*Upcoming
^Allocishet protag
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Adoption

• Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
• Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
• Epically Earnest by Molly Horan
• How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters

Anti-Capitalism

• *A Wild Flame Rises by Maria Ingrande Mora

Bisexual Discourse

Topics include biphobia and/or compulsory heterosexuality

• Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
• Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
• Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
• Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
• We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia
• Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley
• Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi

Body Swapping

• Where I End and You Begin by Preston Norton

Celebrity

• Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler~ (Amz)
• If This Gets Out by Cale Dietrich and Sophie Gonzales
• Acting the Part by Z.R. Ellor
• Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram
• I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee
• Flip the Script by Lyla Lee
• Bad at Love by Gabriela Martin
• It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
• The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde

Colonialism

• Mirage by Somaiya Daud
• She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

Coming Out

Lesbian

• Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler~ (Amz)
• Style by Chelsea M. Cameron
• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
• Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen
• Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum
• Dirty London by Kelley York

Gay

• Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
• *Time Out by Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Carlyn Greenwald
• True Letters From a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan
• The Magic Fish by Trung Lê Nguyễn
• Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig
• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
• The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis
• Date Me, Bryson Keller! by Kevin van Whye

Bisexual/Queer/Pansexual

• Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
• Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
• Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
• Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett
• Whatever. by S.J. Goslee
• The (Un)popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez
• Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley

Transgender/Non-Binary

• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
• Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
• Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith
• If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
• The (Un)popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

Asexual/Demisexual

• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
• Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
• Loveless by Alice Oseman (aroace)

Conversion Therapy

• Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth (Amz)
• All Eyes on Us by Kit Frick
• The Meadows by Stephanie Oakes
• Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
• The Summer I Wasn’t Me by Jessica Verdi
• Different Kind of Brave by Lee Wind

Crime

• Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta – B+
• Immoral Code by Lillian Clark – AA+
• Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos
• Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt
• Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jen Ferguson
• All Eyes on Us by Kit Frick
• A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Blood Sport by Tash McAdam
• People Like Us by Dana Mele
• All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell – P
• A Good Idea by Cristina Moracho
• Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig
• White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
• Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig – B+
• Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin
• Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan
• I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan
• Far From You by Tess Sharpe
• The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
• Trust Me, I’m Trouble by Mary Elizabeth Summer
• Sadie by Courtney Summers
• I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers
• How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok

Dark Academia

• Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
• A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
• *A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman
• The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven
• All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters

Drag

• Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju
• Becoming a Queen by Dan Clay
• Pumpkin by Julie Murphy
• *Don’t Be a Drag by Skye Quinlan
• Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig
• Drag Teen by Jeffery Self

Epistolary Communication

• Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
• I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Alison Raskin
• Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson

Fandom

• Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner
• The One True Me and You by Remi K. England
• How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by J.C. Lillis
• Ship It by Britta Lundin
• Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson
• The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston
• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde – B+,~ (Amz)

Found Family

• The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
• Brooklyn, Burning by Steve Brezenoff
• Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
• The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
• The Disasters by M.K. England
• The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
• The Black Veins by Ashia Monet
• Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig
• The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen

Friendship

Parentheticals are genders of friends in central friendship + number of queer characters in said friendship, e.g. (M/F, 2) means it’s about a male-female friendship and both are queer.

• Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler (M/F, 1)
• This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca K. Barrow (F/F/F, 1)
• The Lost Coast by AR Capetta (group)
• Top Ten by Katie Cotugno (M/F, 1)
• When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey
• The Resolutions by Mia Garcia (M/M/F/F, 1M1F)
• Run by Kody Keplinger (F/F, 1)
• The Sidekicks by Will Kostakis (M/M/M, 1)
• You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan (M/F, 2)
• Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer (F/F, unclear)
• It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland (group)
• Meg & Linus by Hanna Nowinski (M/F, 2)
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (M/F, 2)
• Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen (group)
• Cherry by Lindsey Rosin (F/F/F/F, 1F)
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (M/M, 2)
• The Rainbow Trilogy by Alex Sanchez (M/M/M, 3)
• Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa (F/M/M, 2M)
• Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon (M/F, 1M)
• Golden Boys and Afterglow by Phil Stamper (M/M/M/M, 4)
• Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (M/F, 2)
• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (F/F/M, 1)
• The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters (group)

Friendship Breakups

• This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow
• We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
• It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
• Over You by Amy Reed
• We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding

Gaming

• My Year Zero by Rachel Gold
• Even if We Break by Marieke Nijkamp
• The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall
• *Don’t Love the Player, Love the Game by Zachary Sergi

Gender Identity

• Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
• The One True Me and You by Remi K. England
• Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard
• Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia
• Man o’War by Cory McCarthy
• If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
• Birthday by Meredith Russo
• Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore
• Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

Gentrification

• By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery

Grieving/Mourning

Parent

• The Last Love Song by Kalie Holford (Mother)
• The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott (Mother)
• 37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order) by Kekla Magoon (Father)
• You Don’t Live Here by Robyn Schneider (Mother)
• 6 Times We Almost Kissed (and One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe
• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (Father)

Sibling

• Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman (Sister)
• *The Ghost of You by Michael Gray Bulla (Brother)
• The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver (Brother)
• The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle (Amz) (Sister)
• The Honeys by Ryan La Sala (Sister)
• The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante (Brother)

Partner

• The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown
• Lies My Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Anne Peters
• Far From You by Tess Sharpe
• History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (Amz)
• Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall

Grandparent

• The Confusion of Laurel Graham by Adrienne Kisner (Grandmother)
• We Are Okay by Nina LaCour (Grandfather)
• I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain by Will Walton (Grandfather)

Friend

• A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner
• Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
• The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl
• Cold Girls by Maxine Rae

HIV/Aids

• Another Dimension of Us by Mike Albo
• We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar
• Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
• Skyscraping by Cordelia Jensen^
• Poz by Christopher Koehler
• The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg^
• Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg
• Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
• Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
• Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha
• When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw

Hollywood

• Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
• Acting the Part by Z.R. Ellor
• Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
• Going Off Script by Jen Wilde

Immigration and/or Deportation

• Indivisible by Daniel Aleman
• Kween by Vichet Chum
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
• The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante

Intergenerational

• Unbecoming by Jenny Downham

Mental Health

Female Protag

• Top Ten by Katie Cotugno – B+ (anxiety)
• 10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac (anxiety)
• How it Feels to Float by Helena Fox
• The Quiet and the Loud by Helena Fox
• Love & Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves (eating disorder)
• Paperweight by Meg Haston (eating disorder)
• Let’s Call it a Doomsday by Katie Henry (anxiety)
• Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp (bipolar disorder)
• Scars by Cheryl Rainfield (self-harm tw for cover) (depression, suicidal ideation)
• If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude (depression, suicidal ideation)

Male Protag

• The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
• The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg (Depression w/suicidal ideation)
• The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller (ED)
• Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro (PTSD)
• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (Depression)
• History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (OCD)

Non-Binary Protag

• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (anxiety)
• Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (anxiety)
• Somebody Told Me by Mia Siegert (PTSD)

Music

• This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca K. Barrow
• If This Gets Out by Cale Dietrich and Sophie Gonzales
• Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa
• The Last Love Song by Kalie Holford
• Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
• A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy
• Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram
• I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee
• Bad at Love by Gabriela Martin
• It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
• As Far As You’ll Take Me by Phil Stamper
• Coda by Emma Trevayne
• Always the Almost by Edward Underhill
• Every Time You Hear that Song by Jenna Voris
• The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde

Poetry

• Kween by Vichet Chum (Slam)

Politics

• The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson
• Something Like Possible by Miel Moreland
• The (Un)popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

Pregnancy/Reproductive Rights

• Belly Up by Eva Darrows
• Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Hepperman
• Girls Like Me by Nina Packebush

Pride

• You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan
• When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson

Prom

• How to Ask a Boy to Prom by SJ Goslee
• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
• The Prom by Saundra Mitchell
• Pumpkin by Julie Murphy

Queer History

• Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
• Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
• Lion’s Legacy by L.C. Rosen
• Pulp by Robin Talley

Questioning (Gender)

• Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky
• Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
• This is How We Fly by Anna Meriano
• Where I End & You Begin by Preston Norton
• Birthday by Meredith Russo
• And They Lived by Steven Salvatore
• Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz
• Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

Questioning (Sexuality)

Female MC

• Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
• Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
• Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman – A
• Look Both Ways by Alison Cherry (Amz)
• The Sky Always Hears Me: And the Hills Don’t Mind by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
• Let’s Call it a Doomsday by Katie Henry
• Ask the Passengers by AS King
• Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy
• The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall
• Odd One Out by Nic Stone
• This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill

Male MC

• We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia
• Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley

Racism

• Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
• The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

Religion

• *Messy Perfect by Tanya Boteju
• Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (Amz)
• Let’s Call it a Doomsday by Katie Henry
• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
• How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis
• Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen

Retelling/Reimagining

Classic Literature

• His Hideous Heart ed. by Dahlia Adler (various works by Edgar Allan Poe)
• That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler (various works by Shakespeare)
• Nothing Happened by Molly Booth (Much Ado About Nothing)
• I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre (Much Ado About Nothing)
• Ruinsong by Julia Ember (The Phantom of the Opera)
• The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake (Twelfth Night)
• Epically Earnest by Molly Horan (The Importance of Being Earnest)
• A Clash of Steel by CB Lee (Treasure Island)
• Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney (Jane Eyre)
• Self Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore (The Great Gatsby)
• Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa (Pride & Prejudice)
• Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed (The Great Gatsby)
• Emmett by L.C. Rosen (Emma)
• Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim (The Count of Monte Cristo)
• As I Descended by Robin Talley (Macbeth)
• Northranger by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo (Northanger Abbey)
• Two Winters by Lauren Emily Whalen (Winter’s Tale)
• Take Her Down by Lauren Emily Whalen (Julius Caesar)
• Fresh by Margot Wood (Emma)

Fairy Tales

• At Midnight ed. by Dahlia Adler (The Nutcracker, Rumpelstiltskin, Frau Trude, Cinderella, Snow White, The Little Mermaid)
• Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (Snow White)
• The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember (The Little Mermaid)
• The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode (Cinderella)
• Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore (Snow White and Rose Red)
• Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore (The Red Shoes)
• Sometime After Midnight by L. Philips (Cinderella)

Historical Figures

• Lizzie by Dawn Ius (Lizzie Borden)

Legend and Mythology

• Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (Persian)
• Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block (The Odyssey)
• Once & Future by AR Capetta and Cori McCarthy (King Arthur)
• The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer (Hades-Persephone myth)
• About A Girl by Sarah McCarry (Amz)
• *Death’s Country by R.M. Romero
• Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi (Atalanta myth)
• Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood (The Odyssey)

Revenge

• Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker
• Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender – T
• Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales – B
• *Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar
• People Like Us by Dana Mele
• The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes
• Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith – B+
• *Rabbit and Juliet by Rebecca Stafford

Road Trip

• Looking for Group by Rory Harrison
• A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner
• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee – B
• When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson

Royalty

Contemporary

• *The Rules of Royalty by Cale Dietrich
• A Tale of Two Princes by Eric Geron
• *Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales
• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
• Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters

Fantasy

• The Rules of Ever After by Killian Brewer
• Of Fire and Stars and Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst – B (Amz)
• The Impostor Queen, The Cursed Queen, and The True Queen by Sarah Fine – B
• Rule by Ellen Goodlett
• Empirium by Claire Legrand

School Violence

• That’s Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger – A+
• This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

Secret Relationships

• Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
• Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
• Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall

Sexual Assault

• Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake – B+
• Just Girls by Rachel Gold
• Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson
• The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore – P
• Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin
• Tonight We Rule the World by Zack Smedley
• *Rabbit and Juliet by Rebecca Stafford

Sexual Education

• Fifteen Hundred Miles From the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa
• Jack of Hearts (and other parts) by L.C. Rosen
• Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley

Siblings

• Far From the Tree by Robin Benway~
• Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake – B+
• A Tale of Two Princes by Eric Geron
• The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke
• The Skybound Saga by Alex London
• I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson~

Sliding Doors (aka Parallel Timelines)

• Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler
• Me Myself & Him by Chris Tebbetts

Social Justice

• Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough
• Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson
• By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery
• Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
• The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
• Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
• I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers

Social Media

Includes books about blogs, vlogs, influencers, and podcasts

• Gena/Finn by Kat Helgeson and Hannah Moskowitz
• Tinfoil Crowns by Erin Jones
• Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
• The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh
• Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
• I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan
• Sadie by Courtney Summers
• Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi

Space

• The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
• The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

Sports

Female MC

• Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (football, cheerleading)
• Bruised by Tanya Boteju (roller derby)
• The Key to You and Me by Jaye Robin Brown (horseback riding)
• Tumbling by Caela Carter (gymnastics)
• *It’s a Love/Skate Relationship by Charli J. Corson (hockey, skating)
• Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan  (running)
• *Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan (baseball)
• Cheer Up! by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter (cheerleading)
• *Mighty Millie Novak by Elizabeth Holden (roller derby)
• Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin (football)
• Squad by Mariah MacCarthy (cheerleading)
• You Don’t Have a Shot by Racquel Marie (soccer)
• She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen (basketball, cheerleading)
• Interference by Zoe Reed (hockey)
• *All’s Fair in Love and Field Hockey by Kit Rosewater
• Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall (running)

Male MC

• Sidelined by Kara Bietz (football)
• May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor (cheerleading, football)
• The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons (soccer)
• Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei (hockey)
• Blood Sport by Tash McAdam (boxing)
• Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman (baseball)
• Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu (hockey)
• Running With Lions by Julian Winters (soccer)

Survival

• Sink or Swim by Tash McAdam
• At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power
• Switchback by Danika Stone

Theatre

• Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
• Look Both Ways by Alison Cherry – Q (Amz)
• Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

Time Travel

• Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson
• Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott
• The Unintentional Time Traveler by Everett Maroon
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith
• Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes

Toxic Parenting

• How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake
• 6 Times We Almost Kissed (and One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

Toxic Relationships

• People Like Us by Dana Mele
• Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve

Unrequited Love

• Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner
• Tinfoil Crowns by Erin Jones
• Anything Could Happen by Will Walton

War and/or Revolution

• This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke