These are some of our favourite titles — fiction and nonfiction, in no particular order of preference (except alphabetical by the author’s surname, of course!) — that feature LGBTQIA+ characters or themes. Of course, there’s way more than just this in our collection. Check the Out On The Shelves booklists for more titles — if you find any that we don’t have, please let us know!

Updated September 2021

• Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (series) / Albertalli, Becky (reps: gay)
• One Man Guy / Barakiva, Michael (reps: gay)
• I Wish You All the Best / Beaver, Mason (reps: nonbinary)
• The Darkest Part of the Forest / Black, Holly (reps: gay)
• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (series) / Chambers, Becky (reps: lesbian, gay, bisexual, diverse genders)
• Immoral Code / Clark, Lillian (reps: asexual, aromantic)
• Dreadnought (series) / Daniels, April (reps: trans)
• Pet / Emezi, Akwarke (reps: trans)
• Euphoria Kids / Evans, Alison (reps: trans)
• Symptoms of Being Human / Garvin, Jeff (reps: genderfluid)
• Picture Us in the Light / Gilbert, Kelly Loy (reps: gay)
• Perfect on Paper / Gonzales, S. (reps: bisexual)
• How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom / Goslee, S. J. (reps: gay)
• The Afterward / Johnston, E. K. (reps: lesbian, trans, nonbinary)
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing / Johnston, E. K. (reps: intersex)
• Let’s Talk About Love / Kann, Claire (reps: asexual)
• The Extraordinaries (series) / Klune, T. J. (reps: gay)
• 19 Love Songs / Levithan, David (reps: gay, lesbian, trans)
• Wide Awake / Levithan, David (reps: gay)
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club / Lo, Malinda (reps: lesbian)
• Every Heart a Doorway (series) / McGuire, Seanan (reps: asexual, bisexual, gay, lesbian, trans)
• Invisibly Breathing / Merriman, Eileen (reps: gay)
• The Prom / Mitchell, Saundra (reps: lesbian)
• Ramona Blue / Murphy, Julie (reps: bisexual)
• Heartstopper (series) / Oseman, Alice (reps: gay)
• Juliet Takes a Breath / Rivera, Gabby (reps: lesbian)
• Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow (series) / Rowell, Rainbow (reps: gay)
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe / Sáenz, Benjamin Alire (reps: gay)
• Down Comes the Night / Saft, Allison (reps: bisexual)
• Lizard Radio / Schmatz, Pat (reps: nonbinary)
• Lumberjanes (series) / Stevenson, Noelle (reps: gay, lesbian, trans, nonbinary)
• Dodge City / Trujillo, Josh (reps: gay, lesbian)
• On a Sunbeam / Walden, Tillie (reps: lesbian)
• Shatter the Sky / Wells, Rebecca (reps: bisexual, lesbian)