Staff-selected titles help readers of all ages celebrate Pride month-- and all year!
Revised
January 28, 2026
Whether you're celebrating Pride Month or just looking for a great book, check out these staff-selected titles, for little kids, big kids, tweens, teens and adults.
Little kids
Books
Taylor Rouanzion
2024
New parents invite their baby to express themselves through whatever color feels right to them.
Big kids
Books
Shane Jordan and Rick Hendrix
2024
J 302.76 JOR
During a stormy pride parade, a young child and their supportive father meet and help a nonbinary child feel comfortable in their own skin.
Lexile level
650L
Kyle Lukoff
2025
J 307.76 LUK
A narrative explanation of the phrase "friend of Dorothy," a phrase coined by the LGBTQ+ community in the United States starting in the 1940s.
Michelle Meadows
2024
JB BALDWIN JAMES
This picture book biography of legendary writer and activist James Baldwin introduces readers to a passionate Black man who discovered his true power in the written word, which opened the world to him as he fearlessly used his voice.
Joëlle Retener
2024
Marley wants to see their beloved grandparent receive an award at Pride, but how can they overcome their fears of crowds and noise?
A. J. Sass
2024
Shai, a 13-year-old nonbinary homeschooler, attempts to find a "new normal" post-pandemic as they start public school, meet new friends and learn about their Jewish identity.
Tasha Spillett
2025
Even someone who has lived a long time can see wonderful things that they've never seen before. In this case, it's Raven's grandmother watching her young grandson celebrating the traditional round dance with a ribbon skirt of his own.
Picture books
Vincent X. Kirsch
2025
PICTURE BOOK Kirsch Vincent
Olivio Kipling, known to his friends as O.K., has something to say: he loves George. Problem is, O.K.'s friends keep interrupting him when he tries to share his feelings.
Libby V loved this! Find out why »
Graphic novels
Cameron Mukwa
2024
J GRAPHIC Mukwa, Cameron
A two-spirit, nonbinary 10-year-old, Anang sets out to make a ribbon skirt, a piece of clothing typically worn by girls in the Anishinaabe tradition, for an upcoming powwow, finding support, community and confidence along the way.
Tweens
Books
Mary Averling
2024
J FICTION Averling, Mary
Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a 12-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse.
Lexile level
660L
Lex B loved this! Find out why »
Robin Easter
2024
J GRAPHIC Easter, Robin
Ever since sixth grade, Ashton Price and their best friend and enduring crush, Ivy Santos, have spent their summers together at theater camp. Now it's their last year before they part ways for high school, and Ash is determined to confess her feelings.
Robin Gow
2024
Twelve-year-old B, a young nonbinary person who wants to be a dog trainer someday, convinces their new foster parents to adopt a stray dog named Gooseberry, but training the dog ends up being much harder than they expected until they learn to trust each other.
Emma Hunsinger
2024
J GRAPHIC Hunsinger, Emma
Bumped from seventh grade directly to high school, 13-year-old Tara gets a dramatic jolt to reality. Thrust into a new, unfamiliar world, she navigates social pressures, the chaos of high school and her first crush, all while trying to figure out who she is and who she wants to be.
Elisa Stone Leahy
2024
Mallory Marsh's true feelings come out in her sci-fi web comic, but when it goes viral, classmates recognize the unflattering characters, leading Mallory to reckon with her lies.
Lily D loved this! Find out why »
Nicole Melleby
2024
Winnie Nash, who has been keeping her sexual orientation a secret, spends the summer with her grandma in New Jersey as she struggles with her family's expectations while yearning to embrace her true self and attend New York City's Pride Parade.
Sarah Moon
2025
Four best friends spend Family Week together at an annual gathering of LGBTQ+ families in Provincetown, MA-- the largest of its kind in the world.
Deke Moulton
2024
As Benji Zeb and his family work to hide their true identities as werewolves, Caleb the school bully reveals he's a werewolf, too, and needs Benji's help controlling his shifting, a situation that forces Benji to deal with his growing feelings for Caleb.
Lexile level
740L
K. O'Neill
2025
Rowan knows what they want: to be a ranger, protecting their village alongside their flying horse Kes, but when Kes is injured, Rowan is paired with lackadaisical sheep herder Leone, whose own struggles and endless support bring new possibilities.
Lexile level
HL530L
Tim P loved this! Find out why »
Jessica Wibowo and Jacinta Wibowo
2024
J GRAPHIC Wibowo, Jessica
A child found living alone on the Moon is brought to live among humans, but struggles with his identity.
Jen Wilde
2024
J FICTION Wilde Jen
When she discovers her parents had a chip implanted in her brain that keeps track of her location and brain activity, Paige dons her noise-canceling headphones and sets out to find the other kids in the study to show them what's been done to them.
Lexile level
810L
Morgan H loved this! Find out why »
Teens
Books
Cass Biehn
2025
T FICTION Biehn, Cass
In the final days of Pompeii, two boys-- Felix and Loren-- must grapple with closely-guarded secrets and untangle myth, magic and memory to escape the burning city alive.
Libby V loved this! Find out why »
Louangie Bou-Montes
2024
T FICTION Bou-Montes, Louangie
When he accidentally reanimates the dead body of his once best friend and first crush, mortician's son Jaxton must exhume his late father's past to uncover the truth about his abilities if he wants to keep the boy he's come to love alive for good.
David C loved this! Find out why »
Jonny Garza Villa
2024
T FICTION Garza Villa Jonny
When a mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot, but what he gets instead is a tenacious current lead with a very familiar, very kissable face.
Emily K loved this! Find out why »
Matthew Hubbard
2025
T FICTION Hubbard, Matthew
When the mayor of a small Alabama town starts targeting Pride events, bad boy Zeke begins hosting a series of "Pride Speakeasies."
Lexile level
740L
Susan A loved this! Find out why »
Zakiya N. Jamal
2025
Rochelle "The Shell" Coleman gets a job working at Horizon Cinemas, the Black-owned movie theater, to boost her chance of getting into her dream school, but her nemesis and academic competitor, Amira Rodriguez, will be her boss.
Jodi L loved this! Find out why »
Gume Laurel III
2024
T FICTION Laurel, Gume
After a painful breakup, Alejandro, a gay teen brujo, struggles to move on, finding solace in his tarot cards and piano. When a time-traveling demon threatens his school's recital, Alejandro must focus on the future to save the concert and potentially find love again.
David C loved this! Find out why »
C. B. Lee
2025
T FICTION Lee, C. B.
Two teen girls from colliding parallel universes meet in a coffeeshop and fall in love.
Stephanie B loved this! Find out why »
Mia P. Manansala
2025
T FICTION Manansala, Mia
When a high school tarot reader's latest client goes missing after a troubling reading, she must apply everything she's learned from her private investigator mother to solve a case of her own.
Amy B loved this! Find out why »
Sarah Miller
2025
TB Hickok, Lorena
Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, trace Lorena Hickok-- or Hick's-- rise from devastating childhood to renowned journalist, and follow the most significant friendship and romantic relationship of her life with first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Cora S loved this! Find out why »
Ashley Hope Pérez
2025
T 098.1 BAN
A multi-genre anthology that spotlights the transformative power of books while equipping teens to fight for the freedom to read, featuring the voices of 15 diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators.
April O loved this! Find out why »
James Persichetti
2024
In this queer reimagining of an Arthurian legend, Knights of the Round Table Lancelot and Tristan set out on a quest to find the missing magician Merlin, but instead discover an unexpected romance.
Jenn Reese
2024
Visiting the infamous puzzle house their grandfather built in hopes of reuniting her father with his estranged mother, 12-year-old Perigee, who loves logic and science, but struggles with emotions, finds the house has a mind of its own but no one will let them solve the puzzles.
Lexile level
740L
Stephanie B loved this! Find out why »
Eric Rosswood and Jodie Anders
2024
T 306.76 ROS
Gay teens will find advice and words of wisdom encouraging them to find-- and keep-- their inner rainbow. Topics include everything from bullies and discrimination to acceptance and advocating change.
Lakita Wilson
2025
T FICTION Wilson, Lakita
Reya and Sommer, former best friends from different socioeconomic worlds, reunite to help each other achieve their dreams, but as old wounds resurface and new challenges arise, they must navigate whether their friendship can be rebuilt.
Desi T loved this! Find out why »
Justine Pucella Winans
2025
T FICTION Winans, Justine
CJ Smith’s hometown of Satterville was the site of two massacres, which CJ and her dad survived. When an unpublished manuscript from a mysterious writer shows up addressed to CJ predicting new murders, she sets out to stop them.
Heather W loved this! Find out why »
Ann Zhao
2024
A student at Wellesley College, aromantic and asexual Sophie Chi, aka "Dear Wendy," finds herself in an online feud with her relationship advice rival, “Sincerely Wanda,” while unwittingly becoming friends in real life. Will their friendship survive when the truth comes out?
Graphic novels
Oliver Gerlack and Kelsi Jo Silva
2024
Soup loves cooking, especially with her wonderful coworkers at the Brazen Manticore. But when her toxic boss threatens to destroy the community she has worked so hard to build, she challenges him the only way she knows how: with a cooking competition.
Heather W loved this! Find out why »
Robin Ha
2024
T GRAPHIC HA ROBIN
Set in 16th century Korea, this queer, feminist reimagining of the Fox Maiden legend from Korean mythology follows Kai Song, who is determined to be a warrior as she must come to terms with her true identity and take control of her destiny after learning a deadly secret.
Pablo Leon
2025
T GRAPHIC Leon, Pablo
In this intergenerational tale perfect for fans of Messy Roots and Illegal, the author combines historical research of the Guatemalan Civil War with his own experiences as a Guatemalan immigrant to tell a story of family, sacrifice, survival and hope.
Jade B loved this! Find out why »
Theo Parish
2024
T GRAPHIC Parish, Theo
In this graphic novel memoir, the author shares their journey to find a home within themself, taking readers through the experiences and everyday moments that all led up to them finding the term "nonbinary," which finally struck a chord.
Libby V loved this! Find out why »
Mariko Tamaki
2025
T FICTION Tamaki, Mariko
When Elizabeth Woodward, a beautiful and talented Wilberton Academy thespian, is found dead, the school is thrown into chaos. Transfer student Abby Kita was one of the last people to see Elizabeth alive, but when local authorities deem the it-girl's death a suicide, Abby's not convinced.
Morgan H loved this! Find out why »
Rey Terciero and Claudia Aguirre
2025
T GRAPHIC Terciero, Rey
In this modern reimagining of Anne of Green Gables, effervescent extrovert Dan Stewart-Álvarez is surprised to find home and community in rural Tennessee.
Heather W loved this! Find out why »
Magdalene Visaggio
2024
Recently transitioned and starting a new school, Phoebe is taken under the wing of Mackenzie Ishikawa, the envy of all girls, who shows her the value of being true to herself instead of who everyone expects her to be.
LaNesha S loved this! Find out why »
Andrew Wheeler
2025
T GRAPHIC Wheeler, Andrew
Mark is a good Catholic boy. When he realizes he has a crush on another boy at school, he struggles to reconcile his feelings with his faith. Mark asks advice from his priest, as well as a local drag performer, but also receives unexpected input from key figures in Catholic history and lore.
Tim P loved this! Find out why »
Adults
Books
Emily Austin
2025
FICTION Austin, Emily
As Margit sets out to understand Sigrid and the secrets she has hidden, both sisters, in their own time and way, discover that reigniting their shared childhood imagination is the only way forward. Content warning for suicidality.
Becca B loved this! Find out why »
Agustina María Bazterrica and Sarah Moses
2025
FICTION Bazterrica, Agustina
In a mysterious convent, a lower member of the Sacred Sisterhood, deemed an unworthy, dreams of ascending to the ranks of the Enlightened. When a stranger passes the convent walls, the narrator is increasingly haunted by questions about her own past, the environmental future and her present life.
Hilary H loved this! Find out why »
A. Rae Dunlap
2025
FICTION Dunlap, A. Rae
In 1828 Edinburgh, determined to study surgery, James Willoughby abandons his privileged life for the bustling medical scene, only to become embroiled with the charming but dangerous body snatcher Aneurin MacKinnon, leading him into a dark world of rival gangs and deadly competition for cadavers.
Sarah C loved this! Find out why »
Blair Fell
2025
FICTION Fell, Blair
In the late 1980s, a coven of queer witches on New York's Fire Island strives to protect a young man facing a devastating tragedy.
David C loved this! Find out why »
Marcus Kliewer
2024
FICTION Kliewer, Marcus
While restoring an old house, Charlie and Eve, a young, queer couple, answer the door to a man claiming to have lived there years before, which sets in motion a chain of uncanny and inexplicable events leading to Charlie's disappearance and Eve's descent into insanity.
Hilary H loved this! Find out why »
Brianna Labuskes
2025
FICTION Labuskes, Brianna
During the Great Depression, WPA editor Millie Lang is sent to Montana to investigate sabotage at her project and uncovers a mystery surrounding Alice Monroe, her Boxcar Library and the disappearance of librarian Colette Durand years earlier.
Terry M-R loved this! Find out why »
Eliana Ramage
2025
FICTION Ramage, Eliana
When Steph Harper was five, her mother fled an abusive husband-- with Steph and her younger sister in tow-- to Cherokee Nation.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
2025
FICTION Reid, Taylor Jenkins
In 1980, professor Joan Goodwin is selected to join NASA's space shuttle program in Houston with Top Gun pilot Hank, scientist John, mission specialist Lydia, warm-hearted Donna and aeronautical engineer Vanessa, who become unlikely friends-- until December 1984, when everything changes.
Jodi L loved this! Find out why »
V. E. Schwab
2025
FICTION Schwab, Victoria
Set over 500 years, this tale of three sapphic vampires is a story about hunger, rage and the ways in which women are told to be satiated even when they aren't.
Annie C loved this! Find out why »
Emily St. James
2025
FICTION St. James, Emily
In small-town South Dakota, newly divorced Erica, a closeted trans teacher, forms an unlikely bond with Abigail, a bold trans student navigating senior year, as their friendship withstands community scrutiny, as it shapes their journeys toward self-acceptance and authenticity.
Stephanie B loved this! Find out why »
Tara Tai
2025
FICTION Tai, Tara
Cat Li lands her dream job writing love storylines for the next big thing in games only after boss Andi Zhang, who hates happily-ever-afters, grudgingly gives Cat a chance, but when Cat discovers a plot to destroy Andi's career, they must find a way to work together before it's game over.
Jiaming Tang
2024
FICTION Tang, Jiaming
After emigrating to New York City's Chinatown, Old Second and Bao Mei reminisce about their secret past in a rural Chinese cinema that taught them to navigate forbidden love, societal pressures and an uncertain future.
Barbara Truelove
2025
FICTION Truelove, Barbara
Demeter, an interstellar ship that shuttles humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri, teams up with a ragtag team of monsters to stop the undead threat that's been murdering her passengers.
Lex B loved this! Find out why »
Ocean Vuong
2025
FICTION Vuong, Ocean
In the struggling town of East Gladness, Connecticut, 19-year-old Hai is saved from despair by Grazina, an elderly widow with dementia, forging an unexpected bond that reshapes their lives and reveals dynamics of love, memory and resilience on the margins of society.
Chris V loved this! Find out why »
Michael Waters
2024
796.086 WAT
This history explores the lives of early trans and gender non-conforming athletes in the 1930s, connecting their stories to the rise of fascism and the creation of modern sports' gender surveillance policies, particularly the sex-testing apparatus that originated at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Graphic novels
Michael Curato
2025
GRAPHIC Curato, Mike
A spilled drink at a Seattle bar introduces AJ-- who's ready to reinvent himself as a gay Asian man-- to K, John and Steve. AJ's "Boy Luck Club" helps him find love, pride and belonging-- until a brutal attack tests everything they know about friendship and family.
Lily D loved this! Find out why »
