• Titles with trans, nonbinary, or ace-spec MCs have been tagged for ease of finding
• Asterisked anthologies are collections that are entirely queer.

Middle Grade

• The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow
• Sweet and Bitter Rivals and The Showdown by Jessica Burkhart
• Will on the Inside by Andrew Eliopulos
• The Song of Us by Kate Fussner
• Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson
• The Problem With Gravity by Michelle Mohrweis
• The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van Otterloo
• Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy
• The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
• Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass – NB
• Joy, to the World by Kai Shappley and Lisa Bunker – T
• Sir Callie and the Dragon’s Roost by Esme Symes-Smith – NB
• Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker
• The Otherwoods by Justine Pucella Winans

Young Adult Hardcovers*

*These are new titles, which means their eBooks and Audiobooks are eligible as well.

Female Protags

• Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler
• Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
• You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
• The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown
• Into the Shadows by Tanya Byrne
• Kween by Vichet Chum
• The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan
• Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jen Ferguson
• The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist by Sophie Gonzales
• Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould
• The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia – T
• All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan
• Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko
• Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott
• Forever is Now by Mariama J. Lockington
• A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui
• Something Like Possible by Miel Moreland
• Everyone’s Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni
• Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum
• Daughter of the Bone Forest by Jasmine Skye
• If You Still Recognize Me by Cynthia So
• If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude
• The Third Daughter by Adrienne Tooley
• The Girl Next Door by Cecilia Vinesse

Male Protags

• Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker
• Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown
• The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean
• Wren Martin Ruins it All by Amanda DeWitt – A
• The Alchemy of Moonlight by David Ferraro
• Time Out by Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Carlyn Greenwald
• The Forest Demands its Due by Kosoko Jackson
• Beholder by Ryan LaSala
• Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore – T
• Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian
• Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa – T
• Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig
• Lion’s Legacy by L.C. Rosen
• Emmett by L.C. Rosen
• No Perfect Places by Steven Salvatore
• Darkhearts by James L. Sutter
• This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill – T
• I Like Me Better by Robby Weber
• The Spirit Bares its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White – T

Nonbinary Protags

• Godless Heathens and Merciless Saviors by H.E. Edgmon
• Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa
• Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore
• A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee O’Brien
• Court of the Undying Seasons by A.M. Strickland

Anthologies

• Out of Our League ed. by Dahlia Adler and Jennifer Iacopelli
• The Grimoire of Grave Fates by Hanna Alkaf and Margaret Owen
• Being Ace ed. by Madeline Dyer*
• Transmogrify! ed. by g haron-davis*
• All These Sunken Souls ed. by Circe Moskowitz
• Night of the Living Queers ed. by Shelly Page and Alex Brown*

Young Adult Paperbacks

Female Protags

• Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
• Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
• Bad Things Happen Here by Rebecca Barrow
• Afterlove by Tanya Byrne
• Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan
• The Black Queen by Jumata Emill
• Dead Flip by Sara Farizan
• Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
• Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey
• The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
• The Witchery by S. Isabelle
• Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger – A
• A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo
• This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke
• Summer’s Edge by Dana Mele
• It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
• I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers
• Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki
• Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall
• The Valkyrie’s Daughter by Tiana Warner

Male Protags

• Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
• This is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves
• All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown
• Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt
• Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala
• Cafe Con Lychee by Emery Lee
• The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig
• Caught in a Bad Fauxmance by Elle Gonzalez Rose
• The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam Sass

Nonbinary Protags

• The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
• The Many Half-Filled Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor
• And They Lived… by Steven Salvatore

Anthologies

• At Midnight ed. by Dahlia Adler
• Vampires Never Get Old ed. by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker
• Our Shadows Have Claws ed. by Yamile Saied Mendez and Amparo Ortiz
• Night of the Living Queers ed. by Shelly Page and Alex Brown*

Young Adult Graphic Novels

• Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione
• Constellations by Kate Glasheen
• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
• Northranger by Rey Terciero and

Adult Hardcovers

Female Protags

• The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz
• The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer
• Killing Me by Michelle Gagnon
• The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang
• Old Enough by Haley Jakobson
• Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn
• All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky
• Wound by Oksana Vasyakina

Male Protags

• Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callender
• The Lookback Window by Kyle Dillon Hertz
• The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo – T
• The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen
• The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
• The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

Nonbinary Protags

• The Manor House Governess by C.A. Castle
• Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo

Adult Paperbacks

Female Protags

• Can’t Let Her Go by Kianna Alexander
• Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander – T
• Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
• Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
• Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake
• Love at First Set by Jennifer Dugan
• It’s a Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer
• A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall – T
• Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
• A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee
• Hotel 21 by Senta Rich
• Big Girl by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
• Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner

Male Protags

• Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander
• Learning Curves by Ruby Barrett
• Board to Death by CJ Connor
• The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio
• For Never and Always by Helena Greer – D
• 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
• Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
• New Adult by Timothy Janovsky
• Nights in Aruba by Andrew Holleran
• Best Men by Sidney Karger
• A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee – T
• Just By Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell
• We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

Nonbinary Protags

• Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly