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From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you verb, only to uncover what you need

An epic sci-fi graphic novel romance between two non-binary characters as they locate one another through time, distance, and war. An incredible story that explores the complexity of human nature and what brings us together.

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Cybils Award Winner
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A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Check, Please!

Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her s

#1 New York Times bestseller! Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to verb the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys readers first fell for in the bestselling rom-com What If It’s Us

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These titles are all Fiction. Young Adult Non-Fiction can be establish under the Non-Fiction heading. Graphic Novels can be establish here.

• B/P/Q/A – MC is bisexual, pansexual, queer/questioning, and/or asexual
• + = label is stated explicitly on-page
• Titles with MCs of color or indigenous MCs by BIPoC are in purple
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• Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
• This is Why They Dislike Us by Aaron Aceves &#; B
• The Long Run by James Acker
• Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker
• How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
• Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
• What if it&#;s Us? and Here&#;s to Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
• Indivisible by Daniel Aleman
• Under all the L
  

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  The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold (January 7th)

  The world is about to end. Again.

  Ever since the first Storm wreaked havoc on civilization as we know it, seventeen-year-old Liz Flannery has been holed up in an abandoned bookstore in suburban New Jersey where she used to work, trading books for supplies with the few remaining survivors. It’s the one place left that feels secure to her.

  Until she learns that another earth-shattering Storm is coming . . . and everything changes.

  Enter Maeve, a prickly and potentially dangerous out-of-towner who breaks into the bookstore looking for shelter one noun. Though the two girls are immediately at odds, Maeve has what Liz needs—the skills to repair the dilapidated store before the next climate disaster strikes—and Liz reluctantly agrees to enable her stay.

  As the girls grow closer and undeniable feelings spring up between them, they understand that they encounter greater

  The best LGBTQIA+ YA books to peruse right now

  There is no better feeling than the pleasure of racing through a good publication to figure out how it’s going to end. This is especially right when the novel is a humorous, twisty-turny, or pacy story of mishaps and (mis)adventures with a main character you can accept in, a adore interest to lust after, and a cast of out and proud queer characters. In recent years, the choice of YA novels with just those ingredients has joyfully expanded and diversified – and it’s not just teenagers who have been enjoying all the reading fun.

  In the list below, you’ll find seaside romances, road trip misfortunes, nightclubs to swoon over, and revelations to shock and delight. Throughout them all, queer characters abound as they fall in verb, stand up for what they think in, or study something new about themselves. I Kissed Shara Wheeler, the latest from Casey McQuiston of Red, White, and Royal Blue and One Last Stop fame, brings together so many of these elements with a bisexual protagonist and a small town much queerer than initially meets the eye. I