Lesbian (cis female)

  • Drum Roll, Please, by Lisa Jenn Bigelow 

  • One True Way, by Shannon Hitchcock 

  • Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, by Ashley Herring Blake 

  • Redwood and Ponytail, by K. A. Holt 

  • Hurricane Season, by Nicole Melleby 

  • P.S. I Miss You, by Jen Petro-Roy 

  • The House You Pass on the Way, by Jacqueline Wilson 

  • Ash, by Malinda Lo 

  • Huntress, by Malinda Lo 

  • The Difference Between You and Me, by Madeleine George 

  • Ask the Passengers, by A. S. King 

  • Empress of the World, by Sara Ryan 

  • Afterworlds, by Scott Westerfeld 

  • It’s Not Like It’s a Secret, by Misa Sugiura 

  • Not Your Sidekick, by C. B. Lee 

  • Girl Made of Stars, by Ashley Herring Blake 

  • The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo 

  • We Are Okay, by Nina LaCour 

  • The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, by Mackenzi Lee 

  • Of Fire and Stars, by Audrey Coulthrust 

  • Cinderella is Dead, by Kalynn Bayron 

  • Hurricane Child, by Kacen Callender 

  • You Should See Me in a Crown, by Leah Johnson 

  • Almost Flying, by Jake Maia Arlow

  • On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden

  • Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea, by Ashley Herring Blake 

  • Where the Heart Is, by Jo Knowles

  • Beetle & The Hollowbones, by Aliza Layne

  • Pepper’s Rules for Secret Sleuthing, by Briana McDonald

  • In the Role of Brie Hutchens…, by Nicole Melleby

  • Wilder Girls, by Rory Power

  • The Grief Keeper, by Alexandra Villasante

  • The Mighty Heart of Sunny St James, by Ashley Herring Blake

  • Star-Crossed, by Barbara Dee

  • Where the Heart Is, by Jo Knowles

  • Summer of Salt, by Katrina Leno

  • Pepper’s Rules for Secret Sleuthing, by Briana McDonald

  • In the Role of Brie Hutchens, by Nicole Melleby

  • Crier’s War, by Nina Varela

  • Iron Heart, by Nina Varela

  • On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden

  • The Girl From the Sea, by Molly Knox Ostertag 

  • Witchlight, by Jessi Zabarsky
Gay (cis male)

  • Alan Cole is Not a Coward, by Eric Bell 

  • Alan Cole Doesn’t Dance, by Eric Bell

  • Felix YZ, by Lisa Bunker 

  • Better Nate Than Ever (series), by Tim Federle

  • The Whispers, by Greg Howard 

  • The Dangerous Art of Blending In, by Angeli Surmelis

  • Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertalli 

  • What if it’s Us, by Becky Albertalli 

  • Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green 

  • Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan 

  • Marco Impossible, by Hannah Moskowitz 

  • I’ll Give You the Sun, by Jandy Nelson 

  • October Mourning, by Lesléa Newman

  • Bloom, by Kevin Panetta 

  • The Best at It, by Maulik Pancholy 

  • So Hard to Say, by Alex Sanchez 

  • Aristotle And Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 

  • Darius the Great is not Okay, by Adib Khorram 

  • Drama, by Raina Telgemeier 

  • See You At Harry’s, by Jo Knowles 

  • Gone gone gone, by Hannah Moskowitz 

  • A High Five for Glenn Burke, by Phil Bildner

  • King and the Dragonflies, by Kacen Callender

  • Totally Joe, by James Howe

  • A High Five for Glenn Burke, by Phil Bildner

  • King and the Dragonflies, by Kacen Callender

  • Martin McLean, Middle School Queen, by Alyssa Zaczek

  • The Magic Fish, by Trung Le Nguyen

  • Heartstopper, by Alice Oseman

  • The Insiders, by Mark Oshiro

  • Thanks a lot, Universe, by Chad Lucas

Bisexual

  • Girl, Serpent, Thorn, by Melissa Bashardoust 

  • Don’t You Forget About Me (Gossip Girl series, bk11) by Cecily Von Ziegesar 

  • My Heartbeat, by Garret Freymann-Weyr 

  • They Both Die at the End, by Adam Silvera 

  • Reign of the Fallen, by Sarah Glenn Marsh 

  • The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan 

  • Little & Lion, by Brandy Colbert 

  • Hot Dog Girl, by Jennifer Dugan 

  • In Other Lands, by Sarah Reese Brennan 

  • Jane, Unlimited, by Kristin Cashore 

  • Pink, by Lili Wilkinson 

  • I’ll Be the One, by Lyla Lee 

  • All Together Now, by Hope Larson

  • Perfect on Paper, by Sophie Gonzales

Trans girls

  • The Art of Being Normal, by Lisa Williamson 

  • Stage Dreams, by Melanie Gillman 

  • Zenobia July, by Lisa Bunker 

  • Lily & Dunkin, by Donna Gephart 

  • Gracefully Grayson, by Ami Polonsky 

  • Freeing Finch, by Ginny Rorby

  • If I Was Your Girl, by Meredith Russo 

  • Beast, by Brie Spangler 

  • Pet, by Akwaeke Emezi 

  • Dreadnought, by April Daniels

  • Sovereign, by April Daniels

Trans boys

  • The Pants Project, by Cat Clarke 

  • Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, by Kirstin Cronn-Mills 

  • The Art of Being Normal, by Lisa Williamson 

  • Parrotfish, by Ellen Wittingler 

  • When the Moon Was Ours, by Anne-Marie McLemore 

  • I Am J, by Cris Beam 

  • The Ship We Built, by Lexie Bean 

  • The Other Boy, by M. G. Hennessey

  • Something Like Gravity, by Amber Smith

  • Ana on the Edge, by A. J. Sass

  • Obie is Man Enough, by Schuyler Bailar

Intersex

  • Cattywampus, by Ash Van Otterloo 

  • Double Exposure, by Bridget Birdsall

  • None of the Above, by I. W. Gregorio

Non-binary/gender non-conforming

  • The Witch Boy, by Molly Ostertag 

  • Symptoms of Being Human, by Jeff Garving 

  • The Moon Within, by Aida Salazar 

  • Anger is a Gift, by Mark Oshiro 

  • The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang 

  • Blanca & Roja, by Anna-Marie McLemore

  • Riding Freedom, by Pam Muñoz Ryan 

  • Magnus Chase and The Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor, by Rick Riordan

  • Crown of Feathers, by Nicki Pau Preto 

  • Ana on the Edge, by A. J. Sass

  • Mooncakes, by Suzanne Walker

  • Lizard Radio, by Pat Schmatz

  • Ana on the Edge, by A. J. Sass

  • Both Can be True, by Jules Machias

Asexual

  • Summer Bird Blue, by Akemi Dawn Bowman

  • Rick, by Alex Gino

  • This Golden Flame, by Emily Victoria

Gay parents/family

  • Two moms

    • The Pants Project, by Cat Clarke 

    • You’re Welcome, Universe, by Whitney Gardner 

    • Between Mom and Jo, by Julie Ann Peters 

    •  Would Make a Good Story Someday, Dana Alison Levy

    • The Stars Beneath Our Feet, by David Barclay Moore

    • Hazel’s Theory of Evolution, by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

    • This Would Make a Good Story Someday, by Dana Alison Levy

    • Ashes to Asheville, by Sarah Dooley

  • Two dads

    • It Wasn’t Me, by Dana Alison Levy 

    • The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher, by Dana Alison Levy 

    • Fly on the Wall, by Remy Lai

    • You’ll be the Death of Me, by Karen McManus

    • Long Distance, by Whitney Gardner

  • Gay dad

    • The List of Things That Will not Change, by Rebecca Stead

    • Girl, Nearly 16, Absolute Torture, by Sue Limb 

    • We Are All Made of Molecules, by Susin Nielsen 

    • The Magic Misfits: The Minor Third (series) by Neil Patrick Harris 

  • Gay relative

    • Best Man, by Richard Peck 

    • My Most Excellent Year, by Steve Kluger

    • The Thing About Jellyfish, by Ali Benjamin 

  • Lesbian grandmother 

    • Mooncakes, by Suzanne Walker

  • Non-binary parent

    • Tiger Lily, by Jodi Lynn Anderson

  • Non-binary grandparent

    • Felix YZ, by Lisa Bunker 

  • Bisexual mom

    • Felix YZ, by Lisa Bunker

  • Trans parent

    • Nothing Ever Happens Here, by Sarah Hagger-Holt

LGBTQIA+ stories

  • Am I Blue? Coming Out of the Silence, edited by Marion Dane Bauer 

  • Geektastic: Stories From the Nerd Herd, edited by Holly Black

  • Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disbled Teens, edited by Marieke Nijkamp [two stories with LGBTQIA+ content]

  • All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Through the Ages, edited by Saundra Mitchell 

  • Short Stuff: A Young Adult LGBTQIA+ Anthology, edited by Alysia Constantine

  • Color Outside the Lines: Stories About Love, edited by Sangu Mandanna [two stories with LGBTQIA+ content]

In progress...