YA LGBT Books discussion

Hi everyone! I haven't had the time to read anything the past few years (apparently since 2018, didn't realize it had been that long XD) but I want to try at least getting through a few this coming year! But with being out of touch with new books coming out and such the past 3 years, idk where to start. So, I was hoping to get some recommendations here :)

If anyone would like to share their favorites from the past few years, I'd greatly appreciate it!

I'm open to most things, but some good genres for me are fantasy, sci-fi, mystery and romance.

Also bonus points for good bi and poly rep!

Want to try my own Seven Tricks for the holidays? A mouse-centric version of The Nutcracker? Everyone misunderstood the truth behind that battle with the Mouse King, err, prince...;)

https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Tricks-K...

These fit into the genres you mentioned:
*Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys
*Alex London, Skybound
*Mackenzi Lee, Montague Siblings
*Tara Sim, Timekeeper
*Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (with ace secondary character in the first book whom I've heard is more central in the second book)
*Maria Ingrande Mora, Fragile Remedy
*Kelley York, Dark Is the Night
*Django Wexler, The Wells of Sorcery
*Kristin Lambert, The Boy in the Red Dress

These are other queer YA books I've really enjoyed in the last few years:
*Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker
*Britta Lundin, Ship It
*Jen Wilde, Going off Script
*Lyla Lee, I'll Be the One
*Rainbow Rowell, Pumpkinheads (cis girl in the het central romance is bi)
*Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best
*Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer
*Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera, What If It's Us
*Jasper Sanchez, The (Un)Popular Vote
*Jonny Garza Villa, Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun
*Rebecca Sullivan, Night Owls and Summer Skies
*Crystal Frasier, Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms
*Lisa Bunker, Zenobia July

You might check out our thread - Recommend a new(ish) book in the Book Related Banter folder where group members have some recs of recent favorites -
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hello! I am looking for a book with subtle queer hints for my 52 year old mom, I don’t want a book that is very centered around the queer or tge but with hints of it. I would love some recs!

Subtle queer YA books:

Being Fishkill
Burn Our Bodies Down
Clap When You Land
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Elysium Girls
I Was Born for This
Let's Call It a Doomsday
Shallow Graves
Uncommon Charm (arguably sort of marketed as Adult instead of YA, but the main character is a teen)

In case you're also open to Adult as well as YA:

Agatha of Little Neon
Catherine House
Embassytown
If We Were Villains
We Ride Upon Sticks

Orchid wrote: "Hello! I am looking for a book with subtle queer hints for my 52 year old mom, I don’t want a book that is very centered around the queer or tge but with hints of it. I would love some recs!"

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
its adult, but i think it would be perfect for your mom. its a very lovely book (i wasnt expecting to like it but actually loved it) and focuses on two women in the south during the 30s living, working, and raising a family together. Not explicitly queer but considering they love each other and raise a family together, its easy to read it that way, while still allowing people to interpret it as friendship if they want