From contemporary to fantasy, the following upper young adult books feature LGBTQ main/major characters and queer topics.
Browsing: Ages 14 & up
A teen tries to navigate her family’s love curse that comes when the tulips bloom in The Beautiful Maddening, a romantic contemporary fantasy by Shea Ernshaw.
Magic, court intrigue, forbidden romance and a deadly competition for the throne come together in Heir of Storms, an exciting YA debut from Lauryn Hamilton Murray.
A young woman plots her way back to her hidden mountaintop home after her mother’s arrest for murder in Wake the Wild Creatures, by Nova Ren Suma.
A popular friend group is targeted as the reason for another student’s death in The Thrashers, a young adult novel by Julie Soto.
The Family I’m In, by Sharon G. Flake, explores the complex relationships between Black boys and their fathers, and what it truly means to be a man.
The leader of a group of secret thieves leads her team on the heist of all heists in hopes of saving those she loves in The Wild Dark, by Katherine Harbour.
A werewolf joins forces with a detective warlock in hopes of catching a murderer in All the Hidden Monsters, by Amie Jordan.
A young man is hired as an interpreter for a girl who harbors a deadly secret in I Am Made of Death, a dark romance by Kelly Andrew.
Snow White must kill the Evil Queen’s daughter in order to save her kingdom from blight in The Wildest Things, by Andrea Hannah.