2SLGBTQIA+ Books for Teens - NEW 2023

New books for teens published since 2022!

Updated June 14, 2023
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A scatter of light.
Lo, Malinda.
Paper Book
"Full of yearning, ponderances about art and what it means to be an artist, and self-revelation, A Scatter of Light has a simmering intensity that makes it hard to put down."--NPR An Instant New York Times Bestseller Last Night at the...
What's the T? : The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary for Teens.
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Paper Book
Discover what it means to be a young transgender and/or non-binary person in the twenty-first century in this candid and funny guide for teens from the bestselling author of This Book is Gay. In What's the T? Stonewall ambassador and bestselling author Juno Dawson is back again, this time...
Lark & Kasim start a revolution.
Callender, Kacen.
Paper Book
From National Book Award-winner Kacen Callender, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution is a contemporary YA that follows Lark's journey to speak the truth and discover how their own self-love can be a revolution. "A hilarious and bold love story...
Ander and Santi were here
Garza Villa, Jonny
Paper Book
The Santos Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, TX is all Ander Martínez has ever known. The smell of pan dulce, the laughter of kids hitting a piñata at the park, the mixture of Spanish and English filling the streets. And, especially, their job at the family's taqueria. So as the days count down on...
The first to die at the end.
Silvera, Adam, 1990-
Paper Book
In this prequel to the bestselling phenomenon They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast first makes their fateful calls. #1 New York Times bestseller! It's the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there's one question on everyone's...
Always the almost : [online electronic book] a novel.
Underhill, Edward
Ebook
A trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win back his ex, but a new boy complicates things in Edward Underhill's heartfelt debut YA rom-dram, Always the Almost. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson has two New...
Ander & Santi were here. [online electronic book]
Garza Villa, Jonny
Ebook
A STONEWALL YOUNG ADULT HONOR BOOK Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets The Sun is Also a Star in this YA contemporary love story from Jonny Garza Villa, Ander & Santi Were Here, about a nonbinary Mexican American teen falling...
No boy summer. [online electronic book]
Spalding, Amy.
Ebook
In Amy Spalding's young adult novel No Boy Summer, Lydia and her younger sister, Penny, make a pact to avoid boy drama for the summer--but Lydia can't help looking for a loophole when she falls for a cute girl.   Lydia Jones and her younger sister, Penny, have had it...
Self-made boys : [online electronic book] a great Gatsby remix.
McLemore, Anna-Marie
Ebook
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST SELECTION In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This YA reimagining of The Great Gatsby...
Never ever getting back together. [online electronic book]
Gonzales, Sophie, 1992-
Ebook
When their now famous ex-boyfriend asks them to participate in a teen reality show, two eighteen year old girls--one bent on revenge, the other open to rekindling romance--get tangled up in an unexpected twist when they fall for each other instead in Never Ever Getting Back Together by...
We deserve monuments. [online electronic book]
Hammonds, Jas
Ebook
"An absolute must read." --Buzzfeed "A gripping portrayal of the South's inherent racism and a love story for queer Black girls." --Teen Vogue Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery...
Always the almost : a novel.
Underhill, Edward
Paper Book
Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson has two New Year's resolutions: 1) win back his ex-boyfriend (and star of the football team) Shane McIntyre, and 2) finally beat his arch-nemesis at the Midwest's biggest classical piano competition. But that's not going to be so easy. For one thing, Shane...
No boy summer.
Spalding, Amy.
Paper Book
Lydia Jones and her younger sister Penny have had it with boy drama. Last year was marred by relationship disasters for both of them, threatening Lydia's standing with her school's theater tech club and Penny's perfect GPA. Penny has, naturally, diagnosed the problem and prescribed a drastic...
Transmogrify! : [online electronic book] 14 fantastical tales of trans magic.
Davis, G. Haron
Ebook
Perfect for fans of All Out and Cemetery Boys, this anthology claims a seat at the table of fantasy literature for trans and gender nonconforming stories. Transness is as varied and colorful as magic can be. In Transmogrify!, you'll embark on fourteen different adventures alongside...
How to excavate a heart.
Arlow, Jake Maia
Paper Book
Stonewall Honor author Jake Maia Arlow delivers a sapphic Jewish twist on the classic Christmas rom-com in a read perfect for fans of Kelly Quindlen and Casey McQuiston. It all starts when Shani runs into May. Like, literally. With her mom's Subaru. Attempted vehicular...
Dos and Donuts of Love
Jaigirdar, Adiba.
Audiobook
The Buried and the Bound
Rochelle Hassan
Paper Book
As the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts, Aziza El-Amin has bargained with wood nymphs, rescued palm-sized fairies from house cats, banished flesh-eating shadows from the local park. But when a dark entity awakens in the nearby forest, eroding fairyland's boundary, run-of-the-mill fae...

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