LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Reads
March 2023
Cool. Awkward. Black
by Karen Strong

Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection–drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic–celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined. Simultaneous eBook.
Book of Dreams
by Kevin Craig

Gaige's curiosity gets the better of him when he discovers a bookstore on an abandoned street. He steps inside and is immediately enthralled by its antiquarian sights and smells, but one book in particular calls to him. It isn't long before he gets a bad feeling about it, but it's already too late. The store's aged bookseller gives him no alternative; once he touches the book, it's his - whether he wants it or not. It's bought and paid for, and there are no returns. The book leads Gaige on a horrific descent into the unknown. As he falls into the depths of its pages, he loses blocks of time, and his friends become trapped inside ancient cellars with seemingly no means of escape. when all seems lost, he finds the one person he can turn to for help - Mael, a sweet teen also trapped inside the book, who didn't fall for the bookseller's tricks. Together, they race against time to protect Gaige from joining a long string of boys who vanished without a trace inside The Book of Dreams.
Anne of Greenville
by Mariko Tamaki

"An ABBA-loving singer/actor/writer of disco-operas, queer, Japanese American Anne starts a new school in middle-of-nowhere Greenville after a series of dramatic and unfortunate events and quickly finds herself wrapped up in a love triangle she never expected. 50,000 first printing."
Small town pride
by Phil Stamper

When Jake comes out to his dad, who hangs a ginormous pride flag in their front yard as a show of love and support, the mayor begins receiving complaints and Jake fights to throw his town's very first pride festival. Simultaneous eBook.
Ellen outside the lines
by A. J. Sass

When a school trip to Barcelona to reconnect with her best friend doesn't go as planned, Ellen, a neurodivergent 13-year-old, must expand her horizons as she makes new friends and learns to let go of old ones. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
A tale of two princes
by Eric Geron

When long-lost twins Edward, a closeted prince, and Billy, an out-and-proud cowboy, meet by chance in New York City, their lives are forever changed as they each come to terms with who they really are and what they really want. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Friday I'm in love
by Camryn Garrett

Deciding to throw herself an epic coming out party with singing, dancing and rainbow cake, 16-year-old Mahalia Harris finds herself buried in a mountain of bills, unfinished schoolwork and enough drama that could end her party before it even begins. Simultaneous eBook.
Wicked Little Things
by Justin Arnold

Join a coven. Catch a killer. Get a makeover...? When his cousin is murdered, recently outed 16 year old Dane Craven, is forced to return to his unbearably small hometown of Jasper Hollow. It would be easy enough for him to keep his head down if it weren't for three inescapable facts. One, Dane is a witch with fiery powers he has little ability to control. Two, Dane thinks he's responsible for the death of his cousin. And three, he's already been claimed by a coven of fashion forward 'mean girls' desperate to give him a makeover. Being the gay best friend to a trio of teenage witches was never high on Dane's list of aspirations, but fortunately for him these girls have the necromantic powers he needs to figure out who killed his cousin. Plus, he could do with some new clothes. While on the hunt for his cousin's killer, Dane discovers life in Jasper Hollow isn't all bad. There's the cute boy who works at the local coffee shop and enjoys long walks in the woods, for one. But when the rabbit-faced killer comes for Dane, he'll be forced to come to terms with who he is and where he belongs before it's too late for him and everyone in Jasper Hollow.
6 times we almost kissed (and one time we did) / : (And One Time We Did)
by Tess Sharpe

Penny and Tate have often clashed, despite their mothers' epic friendship; but now that they are living in the same house, beset by medical crises and Penny's problems dealing with the trauma of her father's death, they have to come to terms with their true feelings for each other.
It goes like this
by Miel Moreland

"Eva, Celeste, Gina, and Steph used to think their friendship was unbreakable. After all, they've been though a lot together, including the astronomical rise of Moonlight Overthrow, the world-famous queer pop band they formed in middle school. But after a sudden falling out leads to the dissolution of the teens' band, their friendship, and Eva and Celeste's starry-eyed romance, nothing is the same."
Graphic Novels
Beetle & the Hollowbones
by Aliza Layne

Caught between the worlds of magical sorceresses and spirits who are trapped in the mall for eternity, 12-year-old goblin-witch Beetle races to rescue her ghost friend at the same time she encourages her aunt’s apprentice to stand up for herself. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
Coven
by Jennifer Dugan

When her family's coven members back east are murdered under mysterious circumstances, Emsy, a fire elemental, returns to upstate New York to find the killer before her family becomes their next target. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.