LIST: 2019 lgbtq+ ya releases

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Happy pride month, lovelies! Last year I wrote a list of all the LGBTQ+ ya books I could think of, but for this year, I didn't want to just add onto the list because it wasn't that thorough honestly.

So to celebrate this year, I compiled (with the help of Charlotte, who co-runs readsrainbow, a blog dedicated to LGBT media) a list of all the LGBTQ+ ya releases in 2019. This was as thorough as I could make the list, and I hope you all enjoy!

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In addition to Charlotte and Anna's blog, LGBTQ Reads (run by Dahlia Adler) is a great resource if you're looking for more books, in other genres and published in any year.

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As always, I am only human and I make mistakes. If you see any mistakes here, please let me know, and I'll amend it as soon as I can! I tried to note representation as specific as possible, but I haven't read much of this list and it was difficult to glean specific rep from reviews sometimes. Let me know if there's something on-page that's not noted here! Also, there are trigger and content warnings for many of these books that I haven't noted, so please be aware of that.

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bolded = #ownvoices
*** = written by an author of color
mc = main character
li = love interest
sc = side character

• The Poison Within by Rachel Marie Pearcy (lesbian mc, bi mc, f/f)
• Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi (some stories; gay mc, f/f) (ownvoices for black rep) ***
• The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (bisexual mc, mlm sc) (ownvoices for filipino and indian rep) *** → read my review here
• Firestarter by Tara Sim (bi mc, gay li) ***
• Song of the Dead by Sarah Glenn Marsh (m/m, f/f ships, bi mcs) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehlig (bisexual mc) (gay author)
• Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler (f/f, m/m)
• Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon (bi mc, m/m)
• The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan (lesbian mc) ***

• What Makes You Beautiful by Bridget Liang (trans mc and sc) (ownvoices for trans and biracial rep) ***
• Prom Kings by Tony Correia (m/m) (ownvoices for mlm rep)
• Bloom by Kevin Panetta and illustrated by Savanna Ganucheau (m/m)
• The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson (gay mc, trans li) (ownvoices for gay rep)
• The Afterward by E.K. Johnson (f/f)
• Immoral Code by Lillian Clark (asexual, aromantic mc)
• Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto (pansexual mc, gay mc)
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Meija (lesbian mc and li) (ownvoices for Latinx rep)***
• The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg (gay mc's) (ownvoices for gay rep)
• Captain Marvel: Liberation Run by Tess Sharpe (bi author)

• The Fever King by Victoria Lee (bi mc, gay li) (ownvoices for bi rep) → read my review here
• Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve (genderqueer mc, Turkish lesbian mc) (ownvoices for genderqueer rep)
• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl (bi aro mc, f/f) (lgbt author)
• All the Invisible Things by Orlagh Collins (bi mc)
• The Truth about Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown (lesbian mc) (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• Kiss Number 8 by Colleen A.F. Venable and illustrated by Ellen T. Crenshaw (f/f)
• Chicken Girl by Heather Smith (trans li)
• You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman (bi mc, m/m)
• Squad by Mariah MacCarthy (questioning mc, trans li)
• Ruse by Cindy Pon (f/f) ***
• The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum (lesbian mc and li) (bi author) ***
• Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale (bi mc) (ownvoices for bi rep) *** → read my review here
• Never Contented Things by Sarah Porter (pansexual mc, f/f, possibly f/genderqueer)
• Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy (pan and gay mc's) (nonbinary and trans authors)

• The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston (f/f)
• The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman (bi mc's) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare and Wes Chu (gay mc, bi mc, m/m) ***
• I Knew Him by Abigail de Niverville (bi mc, gay li)
• Earth to Charlie by Justin Olson (m/m) (ownvoices for m/m rep)
• Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner (lesbian mc) (ownvoices for lesbian rep)
• You Must Not Miss by Katrina Leno (trans li, not a romance, bi sc) (bi author) (tw: sexual assault)
• The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown (lesbian mc and li)
• How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee (gay mc, lesbian sc)
• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan (bi mc, lesbian li) (ownvoices for bi rep) → read my review here
• King of Fools by Amanda Foody (bi mc)
• Belly Up by Eva Darrows (questioning bi mc, asexual li, trans sc)

• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (bi mc, lesbian li) (ownvoices for bi rep)
• Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju (queer mc) (ownvoices for queer rep)
• Deposing Nathan by Zach Smedley (bi mc, m/m)  (ownvoices for bi rep)
• How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox (questioning mc)
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (f/f) (ownvoices for wlw rep) ***
• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (nonbinary mc) (ownvoices for nonbinary rep)
• Don't Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno (bi mc) (ownvoices for Latinx rep) ***
• We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra (gay mc's)
• Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron (m/m) (lesbian author)
• All the Worlds Between Us by Morgan Lee Miller (f/f)
• The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta (queer mc) (ownvoices for queer rep)
• Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough (lesbian mc's) → read my review here
• Birthday by Meredith Russo (trans girl mc) (ownvoices for trans rep)
• Going Off-Script by Jen Wilde (lesbian mc and li) (bi author)
• Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan (gay mc and li) (ownvoices for gay rep)
• The Exalted by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson (gay mc)
• The Pursuit of Miss Heartbreak Hotel by Moe Bonneau (f/f)
• Hold My Hand by Michael Barakiva (gay mc and li) (ownvoices for gay rep)
• Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist (f/f)
• These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling (f/f) (ownvoices for wlw rep)
• The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos (trans li, lesbian side characters) (bi author) ***

• Not Your Back-Up by C.B. Lee (asexual mc) (bi author) *** → june 1
• This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura (bi li, lesbian side characters) (ownvoices for Japanese rep) *** → june 4
• Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (lesbian and pansexual mc's) → june 4
• Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian (gay mc's) (ownvoices for Iranian and gay rep) *** → june 4
• An Impossible Distance to Fall by Miriam McNamara (f/f) → june 4
• All Eyes on Us by Kat Frick (lesbian mc and li) (tw: conversion therapy) → june 4
• The Confusion of Laurel Graham by Adrienne Kisner (f/f) (ownvoices for wlw rep) → june 4
• If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann (questioning mc) (ownvoices for black mc) *** → june 4
• Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (bi li) → june 4
• Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi (lesbian mc's, one Persian/Pakistani-American, one Mexican Jewish) (ownvoices for lesbian rep) *** → june 11
• The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante (f/f) (ownvoices for Latinx rep) *** → june 11
• All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil (bi mc) (ownvoices for Mexican-American and bi rep) *** → june 18
• Something like Gravity by Amber Smith (trans boy mc) → june 18
• Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson (demisexual mc, bi li) → june 25

• The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu (wlw mc) *** → july 2
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power (f/f, queer li) (ownvoices for queer rep) → july 9
• Me, Myself, and Him by Chris Tebbetts (gay mc) → july 9
• Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells (bi mc, f/f) (ownvoices for bi rep) → july 30

• All the Bad Apples by Moira Fowley-Doyle (lesbian mc, bi side character) (ownvoices for lesbian rep) → aug. 1
• Swipe Right for Murder by Derek Milman (gay mc and li) (ownvoices for gay rep) → aug. 6
• Golden like Summer by Gene Gant (m/m) (ownvoices for mlm rep) → aug. 6
• Ziggy, Stardust, and Me by James Brandon (gay mc) (ownvoices for gay rep) (tw: conversion therapy) → aug. 6
• The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (gay mc) (ownvoices for black and gay rep) *** → aug. 6
• The Importance of Being Wilde at Heart by R. Zamora Linmark (m/m) (ownvoices for mlm rep) → aug. 13
• Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst (bi mc, lesbian mc) (ownvoices for lesbian rep) → aug. 13
• These Divided Shores by Sara Raasch (m/m) → aug. 27

• The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos (questioning mc, trans boy li) (ownvoices for Puerto Rican rep) → sep. 3 ***
• Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman (trans girl mc) → sep. 3
• The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin and illustrated by Noah Hayes f/f) (ownvoices for wlw rep)→ sep. 3
• Red Skies Falling by Alexander London (gay mc's) (ownvoices for gay rep) → sep. 3
• Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee (genderfluid, pansexual mc) (bi author) → sep. 3
• How to be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters (gay mc) (ownvoices for black and gay rep) → sep. 10 ***
• Nemesis by Genevieve Iseult Eldredge (f/f) → sep. 10
• Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (trans girl mc) (ownvoices for black and trans rep) *** → sep. 10
• The Prom by Saundra Mitchell (pansexual mc, f/f) → sep. 10
• His Hideous Heart edited by Dahlia Adler (trans Filipina mc in one story) *** → sep. 10
• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus (f/f) (ownvoices for black and wlw rep) *** → sep. 17
• Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (lesbian mc) (ownvoices for Puerto Rican and lesbian rep) *** → sep. 17
• Every Witch Way by Dakota Chase (f/f) → sep. 17
• It's a Whole Spiel edited by Katherine Locke (some stories; f/f) (ownvoices for Jewish rep) → sep. 17
• Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell (bi mc, m/m) → sep. 24
• The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen (m/m) → sep. 24

• Crier's War by Nina Varela (lesbian mc, bi mc) (ownvoices for wlw rep) *** → oct. 1
• The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake (bi mc) → oct. 1
• Freeing Finch by Ginny Rorby (trans mc) → oct. 1
• Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia (asexual mc) (ownvoices for asexual rep) → oct. 1
• The Athena Protocol by Shamim Sarif (lesbian mc) (ownvoices for lesbian rep) *** → oct. 8
• A Kingdom for a Stage by Heidi Heilig (pansexual mc) (ownvoices for pansexual rep) *** → oct. 8
• Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry (lesbian mc's, trans sc, gay sc) (ownvoices for lesbian rep) (tw: conversion therapy) → oct. 8
• By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery (gay mc, bi li, m/m) (ownvoices for black rep) *** → oct. 8
• The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco (lesbian mc) *** → oct. 15
• Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu (f/f) (ownvoices for Chinese rep) *** → oct. 15
• Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor (aromantic asexual mc, f/f) (queer author) → oct. 15
• I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi (m/m) (ownvoices for Pakistani-American rep) *** → oct. 22
• Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett (bi mc) (ownvoices for black and bi rep) *** → oct. 29
• All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell (f/f) → oct. 29
• Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland (biromantic asexual mc) → oct. 29
• I'm a Gay Wizard by V.S. Santoni (nonbinary author) → oct. 29

• Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan (f/f) (ownvoices for wlw rep) *** → nov. 5
• Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater (gay mc, bi li) → nov. 5
• A Thousand Fires by Shannon Price (lgbt characters) (ownvoices for Filipina rep) *** → nov. 5
• Practically Ever After by Isabel Bandeira (f/f) → nov. 12
• Color Outside the Lines edited by Sangu Mandanna (certain stories; f/f) *** → nov. 12
• Robot Army by Simon Curtis (m/m) (ownvoices for mlm rep) → nov. 27

• The Weight of a Soul by Elizabeth Tammi (bi author) → dec. 3
• Say Her Name by Stefani Deoul (f/f) → dec. 10

• Children of the River Ghost by Alexandra Aceves (f/f) ***
• The Virgin Charge by Virginia Schwartz (f/f)
• Fabiola and Ylini by Juliet Kahn and illustrated by Amanda Scurti (f/f) (ownvoices for wlw rep)