Good gay books for young adults

For her part, Sophia is love with her best friend Erin and she is determined to leave this oppressive life behind if it means the freedom to be with the woman she loves. Lily Hu did not expect to good about two women falling in love when she picked up that book in the drug store outside of Chinatown.

Jack and Nate are both shocked when they are publicly dumped by their respective exes, Dylan and Tariq, who have started a new relationship and are now posting about how fabulous their life is all over social media. We have curated the ten best LGBT YA books for you that capture the essence of being a queer young adult.

Then, Ella finds a magazine article listing all the men they should date before they turn 21 and they vow to complete the list, tackling their latest challenge with more enthusiasm than they give their essays. Not because the prom queen kissed her unexpectedly and then vanished, but because Chloe wants to make sure she books valedictorian fair-and-square and that means she needs to find Shara.

Throughout them all, queer characters abound as they fall in love, stand up for what they believe in, or learn something new about themselves. Agreeing to a plan to create the illusion that they are living their young lives and with all the hijinks of a family road trip across England, Jack and Nate gay their childhood friendship, ease their heartache, and begin to open up to new possibilities.

Things look set to get even better when Cal, a heartthrob from New Zealand, catches her eye and turns out to be an excellent date. When they finally meet in person, their spark is undeniable. These books deal have characters that are gay, asexual, bisexual, lesbian, transgender and more!.

Young Adult. Everything seems perfect until Oliver discovers something impossible and strange that will keep them from being together. I Kissed Shara Wheelerthe latest from Casey McQuiston of Red, White, and Royal Blue and One Last Stop fame, brings together so many of these elements with a bisexual protagonist and a small town much queerer than initially meets the eye.

When Shara Wheeler disappears, Chloe Green is furious. Any and all books targeted at young adults featuring gay, lesbian, adult, or transgender characters. This is especially true when the book is a funny, twisty-turny, or pacy story of mishaps and mis adventures with a main character you can believe in, a love interest to lust after, and a cast of out and proud queer characters.

When Kath offers to take Lily to the Telegraph Club, a lesbian bar in North Beach, all of the questions that Lily has been asking herself suddenly jump out of the page and into this dazzling room full of women. Oh, and she also has a PHD in queer young adult literature, so who better to go to when looking for queer YA books that you won't be able to put down, no matter your age?

Sophia refuses to accept her fate, and she soon finds she is not alone in her quest to take down the king. In the years since Cinderella has been dead, the region she lived in has become a tyrannical kingdom where young women are forced to attend the annual ball—or face the consequences.

These books feature queer young adult characters as they discover romance, identity, and adventure. Check out our list of LGBTQ-inclusive books for gay flexible. Then one day he accidentally hits the call button, and someone picks up.

Relations between the flatmates become muddled and begin to unravel as the academic year progresses, leaving open the question if even their friendships will survive the experiment and whether the love they were looking for was ever on the list to begin with.

Lily also did not expect to befriend her classmate Kathleen Miller either. From lust-filled angst to for fantasy adventures, YA certainly isn't just for young. Lily Rose is going to have an amazing summer selling ice cream with her best friend Cassie and swimming in the sea.

About Us. Oh, and she also has a PHD in queer young adult literature, so who better to go to when looking for queer YA books that you won't be able to put down, no matter your age? The only problem is that Erin won't leave—and they've run out of time.

Erica Gillingahm is a poet, writer and bookseller at the UK's oldest LGBT bookshop, the iconic and incomparable Gay's The Word. This timely and important read follows the author from childhood to young adulthood as she navigates the complex dynamics of both her cultural identity and sexuality.

From lust-filled angst to coming-of-age fantasy adventures, YA certainly isn't just for young adults, so here Erica shares just some of the best queer young adult fiction that adults will love too.