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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

• lan 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
• 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
• So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez
• *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
• 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 Hayes 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
• 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
• *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)
• *Ellen Outside the Lines by AJ Sass
• 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

• *Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino
• *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

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
• *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

• 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
• *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

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

There is also nonbinary representation in major secondaries in the The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan, A Touch of Ruckus by Ash Van Otterloo,  Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker, 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