up astir bullying, it sets disconnected a concatenation of events that rapidly spiral retired of control.