Reading Outside the Gender Binary - hosted by dytiscusfriend

A Young Adult novel
Young Adult is a notoriously slippery genre to define but I'm not here to define genres by academic standards so a book you found in a young adult section of a library, bookstore, or book exchange is great or any book you feel belongs in the young adult genre. 
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Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Felix Ever After

Kacen Callender

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Strange Creatures by Phoebe North

Strange Creatures

Phoebe North

544 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult emotional medium-paced
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Meet Cute Diary

Emery Lee

391 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

Between Perfect and Real

Ray Stoeve

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
What Big Teeth by Harry Szabo

What Big Teeth

Harry Szabo

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth

A Dark and Hollow Star

The Hollow Star Saga #1

Ashley Shuttleworth

503 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Can't Take That Away by Steven Salvatore

Can't Take That Away

Steven Salvatore

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction art lgbtqia+ music young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Honey Girl

Morgan Rogers

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Strangers by David A. Robertson

Strangers

The Reckoner #1

David A. Robertson

216 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery young adult mysterious medium-paced