2021 YA Books with LGBT Themes

This list is for 2021 books with gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or themes. Books on this list must be published for the YA or middle grade market.

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4.16 avg rating — 31,519 ratings
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3.79 avg rating — 7,661 ratings
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3.48 avg rating — 5,116 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 9,730 ratings
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3.41 avg rating — 8,956 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 39,855 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 8,815 ratings
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3.61 avg rating — 3,262 ratings
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3.66 avg rating — 1,721 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 48,408 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 11,032 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 15,939 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 2,600 ratings
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3.33 avg rating — 1,044 ratings
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3.63 avg rating — 2,557 ratings
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4.45 avg rating — 795,116 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 2,985 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 5,067 ratings
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3.54 avg rating — 21,697 ratings
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4.10 avg rating — 2,617 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 3,615 ratings
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3.66 avg rating — 586 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 290 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 1,668 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 1,754 ratings
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3.74 avg rating — 855 ratings
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3.65 avg rating — 1,316 ratings
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3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 2,459 ratings
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4.38 avg rating — 985 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 13,093 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 12,262 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 1,197 ratings
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4.24 avg rating — 10,387 ratings
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3.66 avg rating — 817 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 67 ratings
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199 books · 755 voters · list created March 14th, 2019 by Rainbowheart (votes) .
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message 1: by Dahlia (new)

Dahlia Emily Danforth's book is actually adult this time around!


message 2: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Thanks for the heads up! I had assumed it was YA.


message 3: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed A Curse of Roses. Looks like it got an earlier 2020 release.


message 4: by Dahlia (new)

Dahlia Rainbowheart wrote: "Removed A Curse of Roses. Looks like it got an earlier 2020 release."

My Heart Underwater did too.


message 5: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Thanks for the heads up, Dahlia! I moved that one over to the 2020 list.


message 6: by AJ (new)

AJ What about Aristotle and Dante's sequel? It comes out in October.


message 7: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Thanks for the suggestion, Alex. I added that one.


message 8: by Jaime (new)

Jaime Vaughn Red, White, and Royal Blue came out a while ago! :)


message 9: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Thanks for the heads up. I removed that one along with Bath Haus, which is also adult fiction.


message 10: by Alexey (new)

Alexey here goes nothing for alexander c. Eberhart was released in april 2021 .


message 11: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart I just had to delete a *ton* of pre-2021 releases. Please guys, read the description before voting!

Also removed Blackwater, Ill Shadows, The Meadows, Second Coming, The Ojja-Wojja, The Lock-Eater, Alone Out Here, Forever Is Now, These Precious Stones, Fire Becomes Her, Spin Me Right Round, Of Story and Spirit, The Black Volume of the Dead, The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich, and The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, which all got pushed to 2022 or later, along with Payback's a Witch and Read Between the Lines, which are both adult fiction.


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