Queer

Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities that are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning "strange" or "peculiar", queer came to be deployed pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late-19th century. Beginning in the late-1980s, queer scholars and activists began to reclaim the word to establish community and assert a politicized identity distinct from the gay political identity. Queer identitites may be adopted by those who reject traditional gender identities and seek a broader, less conformist, and deliberately ambiguous alternati ...more

John of John
Homebound
Canon
Bone of My Bone
Bromantasy
The Bone Door
The Lost Book of Lancelot
Waiting on a Friend
The Fake Divination Offense (Magic and Romance, #2)
Radiant Star
Villain (Hench, #2)
Decomposition Book
Body Count
A Kiss of Crimson Ash (Games of the Goddess, #1)
Returns and Exchanges
We Used to Live Here
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
Blue Sisters
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)
A Family Matter
So Old, So Young
A Good Person
Villa Coco
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Razorblade Tears
Score (Hollywood Renaissance, #2)
The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1
気になってる人が男じゃなかった Vol. 1 [Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, Vol. 1]
Bareback by Chris OwenFaith & Fidelity by Tere MichaelsCut & Run by Madeleine UrbanKeeping Promise Rock by Amy LaneBear, Otter, and the Kid by T.J. Klune
Best Gay Tear Jerker with a Happy Ending
629 books — 869 voters
Change of Heart by Mary CalmesWith Caution by J.L. LangleyWithout Reservations by J.L. LangleyWolfsong by T.J. KluneDuck! by Kim Dare
Best Gay Shifters
1,376 books — 1,763 voters

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi LeeThey Both Die at the End by Adam SilveraHistory Is All You Left Me by Adam SilveraThe Upside of Unrequited by Becky AlbertalliThe Love Interest by Cale Dietrich
2017 YA Books with LGBT Themes
284 books — 914 voters
Captive Prince by C.S. PacatCaptive Prince by C.S. PacatThe Foxhole Court by Nora SakavicKings Rising by C.S. PacatThe Raven King by Nora Sakavic
Best M/M With An Actual Story
1,562 books — 1,257 voters

The Song of Achilles
Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
One Last Stop
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
Giovanni’s Room
Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

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