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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Oct 10, 2017
Queer representation in the young adult book world has improved in recent years as authors and stories have focused on more than just the coming out process, which while an important milestone, isn’t a defining one.

As a result, readers who do identify as LGBTQIA can now pick up a steampunk adventure set in Victorian London, a contemporary tale about a gender fluid protagonist finding fame on the internet, and a fantasy novel featuring a lesbian romance.

Entertainment Weekly has been highlighting the best LGBTQIA representation in pop culture by putting together a list of young adult novels that showcase the wealth and diversity of the LGBTQ spectrum.


Wild Beauty

Wild Beauty

Anna-Marie McLemore

6.0 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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Love grows such strange things. Anna-Marie McLemore's debut novel The Weight of Feathers garnered...


Young Adult LGBTQ Fantasy Romance
Spinning

Spinning

Tillie Walden

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Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden’s powerful graphic memoir Spinning captures what it’s like to...


LGBTQ Young Adult
They Both Die At The End

They Both Die At The End

Adam Silvera

9.0 (22 Ratings) Rate It

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n September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give...

Mask of Shadows

Mask of Shadows

Linsey Miller

8.5 (6 Ratings) Rate It

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"I love every aspect of this amazing book―a genderfluid hero, a deadly contest, and vicious...


Young Adult LGBTQ Fantasy
Gentleman's Guide To Vice And Virtue

Gentleman's Guide To Vice And Virtue

Mackenzi Lee

8.9 (18 Ratings) Rate It

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SIMON VS. THE HOMOSAPIENS meets the 1700s in this hilarious and swashbuckling standalone teen...

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Once Upon a Rainbow, Volume Two
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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A fantastic collection of fairy stories retelling some of the childhood favourites from an LGBTQIA+ pov. The style chosen to write these stories in may not be for everyone but I for one enjoyed their content and their filling of a gap in the inclusiveness of literature generally. As a beginning piece in providing reading material for all, this is a definite plus, but it is also something that needs working on and improving, those coming after will surely be able to improve.
  
Wynonna Earp  - Season 1
Wynonna Earp - Season 1
2016 | Sci-Fi
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8.9 (8 Ratings)
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Reference to History
LGBTQIA+ Inclusion
Wynonna Earp - Season 1
Wynonna Earp - Season 1 is highly recommended ✔️

Throughout the first Season of Wynonna Earp, we are able to gain an extensive insight into the lives of Waverley and Wynonna Earp; sisters. They are cursed and teach us of the importance of family, but also of following yourself independently.

Emily Andras has beautifully captured a storyline that will follow Wynonna and Waverley for many more seasons. Despite being siblings, their upbringings and characteristics are vastly different which permit an addictive dynamic.

The LGBTQIA+ inclusion is a thing that is uncomparable to anything else that has been broadcasted on such a significant platform. We are able to follow Waverleys discovery of her own identity, and understand the significance of self acceptance.

In regards to the storyline itself, and the correspondence between Western History, Wynonna Earp references the lives of the notorious Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.

To conclude, Wynonna Earp - Season 1 and its consequential seasons are highly recommended, the storyline, historical reference and chemistry between the cast makes this series unmissable.
  
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alex (68 KP) rated Release in Books

Jul 16, 2017  
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Patrick Ness | 2017 | Children
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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Great plot (2 more)
split narrative to give it some spice
LGBQTIA+ representation
Very simple concept (for the main narrative) BUT well executed (0 more)
Love, heartbreak and a meth addiction.
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Similar to his earlier book 'The Rest of Us Just Live Here', Patrick Ness switches betweens a main narrative and a parallel narrative within the same world, with an unexpected cross between the two at the end. I brought this book and finished it the day after, an easy read but one full of very real characters battling with homophobia and the inevitability of growing up and change. With this book I only hope more diverse LGBTQIA+ representation occurs throughout literature.
  
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Dracoria Malfoy (690 KP) is asking for a recommendation

Jul 22, 2017  
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Ay sup peeps! I'm here in India, ridiculously bored, and I need some good YA novels to read. Also, I don't want boks about "Miss Slightly Popular and Her Crush that Obviously Likes Her but for Some God-Forsaken Reason She Doesn't Know" NO. I need books about LGBTQIA+ characters. Characters who break stereotypes. Characters from different religions. I don't care about their gender. I don't care about the genre (Unless it's mystery. I cannot stand mystery.) Please. I need some good books.

Also, I'm pretty well-read, s give me books you don't think I've heard of. Or John Green. I'm always ready to cry. Always. (HP REFERENCES FTW)
     
Radio Silence
Radio Silence
Alice Oseman | 2017 | Young Adult (YA)
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8.3 (3 Ratings)
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Minority Representation, fun formatting (0 more)
Great LGBTQIA representation in a YA novel
Representation MATTERS. Don’t let anyone tell you different. The two main characters in this book are GLBT – and asexual, which is a rarely-seen demographic. One of them is a WOC! And that’s IMPORTANT. We need representation of minorities in books, movies, TV, media – wherever it can be seen. So all those kids growing up, thinking they’re weird, or the odd ones out, or broken, can see themselves on the screen and realize that other people are going through the same things. That it’s NORMAL.

I also love the different formatting the author uses when representing texts, or phone calls, or the podcast that the kids create.



Read my full review at https://goddessinthestacks.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/book-review-radio-silence/