It’s tough being a teen; it’s tougher being a teen identifying as LGBTQ. Read these amazing books to understand what it’s like coming out at a young age.
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Alex Sanchez
Image Credit: Amazon Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez
Each character struggles to define his or her identity and must decide what sexuality really means. Is it about boy/girl or more about love?
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Stephen Chbosky
Image Credit: Amazon The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Charlie is a freshman and befriended by school seniors Patrick and Sam, who reveal to him a world of parties, dating and sexuality.
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Jeanette Winterson
Image Credit: Amazon Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Young Jeanette is raised to believe she is one of God’s elect in a conservative, Southern culture. She exists happily in her little world until she must come to terms with her sexual preference for girls.
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Michael Griffo
Image Credit: Amazon Unnatural: Archangel Academy Series by Michael Griffo
Michael has always felt like an outcast due to his homosexuality, and Ronan due to his identity as a hybrid vampire.
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David Levithan
Image Credit: Amazon Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Based on a true story, 17-year-olds Harry and Craig are about to try to break the Guinness record for longest kiss.
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James St. James
Image Credit: Amazon Freak Show by James St. James
Young Billy Bloom is gay and moves to Florida where he finds a bunch of Bible-thumpers and jocks. He
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Sarah Tregay
Image Credit: Amazon Fan Art by Sarah Tregay
With prom rapidly approaching, Jamie Peterson realizes he has accidentally fallen in love with his best friend, Mason.
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Michael Barakiva
Image Credit: Amazon One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva
Alex has been raised in a strict Armenian family, which he plans to escape for a while by heading off to summer school.
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Nina LaCour
Image Credit: Amazon Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Emi is a wunderkind set designer in Hollywood who keeps going back to the same girl, aka the wrong girl.
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Emily M. Danforth
Image Credit: Amazon The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Cameron is oddly relieved when both her parents die, because now, they’ll never know she likes girls.
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Madeleine George
Image Credit: Amazon The Difference Between You and Me by Madeleine George
Jesse is a tomboy, and Emily is the vice president of the student council — dating a boy. The only thing they have nothing in common is the passionate private time they share.
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Lili Wilkinson
Image Credit: Amazon Pink by Lili Wilkinson
Starting over at a new school, Ava embraces a new image, leaving her girlfriend behind.
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Julie Anne Peters
Image Credit: Amazon Luna by Julie Anne Peters
During the day, Liam is a boy, but at night, under the cover of the moon, he embraces his true self, Luna, by borrowing his sister’s makeup and clothes.
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Bill Konigsburg
Image Credit: Amazon Openly Straight by Bill Konigsburg
Rafe is a normal teenager in Colorado who’s been out and proudly gay since eighth grade.
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