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Rainbow List Books

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The Rainbow List is a bibliography of books for teens with gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters. The new Rainbow List is released in January. To see previous lists, visit the Rainbow Project site. And to find Rainbow List books in the Teen area, look for the Rainbow List logo on the book's spine.

Rainbow List Books 2021

Rainbow List Books 2020

FICTION

Summer Bird Blue
Akemi Dawn Bowman

Last Bus to Everland
Sophie Cameron
The Last True Poets of the Sea
Julia Drake
Pet
Akwaeke Emezi
Other Words for Smoke
Sarah Maria Griffin
The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried
Shaun David Hutchinson

Technically, You Started It
Lana Wood Johnson
The Afterward
E.K. Johnston
That's Not What Happened
Kody Keplinger
The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali
Sabina Khan
 
NONFICTION
Viral: The Fight Against AIDS in America
Ann Bausum
Brave Face
Shaun David Hutchinson

 

GRAPHIC NOVELS
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Mariko Tamaki

For the full 2020 Rainbow List, visit the Rainbow Project site.

Rainbow List Books 2019

FICTION

What If It's Us
Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Girl Made of Stars
Ashley Herring Blake
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
Kheryn Callender
Let's Talk About Love
Claire Kann
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Adib Khorram
Odd One Out
Nic Stone
 
NONFICTION
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns
Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson
How I Resist : Activism and Hope for a New Generation
Tim Federle

 

GRAPHIC NOVELS
The Prince and the Dressmaker
Jen Wang
Bingo Love
Tee Franklin

For the full 2019 Rainbow List, visit the Rainbow Project site.