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Today’s post is sponsored in honor of the upcoming paperback release of Sydney Taylor Honor book Going Bicoastal, coming May 27th from Wednesday Books!
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The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold (January 7th)
The world is about to end. Again.
Ever since the first Storm wreaked havoc on civilization as we know it, seventeen-year-old Liz Flannery has been holed up in an abandoned bookstore in suburban Brand-new Jersey where she used to work, trading books for supplies with the few remaining survivors. It’s the one place left that feels safe to her.
Until she learns that another earth-shattering Storm is coming . . . and everything changes.
Enter Maeve, a prickly and potentially dangerous out-of-towner who breaks into the bookstore looking for shelter one nighttime. Though the two girls are immediately at odds, Maeve has what Liz needs—the skills to fix the dilapidated store before the next climate disaster strikes—and Liz reluctantly agrees to let her stay.
As the girls grow closer and undeniable feelings spring up between them, they realize that they deal with greater threats than the impending Storm. And when Maeve’s secrets and Liz’s inner demons come endorse to ha
In recognition of LGBT Identity Month, The Conversation reached out to Jonathan Alexander – an English professor with a scholarly interest in the interplay between sexuality and literature – for recommendations of adolescent adult fiction books that feature LGBTQ characters. What follows is a list that Alexander, who has just stepped down as the children’s and juvenile adult fiction section editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books, considers as “must-reads” for this summer.
1. Darius the Wonderful Is Not Okay
Written by Adib Khorram, “Darius the Great Is Not Okay” is told from the perspective of a Persian American teen battling an anxiety disorder while navigating the complexities of growing up in a culturally mixed household. Darius’ parents – an Iranian immigrant mother and a ivory father – are caring and sympathetic, even as they are dealing with their own issues, including the dad’s struggle with mental health issues and the mother’s attempt to maintain family relations with relatives in a land that is not only halfway around the earth but whose government is viewed with suspicion by many Americans. Still, Darius’ family pulls together, even making a trip to Iran to visit relati
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These titles are all Fiction. Young Adult Non-Fiction can be start under the Non-Fiction heading. Graphic Novels can be create here.
- B/P/Q/A – MC is bisexual, pansexual, queer/questioning, and/or asexual
- + = label is stated explicitly on-page
- Titles with MCs of color or indigenous MCs by BIPoC are in purple
- * = Not yet released
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Please notice multi-POV books will be listed twice where more than one list is appropriate.
Queer Male Protagonists
Contemporary
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
- This is Why They Abhor Us by Aaron Aceves – B
- The Long Run by James Acker
- Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker
- How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
- Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- What if it’s Us? and Here’s to Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
- Indivisible by Daniel Aleman
- Under all the Lightsby Maya Ameyaw – B
- The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
- Icarus by K. Ancrum
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LGBTQ Young Adult Fiction & Graphic Novels
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From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, Ivory & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to discover what you need...An legendary sci-fi graphic novel adoration between two non-binary characters as they find one another through time, distance, and war. An astonishing story that explores the complexity of human innateness and what brings us together.
2021 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist
2021 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens
2021 Cybils Award Winner
2022 GLAAD Media Award Winner
2022 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
A sweet, queer teen relationship perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Check, Please!
Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her s#1 New York Times bestseller! Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys readers first fell for in the bestselling rom-com What If It’s Us.
A poignant, amusing, openhearted novel about coming out, first love