Hundreds of LGBTQ-inclusive books for all ages
We worked with dozens of teachers, professors, and students to curate a list of our favorite LGBTQ-inclusive books. This list includes a diverse array of stories, formats, time periods, identities, and reading levels.
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Cover for A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality
late high school
A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality
Molly Muldoon
Cover for A Scatter of Light
late high school
A Scatter of Light
Malinda Lo
Cover for Ace of Spades
late high school
Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Cover for All Boys Aren't Blue
late high school
All Boys Aren't Blue
George M. Johnson
Cover for Borderlands / La Frontera
late high school
Borderlands / La Frontera
Gloria Anzaldúa
Cover for Cemetery Boys
late high school
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas
Cover for Dear Ijeawele
late high school
Dear Ijeawele
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Cover for Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring
late high school
Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring
Matthew Burgess
Cover for Drowning in Fire
late high school
Drowning in Fire
Craig Womack
Cover for Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
late high school
Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
George M. Johnson
Cover for For Today I Am A Boy
late high school
For Today I Am A Boy
Kim Fu
Cover for Forget Me Not
late high school
Forget Me Not
Alyson Derrick
Cover for Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
late high school
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel
Cover for Gabi, A Girl in Pieces
late high school
Gabi, A Girl in Pieces
Isabel Quintero
Cover for Giovanni's Room
late high school
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
Cover for Highly Illogical Behavior
late high school
Highly Illogical Behavior
John Corey Whaley
Cover for I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me
late high school
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me
Jamison Shea
Cover for I Wish You All the Best
late high school
I Wish You All the Best
Mason Deaver
Cover for If I Was Your Girl
late high school
If I Was Your Girl
Meredith Russo
Cover for It Goes Like This
late high school
It Goes Like This
Miel Moreland
Cover for Last Night at the Telegraph Club
late high school
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
Cover for Less
late high school
Less
Andrew Greer
Cover for Like a Love Story
late high school
Like a Love Story
Abdi Nazemian
Cover for Lot
late high school
Lot
Bryan Washington
Cover for Man o' War
late high school
Man o' War
Cory McCarthy
Cover for Me Talk Pretty One Day
late high school
Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris
Cover for Middlesex
late high school
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
Cover for Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story
late high school
Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story
Sarah Myer
Cover for Mrs. Dalloway
late high school
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Cover for My Government Means to Kill Me: A Novel
late high school
My Government Means to Kill Me: A Novel
Rasheed Newson
Cover for No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
late high school
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
Darnell L. Moore
Cover for Nothing Burns as Bright as You
late high school
Nothing Burns as Bright as You
Ashley Woodfolk
Cover for Only This Beautiful Moment
late high school
Only This Beautiful Moment
Abdi Nazemian
Cover for Pedro & Daniel
late high school
Pedro & Daniel
Federico Erebia
Cover for Picture of Dorian Gray
late high school
Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Cover for Pritty
late high school
Pritty
Keith F. Miller Jr.
Cover for Red at the Bone
late high school
Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson
Cover for Sadness is a White Bird
late high school
Sadness is a White Bird
Moriel Rothman-Zecher
Cover for That Summer on Frenchmen Street
late high school
That Summer on Frenchmen Street
Chris Clarkson
Cover for The 57 Bus
late high school
The 57 Bus
Dashka Slater
Cover for The Black Flamingo
late high school
The Black Flamingo
Dean Atta
Cover for The Book of Salt
late high school
The Book of Salt
Monique Truong
Cover for The Color Purple
late high school
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Cover for The Great Believers
late high school
The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
Cover for The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
late high school
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
Cover for The Hours
late high school
The Hours
Michael Cunningham
Cover for The House of Impossible Beauties
late high school
The House of Impossible Beauties
Joseph Cassara
Cover for The Laramie Project
late high school
The Laramie Project
Moisés Kaufman
Cover for The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
late high school
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Sonora Reyes
Cover for The Miseducation of Cameron Post
late high school
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Emily Danforth
Cover for The Normal Heart
late high school
The Normal Heart
Larry Kramer
Cover for The Prophets
late high school
The Prophets
Robert Jones, Jr.
Cover for The Song of Achilles
late high school
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Cover for The Vanishing Half
late high school
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
Cover for Things We Couldn't Say
late high school
Things We Couldn't Say
Jay Coles
Cover for This Is Why They Hate Us
late high school
This Is Why They Hate Us
Aaron H. Aceves
Cover for Under the Udala Trees
late high school
Under the Udala Trees
Chinelo Okparanta
Cover for We Deserve Monuments
late high school
We Deserve Monuments
Jas Hammonds
Cover for We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
late high school
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
Samra Habib
Cover for We the Animals
late high school
We the Animals
Justin Torres
Cover for What They Always Tell Us
late high school
What They Always Tell Us
Martin Wilson
Cover for When the Angels Left the Old Country
late high school
When the Angels Left the Old Country
Sacha Lamb
Cover for You Don't Have a Shot
late high school
You Don't Have a Shot
Racquel Marie
Cover for A Million to One
early high school
A Million to One
Adiba Jaigirdar
Cover for A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality
late high school
A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality
Molly Muldoon
Cover for Afterlove
early high school
Afterlove
Tanya Byrne
Cover for Ander & Santi Were Here
early high school
Ander & Santi Were Here
Jonny Garza Villa
Cover for Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
early high school
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Saenz
Cover for Beating Heart Baby
early high school
Beating Heart Baby
Lio Min
Cover for Belle of the Ball
early high school
Belle of the Ball
Mari Costa
Cover for Boy Meets Boy
early high school
Boy Meets Boy
David Levithan
Cover for Cemetery Boys
late high school
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas
Cover for Crier's War
early high school
Crier's War
Nina Varela
Cover for Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring
late high school
Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring
Matthew Burgess
Cover for Elatsoe
early high school
Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger
Cover for Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
late high school
Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
George M. Johnson
Cover for Funny Boy
early high school
Funny Boy
Shyam Selvadurai
Cover for Gabi, A Girl in Pieces
late high school
Gabi, A Girl in Pieces
Isabel Quintero
Cover for Heartstopper
early high school
Heartstopper
Alice Oseman
Cover for I Wish You All the Best
late high school
I Wish You All the Best
Mason Deaver
Cover for Into the Light
early high school
Into the Light
Mark Oshiro
Cover for Iron Widow
early high school
Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao
Cover for Kings of B'More
early high school
Kings of B'More
R. Eric Thomas
Cover for Messy Roots
early high school
Messy Roots
Laura Gao
Cover for Northranger
early high school
Northranger
Rey Terciero
Cover for Nothing Burns as Bright as You
late high school
Nothing Burns as Bright as You
Ashley Woodfolk
Cover for Only This Beautiful Moment
early high school
Only This Beautiful Moment
Abdi Nazemian
Cover for Pet
early high school
Pet
Akwaeke Emezi
Cover for Rural Voices
early high school
Rural Voices
Nora Carpenter
Cover for Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
early high school
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
Anna-Marie McLemore
Cover for She is a Haunting
early high school
She is a Haunting
Trang Thanh Tran
Cover for Simon Versus the Homo Sapiens Agenda
early high school
Simon Versus the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Becky Albertalli
Cover for That Summer on Frenchmen Street
late high school
That Summer on Frenchmen Street
Chris Clarkson
Cover for The Art of Being Normal
early high school
The Art of Being Normal
Lisa Williamson
Cover for The Black Flamingo
late high school
The Black Flamingo
Dean Atta
Cover for The Charioteer
early high school
The Charioteer
Mary Renault
Cover for The Dos and Donuts of Love
early high school
The Dos and Donuts of Love
Adiba Jaigirdar
Cover for The First to Die at the End
early high school
The First to Die at the End
Adam Silvera
Cover for The Honeys
early high school
The Honeys
Ryan La Sala
Cover for The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
late high school
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Sonora Reyes
Cover for The Song of Achilles
early high school
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Cover for The Wicked Bargain
early high school
The Wicked Bargain
Gabe Cole Novoa
Cover for They Both Die at the End
early high school
They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera
Cover for Things We Couldn't Say
late high school
Things We Couldn't Say
Jay Coles
Cover for This Is Why They Hate Us
late high school
This Is Why They Hate Us
Aaron H. Aceves
Cover for Under the Udala Trees
late high school
Under the Udala Trees
Chinelo Okparanta
Cover for We Are Okay
early high school
We Are Okay
Nina LaCour
Cover for We Set the Dark on Fire
early high school
We Set the Dark on Fire
Tehlor Kay Mejia
Cover for What They Always Tell Us
late high school
What They Always Tell Us
Martin Wilson
Cover for You Don't Have a Shot
late high school
You Don't Have a Shot
Racquel Marie
Cover for You Should See Me in a Crown
early high school
You Should See Me in a Crown
Leah Johnson
Cover for A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
middle school
A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders
Cover for Cemetery Boys
late high school
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas
Cover for Cinderella is Dead
middle school
Cinderella is Dead
Kalynn Bayron
Cover for Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring
late high school
Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring
Matthew Burgess
Cover for Elatsoe
early high school
Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger
Cover for Felix Yz
middle school
Felix Yz
Lisa Bunker
Cover for Friday I'm in Love
middle school
Friday I'm in Love
Camryn Garrett
Cover for Gearbreakers
middle school
Gearbreakers
Zoe Hana Mikuta
Cover for Gracefully Grayson
middle school
Gracefully Grayson
Amy Polonsky
Cover for Hazel's Theory of Evolution
middle school
Hazel's Theory of Evolution
Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Cover for Heartstopper
early high school
Heartstopper
Alice Oseman
Cover for Hope for Ryan White
middle school
Hope for Ryan White
Dano Moreno
Cover for In the Key of Us
middle school
In the Key of Us
Mariama J. Lockington
Cover for Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
middle school
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
Ashley Herring Blake
Cover for Moonflower
middle school
Moonflower
Kacen Callender
Cover for Obie is Man Enough
middle school
Obie is Man Enough
Schuyler Baylor
Cover for Redwood and Ponytail
middle school
Redwood and Ponytail
K.A. Holt
Cover for Rick
middle school
Rick
Alex Gino
Cover for See You At Harry's
middle school
See You At Harry's
Jo Knowles
Cover for Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke
middle school
Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke
Andrew Maraniss
Cover for Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt
middle school
Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt
Rob Sanders
Cover for The Best at It
middle school
The Best at It
Maulik Pancholy
Cover for The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
middle school
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
Michael Leali
Cover for The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
middle school
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
Michael Leali
Cover for The House You Pass on the Way
middle school
The House You Pass on the Way
Jacqueline Woodson
Cover for The Insiders
middle school
The Insiders
Mark Oshiro
Cover for The Other Boy
middle school
The Other Boy
MG Hennessey
Cover for The Pants Project
middle school
The Pants Project
Cat Clark
Cover for The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich
middle school
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Deya Muniz
Cover for The Sun and the Star
middle school
The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
Cover for Things We Couldn't Say
late high school
Things We Couldn't Say
Jay Coles
Cover for Too Bright to See
middle school
Too Bright to See
Kyle Lukoff
Cover for Totally Joe
middle school
Totally Joe
James Howe
Cover for Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic
middle school
Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic
g. haron davis
Cover for We Are Okay
early high school
We Are Okay
Nina LaCour
Cover for You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things
middle school
You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things
Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
Cover for A High Five for Glenn Burke
late elementary
A High Five for Glenn Burke
Phil Bildner
Cover for A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
middle school
A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders
Cover for Antonio's Card / La tarjeta de Antonio
late elementary
Antonio's Card / La tarjeta de Antonio
Rigoberto González
Cover for Beetle & the Hollowbones
late elementary
Beetle & the Hollowbones
Aliza Layne
Cover for Cattywampus
late elementary
Cattywampus
Ash Van Otterloo
Cover for Different Kinds of Fruit
late elementary
Different Kinds of Fruit
Kyle Lukoff
Cover for Drum Roll, Please
late elementary
Drum Roll, Please
Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Cover for Ellie Engle Saves Herself
late elementary
Ellie Engle Saves Herself
Leah Johnson
Cover for How We Can Live
late elementary
How We Can Live
Laleña Garcia
Cover for Hurricane Child
late elementary
Hurricane Child
Kacen Callender
Cover for King and the Dragonflies
late elementary
King and the Dragonflies
Kacen Callender
Cover for Life...According to Z
late elementary
Life...According to Z
mothasistah
Cover for Melissa
late elementary
Melissa
Alex Gino
Cover for Nikhil Out Loud
late elementary
Nikhil Out Loud
Maulik Pancholy
Cover for Nikhil Out Loud
late elementary
Nikhil Out Loud
Maulik Pancholy
Cover for Obie is Man Enough
middle school
Obie is Man Enough
Schuyler Baylor
Cover for Princess Princess Ever After
late elementary
Princess Princess Ever After
Kay O'Neil
Cover for Snapdragon
late elementary
Snapdragon
Kat Leyh
Cover for The Deepest Breath
late elementary
The Deepest Breath
Meg Grehan
Cover for The List of Things That Will Not Change
late elementary
The List of Things That Will Not Change
Rebecca Stead
Cover for The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
late elementary
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
Dana Alison Levy
Cover for The Real Riley Mayes
late elementary
The Real Riley Mayes
Rachel Elliott
Cover for The Science of Being Angry
late elementary
The Science of Being Angry
Nicole Melleby
Cover for The Vanquishers
late elementary
The Vanquishers
Kalynn Bayron
Cover for This Is Our Rainbow
late elementary
This Is Our Rainbow
Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
Cover for This Would Make a Good Story Someday
late elementary
This Would Make a Good Story Someday
Dana Alison Levy
Cover for What We Believe
late elementary
What We Believe
Laleña Garcia
Cover for Zenobia July
late elementary
Zenobia July
Lisa Bunker
Cover for A Family Is a Family Is a Family
early elementary
A Family Is a Family Is a Family
Sara O'Leary
Cover for A More Graceful Shaboom
early elementary
A More Graceful Shaboom
Jacinta Bunnell
Cover for All Are Welcome
early elementary
All Are Welcome
Alexandra Penfold
Cover for And Tango Makes Three
early elementary
And Tango Makes Three
Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell
Cover for Bathe the Cat
early elementary
Bathe the Cat
Alice B. McGinty
Cover for Call Me Max
early elementary
Call Me Max
Kyle Lukoff
Cover for Calvin
early elementary
Calvin
JR Ford and Vanessa Ford
Cover for Fluffy and the Stars
early elementary
Fluffy and the Stars
T’áncháy Redvers
Cover for Heather has Two Mommies
early elementary
Heather has Two Mommies
Lesléa Newman
Cover for How We Can Live
late elementary
How We Can Live
Laleña Garcia
Cover for I Am Jazz
early elementary
I Am Jazz
Jazz Jennings & Jessica Herthel
Cover for I Am a Rainbow
early elementary
I Am a Rainbow
Mark Kanemura
Cover for I Can Be... Me!
early elementary
I Can Be... Me!
Lesléa Newman
Cover for IntersectionAllies
early elementary
IntersectionAllies
Chelsea Johnson
Cover for Introducing Teddy
early elementary
Introducing Teddy
Jessica Walton
Cover for It Feels Good to Be Yourself
early elementary
It Feels Good to Be Yourself
Theresa Thorn
Cover for Kapaemahu
early elementary
Kapaemahu
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Cover for La muestra de talentos (Confetti Kids #11)
early elementary
La muestra de talentos (Confetti Kids #11)
por Samantha Thornhill, ilustrado por Shirley Ng-Benitez
Cover for Life...According to Z
late elementary
Life...According to Z
mothasistah
Cover for Maiden & Princess
early elementary
Maiden & Princess
Daniel Haack & Isabel Galupo
Cover for Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle
early elementary
Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle
Nina LaCour
Cover for Meet My Family!
early elementary
Meet My Family!
Laura Purdie Salas
Cover for Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
early elementary
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
Christine Baldacchino
Cover for My Fade is Fresh
early elementary
My Fade is Fresh
Shauntay Grant
Cover for My Maddy
early elementary
My Maddy
Gayle E. Pitman
Cover for My Rainbow
early elementary
My Rainbow
Trinity Neal & Deshanna Neal
Cover for Neither
early elementary
Neither
Airlie Anderson
Cover for One of a Kind, Like Me / Único Como Yo
early elementary
One of a Kind, Like Me / Único Como Yo
Laurin Mayeno
Cover for Phoenix Goes to School
early elementary
Phoenix Goes to School
Michelle Finch & Phoenix Finch
Cover for Plenty of Hugs
early elementary
Plenty of Hugs
Fran Manushkin
Cover for Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
early elementary
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
Rob Sanders
Cover for Prince & Knight
early elementary
Prince & Knight
Daniel Haack
Cover for Red: A Crayon's Story
early elementary
Red: A Crayon's Story
Michael Hall
Cover for Sam is My Sister
early elementary
Sam is My Sister
Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Cover for She's My Dad!
early elementary
She's My Dad!
Sarah Savage
Cover for Sparkle Boy
early elementary
Sparkle Boy
Lesléa Newman
Cover for Stella Brings the Family
early elementary
Stella Brings the Family
Miriam B. Schiffer
Cover for The Boy and the Bindi
early elementary
The Boy and the Bindi
Vivek Shraya
Cover for The Good Hair Day
early elementary
The Good Hair Day
Christian Trimmer
Cover for The Harvey Milk Story
early elementary
The Harvey Milk Story
Kari Krakow
Cover for The Talent Show (Confetti Kids #11)
early elementary
The Talent Show (Confetti Kids #11)
Samantha Thornhill
Cover for They, She, He Easy as ABC
early elementary
They, She, He Easy as ABC
Maya Gonzalez & Matthew SG
Cover for Twas the Night Before Pride
early elementary
Twas the Night Before Pride
Johanna McClintick
Cover for Uncle Bobby's Wedding
early elementary
Uncle Bobby's Wedding
Sarah S. Brannen
Cover for What We Believe
late elementary
What We Believe
Laleña Garcia
Cover for When Aidan Became a Brother
early elementary
When Aidan Became a Brother
Kyle Lukoff