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A=Main character is on the ace spectrum
B=Main character is bisexual
* = not yet released
Titles in purple feature MCs of color

Realistic Fiction

All books are contemporary prose unless noted otherwise.

Queer Cis Male MCs

• Alan Cole is Not a Coward and Alan Cole Doesn’t Dance by Eric Bell
• A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner
• King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
• Better Nate Than Ever series by Tim Federle
• Rick by Alex Gino – A
• A-Okay by Jarad Greene – A
• The Whispers by Greg Howard
• Middle School’s a Drag, You Better Werk by Greg Howard
• Totally Joe by James Howe
• *Five Second Violation by George M. Johnson
• *The Civil War of Amos Abernathy by Michael Leali
• Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas
• Boy Meets Hamster by Birdie Milano
• Marco Impossible by Hannah Moskowitz
• The Insiders by Mark Oshiro (Speculative)
• The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy
• *Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy
• So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez
• The Golden Hour by Niki Smith
• *Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper
• *The Language of Seabirds by Will Taylor

Transgender Male MCs

• Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar
• The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
• The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey
• Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff

Queer Cis Female MCs

• Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow
• Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow – B
• Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow – A
• *Drew Leclair Gets a Clue by Katryn Bury
• Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
• The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
• Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake
• Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
• Star Crossed by Barbara Dee – B
• *The Sister Split by Auriane Desombre
• *Girls Give Me Butterflies by Dresden Douglas (Graphic Novel)
• *The Real Riley Mayes by Rachel Elliott (Graphic Novel)
• The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan
• Jo by Kathleen Gros (Graphic Novel)
• *Anne by Kathleen Gros (Graphic Novel)
• *Carousel Summer by Kathleen Gros (Graphic Novel)
• One True Way by Shannon Hitchcock (Historical)
• Redwood and Ponytail by K.A. Holt
• *Hazel Hill is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne
• Where the Heart is by Jo Knowles
• Snapdragon by Kat Leyh (Graphic Novel)
• *In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington
• *Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff
• Pepper’s Rules for Secret Sleuthing by Briana McDonald (Mystery)
• Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby
• In the Role of Brie Hutchens… by Nicole Melleby
• How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby
• *The Science of Being Angry by Nicole Melleby
• *Camp QUILTBAG* by Nicole Melleby and AJ Sass
• *The Trouble with Robots by Michelle Mohrweis – B, A
• Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee
• P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
• Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky
• The Derby Daredevils series by Kit Rosewater/Sophie Escabasse (Illustrated)
• Starring Kitty by Keris Stainton
• Murder Most Unladylike Mystery series by Robin Stevenson
• Meow or Never by Jazz Taylor
• The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson

Transgender Female MCs

• Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
• George by Alex Gino
• Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky

Non-Binary MCs

• *Upstaged by Robin Easter (Graphic Novel)
• *Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino
• *Skating on Mars by Caroline Huntoon
• *Elle Campbell Saves Their Saturday by Ben Kahn
• *Identical by Bones Leopard
• Both Can Be True by Jules Machias (Genderfluid)
• *The One Who Loves You Most by medina
• Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky
• Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass
• *Ellen Outside the Lines by AJ Sass
• *Camp QUILTBAG* by Nicole Melleby and AJ Sass
• The Fabulous Zeb Watson! by Kevin Sylvester and Basil Sylvester

There is also significant nonbinary representation in Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff and Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker.

SFF

Queer Cis Male MCs

• *Gallowgate by K.R. Alexander
• *Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker
• Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker
• Battle Dragons by Alex London
• *Untitled Nico/Will Book by Mark Oshiro and Rick Riordan
• *Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry
• *The Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros
• The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan

Queer Cis Female MCs

• *Where the Lost Ones Go by Akemi Dawn Bowman
• *Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson
• Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne (Graphic Novel)
• *The Devouring Wolf by Natalie C. Parker (Paranormal)
• A Touch of Ruckus by Ash Van Otterloo
• Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens (Paranormal Graphic Novel)
• *Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom by Nina Varela

Trans Female MCs

• The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith (Graphic Novel)

Intersex MCs

• Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo (Girl)

Non-Binary MCs

• *Moonflower by Kacen Callender
• *Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée and K.C. Oster
• *Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith

There is also significant nonbinary representation in major secondaries in the The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan, A Touch of Ruckus by Ash Van Otterloo,  and The Moon Within by Aida Salazar.

Gender Non-Conforming MCs

• The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag

Anthologies

• This is Our Rainbow ed. by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby