Without Annette by Jane B. Mason
Openly Straight and Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsburg
The Scholars and Sorcery series by Eleanor Beresford
As I Descended by Robin Talley
Girlhood by Cat Clarke
Bonus: Complementary and Acute by Ella Lyons is another one, separated out simply because it’s a novella under 50 pages
Double bonus: Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert isn’t set at boarding school, but does flash back to the bisexual MC’s relationship with her roommate there
Kiss the Morning Star by Elissa Janine Hoole
Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Looking For Group by Rory Harrison
How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner
Bonus: The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour, which features a non-narrating major bisexual character, and the upcoming (2018) And She Was by Jessica Verdi, which features a non-narrating major transgender character (though her POV is present via e-mail throughout)
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
The Hollywood Series by Jae
The Gravity Between Us by Kristen Zimmer
And Playing the Role of Herself by K.E. Layne
Interference by Zoe Reed
Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsburg
The You-Know-Who Girls series by Annameekee Hesik
Jerkbait by Mia Siegert
Spinning by Tillie Walden
(Note: there was already a cross-category post of Jewish MCs in LGBTQ lit, a couple of which were YA titles, so check there too. That was published before most of these were available.)
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsburg (G)
Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta (B)
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert (B)
The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller (G)
Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson (B)
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (YA)*
Overexposed by Megan Erickson (m/m)
Far From Home by Lorelie Brown (f/f)
Concourse by Santino Hassell (m/m)
Empty Net by Avon Gale (m/m)
*The demisexual character in Radio Silence is not the narrator, but he’s the second biggest character in the book, and as far as I know, the only character with this label in mainstream YA, so I opted to include it here
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill (1916 Ireland)
The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood (1931 Berlin)
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong (1929 Paris)
History of a Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason (1907 Amsterdam)
While England Sleeps by David Leavitt (1930s London and Spain)*
*There are strong accusations that Leavitt plagiarized Stephen Spender’s life for this novel. You may also want to check out Spender’s autobiography, World Within World, which contains an afterword addressing the allegations.
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy (MG)
Anything Could Happen by Will Walton (YA)
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (YA)
Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa (YA)
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz (YA)
Skyscraping by Cordelia Jensen (YA)
Yup, I cheated and did six because I couldn’t make myself leave any off. So sue me.
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (f/f YA)
How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis (m/m YA)
Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen (f/f YA)
Blueberry Boys by Vanessa North (m/m)
Covet Thy Neighbor by LA Witt (m/m)
Bonus: Coming up in September, Autoboyography by Christina Lauren is m/m YA romance with a Mormon LI
These books are specifically New Adult; for a list of bi guys in Contemporary Romance, click here.
Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins
Hold Me by Courtney Milan
Out of Frame by Megan Erickson
F*ths by G.L. Thomas
Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
