One of the things I emotion astir astir bisexual romance books is the diverseness of relationships they tin represent: M/F romances, F/F romances, M/M romances, nonbinary romances, adjacent polyamorous romances — each of these tin autumn nether the umbrella of bi+ romance. That’s thing you don’t get to spot each time successful the romance world. Bisexual romance books springiness authors — and readers — truthful overmuch possibility. It’s astir similar a take your ain escapade successful romance publication form. That tin besides admittedly marque it hard to find from the cover, the blurb, oregon adjacent the outset whether a publication is simply a bisexual romance publication astatine all, though. And for readers craving bi representation, that is simply a problem.
But that’s wherever lists similar this 1 travel successful to prevention the day. Between my ain speechmaking and a spot of net sleuthing, I’ve determined that these 14 queer books diagnostic 1 — oregon adjacent 2 — bisexual characters that autumn successful love. It mightiness not beryllium each the bisexual YA romcoms you could ever inquire for, but it’s surely a bully spot to start! And they diagnostic immoderate tropes you volition emotion to boot, from fake dating to friends-to-enemies-to-lovers. Bisexual YA romcoms truly tin bash it all!
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
I emotion Talia Hibbert’s big romance novels — similar Take a Hint, Dani Brown, different swoony bisexual romance — truthful I was thrilled to find retired her YA debut would besides diagnostic a bi romance. As if that weren’t enough, it’s besides a friends to enemies to lovers communicative astir 2 overachievers who rekindle their relationship — and their feelings — during an elite survivalist improvement programme for teens.
No Boy Summer by Amy Spalding
A pledge betwixt 2 sisters to debar immoderate and each lad play for the summertime backfires erstwhile 1 of them falls for a miss astatine the section java shop. After a twelvemonth afloat of heartbreak, Lydia and her younger sister Penny person agreed that the solution is to debar boys altogether. And a summertime spent with their aunt successful Los Angeles is the cleanable accidental to absorption connected them. It was lone boys they agreed to avoid, though. So erstwhile Lydia starts to autumn for a miss astatine her caller job, it’s not truly breaking their pact, right?
Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler
Split betwixt staying with her dada successful New York (and the miss she’s been crushing on) oregon spending the summertime with her estranged ma (and possibly repairing their damaged relationship), 2 imaginable timelines play retired for Natalya. And whether she stays with her dada and yet goes aft the miss of her dreams oregon flies crossed the state to sojourn her ma and meets a feline she ne'er expected, well, 1 thing’s for sure: this summertime is going to beryllium afloat of possibility.
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I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee
Skye Shin knows she has what it takes to beryllium a K-Pop star. But portion everyone recognizes her accomplishment arsenic a singer, nary 1 seems to deliberation a abdominous miss should dance. So erstwhile she auditions and earns a spot connected a caller contention amusement searching for the adjacent K-Pop star, she’s determined to bash it all. But fatphobic quality standards tally conscionable arsenic heavy successful the Korean popular satellite arsenic successful Hollywood, and arsenic overmuch arsenic Skye knows she has what it takes, she’ll person to beryllium it to everyone else. And a fling with a chap contestant — a celebrated chap contestant — probably isn’t going to assistance with that. But Henry Cho believes successful her, too, and sometimes there’s nary stopping the bosom erstwhile it knows what it wants.
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
Imogen isn’t conscionable an ally; she’s the champion state successful the world. She ne'er misses Pride, and knows much astir queer media sermon than adjacent her precise queer small sister. So erstwhile her champion person Lili tells a tiny fib to her caller assemblage friends — that she and Imogen utilized to day — it’s nary large deal, really. Not astatine all. Imogen mightiness beryllium ace hetero, but she’s besides an ally. Only Lili’s caller person Tessa doesn’t cognize Imogen is straight. And she decidedly is, and ever has been, contempt her increasing girl-crush connected Tessa. That’s wholly normal, right?
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
After coming retired to their household arsenic nonbinary, Ben is kicked retired by their parents and moves successful with their estranged older sister. They’re struggling with an aggravated anxiousness upset and to get done the past fractional of elder twelvemonth unnoticed, Ben is conscionable doing what it takes to survive. But past the comic and charming Nathan Allan takes Ben nether his wing. Soon, what starts arsenic conscionable relationship could beryllium the accidental for truthful overmuch much — maybe adjacent a accidental astatine existent happiness aft truthful overmuch heartbreak.
Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda
Maggie’s beingness has ever been a spot messy, and she’s perfectly good with that. But erstwhile it comes clip to prime an escort for her small sister’s quinceañera, Maggie has to look up to the analyzable feelings she has for her 3 champion friends: Amanda, her archetypal crush; Matt, her two-time-ex who won’t halt flirting with her; and Dani, who has plentifulness of romanticist baggage of her own. Can she fig retired immoderate mode to debar each the disasters that travel up successful life, oregon is it amended to conscionable dive close in?
They Hate Each Other by Amanda Woody
Jonah and Dylan hatred each other, but their friends are definite the 2 bisexual seniors’ disdain is conscionable thinly disguised lust. And erstwhile they aftermath up successful the aforesaid furniture aft homecoming, they cognize their friends are going to person a tract time with this small indiscretion — unless they tin usage it to their advantage. If they tin fake day conscionable agelong capable to enactment retired a heated breakup, possibly they tin yet person them that they truly aren’t meant to be. The lone problem? Suddenly, they don’t look to hatred each different rather truthful much.
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
When her friends invalidate her individuality since she’s lone ever dated guys, Hani lies and says she’s dating the archetypal miss she tin happening of: Ishu Dey. The lone occupation is Hani and Ishu are opposites. Hani is fashionable and easygoing, portion Ishu is an overachiever hoping to go caput miss for her assemblage applications. But if Hani tin assistance Ishu go much popular, possibly she could really get capable votes to beryllium elected caput girl. All it requires is pretending to beryllium a couple. And if existent feelings soon follow, well, possibly there’s thing each that fake astir their narration aft all.
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Chloe Green’s 1 rival for valedictorian, prom queen Shara Wheeler, has disappeared. But not earlier kissing Chloe. Now, Chloe and the 2 different guys Shara has kissed are near with lone a bid of cryptic notes and a burning tendency to recognize Shara Wheeler. If Chloe tin resistance Shara backmost earlier graduation, past she’ll person a accidental to bushed her just and square. But the much she gets to cognize Smith and Rory, Shara’s longtime fellow and the atrocious lad next-door, the much she questions Shara’s motives. And maybe, conscionable maybe, there’s much to Shara Wheeler than meets the eye.
This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender
Nathan Bird whitethorn beryllium a movie buff with aspirations to marque his ain movies, but helium doesn’t judge successful blessed endings. Not anymore. After his dada died and near his ma heartbroken, he’s determined to prevention himself from the aforesaid fate. But his champion friend, Florence, (who besides happens to beryllium his ex-girlfriend) is determined to beryllium helium tin find a happily ever aft of his own. And erstwhile his puerility champion person abruptly returns to his life, it seems similar Florence mightiness beryllium connected to thing aft all.
Perfect connected Paper by Sophie Gonzales
Darcy whitethorn springiness retired proposal connected love, but her ain emotion beingness is acold from perfect. In fact, it’s practically nonexistent. And that’s conscionable 1 of the galore reasons she keeps her narration proposal work wholly anonymous. So erstwhile Alexander Brougham — whom she loathes — catches her collecting letters from locker 89, she agrees to assistance him triumph backmost his ex successful speech for keeping her secret. How hard could it beryllium to assistance a feline triumph backmost a miss who’s already fallen for him erstwhile and besides support her champion person from uncovering retired her concealed successful the process?
Running with Lions by Julian Winters
A precocious schoolhouse goalie heading into his elder twelvemonth has a batch to look guardant to, but erstwhile his estranged puerility champion person shows up for summertime training, it turns each his plans upside down. Not lone does helium request to triumph backmost Emir’s spot successful bid to support the squad moving smoothly, helium besides has to look up to the feelings helium has for his aged friend. And if those feelings are reciprocated, possibly his elder twelvemonth volition beryllium adjacent amended than helium had planned.
Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
Author of Hot Dog Girl and Verona Comics is backmost with different bisexual YA romcom. After being kicked retired of her Catholic schoolhouse for being queer — which seemingly goes against the codification of behaviour — retired and arrogant way prima Morgan is determined to beryllium her existent self. But erstwhile she falls for a closeted bisexual pageant queen with a penchant for fixing up cars, she’s not rather definite what to do. Morgan doesn’t privation to fell anymore, and Ruby isn’t acceptable to travel out. Can immoderate narration past that? Only clip volition tell.