here’s a list of books that have lgbtqa main characters that weren’t killed for shock value :)))) (bc we’ve all been disappointed enough this year)
* = adult or new adult lit
- the engelsfors trilogy by sara elfgren and mats strandberg (the lgbtqa witches trilogy we all deserve)
- more than this by patrick ness
- the foxhole court by nora sakavic*
- everything leads to you by nina lacour
- the rest of us just live here by patrick ness
- proxy by alex london
- fan art by sarah tregay
- aristotle and dante discover the secrets of universe by benjamin alire saenz
- the mortal instruments by cassandra clare
- unspoken by sarah rees brennan
- the turn of the story by sarah rees brennan
- i’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson
- carry on by rainbow rowell
- the darkest part of the forest by holly black
- how to repair a mechanical heart by j.c lillis
- simon vs the homosapiens agenda by becky albertalli
- far from you by tess sharpe (lesbian character dies before the book which sets the plot in motion, bi mc)
- captive prince by cs pacat*
- know not why by hannah johnson*
- the gods of gotham by lyndsay faye*
- him by elle kennedy and sarina bowen*
- the understatement of the year by sarina bowen*
- the nightrunner series by lynn flewelling*
- the scorpion rules by erin bow
- the abyss surrounds us by emily skrutskie
- willful machines by tim floreen
- clancy of the undertow by christopher currie
- we are the ants by shaun hutchinson ( mc’s boyfriend died before the book starts so it’s not all happiness but it’s worth it)
- tell me again how a crush should feel by sara farizan
- grasshopper jungle by andrew smith
- what we left behind by robin talley*
- the flywheel by erin gough
- ash by malinda lo
- huntress by malinda lo
- adaptation by malinda lo
- lies we tell ourselves by robin talley
- two boys kissing by david levithan
- ask the passengers by a.s. king
- the miseducation of cameron post by emily m. danforth
- boy meets boy by david levithan
- beauty queens by libba bray (multiple POVs, 2+ are lgbt)
- more happy than not by adam silvera (no one dies but beware the not-so-happy ending. it’s not a bad ending, just not a very happy one either)
just thought i’d add some…
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