This is very obviously a work in progress and a massively incomplete list, but if you’re looking for books both by and about people who openly identify as LGBTQIAP+, voila. This list was compiled entirely of people who either consented to be on it or are very publicly out (e.g. in their official author bio), but if you’re on this list and don’t want to be, let me know and I’ll take it/you down ASAP. (Yes, even if you already consented; I promise it’s okay to change your mind!) If you just want me to change how your book is labeled, let me know that too.
(Of course, there is a much larger list of recommended QUILTBAG books on my blog here, but as I know a number of people are hesitant to read them by hetero-IDing authors, this is for that.)
Middle Grade
- Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
- Better Nate Than Ever and Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle (G)
- George by Alex Gino (T)
Young Adult
Female MCs
- Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
- How to Make a Wish and Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
- Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
- Style by Chelsea M. Cameron
- Echo After Echo and The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta
- Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
- Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
- If You Could Be Mine and Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
- Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman
- Freshman Year and Driving Lessons by Annameekee Hesik
- Run by Kody Keplinger
- Everything Leads to You and You Know Me Well and We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
- Everything by Malinda Lo
- Dating Sarah Cooper and Taking Flight by Siera Maley
- Breaking Sky by Cori McCarthy
- When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
- Not Otherwise Specified and 3 by Hannah Moskowitz*
- Keeping Her Secret by Sarah Nicolas
- This is Where it Ends and Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
- Rage, Keeping You a Secret, and Lies My Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Anne Peters
- Noteworthy and Final Draft by Riley Redgate
- Far From You by Tess Sharpe
- Trust Me, I’m Trouble by Mary Elizabeth Summer**
- Everything by Robin Talley
- The Summer I Wasn’t Me by Jessica Verdi
Male MCs
- One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva
- Boy Robot by Simon Curtis
- The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich
- The Culling by Steven Dos Santos
- The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle
- Willful Machines and Tattoo Atlas by Tim Floreen
- Rapture Practice by Aaron Hartzler
- Social Intercourse by Greg Howard
- The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley and We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
- Poz by Christopher Koehler
- Openly Straight by Bill Konigsburg
- Everything by David Levithan
- Proxy and Black Wings Beating by Alex London
- Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig
- Jack of Hearts by Lev Rosen
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Jerkbait by Mia Siegert (author is bigender)
- Everything by Adam Silvera
- Everything by Will Walton
- Running With Lions by Julian Winters
Trans, Non-Binary, Genderqueer, Genderfluid, and/or Agender MCs
- The Unintentional Time Traveler by Everett Maroon (T/NB)
- Spy Stuff by Matthew J. Metzger
- If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (T)
- Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz (T/NB)
Asexual
- Deadly Sweet Lies by Erica Cameron**
*Also has other books featuring main characters with other queer identities
**Book is a non-standalone sequel to one with no openly LGBTQIAP+ main characters
The Daily Dahlia 
Thank you so much for this list! It’s incredibly helpful and a great resource to turn to!
Thank you for the list. I hope one day to write a book in one of the above categories…. so thought I’d press this for future reference.
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