* = not yet released
Titles in purple feature MCs of color
B – character is bisexual
All books are contemporary unless listed otherwise.
Queer Cis Male Protagonists
- Alan Cole is Not a Coward and Alan Cole Doesn’t Dance by Eric Bell
- Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker
- Better Nate Than Ever and Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle
- The Whispers by Greg Howard
- Totally Joe by James Howe
- Marco Impossible by Hannah Moskowitz
- *The. Best. At. It. by Maulik Pancholy
- The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan (Fantasy)
- So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez
Queer Cis Female Protagonists
- Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow – B
- Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
- *The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
- Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
- Star Crossed by Barbara Dee – B
- One True Way by Shannon Hitchcock (Historical)
- *Where the Heart is by Jo Knowles
- *Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby
- *Middletown by Sarah Moon
- *The Derby Daredevils series by Kit Rosewater/Sophie Escabasse
- Starring Kitty by Keris Stainton
- P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
- The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Transgender Girls
- *Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
- Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
- George by Alex Gino
- Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
Transgender Boys
- *The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
- The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey
Intersex MCs
- *Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo
Non-Binary MCs
At present I know of no non-binary main characters in MG, but there is representation in the The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan, and The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag is a great graphic novel pick for gender non-conforming readers.
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