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5 | Amazon Bookshop Barnes & Noble |  | Pedro & Daniel | Pedro & Daniel follows two gay, neurodivergent, Mexican American brothers, over a twenty-four year span, who experience joy and laughter, despite years of abuse and oppression. | 2024 Lambda Literary Award - Exceptional New Writer 2024 Ohioana Book Award - Finalist 2024 Massachusetts Book Award - Longlist 2024 Crystal Kite Award - Finalist 2024 Américas Book Award - Commended Title 2024 Bank Street BEST OF THE YEAR 2023 Kirkus Reviews BEST OF THE YEAR 2023 Nerdy Book Club BEST OF THE YEAR Featured on NPR's Weekend Edition A Lambda Literary Most Anticipated Book Starred Reviews: Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf Awareness. | Federico Erebia | He/Him | FJEbooks.com | Twitter | ||||||||||
6 | Bookshop Amazon |  | A Man Of Lies | Noir/heist thriller: A mafia enforcer launches a desperate con to save his own life after he and his boyfriend are caught stealing from their boss. | Starred Review: Library Journal Amazon Editor's Pick: Best Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense | Ben Crane | He/Him | bencranewrites.com | Twitter Bluesky | ||||||||||
7 | Bookshop Amazon |  | Cosmic Cadets: Contact! | The kids of the crew of a ship exploring the galaxy go on adventures of their own in this Star Trek-inspired, middle-grade graphic novel. | School Library Journal starred pick-Best Comics for Kids | Ben Crane | He/Him | bencranewrites.com | Bluesky | ||||||||||
8 | Amazon Bookshop Amazon Canada Barnes & Noble |  | Queer Cheer | Queer Cheer provides advice and words of wisdom on topics relevant to LGBTQ+ teens today: from bullies and discrimination to acceptance and advocating for positive change. | Eric Rosswood | He/Him | EricRosswood.com | ||||||||||||
9 | Amazon Bookshop Amazon Canada Barnes & Noble |  | Queer Cheer | Queer Cheer provides advice and words of wisdom on topics relevant to LGBTQ+ teens today: from bullies and discrimination to acceptance and advocating for positive change. | Jodie Anders | She/Her | www.queercheerbook.com | Instagram TikTok | |||||||||||
10 | Amazon |  | The Lost Erwain | Not every girl is destined to live in a faery tale, but not ever girl wants a fantasy. Even if it's her fate. | Mariah Stillbrook | She/Her | MariahStillbrook.com | ||||||||||||
11 | Buy |  | In the Pines | Two sisters, two secrets, and a curse that could tear a family apart . . . | "Stillbrook penned an utterly mesmerizing tale full of magic spells and rituals, spirits and demons, and witches and their familiars." Readers Favorite | Mariah Stillbrook | She/Her | MariahStillbrook.com | Linktree | ||||||||||
12 | Ko-Fi Amazon |  | Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix | Examines the entire Matrix franchise and its intentional transness, as we track one person’s transition from Thomas Anderson, to Neo… to Trinity. | Tilly Bridges | She/Her | birdguest.com | Twitter - @tillybridges Bluesky - @tillybridges.bsky.social Instagram - @heckyeahtillybridges Threads - @heckyeahtillybridges Mastodon - @tillybridges@mastodon.social | |||||||||||
13 | Books2Read |  | Does Love Always Win? | Does Love Always Win? is a sapphic coming of age young adult novel that explores coming out and understanding one's sexual orientation. | Indie Ink Award Finalist for Bisexual/Biromantic Representation Nominee for the Indieverse Awards in four categories | Diane Billas | She/Her | DianeBillas.com | Instagram Threads TikTok | ||||||||||
14 | Goodreads |  | Superficial | A YA queer superhero novel set in Philadelphia. Marvel meets National Treasure. | Diane Billas | she/her | DianeBillas.com | Twitter TikTok Threads | |||||||||||
15 | Midnight Meadow Press Amazon Barnes & Noble Bookshop |  | The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher | Remarkable Retirement: An 83-year-old leaves the nursing home for fantastical adventure when she learns she's the chosen one. Contemporary fantasy. | Indie Ink Awards Finalist for Asexual/Aromantic Representation GoodReads "The Biggest Spring Releases of 2023" Kamilah Cole's "An Epic List of Amazing Dragon Books for Fantasy Lovers to Hoard" | E.M. Anderson/E | She/They | elizmanderson.com | elizmanderson on all platforms | ||||||||||
16 | Amazon |  | Not in the Plan | Free-spirited coffee shop owner meets uptight coffee addict. Is an opposites-attract match brewing… or burning? | Dana Hawkins | She/Her | DanaHawkins.com | Instagram | |||||||||||
17 | Midnight Meadow Publishing Amazon |  | Trials of the Innermost | Six young people embark on a quest to preserve peace between their homelands and fulfill a prophecy that says they will save their world. | Jonathan Fuller | He/Him | JonathanAndKristina.com | Instagram | |||||||||||
18 | Little Shop of Stories Bookshop |  | In the Ring | A bisexual girl with anxiety starts boxing to cope but gets roped into an underground fight club | 2024 Book All Young Georgians Should Read | Sierra Isley | She/Her | SierraIsley.com | IG: @sierraisley Twitter: @sierraisleyy Tiktok sierraisley | ||||||||||
19 | Allstora Bookshop Simon and Schuster Barnes & Noble Booksamillion |  | Red Clay Suzie | A gay boy with a disability battles bullying and body-shaming as he makes his way as an outsider — before finding acceptance in unlikely places. | The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlist Seven Hills Literary Prize for Fiction American Booksellers Association Indie Next Pick List Lambda Literary Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Book Foreword INDIES Silver Book of the Year | Jeffrey Dale Lofton | He/Him | jeffreydlofton.com | Instagram TikTok | ||||||||||
20 | Bookshop |  | Fat Angie: Homecoming | With unexpected internet fame, two people vying for Angie's heart, the assembling of an all-girl band, and coming to terms with her parents’ failures, Angie reclaims all that the word "fat" means and comes home to herself in this showstopper third book finale! | International Latino Book Award Forward Indies Book Award Writer's League of Texas Finalist | e.E. Charlton-Trujillo | They/Them | eecharlton-trujillo.com | Instagram | ||||||||||
21 | Amazon Barnes & Noble Bookshop |  | Joyful Song: A Naming Story | Zachary and his two moms joyfully parade to synagogue to celebrate the birth of Zachary’s baby sister and announce her name to the community. | Starred Reviews: Kirkus and Publishers Weekly | Lesléa Newman | She/Her | lesleakids.com | Twitter | ||||||||||
22 | Amazon Barnes & Noble Bookshop |  | Always Matt: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard | A celebration of the life and legacy of Matthew Shepard with an introduction by Jason Collins, the first out NBA player. | Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World, finalist. | Lesléa Newman | She/Her | lesleakids.com | Twitter | ||||||||||
23 | Amazon Barnes & Noble Bookshop |  | The Fairest in the Land | Best friends Benjamin and Annabelle both want to dress up as a princess--can both of them be the fairest in the land? | Kirkus starred review | Lesléa Newman | She/Her | lesleakids.com | Twitter | ||||||||||
24 | Harper Collins |  | The Redemption of Daya Keane | In the shadow of the local megachurch, Daya tries to fight her feelings for the most unavailable girl in town - megachurch poster child Beckett Wild. | Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection | Gia Gordon | She/Her | giagordonwrites.com | Facebook | ||||||||||
25 | Bookshop Barnes & Noble Amazon |  | The Wishing Flower | An LGBTQ-inclusive story about understanding your peers, your feelings, and yourself, The Wishing Flower is a love letter to longing, belonging, and longing to belong. | Lambda Literary Award Finalist ALA Rainbow Book List MISelf in Books, Michigan Association of School Librarians Starred Reviews: Kirkus, SLJ | A.J. Irving | She/Her | ajirving.com | Twitter | ||||||||||
26 | Penguin Random House Blackwells |  | Haunt Your Heart Out | A dashing ghost hunter and the bookseller who faked the ghosts he’s chasing wind up entangled in more ways than one in this small-town contemporary romance. | Amber Roberts | She/Her | amberrobertswrites.com | Threads TikTok | |||||||||||
27 | Amazon |  | Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant | Memoir about growing up and coming out in Detroit during the turbulent 80s, all set against my family’s popular Chinese restaurant. | Stonewall Honor Book Notable Michigan books Kirkus starred review | Curtis Chin | He/Him | Curtisfromdetroit.com | |||||||||||
28 | Amazon Barnes & Noble Bookshop Beaming Books |  | A COSTUME FOR CHARLY | CHARLY designs a costume to represent that they are both a boy and a girl. The hardest part? People understanding them. | SCBWI Crystal Kite Finalist (California/Hawaii Region) An American Library Association (ALA) Rainbow Book List Choice A Reads Rainbow Awards Finalist A New York Public Library Pick for Getting Kids Excited for Halloween A Foreward Reviews Book of the Day Lambda Literary's Most Anticipated Fall Releases 2022 Reads Rainbow Anticipated Fall Releases 2022 Nominated for a Cybils Award School Library Journal "12 Books for Trans Day of Visibility" Pick | CK Malone | They/Them | carlislemalonebooks.com | Twitter Bluesky | ||||||||||
29 | Pages A Bookstore High Five Books Bookshop Amazon |  | A Different Kind of Brave | A Gay teen globe-trotting, high stakes adventure with the heroic courage of the James Bond movies and the ongoing romance—and Queer group of friends—of Heartstopper. | “A Different Kind of Brave is a gem for young adults: not just a high-octane thriller but also a queer romance full of heart and sensuality.” —Foreword Reviews, Starred Review “Thrilling. Positively thrilling.” —Kirkus Reviews “A successful action-adventure story with a suitably suspenseful, white-knuckle denouement. Fans of the genre will be pleased.” —Booklist Selected for book of the week feature interview by Foreword Reviews: HERE | Lee Wind | He/Him | LeeWind.org | Instagram | ||||||||||
30 | Pages A Bookstore Bookshop Barnes & Noble Amazon |  | The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie | Get ready to shatter those preconceived notions of nothing but a gender binary and dive deep into expressions of gender--both past and present--that reveal the infinite variety and beauty of everyone's gender. | “An accessible, thorough, curiosity-provoking introduction to gender.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection | Lee Wind | He/Him | LeeWind.org | Instagram | ||||||||||
31 | Pages A Bookstore Bookshop Barnes & Noble Amazon |  | Love of the Half-Eaten Peach | An epic and lyrical take on Yuan, Duke Ling of Wei, and his beloved, Mi Zi Xia, who shared a peach circa 500 BCE, inspiring generations of people to use the expression “Love of the Half-Eaten Peach” in Chinese to describe romantic love between men. | Blurbs (the book comes out Sep 2024): “Love of the Half-Eaten Peach reads both like a fairytale and a slice of history, like a voyage of discovery and a story of love. Lee Wind has found a voice that goes between history and love that children and adults (both gay and straight), can celebrate and retell over and over again. AS A WRITER I ADMIRE IT. As a storyteller, I rejoice in it. As the grandmother of a gay man, I want an extra copy to send on wings of steel across the continent. Huzzah, Lee Wind.” — Jane Yolen, author of Owl Moon, the How Do Dinosaurs books, and almost 500 other books “What a treat! This book is as sweet and tender as a perfectly ripe peach. Inspired by a true story that took place more than 2,500 years ago, Lee Wind’s gorgeously-written, sparse poetic text and Jieting Chen’s elegantly-painted, exquisite illustrations complement each other beautifully in this quiet book that speaks volumes about the power of everlasting love.”— Lesléa Newman, author of Joyful Song: A Naming Story and Heather Has Two Mommies “This deliciously illustrated tale is a feast for all the senses. But, of all the things to love about this book (and there are a lot), I love the love story best.” — Heidi EY Stemple, author of She Sells Sea Shells and We Celebrate the Light “An epic queer love story - deliciously sublime. Savor every word.” — Michael Genhart, PhD, author of the forthcoming picture book Edie for Equality: Edie Windsor Stands Up for Love. | Lee Wind | He/Him | LeeWind.org | Instagram | ||||||||||
32 | Amazon Barnes & Noble Books of Wonder |  | Not He or She, I'm Me | A.M. Wild is a queer, nonbinary children’s book author who believes that books are places where we can collectively hope and heal. | STONEWALL BOOK AWARD HONOR BOOK - American Library Association Most empowering picture books of 2023 - Kirkus "Books such as this allow us to foster a world where every child can proudly say, “I’m me.” " - ★ Booklist Starred Review "[This] book invites readers to see and revel in everyday gender euphoria, and so better celebrate those little galaxies that contain multitudes." - ★ BCCB Starred Review "How refreshing to see nonbinary joy so lovingly depicted." - ★ Kirkus Starred Review | A.M. Wild | They/Them | awildword.com | |||||||||||
33 | Harper Collins |  | Mallory In Full Color | Mal’s people-pleasing weaves a web of lies tangled with a secret webcomic, a cute enby crush, a drag queen storytime, and even a glitter cat. | Malloy in Full Color releases in November 2024, reviews haven't come in yet. | Elisa Stone Leahy | She/Her | elisastoneleahy.com | Instagram | ||||||||||
34 | Harper Collins |  | Tethered To Other Stars | Wendy’s family feels safe from ICE in their new all-American neighborhood, until a woman fighting deportation takes sanctuary in the church across the alley. | Ohioana Book Award Finalist Cybils Award Finalist Kirkus - Best of the Year Bank Street - Best of the Year Starred Reviews: Kirkus & Publishers Weekly | Elisa Stone Leahy | She/Her | elisastoneleahy.com | Instagram TikTok | ||||||||||
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