Feature: LGBTQ+ Book Recommendations Takeover
Today is a day I do something way out of my comfort zone…I am taking over a parenting instagram Motherhood Unhinged, to recommend LGBTQ+ books for all ages! So of course I’m going to share these books here too!
I have made some slides but if you want to see me gush about YA LGBTQIA+ books you might want to head to my instagram for more!
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YA LGBTQIA+
Breaking down the YA category is so much harder for me because I read mostly YA and I like to think I read a lot of the queer books out there, even though I haven’t read them all – of course! So I thought I would highlight some of my very favorites of different genres!
Historical Fiction
- Like A Love Story by Abdi Naziemian
- Music From Another World by Robin Talley
- Pulp by Robin Talley (just read all of Robin’s books!)
- Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon
Contemporary
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
- The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
- Camp by L.C. Rosen
- The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
- The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
- Running With Lions by Julian Winters
- The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
- Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
- Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig
- Hold Still by Nina LaCour
Memoir/Non-Fiction
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
- Being Jazz by Jazz Jennings
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- Queer There and Everywhere by Sarah Prager
- Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson
- High School by Tegan Quinn & Sara Quinn
Trans/Non-Binary
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
- When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
- Dreadnought by April Daniels
- Stay Gold by Tobly Smith
- I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
- The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas *September 1st 2020
Fantasy/Sci-Fi
- Once & Future by Cory McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta
- Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad) by CB Lee
- These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
- Crier’s War by Nina Varela
- The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
- We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
- Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
- The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante
- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
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