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My Love Mix-Up!, Vol. 2 by Wataru Hinekure
Aoki has a crush on Ida, a boy in his class. Hashimoto’s eraser, which caused so much confusion among friends when Aoki borrowed it, is also at fault for making him flunk a quiz! Aoki, Akkun, and Hashimoto meet up at Ida’s for a study session where Aoki and Ida talk about what they are to each other—if they can figure it out? ! -
![Megumi & Tsugumi, Vol. 2 by Mitsuru Si]()
Megumi & Tsugumi, Vol. 2 by Mitsuru Si
A tough-guy omega who believes he can control his heats through sheer willpower meets his match when he faces off with an alpha unlike any he’s ever encountered before! Tsugumi is an omega whose sole goal in life is to beat up any alpha who crosses his path... -
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![Text Talk by merlywhirls]()
Text Talk by merlywhirls
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFandom: Harry Potter. Relationship: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin. --------------------------------------------------. Sirius is in boarding school, Remus is in the hospital, and they don't know each other until Sirius texts the wrong number. -
![Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas]()
Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas
Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsidian gods have been released from their prison, and now chaos and destruction are wreaking havoc on Reino del Sol. All because Teo refused to sacrifice a fellow semidiose during the Sunbearer Trials... -
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![The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee]()
The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsReturn to the enchanting world of the Montague siblings in the finale to the New York Times bestselling and Stonewall Honor-winning series, featuring a teenage Adrian Montague as he desperately seeks the now adult Monty and Felicity—the older siblings he never knew he had. Adrian Montague has a bright future... -
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Proud by Juno Dawson
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsVISIONARY HONOURS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020. Celebrate the fifth anniversary of PROUD in this dazzling new edition of the anthology, featuring a brand-new story and artwork. A stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their unique responses to the broad theme of pride... -
![I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson]()
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
At first, Jude and her twin brother Noah, are inseparable. Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude wears red-red lipstick, cliff-dives, and does all the talking for both of them. Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways. . -
![Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura]()
Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom Storm in Heaven:. Rakan lives alone, and the plants in his garden grow so thick and fast that it seems like a jungle. One day a man, holding a gun made of wood, falls right down into his garden. He seems to come from another world, and he's searching for someone who can bring back the green into his own dark and inhospitable world. -
![Dominic and the Dolphin by Vinni George]()
Dominic and the Dolphin by Vinni George
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when fate intertwines shifters from land and sea? Dante Perez knows what it’s like to be an omega in an alpha’s world. He’s fought to make his company one of the best, and when he gets the opportunity to sponsor the summer’s air and water show circuit, he’s not going to let anything stand in his way, especially not alpha flyboy Dominic Pavone...Categorized as:
queer paranormal shapeshifters fantasy m-m omegaverse contemporary from hate to love -
![The Invitation by Alice Oseman]()
The Invitation by Alice Oseman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA story about a secret Gryffindor/Slytherin relationship. -
![Left Undone by Tess Barnett]()
Left Undone by Tess Barnett
Scott Mason lives alone—but he never feels alone. Everywhere he goes, the spirits of the dead call to him for help. The threat of unwanted touch and the flood of memory and emotion that always comes with it forces him to hide behind long sleeves and gloves. He exists in fearful seclusion compounded by his schizophrenia, which keeps him separate and untrusted in his small-town community... -
![And They Lived . . . by Steven Salvatore]()
And They Lived . . . by Steven Salvatore
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsChase Arthur is a budding animator and hopeless romantic obsessed with Disney films and finding his true love, but he's plagued with the belief that he's not enough for anyone: he's recovering from an eating disorder and suffers from body dysmorphia fueled by his father, and can't quite figure out his gender identity... -
![Lion's Legacy by Lev A.C. Rosen]()
Lion's Legacy by Lev A.C. Rosen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo’s life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex’s new relationship and make nice... -
![You First by J.C. Lillis]()
You First by J.C. Lillis
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen sort-of-superhero Levon Ludlow meets Jay Jantzen on a bench beside their college quad, he knows he’s met a kindred spirit. Levon can talk to animals, but only pests and nuisances no one wants to talk to. Jay can manipulate and freeze water, but only thirty-two ounces at a time... -
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![Into You by Jay Northcote]()
Into You by Jay Northcote
What do you do when the body you wake up in isn’t yours? Olly and Scott promised to be best friends forever. They grew up on the same street, went to the same school, and did everything together. But one hot summer night, teenage experimentation caused hurt feelings and confusion, and their friendship was destroyed... -
![Hunter's Moon by Victoria Sue]()
Hunter's Moon by Victoria Sue
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDaniel—leopard shifter. FBI agent. Rejected by his pack. I never expected to find a mate. Never thought I deserved one—never mind two nearly twenty years my junior. Luke—wolf shifter and one half of the legendary Ashani pair. Escaped a closed pack where he was kept a prisoner by his own father. The Ashani aren’t allowed mates... -
![Glow by Stacey Wallace Benefiel]()
Glow by Stacey Wallace Benefiel
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAll three books in the Zellie Wells trilogy, Glimpse, Glimmer and Glow, in one volume. -
![Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters]()
Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYoung Royals meets Red, White, and Royal Blue in this heart-pumping romance by award-winning author Julian Winters! When roguish Prince Jadon of Îles de la Rêverie is left in America to clean up his image after a horribly public break-up gone viral, romance is not on the table. Carefully planned photo ops with puppies? Yes. Scheduled appearances with the Santa Monica elite Absolutely...Categorized as:
queer young adult contemporary m-m high-school friends to lovers fantasy length-medium -
![Someone Is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona by Mark A. Roeder]()
Someone Is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona by Mark A. Roeder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSomeone is killing the gay boys of Verona, Indiana, and only one gay youth stands in the way. He finds himself pitted against powerful foes, but finds allies in places he did not expect. Sixteen-year-old Sean sets out on a quest that takes him into the supernatural and beyond... -
![Ghosting You by Alexander C. Eberhart]()
Ghosting You by Alexander C. Eberhart
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTommy hears dead people. Okay, one dead person. His best friend, Chase. Since his death, Tommy can’t stop hearing his voice. They talk every day and Tommy even sends him texts, but it always ends the same. Message failed to send. Until one day, a stranger texts back...Categorized as:
paranormal queer young adult m-m contemporary from hate to love new adult high-school -
![This is Not a Horror Movie by Sara Dobie Bauer]()
This is Not a Horror Movie by Sara Dobie Bauer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmory Jones loves two things: horror movies and Connor Nichols. For the past four years, Emory, Connor, and their families have vacationed side by side on Longboat Key, Florida. Eighteen-year-old Emory has pined for his neighbor from behind the covers of Stephen King books, but college boy Connor has never noticed him. Probably because Emory looks like Jack Skellington with good hair... -
![Loveblood by M.J. O'Shea]()
Loveblood by M.J. O'Shea
A Harmony Ink Press Young Adult Title. Max Appleton and his mother Celia are are on the run, hiding from an abusive father and husband who’s also a notoriously bad pack leader. When Max hit puberty and it became obvious he’d never make an alpha wolf, his father turned the brunt of his anger toward his inferior son and his beta wolf wife for producing him... -
![Run Away with Me by Brian Selznick]()
Run Away with Me by Brian Selznick
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Brian Selznick, a profoundly romantic YA novel about two boys finding each other and falling in love over one summer in Rome. "I'm going to call you Danny. What are you going to name me? ". "Angelo. ". Danny is spending his sixteenth summer in Rome... -
![Straight Expectations by Calum McSwiggan]()
Straight Expectations by Calum McSwiggan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf you were granted one wish, what would it be? Seventeen-year-old Max has always been out and proud. But every time he looks around his small school, he sees straight couples everywhere. It’s everything he’s ever wanted for himself, but there are few queer boys to choose from... -
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![Young Men in Love by Lucas Gattoni, Paul Allor]()
Young Men in Love by Lucas Gattoni, Paul Allor
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaphazard pirates, wayward ghosts, dashing knights, rampaging kaiju (and down-to-earth regular joes! ) are all assembled here to amaze and delight you in a wildly unique anthology celebrating love between men, from an astounding array of comics creators who know exactly how it feels... -
![Coin Tricks by Willow Scarlett]()
Coin Tricks by Willow Scarlett
Wire's too huge and intimidating to find love… but that doesn't stop him dreaming. His size has defined his whole life, from his jobs as a bouncer and store security to his brief and unsatisfying relationships. But beneath his scary appearance, Wire's kind and loving. He cares for his family and his dog and imagines a future with a caring man at his side. Then he catches Sid stealing soap... -
![How We Began by Edie Danford, Alexis Hall]()
How We Began by Edie Danford, Alexis Hall
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow does love begin? A glance, a gesture, an unexpected offer of help from a stranger…or from a good friend. A smile across a counter at a coffee shop or video store. A secret revealed in a song from another place and time. Or in a love ballad crooned at a high school dance... -
![Gods of Chaos by Jen McConnel]()
Gods of Chaos by Jen McConnel
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I know more about Red magic than you think. I bet you haven’t been to the Underworld for training. I bet the gods haven’t fought over you. ” I hoped to elicit some surprise from him, but his stormy expression was not what I’d expected. “You’d lose that bet, Darlena. I’d be careful what you say; you don’t know anything... -
![Puppy Love by Tsuchida Haru]()
Puppy Love by Tsuchida Haru
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsInukai works at a company where he's exploited and unappreciated, but one day he stops at a pet shop and meets a gentle clerk named Hoshi. Playing with cute dogs and the soothing conversation with Hoshi makes Inukai decide to quit his job and change his life situation so he can have a dog of his own... -
![Caught in a Bad Fauxmance by Elle Gonzalez Rose]()
Caught in a Bad Fauxmance by Elle Gonzalez Rose
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA fresh, fun contemporary rom-com from debut author Elle Gonzalez Rose, about an aspiring artist who agrees to fake date one of his family’s longtime enemies in the hopes of gathering intel good enough to take down their rivals once and for all. Devin Baez is ready for a relaxing winter break at Lake Andreas... -
![Colder Than Fiction by Amanda Meuwissen]()
Colder Than Fiction by Amanda Meuwissen
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn author is often haunted by their muse, but this one promises a kiss. Ezra wakes with the worst hangover of his life after a Christmas party he never wanted to attend. It’s the holidays, he was just dumped by his boyfriend, and his next manuscript is due to his publisher by the end of the year, but all Ezra wants is escape... -
![The Magic You Make by Jason June]()
The Magic You Make by Jason June
What Nigel and Ori know could change the magical world. But first they have to survive it. In this propulsive sequel to The Spells We Cast, sunshine/grump soulmates Nigel and Ori must overcome magical corruption and an evil force inside Nigel... -
![Recipe for Magic by Agatha Bird]()
Recipe for Magic by Agatha Bird
Connor Roth is a fire mage who’s going places. He's powerful, popular, and he has a plan. But his plan for fame and glory is disrupted when the Oracle sticks him with Landyn Glendower for Senior Trial. This is an act unprecedented in their school's history. Landyn is a water mage, and everyone knows mages with opposing elements can’t work magic together... -
![Treasure by Megan Derr]()
Treasure by Megan Derr
Nine gods ruled the world, until the ultimate betrayal resulted in their destruction. Now, the world is dying and only by restoring the Lost Gods can it be saved. Nine hundred years ago, the Dragons of the Three Storms, gods of chaos, tried to destroy their land of Kundou. Only by rising up and slaying the Dragons and stealing their power was Kundou saved... -
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![I've Walked Where You've Been by Marina Vivancos]()
I've Walked Where You've Been by Marina Vivancos
Matty knew he would bond with his soulmate one day—everybody did—but it was supposed to happen when he was older…not when he was just nine years old. Now, he’s stuck with some kid named Ethan, who doesn’t even like to play outside. They can’t stay apart for long, and Matty’s resentment grows as he has to follow Ethan to boarding school first, then college...Categorized as:
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![Waiting for You Online by Xi He Qing Ling, 羲和清零]()
Waiting for You Online by Xi He Qing Ling, 羲和清零
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAt the age of 15, He Jin found himself a “husband” in an online game, their love was filled with loving affection and sweetness. However, because his study was being interfered with, his parent cut off the internet, he didn’t even have a chance to say goodbye and had to disappear from the game...Categorized as:
queer contemporary m-m fantasy queer-awakening young adult length-epic first-in-series -
![Don’t You Like Me 你是不是喜欢我 by Lu Tianyi, 吕天逸]()
Don’t You Like Me 你是不是喜欢我 by Lu Tianyi, 吕天逸
(English description is written below the Chinese description. ). 林飞然不喜欢顾凯风！. 他的完美在林飞然眼中都是讨厌的理由。. 可偏偏当林飞然继承了家族「遗产」阴阳眼后，. 顾凯风却是极度怕鬼的他唯一能倚靠的人形护身符。. 碰他一下能不见鬼五分钟，带着他用过的笔二十分钟，. 穿着他的原味衣服大概两个小时……. 为此，林飞然化身林小黏糕努力黏上这个阳气提取机，. 只是黏着黏着……啊啊，怎么这气氛跟谈恋爱似的？ ！. 顾凯风不怎么喜欢林飞然！. 虽然这个转学生兼室友从头到脚完全是他喜欢的型，. 但那跩了吧唧的小模样实在不讨喜。. 没想到不过关怀了下发烧的他，小傻逼就成了小黏糕，. 钻他被窝，藏他笔，穿他衣，分开个五分钟都不行，. 天天萌得他不能自已，撩得他忍不住要问──... -
![Bodyguard by Dassy Bernhard]()
Bodyguard by Dassy Bernhard
How was he supposed to know that the real-life chairman looked like an actor playing one on TV? When bodyguard Tang Jun-young saves his clients, a world-famous K-pop boyband, from being kidnapped by stopping the getaway van with his own body, he's worried that his secret—well, one of them—will be out in the open... -
![The Other Ones by Fran Hart]()
The Other Ones by Fran Hart
Sal lives in a haunted house. He longs to be ordinary, but when the strangest of strangers arrives on his doorstep – a fellow outcast called Pax – his life grows even more complicated. Sal goes on to develop an unlikely friendship with Pax, whose love for all things spooky drew him to the house and its inhabitants. But as the two grow closer, the true nature of the hauntings is gradually revealed... -
![Loveblood by M.J. O'Shea]()
Loveblood by M.J. O'Shea
A Harmony Ink Press Young Adult Title. Max Appleton and his mother Celia are are on the run, hiding from an abusive father and husband who’s also a notoriously bad pack leader. When Max hit puberty and it became obvious he’d never make an alpha wolf, his father turned the brunt of his anger toward his inferior son and his beta wolf wife for producing him...Categorized as:
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![A Most Personal Property by Darrah Glass]()
A Most Personal Property by Darrah Glass
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn the heat of August 1900, Henry Blackwell—rich, handsome, and painfully shy—anticipates the purchase of his companion slave, that most personal of properties, with equal parts excitement and dread. There are limits to what a gentleman might do with his slave and still remain a gentleman, and what Henry craves goes far beyond what’s allowed... -
![A Boy Worth Knowing by Jennifer Cosgrove]()
A Boy Worth Knowing by Jennifer Cosgrove
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsGhosts can’t seem to keep their opinions to themselves. Seventeen-year-old Nate Shaw should know; he’s been talking to them since he was twelve. But they aren’t the only ones making his high school years a living hell. All Nate wants is to keep his secret and keep his head down until he can graduate. That is, until the new boy, James Powell, takes a seat next to him in homeroom... -
![Nicked by M.T. Anderson]()
Nicked by M.T. Anderson
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFrom the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, about the quest to steal the mystical bones of a long-dead saint. The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian port city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to action... -
![The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath]()
The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's 1904 on an island just west of Norway, and Asta Hedstrom doesn't want to marry her odious betrothed, Nils. But her mother believes she should be grateful for the possibility of any domestic future given her single-sided deafness, unconventional appearance, and even stranger notions...Categorized as:
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![Intoxicated by the King Cobra by Jackie Nacht]()
Intoxicated by the King Cobra by Jackie Nacht
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen desperation has you seeking help from your worst nightmares. It’s been seventy-five years since the toxins dropped and the world became dark. No one knows this more than Reese and his friends. On the verge of starvation, Reese will do the unthinkable—he’ll steal away into Venom City to get the food they so urgently need...Categorized as:
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![The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean]()
The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets The Inheritance Games in this Black LGBTQ+ royal romp full of heart-swooning romance, scandalous secrets and one hell of a mystery. James has been a prince all of his life, and since he was born, he's been thrust into the spotlight as the first Black heir to the throne. But when his father unexpectedly dies, James is crowned king at seventeen... -
![Eerie Queerie!, Volume 1 by Shuri Shiozu, 四方津 朱里]()
Eerie Queerie!, Volume 1 by Shuri Shiozu, 四方津 朱里
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsMitsuo Shiozu seems to be particularly attractive to spirits. His mind and body are taken over in succession by two female ghosts who use their incorporation to resolve something left undone by their untimely deaths. .. gender-bending hi-jinks ensue. .. -
![Love and War #3 by Andrew Wheeler, Guillermo Saavedra]()
Love and War #3 by Andrew Wheeler, Guillermo Saavedra
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe battle for the captaincy heats up as the team heads to a joint training camp with Kingdom College! Will Domo and Jocasta be able to unite their team and lead them to victory? Or will they fall apart and embarrass themselves in front of their rivals? Love-and-War is a queer sports rom com about how our conflicting passions can pull us in different directions! Part of the Comixology Originals... -
![23:45 by Ohana]()
23:45 by Ohana
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTwo months after coming to Tokyo, Iku is enjoying otaku life, but something mysterious is happening to him: He's started to see ghosts! One particular ghost - who's always standing on top of the pedestrian bridge at night - catches his interest, but he studiously ignores it. .. Until one day the guy turns up at his apartment holding a doujin Iku had dropped... -
![A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman]()
A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman
The Honeys meets The Secret History in a work of dark academia like no other -- a boarding school thriller about a queer teen from Mississippi who finds himself swept into a world of old money, privilege, and the secret society at the heart of it all. When Cal Ware wins a scholarship to an elite New England boarding school, he's thrilled to leave his past behind...
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