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

Next Time Will Be Our Turn
Son of the Morning
As Many Souls as Stars
Like Family
The Wolf and His King
My Roommate From Hell
Slow Gods
I'll Make a Spectacle of You
The Cuffing Game
Deadly Ever After
Town & Country
The Silver Book
The Dramatic Life of Jonah Penrose
A Heart of Crimson Flames (Golden Court, #3)
Not Today, Satan
We Used to Live Here
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Blue Sisters
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
All the Way to the River
The Emperor of Gladness
Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes, #2)
The Unworthy
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan, #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]
Razorblade Tears
Automatic Noodle
Captive Prince by C.S. PacatCaptive Prince by C.S. PacatThe Foxhole Court by Nora SakavicCut & Run by Madeleine UrbanKings Rising by C.S. Pacat
Best M/M With An Actual Story
1,533 books — 1,227 voters
Shattered Glass by Dani AlexanderArmed & Dangerous by Abigail RouxStars & Stripes by Abigail RouxChase in Shadow by Amy LaneWho We Are by T.J. Klune
Best M/M Romance Published in 2012
631 books — 1,428 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliCarry On by Rainbow RowellThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
LGBTQ for YA
1,241 books — 2,149 voters
Heartstopper by Alice OsemanThe Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangNimona by N.D. StevensonHeartstopper by Alice OsemanFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Graphic Novels Featuring LGBTIQ+ Themes
1,060 books — 1,040 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
280 books — 887 voters

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

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