These 54 LGBTQ+ YA Books belong on your bookshelves
Any and all books targeted at young adults featuring gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters. As a proud lesbian, seeing yourself reflected in a book is refreshing. The problem is, it can be hard to tell which queer ya books are worth reading. 
25 New LGBTQ+ Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2025
As David Levithan mentioned in his guest post, YA literature has had a tide coming in of LGBTQIA+ books. There are constantly more and more queer books making their way onto our shelves, particularly in this space, and we’re absolutely thrilled to be able to shoutout some of our favorites! Back To Top. To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes. To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
YA Gay Books (107 books)
It’s time to celebrate Pride year-round! Here's a list of new books centering LGBTQ+ characters, experiences, and identities. Being a young adult is a tumultuous experience. The late teens and early twenties are confusing years. 
8 Great Queer YA Novels for 2025
We've put together a list of 30 recommended YA books featuring LGBTQ+ characters and themes. We include books from Madeline Miller, Leigh Bardugo, John Green, and many more. Young Adult. About Us.
20 LGBTQ YA Books to Add to Your Reading List
is shaping up to be a really great year for YA fiction, particularly queer fiction. In years past, finding queer YA was a challenge, but today queer YA dominates the bookshelves. It’s not just romance either. There’s queer mystery/thrillers, queer rom-coms, queer sci-fi, queer horror, queer fantasy—all under the YA umbrella. To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes. To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
The 10 Best LGBT YA Books You Should Have Read Already By Now!
Can’t get enough LGBTQIA+ YA fiction? You’re not alone. Here Erica Gillingham of iconic bookshop Gay’s the Word shares the books to add to your TBR pile. . LGBTQ for YA (1245 books)
These stories — heartfelt family sagas, thrillers and everything in between — dive into the beauty, challenges and complexity of being queer today. . 19 Must
The problem is, it can be hard to tell which queer ya books are worth reading. From ya fantasy and historical fiction to ya contemporary. This post will share the best LGBTQ+ books for teens This post isn’t meant to be an exhaustive list of every single LGBTQ+ YA Book I’ve read. It’s a guide to the absolute best ones to read. .