These are primary settings for the novels listed on a thematic level, though they may not be the lone settings. For setting by state/province, click here. For all books set outside the US/UK/Can/AUS, click here.

Abroad

• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee – B
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith – B+
• Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley – B+
• The Summer of Us by Cecilia Vinesse~

At Sea

• The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie

Boarding School

• Girlhood by Cat Clarke
• Openly Straight and Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg
• As I Descended by Robin Talley

College

• I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Alison Raskin
• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann – A+
• *Carmilla by Kim Turrisi

Convention

• How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis
• The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston

High School

• Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
• Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
• The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
• *Practically Ever After by Isabel Bandeira
• Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
• This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kheryn Callender – Q
• *Belly Up by Eva Darrows
• Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
• Freshman Year by Annameekee Hesik
• Autoboyography by Christina Lauren – B+
• Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley
• Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
• Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate – P+, A (Amz)~
• Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by L.C. Rosen
• Cherry by Lindsey Rosin – B~
• The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith

Online

• Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson

Space

• The Star Host by F.T. Lukens – B
• Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston~
• Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie – A+

Summer Camp

• Nothing Happened by Molly Booth – B/P+,~
• Lunaside by J.L. Douglas
• Keeping Her Secret by Sarah Nicolas (Amz)
• On a Summer Night by Gabriel D. Vidrine – T

Wartime

• *A Place for Wolves by Kosoko Jackson
• The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke – B,D

Work

• Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
• *Hot Dog Girl by Jen Dugan
• If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann
• *The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
• Like Water by Rebecca Podos – B+