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Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 60 ratingsInternational phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords...Categorized as:
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![Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg]()
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
It's first the story of two women in the 1980s, of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age... -
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![Boy Like Me by Simon James Green]()
Boy Like Me by Simon James Green
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn the margins of a book's pages, sparks fly as a teenage romance begins. But in this time and place, sparks like these can only ignite trouble. It's 1994 and thanks to Section 28, there can be no mention of gay relationships in UK schools... -
![A Boy Named Rose by Gaëlle Geniller]()
A Boy Named Rose by Gaëlle Geniller
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsParis. The 1920s. Rose is a boy and, like all the girls he’s spent time with since he was born, he wants to dance at "Le Jardin", the cabaret managed by his mother. As Rose blossoms into a young man, he discovers love and tries to find his place in a society that's not ready to welcome true love between two men. Created and beautifully drawn by Gaelle Greniller. -
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![Rock and Riot by Chelsey Furedi]()
Rock and Riot by Chelsey Furedi
With all the fashion and quirks of the 50's comes the vintage queer love story that you've never heard before. Rock and Riot follows the tales of teenage delinquents learning about gender and sexual orientations while still maintaining their fabulous hair. -
![We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds]()
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWhat’s more important? Knowing the truth or keeping the peace? Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she's uprooted from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery’s mom and Mama Letty makes for a frosty arrival and unearths past drama they refuse to talk about... -
![그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #6 by 비완, Seri]()
그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #6 by 비완, Seri
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEp 56 - 66. Based on a Korean folktale, two very different women find themselves making the same wish - to leave this world behind. One is Shim Chong, a young beggar living off the kindness of others to support herself and her blind father. The other is the bride-to-be of old Chancellor Jang, sold off to him for the sake of her family... -
![Finley’s Way An Alternate Earth LGBTQ short story by Julie Mannino]()
Finley’s Way An Alternate Earth LGBTQ short story by Julie Mannino
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter being kicked out of his village for being a homosexual, Finley isn’t sure how he’ll survive. He has skill as a carpenter, but he’s only fourteen and entirely alone in the world. He has no family, no community, and almost no money. He finds an abandoned shed and makes a friend with another teenager... -
![The Youth & Young Loves of Oliver Wade by Ben Monopoli]()
The Youth & Young Loves of Oliver Wade by Ben Monopoli
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA novel in stories, by the author of "The Cranberry Hush". At the heart of these twelve interconnected stories is Ollie Wade, a gay guy navigating life and love from age 13 to 28. At a middle-school dance, a boy keeps a secret from his date; on a subway platform, he realizes a young green-eyed stranger has the same secret... -
![Aristóteles y Dante se sumergen en las aguas del mundo by Benjamin Alire Sáenz]()
Aristóteles y Dante se sumergen en las aguas del mundo by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsSequel to Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, a gorgeously introspective and thoughtful coming of age story about two Mexican-American boys who are best friends and gradually realize that they're in love with each other. -
![When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw]()
When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsTucker Shaw’s When You Call My Name is a heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in New York City in 1990 at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Named "this summer's most powerful LGBTQ+ novel" by GAY TIMES, this book is perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H. K. Choi. Film fanatic Adam is seventeen and being asked out on his first date—and the guy is cute... -
![Rock and Riot Volume 2 by Chelsey Furedi]()
Rock and Riot Volume 2 by Chelsey Furedi
The 1950's were all about rules and restrictions, but these teens don't give a damn. .. -
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Belle by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBelle Palmer is finally free! Separated from her father on the harrowing escape, Belle is lost and alone until she finds shelter with the Bests, the first free family she's ever known. For the first time in her 16 years, Belle can speak her mind - except for her feelings for a certain dark-eyed young man - The Beau... -
![Rock and Riot Volume 3 by Chelsey Furedi]()
Rock and Riot Volume 3 by Chelsey Furedi
These tough-kids gussy up for the big dance in style! In this third and final instalment of the online hit comic series "Rock and Riot". The three gangs may finally get the guts to pull the biggest middle finger to society, together. If anything can be learned from their rascality, the easiest way is never the fun way. -
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![Goodbye, My Rose Garden, Vol. 3 by Dr. Pepperco]()
Goodbye, My Rose Garden, Vol. 3 by Dr. Pepperco
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Last Goodbye. Alice has finally revealed her secret to Hanako: she is Victor Franks! Yet secrets that must be kept still abound, and family, status, and love bind Alice like thorns. Will she and Hanako ever be free? The beautiful and stirring finale of Goodbye, My Rose Garden! The final volume! -
![Goodbye, My Rose Garden, Vol. 2 by Dr. Pepperco]()
Goodbye, My Rose Garden, Vol. 2 by Dr. Pepperco
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name. Lady Alice shares the story of her love for her former governess Eliza, as well as its tragic end. In the wake of that story, Hanako finds herself harboring two secrets—including the fact that the feelings in her heart are growing all the more intense. -
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Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic. The first thing I noticed about C. J. Gorman was his plexiglass bra. So begins Destination Unknown... -
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Belle by Beverly Jenkins
Belle Palmer is finally free! Separated from her father on the harrowing escape, Belle is lost and alone until she finds shelter with the Bests, the first free family she’s ever known. For the first time in her sixteen years, Belle can speak her mind—except for her feelings for a certain dark-eyed young man—The Beau... -
![Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson, Malik "Malik-16" Sharif]()
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson, Malik "Malik-16" Sharif
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn this striking new novel by the critically acclaimed author of Allegedly and Monday’s Not Coming, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he's still alive. Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed...Categorized as:
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Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFive starred reviews! From New York Times bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You is an impassioned stand-alone tale of queer love, grief, and the complexity of female friendship. Two girls. One wild and reckless day. Years of tumultuous history unspooling like a thin, fraying string in the hours after they set a fire. They were best friends. Until they became more...Categorized as:
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![I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner]()
I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner
George has major problems: They’ve just inherited the failing family estate, and the feelings for their best friend, Eleanor, have become more complicated than ever. Not to mention, if anyone found out they were secretly dressing in men’s clothes, George is sure it would be ruination for the family name... -
![The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth]()
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsWhen Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they'll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl. But that relief doesn't last, and Cam is soon forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother... -
![Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor]()
Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA sequel to the universally acclaimed Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, continuing in the story of the Logan family in Mississippi during the Depression. The children, especially Cassie, are happy in their warm, stable family but outside is a climate of fear and tension. Their friend T. J. goes on trial for murder and stands before an all-white jury... -
![When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown]()
When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThis summer has the potential to change everything. The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt can sense a nameless storm coming. She hopes this foreboding feeling won’t overshadow her upcoming eighteenth birthday or the annual Founder’s Day celebration in just a few weeks...Categorized as:
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![A Taste of Reality by Kimberla Lawson Roby]()
A Taste of Reality by Kimberla Lawson Roby
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsKimberla Lawson Roby returns with another moving and triumphant novel about a woman who, against all odds, battles the most blatant kind of workplace discrimination while dealing with a crumbling marriage and a trusted friend's betrayal.Categorized as:
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![Josephine and the Soldier by Beverly Jenkins]()
Josephine and the Soldier by Beverly Jenkins
Josephine Josephine Best has it all figured out. Just seventeen, she's been to college, she has her own hairdressing shop, and she refuses to be distracted by any of that courting nonsense. At least until nice George Brooks begins to pursue her. Jojo isn't looking for romance, but she permits George to call on her. The Soldier...Categorized as:
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![Rise by Jeanne Reames]()
Rise by Jeanne Reames
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe story of Alexander before he became “the Great. ”. Finished with schooling, Alexandros is appointed regent of Makedon while his father is away on campaign. He thrives with his new authority—this is the role he was born for — yet it creates conflict with his mother and Hephaistion... -
![La première rose de Bloomstone by Mary Orchard]()
La première rose de Bloomstone by Mary Orchard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNathanaël Stone a toujours été d'une sensibilité hors du commun : depuis l'enfance, ses émotions menacent de déborder à chaque instant et le jeune aristocrate s'efforce de faire bonne figure. Mais à son entrée à l'université de Cambridge, Nathanaël se sent définitivement en décalage avec la société de son époque... -
![Every Time You Hear That Song by Jenna Voris]()
Every Time You Hear That Song by Jenna Voris
They say to never meet your idols. But they never said anything about upending your life for a quest designed by one. Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel, who’s as famous for her classic hits as she is for her partnership with songwriter Mickenlee Hooper...Categorized as:
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![Leaving the Station by Jake Maia Arlow]()
Leaving the Station by Jake Maia Arlow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNina LaCour meets Alyson Derrick in this cross-country journey of identity, love, and friendships as Zoe tries to figure out her life, one train stop at a time. Zoe’s life has gone off the rails...Categorized as:
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Educating Elizabeth by Jennifer Moore
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor years, Elizabeth Miller has dreamed of opening a school for underprivileged girls in London’s East End. But despite her best efforts, she soon discovers that the cost of running the fledgling school may spell disaster for the endeavor. In desperation she turns to the one man she’d rather Lord Charles Chatsworth, a rich and carefree flirt whose scandalous reputation she despises... -
![The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio]()
The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe setting: a boys boarding school in Germany, sometime in the latter 20th Century. Fourteen year-old Thomas Werner falls from a lonely pedestrian overpass to his death immediately after sending a single, brief letter to a schoolmate:. To Juli, one last time. This is my love. This is the sound of my heart. Surely you must understand... -
![Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall]()
Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBerlin, 1938. It is the summer before World War II begins, but Charlotte Kraus doesn’t know it yet. All she knows is the zing of electricity she feels every time her best friend, Angelika Haas, grabs her hand... -
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The Boy I Love by William Hussey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLyrical, tender, and incredibly moving. William Hussey masterfully balances brutal realism with pockets of sincere hope and joy - Becky Albertalli. It’s a tale from the past, with a message for today. A stunningly poignant, devastating, and ultimately beautiful tour-de-force - Simon James Green. At just nineteen, Stephen has already survived a year at the front... -
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![Tin Man by Sarah Winman]()
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and heartbreaking novel celebrating love in all its forms, and the little moments that make up the life of one man. This is almost a love story. But it's not as simple as that... -
![Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman]()
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFor readers of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and My Brilliant Friend, Bushra Rehman's Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion is an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community. Razia Mirza grows up amid the wild grape vines and backyard sunflowers of Corona, Queens, with her best friend, Saima, by her side... -
![Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters]()
Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShy, intellectual, and living in rural Oregon, Triinu Hoffman just doesn't fit in. She does her best to hide behind her dyed hair and black wardrobe, but it's hard to ignore the bullying of Pip Weston and Principal Pinn. It's even harder to ignore the allure of other girls... -
![The Dog in the Chapel by Anthony McDonald]()
The Dog in the Chapel by Anthony McDonald
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe tragic-comic story of two young men, aged 21 and 18, who fall in love in the summer of 1962, but who have the misfortune to be working as teachers in a Catholic preparatory school at the time. Their names are Tom and Christopher. In the opposite corner to them stands Father Louis, the elderly headmaster...Categorized as:
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![Becoming by Jeanne Reames]()
Becoming by Jeanne Reames
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo boys, one heroic bond, and the molding of Greece’s greatest son. Before he became known as Alexander the Great, he was Alexandros, the teenage son of the king of Makedon. Rather than living a life of luxury, as prince he has to be better and learn faster than his peers, tackling problems without any help... -
![Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr.]()
Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr.
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the verge of summer before his senior year, Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be--tough, athletic, and in charge--Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy... -
![Heavy Vinyl #3 by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva]()
Heavy Vinyl #3 by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNow that Chris knows about Vinyl Mayhem’s dark, amazing secret, it’s time to get her in fighting shape to save Roary from certain musical DOOM! -
![Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St. Onge]()
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St. Onge
Bingo Love is a LGBTQ romance story that spans over 60 years. A chance meeting at church bingo in 1963 brings Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray together. Through their formative years, these two women develop feelings for each other and finally profess their love for one another. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families...Categorized as:
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![The Boy in the Rain by Stephanie Cowell]()
The Boy in the Rain by Stephanie Cowell
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt is 1903 in the English countryside when Robbie, a shy young art student, meets the twenty-nine-year-old Anton who is running from memories of his brutal childhood and failed marriage. Within months, they begin a love affair that will never let them go... -
![Better You than I by W.A. Hoffman]()
Better You than I by W.A. Hoffman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA Raised by Wolves short story. The children of Will and Gaston teeter on the cusp of adulthood in the spring of 1685. The boys, Ulysses, Apollo, and Achilles, chafe at the restrictions and enjoy the privileges created by their parents’ unconventional choices... -
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![All Princesses Die Before Dawn by Zuttion Quentin]()
All Princesses Die Before Dawn by Zuttion Quentin
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAugust 31st, 1997. In the bathroom of his suburban home, 8-year-old Lulu is trying on his mom's lipstick. He dreams of kissing his best friend, a neighborhood boy. Meanwhile, his teenage sister Cam covers her much-older boyfriend sneaking up to her bedroom by blasting the latest summer hits. In the kitchen, their mother is waiting for their father, who didn't come home last night... -
![D.O.G.S by M.A. Bennett]()
D.O.G.S by M.A. Bennett
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter the dramatic events of the last few weeks, Greer Macdonald is trying to concentrate on her A levels. Stuck for a play to direct for her drama exam, she gets help from an unexpected quarter . . . A priceless lost play, buried by time, is pushed under her door. It is Ben Jonson's The Isle of Dogs, a play considered so dangerous in Elizabethan times that every copy was burned . . . except one... -
![Heavy Vinyl, Vol. 1: Riot on the Radio by Carly Usdin, Carly Usdin]()
Heavy Vinyl, Vol. 1: Riot on the Radio by Carly Usdin, Carly Usdin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWhen Chris joins the staff at her local record store, she’s surprised to find out that her co-workers share a secret: they’re all members of a secret fight club that take on the patriarchy and fight crime! Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working at Vinyl Mayhem... -
![Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley]()
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever. Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School. An honors student at her old school, she is put into remedial classes, spit on and tormented daily... -
![Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls]()
Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsShortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2019, National Book Award , Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards and the YA Book Prize. Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote... -
![Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair by June Gervais]()
Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair by June Gervais
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAn uplifting, feminist coming-of-age love story about a young woman who dreams of becoming a tattoo artist, and living life on her own terms. Introvert Gina Mulley is determined to become a tattoo artist, and to find somewhere she belongs in her conventional Long Island town...
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