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LGBTQ+ Literature in the UNI Youth Collection

An overview to LGBTQ+ Literature for children and young adults. Includes reference materials and titles of historical interest.

NOTE: There are multiple pages of Young Adult (roughly grades 7-12) books, separated by genre: Contemporary, Sci Fi & Fantasy, Historical Fiction, and Nonfiction.

Young Adult is a wide age range that covers a lot of developmental ground and life experience. Professional book reviews, as well as reading the book yourself, can help you choose the right books for your students, library, and classroom.

Fantasy

Magical Boy volume 1 by The Kao
Call Number: Y 741 K
Publication Date: 2022
"Although he was assigned female at birth, Max is your average trans man trying to get through high school as himself. But on top of classes, crushes, and coming out, Max's life is turned upside down when his mom reveals an eons old family secret: he's descended from a long line of Magical Girls tasked with defending humanity from a dark, ancient evil!"
SuperMutant Magic Academy
by Jillian Tamaki
Call Number: Y 741 T
Publication Date: 2015
Jughead Vol. 1
by Chip Zdarsky; Erica Henderson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 741 Z v. 1
Publication Date: 2016
Jughead Vol. 2
by Chip Zdarsky; Derek Charm; Ryan North
Call Number: Y 741 Z v. 2
Publication Date: 2017
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
Call Number: Y BAY
Publication Date: 2020
Love in the Time of Global Warming
by Francesca Lia Block
Call Number: Y BLO
Publication Date: 2013
The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta
Call Number: Y CAP
Publication Date: 2018
Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
Call Number: Y DUY
Publication Date: 2014
A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell
Call Number: Y HOL
Publication Date: 2021
The Afterward by E. K. Johnston
Call Number: Y JOH
Publication Date: 2019
The Extraordinaries by T. J. Klune
Call Number: Y KLU
Publication Date: 2020
Ash by Malinda Lo
Call Number: Y LO
Publication Date: 2009
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
Call Number: Y MCL
Publication Date: 2016
Hero by Perry Moore
Call Number: Y MOO
Publication Date: 2007
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
Call Number: Y POL
Publication Date: 2021
Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve
Call Number: Y SCH
Publication Date: 2019
The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder
Call Number: Y VED
Publication Date: 2022
Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells
Call Number: Y WEL
Publication Date: 2021

SF (Science Fiction/Speculative Fiction)

The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
Call Number: Y BOW
Publication Date: 2015
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Call Number: Y BRA
Publication Date: 2011
Willful Machines by Tim Floreen
Call Number: Y FLO
Publication Date: 2015
Singing the Dogstar Blues
by Alison Goodman
Call Number: Y GOO
Publication Date: 2002
A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson
Call Number: Y HUT
ISBN: 9781534448537
Publication Date: 2021
"Sixteen-year-olds Noa, DJ, and Jenny awake on a spaceship, unaware of how they got there or what is coming, but soon Noa and DJ are falling in love."
Proxy by Alex London
Call Number: Y LON
Publication Date: 2013
Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia & Anna-Marie McLemore
Call Number: Y MEJ
Publication Date: 2020
More Than This by Patrick Ness
Call Number: Y NES
Publication Date: 2013
Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz
Call Number: Y SCH
Publication Date: 2015
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
Call Number: Y SCH
Publication Date: 2021
More Happy Than Not
by Adam Silvera
Call Number: Y SIL
Publication Date: 2015