Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t? YA Sci-Fi: The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily SkrutskieĪdult Romance: Strong Signal by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell 2. YA Thriller: Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig YA Contemporary: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo YA Fantasy: And I Darken by Kiersten White Genre You Read The Most From: Contemporary YA Number of Re-Reads: Just Out on Good Behavior, for obvious reasons! This is one of my favorite posts (courtesy of Jamie of Perpetual Page Turner) to do on my personal blog, and I thought it’d be fun to bring it here, using just the LGBTQIAP+ books I’ve read this year, and hear what your answers would be in the comments! (Note: a few of these answers on my personal blog were LGBTQIAP+ books anyway, so those have been copy-pasted here.) So, let’s see how this goes:Ģ016 Reading Stats Number Of Books You Read: 64 books w/LGBTQIAP+ protags There’s no mention of the ex-boyfriend who’s still very much in his life, for better or for worse. Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert – This is a beautiful contemporary about an artistic Asian boy named Danny whose friend group is recovering from the loss of their own and just happens to be in love with his best friend.Ĭoda by Emma Trevayne – This Dystopian sci-fi with a bi MC does refer to romance in the blurb, but it’s only to the one Anthem currently has with a girl. (Just, you know, between a bi guy and a gay guy who totally fall for each other.)Īnger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro – Not only is this excellent debut about a gay Black boy who’s forced to become even more political after a tragedy under the gaydar, but it is so, so inclusive in its secondary cast, it will make your heart explode in all the ways. They Both Die at the Endby Adam Silvera – I know for most of us, just the name “Adam Silvera” on a cover is a dead giveaway, but the cover reads like a friendship story, and it definitely is that too. And while the blurb tells the truth of him making a close friend in Mehmed, the text makes it rainbow clear that those are not Radu’s only feelings by a long shot. Satelliteby Nick Lake – A teen boy who was born in space makes his first trip to Earth and finds himself questioning his sexuality while he’s at it!Īnd I Darken by Kiersten White – This trilogy may be best known for the ruthless and hetero Lada, but her brother Radu very much has his own POV. Proxy by Alex London – probably the best-known queer YA sci-fi duology of all time, for good reason! But there’s nothing in the blurb that suggests Syd and Knox have anything more than a business relationship… Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley – an agoraphobic boy is befriended by a girl he doesn’t realize is using him as a psych project to pad her college applications…and he’s also crushing on her boyfriend.
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And yes, some of these books are well known as queer, but part of the point of this series is to help people find books they can safely bring home. This terribly titled edition is dedicated to books with gay and bi male characters, and I really am sorry for the horrible pun. “Under the Gaydar” features books you might not realize have queer content but do! And definitely belong on your radar.