PRIDE BOOK LIST

PRIDE BOOK LIST! 

Celebrate Pride Month with us this June 

by checking out these books by 

LGBTQIA+ authors! 

Happy Pride from Penn Hills Library!

how to use this book list 

This book list is organized into genres with a mix of adult and 

young adult titles across all of the categories. In addition, there 

is a category at the end for younger children. The genre order is 

as follows: 

Mystery, Thriller & Horror 

Literary Fiction, Contemporary & Historical Fiction 

Romance 

Graphic Novels & Manga 

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction 

Poetry & Short Story Collections 

Nonfiction 

New Releases 

Middle Grade & Children's Fiction 

Find a genre that you like, and search for a book 

recommendation in that genre! 

If you have a specific perspective in mind you would like to read 

from (i.e. ace, lesbian, trans, etc.) then you can reference the 

flags on the right hand side of each book to see the 

representation featured in that book! 

If you are unsure about any terminology or flag used in this 

book list, you can reference the index or the links posted at the 

end of this book list in the Resources section to learn more!

How to use this book list part 2 

IMPORTANT NOTE! 

We tried our best to research each book and author to be 

sure we were using the correct pronouns and that we listed 

the correct representation featured in each book. However, 

in the event that we made an error, please feel free to reach 

out to us and let us know so that we can correct it! 

Finally, don't forget to read diversely all year round! If you 

can't get to these books in June then add them to your 

reading lists for the rest of the year as well. 

Be sure to always treat everyone with kindness and respect! 

Happy Pride everyone! We hope you enjoy this book list. 

With Love, 

The Penn Hills Staff

Pride Flag Index 

*This list is not comprehensive! For a full list, see 

the links in the resouce section of this book list 

Aromantic - a person with no interest in 

or desire for romantic attraction 

Asexual (Ace) - a person who feels 

little to no sexual attraction and/or has 

no sexual feelings or desires 

Bisexual- a person who experiences 

physical and/or emotional attraction for 

more than one gender 

Demiromantic - a person who 

experiences romantic attraction only 

after forming a strong emotional one 

Demisexual - a person who 

experiences sexual attraction only 

after forming a strong emotional one




Drag - a person who uses drag 

clothing and makeup to exaggerate 

female gender characteristics and 

gender roles, often for entertainment 

purposes 

Gay - a person who experiences 

romantic, emotional and/or physical 

attraction to a person of the game 

gender 

Genderfluid - a person who does not 

adhere to one gender and instead 

moves between genders 

Genderqueer - a person who blurs 

the boundaries of the gender binary 

and rejects gender stereotypes




Intersex- a person who is biologically 

between the medical definitions of 

male and female at birth 

Lesbian - a woman who is 

romantically, emotionally, and/or 

physically attracted to another 

woman 

Nonbinary - a person whose gender 

identity exists outside of the gender 

binary 

Omnisexual - a person who 

experiences attraction to all genders, 

but notices their partner's gender 

Pansexual - a person who experiences 

attraction to people of all genders




Polyamorous - a person who 

desires to have multiple intimate 

relationships with consenting 

partners at the same time 

Queer- this is both an umbrella term 

that LGBTQ+ people use to describe 

themselves and community but is also 

used by people to describe more fluid 

identities 

Transgender- a person who's 

gender identity does not necessarily 

match their sex assigned at birth 

Two-Spirit - a Native person who 

identifies as having both male and 

female essences or spirits

Mystery, thriller & Horror 

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. 

Danforth 

(she/her) 

fiction historical horror adventurous 

dark mysterious medium-paced 

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle L.Gomez 

(she/her) 

fiction fantasy horror emotional 

reflective slow-paced 

I Am the Ghost in Your House by 

Maria Romasco Moore 

(they/she) 

fiction young adult dark emotional 

reflective medium-paced


The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe 

(she/her) 

fiction contemporary mystery 

thriller young adult dark emotional 

tense fast-paced 

Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia 

(she/her) 

fiction historical mystery dark 

mysterious fast-paced 

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon 

(they/them or fae/faer) 

fiction horror science fiction 

emotional slow-paced


Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu 

(he/him) 

fiction classics horror dark 

mysterious tense slow-paced 

Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian 

(she/her) 

fiction historical mystery romance 

mysterious slow-paced 

Lay Your Sleeping Head by 

Michael Nava 

(he/him) 

fiction mystery mysterious fastpaced


Chaser by Dharma Kelleher 

(she/her) 

fiction crime mystery dark 

mysterious tense fast-paced 

Murder Most Actual b Alexis Hall 

(he/him) 

fiction mystery funny lighthearted 

mysterious medium-paced 

Poisoned Primrose by Dahlia 

Donovan 

(she/her) 

fiction mystery funny lighthearted 

mysterious fast-paced


Last Night at the Telegraph Club by 

Malinda Lo 

(she/her) 

fiction historical young adult 

emotional hopeful medium-paced 

By Way of Sorrow by Robyn Gigl 

(she/her) 

fiction mystery thriller dark 


White Is For Witching by Helen 

Oyeyemi 

(she/her) 

fiction fantasy horror magical 

realism challenging dark mediumpaced


The Taking of Jake Livingston by 

Ryan Douglass 

(he/him) 

fiction horror young adult dark 

mysterious tense fast-paced 

Her Body and Other Parties by 

Carmen Maria Machado 

(she/her) 

fiction contemporary horror literary 

short stories dark mysterious reflective 

medium-paced

Literary Fiction, Contemporary & 

historical fiction 

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah 

Gailey (they/them) 

fiction dystopian adventurous 

hopeful fast-paced 

The Deep by Rivers Solomon 


fiction fantasy science fiction 

challenging emotional mediumpaced 

The Chosen and the Beautiful by 

Nghi Vo 

(she/her) 

fiction historical literary magical 

realism emotional reflective slowpaced



Loveless by Alice Oseman 

(she/they) 

fiction young adult emotional 

hopeful reflective medium-paced 

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and 

Virtue by Mackenzi Lee 

(she/her) 

fiction historical young adult 

adventurous funny lighthearted 

medium-paced 

Speak No Evil by Uzodinma 

Iweala (he/him) 

fiction contemporary challenging 

emotional sad medium-paced



The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 

(she/her) 

fiction historical emotional reflective 

medium-paced 

The Song of Achilles by Madeline 

Miller (she/her) 

fiction historical literary romance 

adventurous emotional sad 

medium-paced 

Call Me By Your Name by Andre 

Aciman (he/him) 

fiction contemporary romance 

emotional reflective sad slow-paced



The Color Purple by Alice Walker 

(she/her) 

fiction classics literary emotional 


Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn 

(she/her) 

fiction contemporary literary 

emotional reflective sad mediumpaced 

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. 

(he/him) 

fiction historical literary race 

challenging emotional sad mediumpaced



Everyone in this Room Will Someday 

Be Dead by Emily Austin 

(she/her) 

fiction contemporary literary dark 

emotional funny medium-paced 

Detransition, Baby by Torrey 

Peters (she/her) 


emotional reflective medium-paced 

Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin 

(she/her) 

fiction contemporary young adult 

challenging emotional reflective 

fast-paced



The Gods of Tango by Carolina De 

Robertis (she/her) 

fiction historical emotional reflective 

slow-paced 

Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez 

(he/him) 

fiction contemporary race 


medium-paced 

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez 

(he/him) 

fiction fantasy science fiction 

adventurous reflective slow-paced



The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke 

Emezi (they/them) 

fiction contemporary emotional 

reflective sad medium-paced 

What If It's Us by Becky 

Albertalli (she/her) & Adam 

Silvera (he/him) 

fiction contemporary romance young 

adult lighthearted medium-paced 

 

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 

by Ocean Vuong (he/him) 


emotional reflective sad slow-paced



Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine 

Evaristo (she/her) 



Maurice by E.M. Forster 

(he/him) 

fiction classics historical literary 

romance emotional reflective slowpaced

Romance 

Love & Other Disasters by Anita 

Kelly 

(they/them) 


emotional funny lighthearted 

medium-paced 

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey 

McQuiston (they/she) 


funny hopeful lighthearted mediumpaced 

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder 

(she/her) 


emotional reflective fast-paced

Romance 

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall 

(he/him) 



medium-paced 

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by 

Ashley Herring Blake 

(she/her) 


emotional funny medium-paced 

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia 

Hibbert (she/he/they) 



medium-paced

Romance 

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper 

(she/her) 

fiction fantasy romance 

adventurous funny lighthearted 

medium-paced 

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar 

(she/her) 


young adult emotional lighthearted 

reflective medium-paced 

The Romantic Agenda by Claire 

Kann (she/her) 



medium-paced

Romance 

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender 

(they/he) 



I Wish You All the Best by Mason 

Deaver (they/them) 


young adult emotional hopeful 

medium-paced 

None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio 

(she/her) 


challenging emotional fast-paced

Romance 

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee 

(e/em/eir) 


young adult emotional hopeful 

lighthearted medium-paced 

You Should See Me in a Crown by 

Leah Johnson (she/her) 



medium-paced 

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa 

Cole (she/her) 

fiction romance emotional funny 

lighthearted medium-paced

Romance 

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo 

Okparanta (she/her) 

fiction historical challenging 

emotional medium-paced 

Aristotle and Dante Discover the 

Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin 

Alire Saenz (he/him) 


adult emotional hopeful reflective 

medium-paced

Science fiction, fantasy & Speculative 

fiction 

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers 

Solomon 


fiction science fiction challenging 

dark emotional medium-paced 

The Priory of the Orange Tree by 

Samantha Shannon 

fiction fantasy adventurous 

emotional medium-paced 

She Who Became the Sun by 

Shelley Parker-Chan 

(she/they) 

fiction fantasy historical 

adventurous challenging emotional 

medium-paced


fiction 

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas 

(they/them) 

fiction fantasy romance young adult 

adventurous emotional mysterious 

medium-paced 

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan 

McGuire 

(she/her) 



The City in the Middle of the Night 

by Charlie Jane Anders 

(they/them) 

fiction science fiction adventurous 

dark mysterious slow-paced


fiction 

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky 

Chambers (she/her) 

fiction science fiction emotional 

hopeful reflective medium-paced 

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden 

(she/her) 

fiction science fiction adventurous 

fast-paced 

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney 

(she/her) 

fiction fantasy young adult 

adventurous medium-paced


fiction 

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha 

Ngan (she/her) 


adventurous dark emotional 

medium-paced 

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse 

(she/her) 

fiction fantasy adventurous dark 


Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha 

Lee (he/him) 

fiction dystopian fantasy 

adventurous medium-paced


fiction 

The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon 

Yang (they/them) 


mysterious reflective medium-paced 

The Once and Future Witches by 

Alix E. Harrow 

(she/her) 

fiction fantasy historical 

adventurous emotional hopeful 

slow-paced 

Pantomime by Laura Lam 

(she/her) 


mysterious slow-paced


fiction 

No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell 

Turnbull 

(he/him) 

fiction fantasy mystery dark 


The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri 

(she/her) 

fiction fantasy romance 

adventurous dark emotional 

medium-paced 

The Way of Thorn and Thunder by 

Daniel Heath Justice 

(he/him) 


informative reflective slow-paced


fiction 

Crier's War by Nina Varela 

(she/her) 

fiction fantasy romance young adult 

adventurous emotional mediumpaced 

Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta 

(she/her) 

fiction dystopian science fiction 

young adult adventurous emotional 

tense medium-paced 

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens 

(they/them) 


adventurous lighthearted slowpaced


fiction 

A Lesson in Vengeance by 

Victoria Lee 

(she/her) 

fiction thriller young adult dark 

mysterious tense medium-paced 

Wild and Wicked Things by 

Francesca May 

(she/her) 

fiction fantasy historical adventurous 

emotional medium-paced


The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita 

Gill (she/her) 

fiction fantasy magical realism 

poetry religion emotional reflective 

slow-paced 

God's Children Are Little Broken 

Things by Arinze Ifeakandu 

(he/him) 

fiction romance short stories 


medium-paced 

A Place Called No Homeland by Kai 

Cheng Thom 

(she/her) 

nonfiction poetry challenging 

emotional reflective slow-paced


Content Warning: Everything by 

Akwaeke Emezi 

(they/them) 

nonfiction poetry emotional 


Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith 

(they/them) 

nonfiction poetry race challenging 


Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi 

Piepzna-Samarasinha 

(she/they) 


reflective slow-paced


You're The Most Beautiful Thing That 

Happened by Arisa White 

(she/her) 

poetry emotional reflective 

medium-paced 

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a 

List of Further Possibilities by Chen 

Chen (he/him) 

poetry emotional reflective slowpaced 

Nature Poem by Tommy Pico 

(he/him) 

nonfiction poetry reflective mediumpaced


Holy Wild by Gwen Benaway 

(she/her) 

nonfiction poetry challenging 

emotional reflective slow-paced 

Black Queer Hoe by Britteney 

Black Rose Kapri 

(she/her) 


inspiring reflective slow-paced 

The Year of Blue Water by 

Yanyi (he/him) 

nonfiction poetry reflective mediumpaced


Love After the End edited by 

Joshua Whitehead 

(he/him) 

fiction science fiction short stories 

informative reflective mediumpaced 

Sovereign Erotics edited by Qwo-Li Driskill 

(ze/hir/hirs), Daniel Heath Justice (he/him), 

Deborah Miranda (she/her), and Lisa 

Tatonetti (she/they) 

nonfiction classics literary reflective 

medium-paced 

The Secret Lives of Church 

Ladies by Deesha Philyaw 

(she/her) 

fiction short stories emotional 



A Natural History of Transition by 

Callum Angus 

(he/him) 

fiction short stories challenging 

mysterious reflective medium-paced 

Homesick: Stories by Nino Cipri 

(they/them) 

fiction fantasy short stories 

mysterious slow-paced 

Afterparties by Anthony 

Veasna So (he/him) 

fiction contemporary literary short 

stories emotional reflective slowpaced


A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett 

(she/her) 



Difficult Women by Roxanna Gay 

(she/her) 

fiction contemporary literary short 

stories dark emotional sad mediumpaced


The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin 

(they/them) 

fiction comics sports funny 

lighthearted fast-paced 

Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin 

(they/them) 

fiction comics mystery funny 


Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 

(she/they) 

fiction contemporary graphic novel 

romance young adult funny hopeful 

lighthearted fast-paced


On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden 

(she/her) 

fiction graphic novel science fiction 

young adult adventurous emotional 

hopeful medium-paced 

A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong 

(she/her) 

fiction graphic novel young adult 


The Third Person by Emma 

Grove (she/her) 

nonfiction memoir dark emotional 



Fine: A Comic About Gender by 

Rhea Ewing 

(they/them) 

nonfiction comics emotional 


The Essential Dykes to Watch Out 

For by Alison Bechdel 

(she/her) 

fiction comics emotional reflective 

slow-paced 

A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them 

Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni 

(they/them) and Tristan Jimerson 

(he/him) 

nonfiction comics graphic novel funny 

informative lighthearted fast-paced


Taproot by Keezy Young 

(they/them) 

fiction fantasy graphic novel 

adventurous lighthearted slowpaced 

Bloom by Kevin Panetta (he/him) 

and 

Savanna Ganucheau (she/her) 

fiction graphic novel young adult 

emotional lighthearted medium-paced 

How to Be Ace: A Memoir of 

Growing Up Asexual by 

Rebecca Burgess (they/them) 

nonfiction graphic novel memoir 

psychology reflective medium-paced


Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe 

(e/em/eir) 

nonfiction graphic novel memoir 

emotional informative reflective 

fast-paced 

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin 

(she/her) 

fiction graphic novel romance 

adventurous emotional fast-paced 

Check Please! by Ngozi Ukazu 

(she/her) 

fiction graphic novel romance 

young adult funny lighthearted fastpaced


Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki 

Kamatani 

(they/them) 

fiction contemporary manga young 

adult emotional medium-paced 

Go For It, Nakamura! by Syundei 

(she/her) 

fiction manga emotional funny 


My Brother’s Husband by 

Gengoroh Tagame 

(he/him) 

fiction contemporary manga 

adventurous emotional mediumpaced


My Lesbian Experience with 

Loneliness by Nagata Kabi 

(she/her) 

nonfiction manga memoir emotional 


I Think Our Son is Gay by Okura 

(he/him) 

fiction manga emotional 

lighthearted medium-paced 

That Blue Sky Feeling by Coma 

Hashii & Okura 

(he/him) 

fiction manga romance adventurous 

lighthearted slow-paced


Mooncakes by Wendy Xu (she/her) 

and 

Suzanne Walker (she/her) 

fiction fantasy graphic novel romance 

young adult adventurous lighthearted 

fast-paced 

Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan 

(he/him) 

fiction fantasy graphic novel science 

fiction young adult adventurous 


Virgil by Steve Orlando 

(he/him) 

fiction comics challenging dark fastpaced

Nonfiction 

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals 

About Desire, Society, and the 

Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen 

(she/her) 

nonfiction challenging informative 


All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. 

Johnson 

(they/them) 

nonfiction memoir race young adult 

emotional inspiring reflective mediumpaced 

She/He/They/Me: An 

Interactive Guide to the Gender 

Binary by Robyn Ryle (she/her) 

nonfiction gender reflective slowpaced

Nonfiction 

Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules 

of Gender and Conformity by 

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore 

(she/her) 

nonfiction essays gender reflective 

medium-paced 

Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy from 

Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex 

Writers edited by Laura Kate Dale 

(she/her) 

nonfiction essays emotional hopeful 

inspiring medium-paced 

In the Dream House by Carmen 

Maria Machado (she/her) 

nonfiction feminism memoir 

challenging dark reflective mediumpaced

Nonfiction 

Deaf Utopia: A Memoir - And a 

Love Letter to a Way of Life by 

Nyle DiMarco (he/him) 

nonfiction autobiography emotional 

funny reflective medium-paced 

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A 

Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous 

Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom 

(she/her) 

fiction feminism magical realism 

challenging emotional reflective fastpaced 

Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, 

Loss, and the Fight for Trans 

Equality by Sarah McBride 

(she/her) 

nonfiction memoir hopeful inspiring 

reflective fast-paced

Nonfiction 

High Risk Homosexual by 

Edgar Gomez 

(all pronouns) 

nonfiction memoir emotional funny 


Black. Queer. Southern. Women.: An 

Oral History by E. Patrick Johnson 

(he/him) 

nonfiction feminism gender history 

race emotional informative slowpaced 

Girls Can Kiss Now by 

Jill Gutowitz 

(she/her) 

nonfiction essays emotional funny 


Nonfiction 

A Two-Spirit Journey: The 

Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa- 

Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby 

(she/her) 

nonfiction autobiography memoir 

challenging emotional inspiring mediumpaced 

Burn the Page: A True Story of 

Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and 

Igniting Change by Danica Roem 

(she/her) 

nonfiction memoir informative inspiring 


The Women's House of 

Detention: A Queer History of a 

Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan 

(he/him) 

nonfiction sociology challenging 

informative sad medium-paced

Nonfiction 

Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and 

Feminist Mandate for Radical 

Movements by Charlene Carruthers 

(she/her) 

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging 

informative reflective medium-paced 

What's the T? The no-nonsense guide to 

all things trans and/or non-binary for 

teens by Juno Dawson (she/her) and 

Soofiya (their/them) 

nonfiction hopeful informative inspiring 

medium-paced 

Transgender History: The Roots 

of Today's Revolution by Susan 

Stryker (she/her) 

nonfiction history informative reflective 

medium-paced

Nonfiction 

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A 

Resource for the Transgender 

Community edited by Laura Erickson- 

Scroth (she/they) 

nonfiction gender challenging informative 


We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, 

and Pride In The History of Queer 

Liberation by Leighton Brown (he/him) 

and Matthew L. Riemer (he/him) 

nonfiction history 

emotional informative slow-paced 

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde 

(she/her) 

nonfiction essays feminism sociology 

challenging informative reflective 

medium-paced

Nonfiction 

Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern 

Womanhood by Trixie Mattel 

(she/her) and Katya Zamolodchikova 

(she/her) 

nonfiction funny reflective fast-paced 

The Body is Not an Apology by 

Sonya Renee Taylor 

(she/her) 

nonfiction feminism self help informative 

inspiring reflective medium-paced 

How We Get Free: Black Feminism 

and the Combahee River Collective 

edited by Keeanga-Yamatta Taylor 

nonfiction feminism history reflective 

slow-paced

Nonfiction 

How We Fight for Our Lives by 

Saeed Jones 

(he/him) 

nonfiction memoir race challenging 

emotional reflective medium-paced

New Releases 

MAY 10TH 

Everything for You by Chloe 

Liese 

(she/her) 

fiction contemporary romance sports 

emotional hopeful lighthearted 

medium-paced 

MAY 24TH 

You Made a Fool of Death with 

Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi 

(they/them) 


emotional hopeful lighthearted 

medium-paced 

JUNE 7TH 

Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya 

Deane 

(she/her) 

fiction historical dark emotional 

reflective slow-paced

New Releases 

MAY 31ST 

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour 

(she/her) 

fiction literary emotional hopeful 


JUNE 7TH 

Home Field Advantage by 

Dahlia Adler 

(she/her) 

fiction young adult emotional hopeful 

inspiring medium-paced 

JULY 12TH 

Gods of Want: Stories by K- 

Ming Chang 

(she/her) 



New Releases 

MARCH 8TH 

Lakelore by Anna-Marie 

McLemore 

(they/them) 

fiction magical realism emotional 

hopeful mysterious medium-paced 

MARCH 14TH 

Ophelia After All by Racquel 

Marie (she/her) 


adult emotional funny hopeful mediumpaced 

APRIL 5TH 

Nothing Burns as Bright as You 

by Ashley Woodfolk 

(she/her) 



New Releases 

JULY 21ST 

Her Majesty's Royal Coven 

by Juno Dawson 

(she/her) 

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional 

medium-paced 

MAY 17TH 

The Lesbiana's Guide to 

Catholic School by Sonora 

Reyes (they/them) 


emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Middle grade & Children's fiction 

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi 

(they/them) 


emotional hopeful reflective fastpaced 

The Tea Dragon Society by K. 

O'Neill (they/them) 

fiction fantasy graphic novel middle 

grade hopeful lighthearted relaxing 

fast-paced 

Melissa by Alex Gino 

(they/them) 

fiction children's emotional hopeful 

inspiring fast-paced


Rick by Alex Gino 

(they/them) 

fiction contemporary middle grade 

hopeful inspiring lighthearted fastpaced 

Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth 

LaPensee (she/her) and K.C. 

Oster (he/she/they) 

fiction children's fantasy middle grade 

young adult adventurous dark mediumpaced 

In the Key of Us by Mariama J. 

Lockington (she/her) 


music challenging emotional reflective 

medium-paced


Different Kinds of Fruit by 

Kyle Lukoff 

(he/him) 

fiction middle grade emotional 

funny lighthearted medium-paced 

You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, 

Puberty, and Other Things by Cory 

Silverberg (they/them) and Fiona 

Smyth (she/her) 

children's middle grade medium-paced 

Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution! 

by Joy Ellison (they/them) and Tesh 

Silver (she/they) 

nonfiction emotional informative slowpaced


Obie is Man Enough by 

Schuyler Bailar 

(he/him) 

fiction middle grade sports 


medium-paced 

Both Can Be True by Jules 

Machias (they/them) 


adventurous emotional mediumpaced 

Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad 

Lucas (he/him) 


emotional hopeful medium-paced

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