LIST: happy pride month!

Happy pride month!! I put together a list of LGBTQIAP+ books, which I totally meant to post yesterday but time got away from me. Special shout outs to Charlotte (inkslippers.blogspot.com), who helped me put a lot of this list together and to Alexis (lacyliteracy.com), who helped proofread this. Also check out LGBTQ Reads, a great resource with way more books!

Please note that I am human and make mistakes, so if there is one in this list, just @ me! (I haven't read everything on this list either.) And also, this is not a complete list of the books available nor will it ever be a complete list because of all the books that unfortunately escape the mainstream radar and/or that are being written right now, and this list only includes YA books. Next, not all tw's are noted, so please google them. Again, I haven't read all of these books, but usually you can find major ones in non-spoiler reviews. Final note, please don't forget to read some #ownvoices books this month and not just mlm books written by white women; there's so much more out there for you.

bolded = #ownvoices
*** = written by an author of color
✦ = not yet released
red = high fantasy
orange = magical realism
yellow = historical
green = science-fiction
blue = contemporary
purple = low fantasy

LESBIAN:

• Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• We are Okay by Nina LaCour (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• Taking Flight by Siera Maley (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• Colorblind by Siera Maley (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• Forgive Me if I've Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz Waters (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• Dirty London by Kelley York (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth (tw for conversion camps, self harm) (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• Prom and Other Hazards by Jamie Sullivan (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler (bi author)
• Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron (f/f) (ownvoices for lesbian rep) 🜲
• The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls by Jessica Spotswood✦
• Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno✦ (f/f) (bi author) 🜲
• Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi✦ (bi author)
• Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan***✦
• Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough✦

GAY:

• More Happy than Not by Adam Silvera*** (ownvoices for gay rep)
• History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera*** (ownvoices for gay rep)
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera*** (ownvoices for gay rep)
• Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (tw for public outing, bullying)
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (ownvoices for gay rep)
• Timekeeper by Tara Sim***
• Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak (ownvoices for gay rep)
• The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness (ownvoices for gay rep)
• Release by Patrick Ness (ownvoices for gay rep)
• More than This by Patrick Ness (ownvoices for gay rep)
• Proxy by Alex London (ownvoices for gay rep)
• The Sidekicks by Will Kostakis (ownvoices for gay rep)
• I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (tw for public outing)
• Black Wings Beating by Alex London✦ (ownvoices for gay rep)
• What if It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera***✦ (ownvoices for Puerto Rican and gay rep)

BISEXUAL:

• Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert*** (ownvoices for black mc)
• Far from You by Tess Sharpe (f/f) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• Noteworthy by Riley Redgate*** (ownvoices for Chinese and bi rep)
• Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh (f/f) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore*** (ownvoices for bi rep)
• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (f/f) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde (f/genderqueer) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake (f/f) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake (f/nonbinary) (tw for rape) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee*** (f/f) (ownvoices for Chinese/Vietnamese and bi rep)
• The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz (f/f)
• Like Water by Rebecca Podos*** (f/genderqueer) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy (ownvoices for bi rep)
• The Wicker King by K. Ancrum (m/m)
• The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (bi author)
• In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan (m/m)
• Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody
• Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody
• Furyborn by Claire Legrand
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova*** (ownvoices for Latina and bi rep)
• Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst (lesbian author) 🜲
• Ash by Malinda Lo*** (lesbian author)
• Odd One Out by Nic Stone***✦
• The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman✦ (ownvoices for bi rep)

TRANSGENDER:

• If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (ownvoices for trans rep)
• Dreadnought by April Daniels (ownvoices for trans rep)
• Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee***
• I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

PANSEXUAL:

• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate***
• Final Draft by Riley Redgate***✦
• The Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin✦ (lesbian author)
• For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig***✦ (ownvoices for pansexual rep)

NON-BINARY:

• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (ownvoices for non-binary rep)

GENDERFLUID:

• Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller
• Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens

ASEXUAL:

• Let's Talk about Love by Claire Kann*** (biromantic mc) (ownvoices for black mc)
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
• Before the Devil Breaks You (The Diviners #3) by Libba Bray
• Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie✦ (aromantic mc)
• Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman***✦
• The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee✦ (aromantic mc)

MISCELLANEOUS/UNKNOWN:

• You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour (ownvoices for gay and lesbian mc's)
• Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley (bi and lesbian mc's; f/f) (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore*** (bi and transgender mc's) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulhurst (bi and lesbian mc's) (ownvoices for lesbian rep) 🜲
• Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore***
• Going Off-Script by Jen Wilde✦ (bi author) (f/f)

Again, there are so many books out there that are not on this list! I spent more time than I was planning to work on this, actually, and now I'm cutting myself off because this really needs to get posted. Leave a comment if there's something incorrect, or if you want to leave a rec (although there are a couple of books I left off intentionally)!

🜲 EDIT: I mistakenly had Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron and Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno in the bi category; they actually both have lesbian main characters, and Out of the Blue is ownvoices for lesbian rep. Also, I had Audrey Coulthurst listed as a bi author.