Books in Rainbow Book List Young Adult Fiction
The Rainbow Book List is an annual list from the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table of quality books with significant LGBTQIA+ content for readers from birth to age 18. This is the largest subcategory, covering young adult fiction. Titles are contemporary romance, fantasy, horror, historical fiction, and literary remixes with LGBTQ+ teens at the center (e.g., We Deserve Monuments, Self-Made Boys, Imogen, Obviously). For ages 13 and up.
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 |