Coming Out LGBTQ+ Young Adult Books
32 lgbtq+ young adult books that use the coming out trope — a character comes to terms with, and shares, their queer identity. Top picks: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015), Annie on My Mind (1982) and Two Boys Kissing (2013).
32 books
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Becky Albertalli, Victoria Simó Perales
Annie on My Mind
Nancy Garden
Two Boys Kissing
David Levithan
More Happy Than Not
Adam Silvera
Flamer
Mike Curato
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
Isabel Quintero
Am I blue?
Marion Dane Bauer
One Man Guy
Michael Barakiva
Rainbow Boys
Alex Sánchez, A. Sanchez
The Vast Fields of Ordinary
Nick Burd
Ophelia after All
Racquel Marie
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World
Ashley Herring Blake
The Bermudez Triangle
Maureen Johnson
Rainbow High
Alex Sánchez
Fan Art
Sarah Tregay
Hey, Dollface
Deborah Hautzig
Sovereign: Nemesis - Book Two
April Daniels, Daniels, April (Young adult author)
Whatever
S. J. Goslee
Anything Could Happen
Will Walton
Absolutely, Positively Not
David LaRochelle
The Shared Heart
Adam Mastoon
Undone
Cat Clarke
Combat Zone
Patrick Jones
Beyond Clueless
Linas Alsenas
True Letters From a Fictional Life
Kenneth Logan
You Brought Me the Ocean
Jul' Maroh, Alex Sánchez
Coming Out
Seven Slade
Forgive me if I've told you this before
Karelia Stetz-Waters
Frannie and Tru
Karen Hattrup
A Really Nice Prom Mess
Brian Sloan
Milkman's on His Way (Gay Men's Press Collection)
David Rees
Living in Sin
Anastasia Vitsky