LGBTQ+ Book Recommendations!

Solitaire follows Charlie’s older sister, Victoria “Tori” Spring, as she fumbles her way through teenage depression, meeting a boy [Michael Holden] who seems to be the first person who really understands her, and Solitaire — an obscure group who keep organizing pranks at her school. But when those “pranks” start getting out of hand, something tells Tori that she’s the only one who can stop them.

-Jefferyreads.com

Includes

• Asexual Representation (Tori)

• Pansexual Representation (Michael)

• Gay Representation (Charlie)

• Bisexual Representation (Nick)

Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret – not even the person she is on the inside. But when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom.

-Alice Oseman.com

Includes

• Bisexual Representation (Frances)

• Gay Representation (Aled, Daniel)

• Lesbian Representation (Carys)

Gracefully Grayson is a great example of the magic of middle grade fiction. Grayson's parents died in a traumatic car crash, and he now lives with his aunt and uncle and cousins. Grayson has always wanted to be a girl. He knows that acting this way means getting in trouble and getting bullied, so he just daydreams.

-Takestwotobookreview.com

Includes

• Transgender Representation (MtF) (Grayson)

Rick and his best friend Jeff start middle school together, but Rick is increasingly troubled by Jeff's bullying and homophobia. Rick finds refuge in his school's Rainbow Spectrum Club, a group supporting LGBTQ students and their allies, but struggles in his desire to stand up to Jeff.

-Commonsensemedia.org

Includes

• Asexual Aromantic Representation (Rick)

• Transgender Representation (Melissa)

• +More

In Alice Austen Lived Here, best friends Sam and TJ are assigned a project in class: to research and write an essay about a person from history that lived in their area, Staten Island, who deserves to be the model for a statue to be erected in the city.

Includes

• Non-Binary Representation (Sam, TJ, +More)

• Lesbian Representation (Multiple Characters)

When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.

Melissa thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part... because she's a boy.

With the help of her best friend, Kelly, Melissa comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all.

-Amazon.com

Includes

• Transgender Representation (MtF) (Melissa)

18y/o Georgia feels loveless. She's never been in a relationship or had any crushes, despite being obsessed with romance. But when a close friend confesses his feelings for her, Georgia starts to question her feelings and her identity… because maybe she just isn't into guys.

Includes

• Asexual Aromantic Representation (Georgia)

Heartstopper tells the story of Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson – two British schoolboys who attend the fictional Truham Grammar School – as they meet and fall in love. The series also follows the lives and relationships of their friends, many of whom are LGBTQ+.

-Wikipedia

Includes:

• Gay Representation (Charlie, Aled)

• Bisexual Representation (Nick, Sahar)

• Transgender Representation (Trans MtF) (Elle)

• Lesbian Representation (Tara, Darcy)

• Asexual Representation (Tori)

Riverdale meets Stranger Things in this debut queer YA graphic novel, developed from a hit webcomic. Set in the haunted town of Blackwater, Maine, two boys fall for each other as they dig for clues to a paranormal mystery. "For fans of Heartstopper and Teen Wolf."

Includes

• Gay Representation (Eli)

• Bisexual Representation (Tony)

• Transgender Representation (Trans FtM) (Eli)