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This list is for 2023 books with gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or themes. Books on this list must be published for the YA or middle grade market.
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Missing Clarissa
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Ripley Jones (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 5,289 ratings
score: 103,
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City of Vicious Night (Requiem Dark, #2)
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Claire Winn (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 266 ratings
score: 100,
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Seeds for the Swarm
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Sim Kern (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Crushing It (Lucky in Love, #1)
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Jen Desmarais (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings
score: 100,
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My Only Real Friend is the Easter Bunny at the Mall
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Christina Bagni (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Dark Melody
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Rito Lacota (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Silver Birds
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Apolline Lucy (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 128 ratings
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The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich
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4.37 avg rating — 22,760 ratings
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A Broke Boy in a Rich Girl's Heart
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C.K. Dion (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 100,
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A Million to One
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Adiba Jaigirdar (Goodreads Author)
3.41 avg rating — 4,661 ratings
score: 99,
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Dark Heir (Dark Rise #2)
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C.S. Pacat (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 19,172 ratings
score: 99,
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Touchy Feely Sweet Thing (Happy Lucky Everything, #2)
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Kieran Frank (Goodreads Author)
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 99,
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Rick
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4.06 avg rating — 6,773 ratings
score: 99,
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Alondra
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4.04 avg rating — 123 ratings
score: 98,
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Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)
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H.E. Edgmon (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 1,976 ratings
score: 98,
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Snow Boys
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Simon Doyle (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
score: 98,
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Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories
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3.97 avg rating — 1,108 ratings
score: 97,
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Camp QUILTBAG
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Nicole Melleby (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 566 ratings
score: 97,
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Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts
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3.95 avg rating — 913 ratings
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Theoretically Straight (Theoretically Straight #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 1,889 ratings
score: 97,
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The Forest Demands Its Due
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Kosoko Jackson (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 1,761 ratings
score: 96,
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The Song of Us
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Kate Fussner (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 720 ratings
score: 96,
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Love and Other Scores
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Abra Pressler (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 497 ratings
score: 96,
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Where Shadows Meet
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Patrice Caldwell (Goodreads Author)
3.11 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
score: 95,
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The Meadows
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Stephanie Oakes (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 580 ratings
score: 93,
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Lucha of the Night Forest
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Tehlor Kay Mejia (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 816 ratings
score: 91,
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The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl
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3.84 avg rating — 576 ratings
score: 89,
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The Marble Queen
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Anna Kopp (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 2,310 ratings
score: 88,
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Just Another Epic Love Poem
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Parisa Akhbari (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 630 ratings
score: 87,
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Dragging Mason County
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3.52 avg rating — 366 ratings
score: 87,
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You Owe Me One, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe #2)
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Chad Lucas (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 347 ratings
score: 86,
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Reel Love
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 85,
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Emmett
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Lev A.C. Rosen (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 1,126 ratings
score: 82,
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Train Track Princes
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Scarlett Barnhill (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 92 ratings
score: 82,
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The Haunting of Adrian Yates
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Markus Harwood-Jones (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 81,
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Saint Juniper's Folly
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Alex Crespo (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 1,298 ratings
score: 81,
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One Summer in Vancouver
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Tony Correia (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings
score: 79,
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The Girl That Time Forgot
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Victoria Lee (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 78,
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The Best Hardcore Band in PA
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Bill Elenbark (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 76,
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The Roof Over Our Heads
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Nicole Kronzer (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 266 ratings
score: 75,
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The Spells We Cast (The Spells We Cast, #1)
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Jason June (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 1,114 ratings
score: 74,
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The Black Queen
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Jumata Emill (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 3,577 ratings
score: 73,
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Charming Young Man
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Eliot Schrefer (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 673 ratings
score: 73,
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No Boy Summer: A Novel
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Amy Spalding (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 854 ratings
score: 71,
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Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire
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3.76 avg rating — 173 ratings
score: 70,
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The Immeasurable Depth of You
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Maria Ingrande Mora (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 837 ratings
score: 66,
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The Hills of Estrella Roja: A Graphic Novel
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3.96 avg rating — 1,469 ratings
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147 books ·
195 voters ·
list created February 2nd, 2021
by Rainbowheart (votes) .
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2023, bisexual, fiction, gay, glbt, glbtq, homosexuality, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, middle-grade, queer, sexual-orientation, sexuality, transgender, upcoming, young-adult
Rainbowheart
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155 friends
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rachel, x
3131 books
2494 friends
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Gal
7902 books
23 friends
23 friends
Alex
3240 books
665 friends
665 friends
Katie
17 books
0 friends
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Lindsey
57 books
0 friends
0 friends
Bee
3091 books
696 friends
696 friends
Rogier
2362 books
1255 friends
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Dec 16, 2021 05:04AM
This Wicked Fate is a 2022 release 😊.
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Thanks for the heads up! I removed This Wicked Fate.
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