Books in Rainbow Book List Young Adult Fiction
The ALA Rainbow Book List is an annual list of "books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18" produced by the American Library Association's (ALA's) Rainbow Project, which is run by the ALA's Rainbow Round Table and Social Responsibilities Round Table.
2024
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Wicked Bargain | Gabe Cole Novoa | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Long Run | James Acker | Winner | Log In To Like |
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We Deserve Monuments | Jas Hammonds | Winner | Log In To Like |
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She Is a Haunting | Trang Thanh Tran | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix | Anna-Marie McLemore | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Imogen, Obviously | Becky Albertalli | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Beating Heart Baby | Lio Min | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Ander & Santi Were Here: a Novel | Jonny Garza Villa | Winner | Log In To Like |
2023
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Just Ash | Sol Santana | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester | Maya MacGregor | Winner | Log In To Like |
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When You Call My Name | Tucker Shaw | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Honeys | Ryan La Sala | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The City Beautiful | Aden Polydoros | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Sunbearer Trials | Aiden Thomas | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet | Jen Ferguson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Loveless | Alice Oseman | Winner | Log In To Like |
2022
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Last Night at the Telegraph | Malinda Lo | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating | Adiba Jaigirdar | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Darkness Outside Us | Eliot Schrefer | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Each of Us a Desert | Mark Oshiro | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Legendborn | Tracy Deonn | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Passing Playbook | Isaac Fitzsimons | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Ace of Spades | Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | Winner | Log In To Like |
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This Poison Heart | Kalynn Bayron | Winner | Log In To Like |
2021
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Miss Meteor | Tehlor Kay Mejia | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Cemetery Boys | Aiden Thomas | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Circus Rose | Betsy Cornwell | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Elatsoe | Darcie Little Badger | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Snapdragon | Kat Leyh | Winner | Log In To Like |
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You Should See Me in a Crown | Leah Johnson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Camp | Lev A. C. Rosen | Winner | Log In To Like |
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I'll Be the One | Lyla Lee | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Deep & Dark Blue | Niki Smith | Winner | Log In To Like |
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When We Were Magic | Sarah Gailey | Winner | Log In To Like |
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War Girls | Tochi Onyebuchi | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Magic Fish | Trung Le Nguyen | Winner | Log In To Like |
2020
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Music of What Happens | Bill Konigsberg | Winner | Log In To Like |
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We Set the Dark on Fire | Tehlor Kay Mejia | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Mooncakes | Suzanne Walker | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali | Sabina Khan | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Pet | Akwaeke Emezi | Winner | Log In To Like |
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On a Sunbeam | Tillie Walden | Winner | Log In To Like |
2019
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Girls of Paper and Fire | Natasha Ngan | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Odd One Out | Nic Stone | Winner | Log In To Like |
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DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test | Hamish Steele | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Let's Talk About Love | Claire Kann | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) | Lev A. C. Rosen | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Darius the Great s Not Okay | Adib Khorram | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Girl Made of Stars | Ashley Herring Blake | Winner | Log In To Like |
2018
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Dress Codes for Small Towns | Courtney Stevens | Winner | Log In To Like |
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We Are Okay | Nina LaCour | Winner | Log In To Like |
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They Both Die at the End | Adam Silvera | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Backstagers. Volume One, Rebels Without Applause | James Tynion IV | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Ramona Blue | Julie Murphy | Winner | Log In To Like |
2017
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Root | Na’amen Gobert Tilahun | Winner | Log In To Like |
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This Song Is (Not) for You | Laura Nowlin | Winner | Log In To Like |
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And I Darken | Kiersten White | Winner | Log In To Like |
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How Many Letters are in Goodbye? | Yvonne Cassidy | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Every Heart a Doorway | Seanan McGuire | Winner | Log In To Like |
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We Are the Ants | Shaun David Hutchinson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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When the Moon Was Ours | Anna-Marie McLemore | Winner | Log In To Like |
2016
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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When Everything Feels Like the Movies | Raziel Reid | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before | Karelia Stetz-Waters | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Fans of the Impossible Life | Kate Scelsa | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Cut Both Ways | Carrie Mesrobian | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda | Becky Albertalli | Winner | Log In To Like |
2015
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Far from You | Tess Sharpe | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel | Sara Farizan | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Grasshopper Jungle | Andrew Smith | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Secret City | Julia Watts | Winner | Log In To Like |
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I'll Give You the Sun | Jandy Nelson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World | Janet E. Cameron | Winner | Log In To Like |
2012
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Sister Mischief | Laura Goode | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Shine | Lauren Myracle | Winner | Log In To Like |
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She Loves You. She Loves You Not | Julie Anne Peters | Winner | Log In To Like |
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I Am J | Cris Beam | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Gemini Bites | Patrick Ryan | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Brooklyn Burning | Steve Brezenoff | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Beauty Queens | Libba Bray | Winner | Log In To Like |