So you’ve read the 200 or so LGBT young adult books which were published in the first half of 2023 and you’re hungry for more? Fear not! The upcoming six months also have a lot to offer. And I do mean, a lot.
So go forth, enjoy and preorder away! And hey, a lot of those titles are (or ill be) available on Scribd, so if you want to check out that service but don’t have an account yet, use my invite code to get 2 months for free! (This also gives me one free month.)
Related: LGBT YA books of January-June 2023 & more LGBT YA releases
JULY
All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan (Indian American lesbian mc, sapphic li, f/f relationship)
What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan (f/f relationship)
All About Roman(ce) by Daniel Tawse (nonbinary mc)
Firebird by Sunmi (East Asian American sapphic mcs, f/f relationship)
Jack’s Ever After by Owen Lach (m/m relationship)
The Third Daughter by Adrienne Tooley (lesbian mcs, f/f relationship, achillean side character)
The Valkyrie’s Shadow by Tiana Warner (f/f relationship)
Splintered Magic by L. L. McKinney (Black sapphic mc)
Overemotional by David Fenne (gay mc)
A Boy Named Rose by Gaëlle Geniller (gnc mc, m/m relationship)
Rana Joon and the One & Only Now by Shideh Etaat (Iranian American lesbian mc)
How to Die Famous by Benjamin Dean (gay mc)
A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui (f/f relationship)
Frontera by Julio Anta & Jacoby Salcedo (Mexican American achillean mc)
Jamie Hallow and the End of the World by A. V. Wilkes (gay mc, lgbt characters)
Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Best (f/f relationship)
A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow (gay mc)
The Valley of Stars by Yona Katz (f/f relationship)
AUGUST
Cuckoos Three by Cassandra Jean Piedra & Mosskat (m/m relationship)
I Don’t Know Which Is Love, Vol. 1 by Oku Tamamushi (f/f relationship)
Unexpecting by Jen Bailey (gay mc, m/m relationship)
Cold Girls by Maxine Rae (sapphic mc, f/f relationship)
Donick Walsh and the Reset-Button by Nathaniel Shea (gay mc, m/m relationship)
Love and Other Wicked Things by Philline Harms (f/f relationship)
Who Could Love You, Astor Price? by Amy Jane Lehan (pan mc)
Sparks Fly by Birdie Lynn (m/m relationship)
The Crimson Fortress by Akshaya Raman (Indian cast, gay mc)
Wynd Book Three: The Throne in the Sky by James Tynion IV & Michael Dialynas (m/m relationship)
Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott (f/f relationship)
The Bewitching Hour by Ashley Poston (lesbian mc)
Gimmicks and Glamour by Laura Melissa Ellzey (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Never a Hero by Vanessa Len (side m/m relationship)
The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl by Emily Riesbeck & NJ Barna (f/f relationship)
Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig (gay mc, m/m relationship)
The Firefly by Laury A. Egan (lesbian mc)
The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan (f/f relationship)
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea (Black bi mc)
The Girls from Hush Cabin by Marie Hoy-Kenny (f/f relationship)
The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin (f/f relationship)
The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall (f/f relationship)
Night of the Living Queers ed. by Shelly Page & Alex Brown (lgbt short stories)
Airlock by Tash McAdam (nonbinary mc)
They Fade Away by Alex Armoredes (trans mc)
Damned If You Do by Alex Brown (f/f relationship)
SEPTEMBER
Ryan and Avery by David Levithan (m/m relationship)
Fire From the Sky by Moa Backe Åstot, trans. by Eva Apelqvist (Sámi gay mcs, m/m relationship)
Out of Touch by Michael Sarais (m/m relationship)
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (autistic trans mc)
This Terrible True Thing by Jenny Laden (HIV-positive gay dad)
In the Ring by Sierra Isley (bi mc)
Death by Senior Year by Sierra Elmore (Black bi mc, pan mc, Latina lesbian li, bi character)
The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars (trans mc, m/m relationship)
Into the Bright Open by Cherie Dimaline (sapphic mc, Metis sapphic li)
Every Star That Falls by Michael Thomas Ford (gay mc) tw past attempted suicide
Shadow Coven by S. Isabelle (sapphic mcs)
Firsts and Lasts ed. by Laura Silverman (short stories; lgbt characters)
Mall Goth by Kate Leth, Diana Sousa & Robin Crank (sapphic mc)
The Meadows by Stephanie Oakes (sapphic mc, f/f relationship) tw conversion therapy
Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass (gay mcs)
A Grim and Sunken Vow by Ashley Shuttleworth (lesbian mc with depression, pan mc, gay mc, bi mc, genderfluid mc)
A Crown So Cursed by L. L. McKinney (Black bi mc)
Everyone’s Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni (Nigerian British mcs, 4 bi mcs, gay mc)
A Prayer for Vengeance by Leanne Schwartz (lesbian character)
Mermaids Never Drown ed. by Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker (short stories; lgbt characters)
The Siren, the Song and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (sapphic mc, genderfluid mc)
Daughter of Winter and Twilight by Helen Corcoran (bi mc, sapphic parents)
The Prince and the Coyote by David Bowles & Amanda Mijangos (Indigenous Mexican cast, queer characters)
How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok (pan mc, f/f relationship, lesbian, nonbinary & bi characters)
A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O’Brien (nonbinary mc)
This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson (bi mc, aroace mc)
Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven (f/f relationship)
What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell (sapphic mc, Korean American bi mc)
Mindbreaker by Kate Dylan (f/f relationship)
Monstrous by Jessica Lewis (f/f relationship)
OCTOBER
Salt the Water by Candice Iloh (genderfluid mc)
Being Ace ed. by Madeline Dyer (ace & aro short stories, nonbinary characters)
Kween by Vichet Chum (Cambodian American sapphic mc, Black sapphic li, f/f relationship)
Dragging Mason County by Curtis Campbell (gay mc)
Wild Wishes and Windswept Kisses by Maya Prasad (sapphic mc)
The Best Hardcore Band in PA by Bill Elenbark (gay mc, achillean li)
The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will by Maya MacGregor (agender mc)
Confetti Realms by Nadia Shammas, Karnessa & Hackto Oshiro (nonbinary mc, nb/m relationship)
Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer (achillean mc, achillean li, lgbt side characters)
Brooms by Jasmine Walls & Teo Duvall (Chinese trans mc, Black lesbian mc, Choctaw-Mexican lesbian mc)
The Spells We Cast by Jason June (m/m relationship)
Beholder by Ryan La Sala (gay mc)
The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson (Black achillean mc)
Songs of Irie by Asha Bromfield (Jamaican sapphic mcs)
If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie (Black lesbian mc, Vietnamese lesbian li, f/f relationship)
By Any Other Name by Erin Cotter (m/m relationship)
And Don’t Look Back by Rebecca Barrow (lesbian mc, sapphic li, sapphic parent)
All These Sunken Souls ed. by Circe Moskowitz (short stories; lgbt characters)
All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters (bi mc, f/f relationship)
The Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado (Puerto Rican American bi mc, f/m relationship)
The Infested by Renee Lake (bi & trans characters)
Here Lies Olive by Kate Anderson (sapphic mc)
This Pact is Not Ours by Zachary Sergi (gay mc, pan mc, gay side characters)
Clementine, Book Two by Tillie Walden (sapphic mc)
How to Get Over the End of the World by Hal Schrieve (gay mc, trans gay mcs)
NOVEMBER
Emmett by L. C. Rosen (achillean mc, m/m relationship)
Finding My Elf by David Valdes (m/m relationship)
Pritty by Keith F. Miller, Jr. (Black gay mcs, m/m relationship)
The Queer Girl is Going to be Okay by Dale Walls ((trans mc, lesbian mc, f/f, queer mc, f/nb))
Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt (achillean ace mc, m/m relationship)
Dark Heir by C. S. Pacat (bi mc)
Godly Heathens by H. E. Edgmon (Seminole nonbinary mc)
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng (f/f relationship)
No One Left But You by Tash McAdam (queer trans mc, m/m relationship)
Only She Came Back by Margot Harrison (sapphic mc)
Defiant by Brandon Sanderson (nonbinary characters)
To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn (bi mc)
Chasing the Alpha’s Son by Penny Jessup (m/m relationship)
DECEMBER
Caught in a Bad Fauxmance by Elle Gonzalez Rose (m/m relationship)
Lucero by Maya Motayne (gay mc)
Heartstopper, Vol. 5 by Alice Oseman (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship, lesbian mcs, f/f relationship, trans mc, f/m relationship)
Which book are you most looking forward to?
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