Queer Teens Book Lovers <3 discussion

If you have any books you would like to recommend, I will make a shelf for you and add them! It can be any book you want!!

I would love to recommend Where Shadows Bloom, it’s a sapphic Romantasy with castles, knights, and monsters 💫

I hope I did the right one lol

will add them at my lunch time :D

I just added them, I decided to just log in lol

1. Twilight
2. The Lux novel series
3. the Wolves of Mercy Falls series
4. The Maze Runner
5. hush Hush
6. one of Us Is Lying series
7. Divergent series
8. two can keep a secret (if one is dead)
9. ghost Roast
10. ignite

I will add those when I get home in about an hour!

Are you getting home early T-T I have 2 hours until my early release

yeah lol, mine is at 1;40 bc I only have 6 periods

We only have 4 periods a day

ohhh do you have a block schedule?

Yeah it's really weird

I used to have one at my old school, it was hella confusing so I get it lol

Each class is 1.5 hours it is so bad

GOD DAMN-

fourth wing series, and heartstopper!

Heartstopper, this is just a memoir but The Half Of It by Madison Beer, The Star-Crossed series by Rachel Higginson (underrated author), My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking, and that's all i can think of

I will add them, so sorry, my messaging just started working again, it stopped and idk why

I have where shadows bloom on my bookshelf I'm waiting to pick it up!

You have to lmk how it is :D

I willl

guys Don't Let the Forest in is actually soo good. haven't finished it yet but... AHHH

i agree with Jordan cuz i'm BR with him

imjustagirl wrote: "i agree with Jordan cuz i'm BR with him"

(it's actually she/they btw)

oh shit my bad 😣

wait so do i call you "she" or "they" 😭 im sorry

ur good lol. either one. I go by both interchangeably

oh okay 👌🏼

✨Jordan✨My King's version wrote: "ur good lol. either one. I go by both interchangeably"

Ayyy samsies

😅😅😅
this is my type of humor (no offense)

Yeppers

When Haru was here by Dustin Thao is what I would recommend :) see, it’s not just because the book is about a gay couple but also because the main character is like an INFP personality. Reality hits him hard yet he finds ways to stay sane and that includes creating an imaginary friend Haru, who was actually a real person whom Eric (the main character) meets one fine summer in Japan. I found it relatable how he’s so imbued with sadness and yet he found ways to cope from it in his own ways despite the ‘imaginary friend’ scenario is mentally unhealthy in its own way. Also, the book makes the reader feel like they are lost and have no direction in life yet it’s alright because it feels like a summer afternoon where you don’t have to figure everything out because there’s still time :)

Oo I also loved You’ve Reached Sam by that author!!

Boyfriend Material is a super good one that is mlm and I loved it. Luc has issues but so does his fake boyfriend and there is childhood… well I guess trauma

I recommend They Both Die at the End (warning: it’s heartbreaking)

I recommend The Sea Witch!! it's not really LGBTQ but it's really good

I recommend the Sunbearer duology by Aiden Thomas. It's like Percy Jackson meets Hispanic mythology, and I really enjoyed the LGBTQ rep. The two books are titled The Sunbearer Trials and Celestial Monsters.

I recommend The deed of Paksenarrion. It’s about an asexual female solider who eventually becomes a religious paladin and helps fight evil. It’s kind of hard to explain, but it’s really good.

The First Peach: A Cozy Enemies-to-Lovers Romance with Coffee, Chaos, and Second Chances

I recommend Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. it's my second favorite gay romance (second to Heartstopper)

Ooh I watched the movie based off that! It’s rly good

LGBTQ+ Classics! (note: these being written when they were, there unfortunately aren't any happy endings. And the "lesbian vampires/demons" are not good girlfriends, and also those have an undertone of "see she's seducing her behold the monstrosity of lesbianism" which can be... trying, to say the least. Once I reread "The Deep Dark" and "The Hymn to Dionysus" I'll recommend some happier, YA ones.)

1. "Carmilla" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Written in 1872, the novella is widely recognized as the original lesbian vampire story.

2. "Christabel" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This is a narrative poem told in two parts very similar to "Carmilla." Unfortunately, Mr. Coleridge never got around to writing the other 3 parts before he passed, so although it wraps up considerably well, it's unfinished.

3. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Unlike the previous two, this is not a lesbian vampire story! In short, Basil is head over heels, and Lord Henry made me really mad because he has some OPINIONS that are... questionable. Still, a great book!

Hello everyone!
Any group that promotes queer teen reading is excellent in my eyes!

FYI, the YA LGBT group bookshelf has 1,775 books on it. People can belong to multiple groups for the same topics. :)

Out of curiosity, do y'all feel like the terminology is changing a lot? I am an older adult (54) without teenagers, so not really hooked into the language evolution of the teens right now.

Happy reading!

Anyone have a YA or little spice (doesn’t look spicy) book that is autumn / fall themed??

The pumpkin spice cafe books? I haven't read them, but I've seen them lying around in our local bookstore. (they are apparently not YA, tho.)

What books do all of you read for comfort? I really like a manga called Ako and Bambi because I relate to a lot of the characters and love the cozy vibe it has.
I’m curious to know what other people read when they need something affirming or just generally chill like that?

O-ky soooooo…. I just joined the group. I’m Lolo, they/them. I love fantasy, romance, and obviously queer books. Idk if you’ve ever heard of “Always Raining Here.” Haha, I think it’s honestly a pretty good book!

Hi Lolo! I searched it up and it looks really cute, I honestly might see if I can get a copy. :)

Hii I’m Olivia, I just joined! My favorite queer books are Sunburn and Giovanni’s Room! The first one is sapphic, and it’s a coming-of-age novel about a girl falling in love with her classmate. The second is a book written in the 1950s by James Baldwin, it’s really sad but it’s incredible!!
Honestly I haven’t read that many queer books, so I’m also looking for recommendations but those two are my favourites :)