lotstradamus:

adamsperrish:

rykemedows:

here’s a list of books that have lgbtqa main characters that weren’t killed for shock value :)))) (bc we’ve all been disappointed enough this year)

* = adult or new adult lit

• the engelsfors trilogy by sara elfgren and mats strandberg (the lgbtqa witches trilogy we all deserve)
  
• more than this by patrick ness
• the foxhole court by nora sakavic*
• everything leads to you by nina lacour
• the rest of us just live here by patrick ness
• proxy by alex london
• fan art by sarah tregay
• aristotle and dante discover the secrets of universe by benjamin alire saenz
• the mortal instruments by cassandra clare
• unspoken by sarah rees brennan
• the turn of the story by sarah rees brennan
  
• i’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson
• carry on by rainbow rowell
• the darkest part of the forest by holly black
• how to repair a mechanical heart by j.c lillis
• simon vs the homosapiens agenda by becky albertalli
• far from you by tess sharpe (lesbian character dies before the book which sets the plot in motion, bi mc)
  
• captive prince by cs pacat*
• know not why by hannah johnson*
• the gods of gotham by lyndsay faye*
• him by elle kennedy and sarina bowen*
• the understatement of the year by sarina bowen*
• the nightrunner series by lynn flewelling*
  

•  the scorpion rules by erin bow
• the abyss surrounds us by emily skrutskie
• willful machines by tim floreen
• clancy of the undertow by christopher currie
• we are the ants by shaun hutchinson ( mc’s boyfriend died before the book starts so it’s not all happiness but it’s worth it)
• tell me again how a crush should feel by sara farizan
• grasshopper jungle by andrew smith
• what we left behind by robin talley*
• the flywheel by erin gough
• ash by malinda lo
• huntress by malinda lo
• adaptation by malinda lo
• lies we tell ourselves by robin talley
• two boys kissing by david levithan
• ask the passengers by a.s. king
• the miseducation of cameron post by emily m. danforth
• boy meets boy by david levithan
• beauty queens by libba bray (multiple POVs, 2+ are lgbt)
• more happy than not by adam silvera (no one dies but beware the not-so-happy ending. it’s not a bad ending, just not a very happy one either)

just thought i’d add some…

[SIRENS]

• Shades of Magic by V. E. Schwab * 
• Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs *
• Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters *
• The Vintner’s Luck by Elizabeth Knox * (someone does die at the end, but in an inevitable, old age sort of way)
• Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz (sexual assault cw) 
• The Charioteer by Mary Renault *
• Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman * 
• Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 
• A Hero at the End of the World by Erin Claiborne
• Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (graphic novel)
• Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa 
• Maurice by E. M. Forster * 
• Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak