The Resolutions by Mia Garcia
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Summer Confessions by Lynn Vroman
Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz
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Category Archives: Fave Five
Fave Five: Queer YA Magical Realism/Fabulism
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz
Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
About A Girl by Sarah McCarry
Bonus: Coming up in October, Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
Fave Five: F/F YA to Read if You Loved Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
A&B by JC Lillis
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in LA) by Amy Spalding
Bonus: Seemed a little obvious to include in the five, but: Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
Double Bonus: This is literally just more recommendations; so sue me: Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley, Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler, Style by Chelsea M. Cameron, and Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley.
Fave Five: Queer Autistic Main Characters
The Lifeline Signal by RoAnna Sylver
Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sonderby
An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles
Whip Stir and Serve by Caitlyn Frost and Henry Drake
The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish
Bonus: For great books with major queer characters that also have autistic main characters (but not queer, autistic MCs), check out On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis and Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde. For a short stories, try “Four-Point Affective Calibration” by Bogi Takács and “Tenderness” by Xan West in Queerly Loving 2.
Fave Five: LGBTQ Takes on Pride & Prejudice
The Right Thing to Do at the Time by Dov Zeller (trans m/f)
The Story of Lizzy and Darcy by Grace Watson (f/f)
Gay Pride and Prejudice by Kate Christie (f/f)
First Impressions by Christopher Koehler (m/m)
Gay Pride and Prejudice by Ryan Field (m/m)
Fave Five: LGBTQP MG/YA Set at Summer Camp
Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Nothing Happened by Molly Booth
Keeping Her Secret by Sarah Nicolas
Lunaside by JL Douglas
On a Summer Night by Gabriel D. Vidrine
Fave Five: Sapphic Plus-Size Protagonists
Shhhh it’s really six. Tell no one.
The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw
The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember
Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman
Final Draft by Riley Redgate
Fave Five: M/M YA with Sex on the Page
History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
Release by Patrick Ness
White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
Jack of Hearts (and other parts) by L.C. Rosen
It’s Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kheryn Callender
Fave Five: YAs with F/NB Pairings
The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde (Contemporary Romance, GQ LI)
Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake (Contemporary, GQ LI)
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (Contemporary, GF MC)
Like Water by Rebecca Podos (Contemporary, GQ LI)
Mask of Shadows and Ruin of Stars by Linsey Miller (Fantasy, GF MC)
Bonus: Much less central but still worth a mention: The Pros of Cons by Lindsay Ribar, Alison Cherry, and Michelle Schusterman (Contemporary, Genderless LI)
Fave Five: LGBTQA MCs with Eating Disorders
Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz (bi YA)
The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller (gay YA)
Love and Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves (queer YA)
Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown (f/f)
Empty Net by Avon Gale (m/m)
Bonus: For a romance that reads demisexual but isn’t officially so on the page, try Second Position by Katherine Locke.
