LGBTQ+ Young Adult Books of the 2020s
The 124 most-read lgbtq+ young adult books first published between 2020 and 2029, led by The Sun and the Star (2023), Loveless (2020) and Cemetery Boys (2020).
This list collects 124 books from the 2020s by 109 authors, published between 2020 and 2026. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro
Loveless
Alice Oseman
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
The Girl from the Sea
Lee Knox Ostertag
Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender
The Court of the Dead
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro
Any Way the Wind Blows
Rainbow Rowell
The Henna Wars
Adiba Jaigirdar
Flamer
Mike Curato
Icebreaker
A.L. Graziadei
A Lesson in Vengeance
Victoria Lee
Upright Women Wanted
Sarah Gailey, Romy Nordlinger
You Should See Me in a Crown
Leah Johnson, Leah (Young adult author) Johnson
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White
The Lost Book of the White
Wesley Chu, Cassandra Clare
Lost in the Never Woods
Aiden Thomas
Raybearer
Jordan Ifueko
Imogen, Obviously
Becky Albertalli
The Taking of Jake Livingston
Ryan Douglass
Squad
Maggie Tokuda-Hall
The Sunshine Court
Nora Sakavic
Ophelia after All
Racquel Marie
Iron Heart
Nina Varela
They Hate Each Other
Amanda Woody
Final Strife
Saara El-Arifi
Lies We Sing to the Sea
Sarah Underwood
Hazelthorn
C. G. Drews
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Kate Rudd
Ruinsong
Julia Ember
Love & Other Natural Disasters
Misa Sugiura
Music from Another World
Robin Talley
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love
Lex Croucher
Girl, Serpent, Thorn
Melissa Bashardoust
Each of Us a Desert
Mark Oshiro
Vampires Never Get Old
Zoraida Córdova, Natalie C. Parker
Icarus
Kayla Ancrum
Holt and Whitlock
Jordyn Frederick
Fence
Sarah Rees Brennan, C. S. Pacat
Love, Creekwood
Becky Albertalli
Burn Our Bodies Down
Rory Power
This Poison Heart
Kalynn Bayron, Paz Pruneda Gozálvez
Bone Spindle
Leslie Vedder
The Coldest Touch
Isabel Sterling
Scatter of Light
Malinda Lo
The Lost Girls
Sonia Hartl
The Witch and the Vampire
Francesca Flores
And They Were Roommates
Page Powars
In the Ravenous Dark
A. M. Strickland
Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster
Andrea Mosqueda
Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues
H. S. Valley
The Dead and the Dark
Courtney Gould
The River Has Teeth
Erica Waters
Other Ever Afters
Melanie Gillman
This Ravenous Fate
Hayley Dennings
Ruthless Gods
Emily A. Duncan
At Midnight
Dahlia Adler, Melissa Albert
Master of One
Jaida Jones, Dani Bennett
Spellhacker
M. K. England
A Neon Darkness
Lauren Shippen
Ghost Wood Song
Erica Waters
Love Is for Losers
Wibke Brueggemann
The Witch King
H.E. Edgmon
Going Bicoastal
Dahlia Adler
Not for the Faint of Heart
Lex Croucher
Elysium Girls
Kate Pentecost
The Fascinators
Andrew Eliopulos
Ana on the Edge
A. J. Sass
Not Good for Maidens
Tori Bovalino
Amelia, If Only
Becky Albertalli
Queen of Coin and Whispers
Helen Corcoran
This Golden Flame
Emily Victoria
The Forest Demands Its Due
Kosoko Jackson
Surrender Your Sons
Adam Sass
Pritty
Miller, Keith F., Jr.
Say a Little Prayer
Jenna Voris
Of Silver and Shadow
Jennifer Gruenke
Beyond the Ruby Veil
Mara Fitzgerald
It Goes Like This
Miel Moreland
Clash of Steel
C. B. Lee
Faith
Julie Murphy
Artie and the Wolf Moon
Olivia Stephens
An Ordinary Wonder
Buki Papillon
The State of Us
Shaun David Hutchinson
Sasha Masha
Agnes Borinsky
Deck of Omens
Christine Lynn Herman
Youth Fiction and Trans Representation
Tom Sandercock
A Ruinous Fate
Kaylie Smith
Tiger Honor
Yoon Ha Lee
Being Ace
Madeline Dyer, Linsey Miller
Fawn's Blood
Hal Schrieve
Out Now
Saundra Mitchell
Fraternity
Andy Mientus
Wren Martin Ruins It All
Amanda DeWitt
Fragile Remedy
Maria Ingrande Mora
Hey Jude
Star Spider