Pride Month is an amazing time of the year to celebrate the resilience of the LGBTQIA+ community, and to uplift queer voices. Representation and visibility can save lives, and I have a deep appreciation for the work that YA authors in particular have done to give voice to the experiences of queer teenagers. You're not alone, you are so very loved, and the public library will always be here to support you.
In addition to many amazing programs throughout the month at many of our branches, we have some beautifully curated booklists for teen readers available on our website.
Below are seven of my top fave 2025-early 2026 new YA titles pulled from these booklists!
- Vesuvius by Cass Biehn, which is set in Pompeii right before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and stars two queer teen boys and is written by a transmasc author!
- Girls Who Play Dead by Joelle Wellington is a murder mystery with a sibling duo at the forefront, by a Black, queer author!
- Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young is a gorgeous horror graphic novel by an enby author with a diverse cast of characters and lovingly written schizoaffective disorder representation!
- Just Between Us by Adeline Kon is a sapphic figure skating rivalry graphic novel by a debut queer cartoonist!
- The Leaving Room by Amber McBride stars a Black, sapphic protagonist in a speculative pocket dimension between life and death, written in verse!
- This Is How We Roll! A Queer Anthology edited by Rosiee Thor collects a bunch of different short stories that have two things in common: table top role-playing games (TTRPGs) and queer protagonists and authors!
- A Wild Radiance by Maria Ingrande Mora has the YA dystopian love triangle... that actually ends in a queerplatonic and poly relationship, with fascinating world building and magic systems!
Curious for more? Check out the booklists and all of our other resources on our website! What's your favorite queer book or a queer book you've read & loved recently?
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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