Middle Grade
Male Protags
- The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
- King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
- Better Nate than Ever by Tim Federle
- Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas (Audible)
- Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (Audible)
Female Protags
- Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow (Audible)
- Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
- The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
- Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
- Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
- Star Crossed by Barbara Dee
- Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff (Audible)
- Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby
- In the Role of Brie Hitchens… by Nicole Melleby (Audible)
- How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby (Audible)
- Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass (Audible)
Nonbinary Protags
- Both Can Be True by Jules Machias (Audible)
- Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky (Audible)
- Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass (Audible)
Anthologies
- This is Our Rainbow ed. by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
Young Adult
Male Protags
Realistic
- How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (CD | Audible)
- What If It’s Us? by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera (CD | Audible)
- The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
- One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva (CD | Audible)
- Something Like Summer by Jay Bell (Audible)
- This Is Kind Of An Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender (Audible * MP3 CD)
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor
- The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle (CD | Audible)
- Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
- We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra (Audible)
- Social Intercourse by Greg Howard (CD | Audible)
- Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg (Audible)
- Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (Audible)
- The Music Of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg (Audible)
- The Sidekicks by Will Kostakis (Audible)
- All We Can Do is Wait by Richard Lawson (Audible)
- Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (Audible)
- Boy meets Boy by David Levithan (MP3 CD | Audible)
- Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (CD | Audible)
- Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith (Audible)
- Act Cool by Tobly McSmith
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Audible)
- Release by Patrick Ness (Audible)
- Anger Is A Gift by Mark Oshiro (Audible | CD)
- Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (MP3 CD | Audible)
- Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig (Audible)
- White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig (Audible)
- Camp by L.C. Rosen (Audible)
- Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan (CD)
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (CD | Audible)
- Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
- Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa (CD | Audible)
- Drag Teen by Jeffery Self (Audible)
- A Very, Very Bad Thing by Jeffery Self (Audible)
- Jerkbait by Mia Siegert (Audible | MP3)
- The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis (Audible)
- Date Me, Bryson Keller! by Kevin van Whye (Audible)
- Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley (CD | Audible)
- What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson (Audible)
- We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson (Audible | MP3)
Speculative
- Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak (MP3 CD|Audible)
- Last Bus To Everland by Sophie Cameron (Audible | CD)
- The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich (Audible)
- The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
- The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
- The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos (CD|Audible)
- The Disasters by MK England (CD | Audible)
- We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (Audible)
- At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson (Audible)
- The Past And Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson (Audible | CD)
- The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (CD|Audible)
- Fever King by Victoria Lee (Audible|MP3 CD)
- Proxy by Alex London (Audible)
- Hero by Perry Moore (MP3 CD | Audible)
- The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (Audible)
- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (CD | Audible)
- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (Audible)
- Timekeeper by Tara Sims (Audible| MP3 CD)
- The Shadow War by Lindsay Smith
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
- And I Darken by Kiersten White (CD | Audible)
Female Protags
Realistic
- Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler (Audible | Libro.fm)
- Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler (Audible | Libro.fm)
- Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (Audible | Libro.fm)
- His Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler (Audible | Libro.fm)
- Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (Audible)
- Far From the Tree by Robin Benway (Audible)
- I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch (Audible | Libro.fm)
- The Pursuit of Miss Heartbreak Hotel by Moe Bonneau (Audible)
- Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju (Audible | CD)
- Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (Audible)
- Echo After Echo by AR Capetta (Audible)
- Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert (Audible)
- Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst (Audible | CD)
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth (MP3 CD | Audible)
- Belly Up by Eve Darrows (Audible)
- Unbecoming by Jenny Downham (Audible)
- Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan (Audible)
- Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan (Audible | Libro.fm)
- Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan (Audible | Libro.fm)
- Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan (Audible | Libro.fm)
- I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Alison Raskin (Audible)
- My Heart Underwater by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo
- Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan (CD | Audible)
- All Eyes On Us by Kit Frick (Audible | CD)
- Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard (CD | Audible)
- Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden (CD | Audible)
- Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough
- None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio (Audible) – I
- Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (Audible)
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
- The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Kahn (Audible)
- Ask the Passengers by A.S. King (Audible)
- Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner
- Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour (Audible)
- We Are Okay by Nina LaCour (Audible)
- I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee
- Squad by Mariah MacCarthy (Audible | CD)
- People Like Us by Dana Mele (Audible)
- The Prom by Saundra Mitchell
- This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp (MP3 CD | Audible)
- Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp (Recorded Books)
- Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters (Audible)
- Lies My Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Anne Peters (CD | Audible)
- The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus (Audible)
- Like Water by Rebecca Podos (Audible)
- The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston (Audible | CD)
- Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
- Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen (Audible)
- Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen
- Just Juliet by Charlotte Reagan (Audible)
- Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (MP3 CD | Audible)
- Unspeakable by Abbie Rushton (Audible)
- If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (CD | Audible)
- Empress of the World by Sara Ryan (Audible)
- This is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi (Audible)
- The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth (CD|Audible)
- The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding (Audible)
- It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura (Audible)
- Pulp by Robin Talley (CD|Audible)
- Music From Another World by Robin Talley (CD|Audible)
- The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley (CD|Audible)
- Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall
- The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante (Audible)
- The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde (Audible)
- The Gravity Between Us by Kristen Zimmer (Audible)
Speculative
- Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
- Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block (MP3 CD|Audible)
- The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow (CD | Audible)
- The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta (Audible)
- The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta (Audible)
- Once and Future by Cori McCarthy and Amy Rose Capetta (Audible|CD)
- Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
- Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova (Audible)
- Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (Audible)
- Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst (Audible)
- Dreadnought by April Daniels (Audible)
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (Audible)
- The Cerulean by Amy Ewing (Audible|CD)
- Rise by Ellen Goodlett (Audible)
- The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
- The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman (Audible|CD)
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (Audible)
- The Afterward by E. K. Johnston (Audible)
- Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer (Audible)
- Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee (Audible)
- The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee (Audible)
- Furyborn by Claire Legrand (Audible)
- Ash by Malinda Lo (MP3 CD | Audible)
- Huntress by Malinda Lo (MP3 CD | Audible)
- Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh (Audible)
- We Set The Dark On Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia (Audible | CD)
- Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy
- Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan (Audible | CD)
- Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro
- A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha
- The Last 8 by Laura Pohl (Audible | CD)
- The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski (CD|Audible)
- Out Of Salem by Hal Schrieve (Audible | Audio CD)
- These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling (Audible)
- The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling
- Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters
- The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Male and Female Protags
Realistic
- Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan
- You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour (CD | Audible)
- Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson (Audible)
- Like A Love Story by Abdi Nazemian (Audible | CD)
- Birthday by Meredith Russo (Audible)
Speculative
Non-Binary Protags
Realistic
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver (Audible)
- The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver
- Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (CD | Audible)
Speculative
Anthologies
- His Hideous Heart ed. by Dahlia Adler (Audio CD)
- That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler
- All Out ed. by Saundra Mitchell (Audible)