• She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

Scottie and Irene don't like each other. However, when their forced carpool turns into a fake dating scheme that just might change.rep: lesbian main character, lesbian indian-american main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: toxic relationship, bullying, homophobia, minor car accident, alcohol use

• Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan

Ridley's father has given him the task of spying on an indie comic book store owned by Jubilee's mothers. He, very reluctantly, takes the job but things quickly get complicated and spiral out of control when he realizes just how much he likes being around them.rep: bisexual female main character with two moms (one bi and one lesbian), bisexual male main character with anxiety and depression, lesbian side character, black and korean side characters
romance: m/f romance
tws: anxiety, depression, panic attacks, verbally and mentally abusive parents, child neglect, no on page physical abuse but it is hinted at, codependent relationship, past suicide attempt, suicidal ideation

• Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

Maya and Skye meet on the set of a reality dating competition show centered around their mutual ex who cheated on them with each other and, after a rocky start, eventually team up to take him down.rep: bisexual female main characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: gaslighting, cheating, toxic relationships

• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

When a school competition invites people to come up with their own businesses, Nisat is floored when Flavia (her childhood best friend) also decides to do henna.rep: bengali muslim lesbian main character, afro-brazilian irish bi female love interest, korean side character
romance: f/f romance
tws: bullying, homophoboia, racisim, outing, cultural appropriation

• How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

A whirlwind winter romance starts between Shani and May when Shani accidentally hits May with her car only to end up being May's family's new dog walker.rep: jewish lesbian main character and love interest
romance: f/f romance
tws: past sexual assault & toxic relationship, minor car accident

• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (series)

Millie gets a scholarship to attend boarding school in Scotland and ends up rooming with Flora, a literal princess, only for disaster to ensue.part of a series but can be read as a standalone
rep: sapphic main character and love interest
romance: f/f romance
tws: mentions of cheating in the beginning

• the falling in love montage by ciara smyth

Saoirse and Ruby embark on a summer fling completely filled with all the cheesy and cliché movie montage dates.rep: lesbian main character and love interest, dementia plays a big part of this and the love interest has a brother with cerebral palsy but it's in the background
romance: f/f romance
tws: dementia, chronic illness, grief

• D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

D'Vaughn and Kris find themselves on Instant I Do, a reality television show that has you plan your dream wedding to a complete stranger while also trying to convince your friends and family that the wedding is real. It gets complicated pretty quickly, especially when real feelings start to develop.rep: fat black lesbian main character, afro-latina lesbian main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: homophobia, religious bigotry, racism, colorism

• one last stop by casey mcquiston

August meets a girl on the subway and quickly develops feelings for her only to find out that's she's actually from the 1970's and is stuck in time.rep: bisexual female main character, chinese-american lesbian love interest, everyone is queer just literally everyone, several BIPOC characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: drinking, light drug use (weed), semi-public sex

• take a hint dani brown by talia hibbert (series)

Dani and Zaf get pulled into a fake dating scheme when a video of him rescuing her from a (not actually real) fire goes viral and Zaf realizes the publicity is actually helping with his sports charity.second in a series but could be read as a standalone
rep: black bisexual female main character, pakistani main character with anxiety and depression, sapphic side characters
romance: m/f romance
tws: panic attacks, mental illness, mentions of grief

• something to talk about by meryl wilsner

Hollywood star Jo and her assistant Emma take the internet by storm when a rumor of them dating breaks. The rumor is unfounded, but may just spur them towards an actual relationship.rep: lesbian asian-american main character, bisexual jewish female main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: sexual harassment, mentions of homophobia and racism

• the girl next door by chelsea m cameron

Iris and Jude have both ended up back in their home town and living next to each other when they start a summer romance that was supposed to be just a summer fling.rep: lesbian main characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: mentions of grief

• love, creekwood by becky albertalli (series)

A novella in letter format that follows Simon, Bram, Leah and Abby in college.third in a series but could probably be read as a standalone
rep: gay male and bisexual female main characters
romance: f/f romance, m/m romance

• Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander (series)

Simone loves her job working for a cookbook publisher, but not the changes they've recently decided to implement. She isn't thrilled with Ray, their new kitchen manager, and she's even less thrilled with the company's idea of having the two of them film content for their new cooking channel. That starts to change, however, the more time they spend with each other.rep: bisexual female main character, non-binary love interest, other queer characters
romance: f/non-binary romance
tws: transphobia, deadnaming & misgendering (especially in a workplace enviornment), bullying, toxic work environment, medical content (description of top surgery recovery)

• Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander (series)

Luna ends up in a fake dating scheme with stranger Jean-Pierre in order for him to get his grandfather's inheritance. They'll need to pretend to date and learn how to cook a series of family recipes to prove that Jean-Pierre is a worthy heir. That is, if they can get over their hatred for each other long enough to make it work.second in a series but can be read as a standalone
rep: bisexual transfem main character, transmasc love interest, other queer characters
romance: f/m (t4t) romance
tws: transphobia, mentions of anxiety, mentions of gender dysphoria

• Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly (series)

Dahlia and London meet while both competing on a reality baking competition. Dahlia is trying to reinvent herself and London is just trying to make it through the competition while battling internet trolls and their Dad's disapproval. Falling in love was never the plan for either one of them.rep: bisexual female main character, non-binary love interest
romance: f/non-binary romance
tws: transphobia, homophobia

• Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann

After her girlfriend dumps her, Alice swears off dating. So when she meets Takumi and feelings between the two of them grow stronger she's a little surprised and unsure of what to do.rep: black biromantic asexual female main character, japanese love interest, filipino side character
romance: f/m romance
tws: acephobia, sexual harassment, panic attacks, racism, minor biphobia

• Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

When Andrew, a practical stranger, asks Ellie to marry him she can't help but say yes. He gets his inheritance and she walks away with a lot of money. To make it believable, the two plan to spend Christmas with Andrew's family. Things get messy fast when Ellie gets there and finds out his sister is the woman she had a one day stand with last year.rep: biromantic demisexual female main character with anxiety, lesbian love interest, bisexual male character, non-binary character - this book is just very, very gay and also very, very messy
romance: f/f romance (central), m/non-binary romance (sidelines)
tws: anxiety & panic attacks, past toxic relationship, biphobia, emotionally abusive parent, infidelity (technically... it's complicated), mentions of transphobia, mentions of biphobia, mentions of homophobia

• elves on the fifth floor by francesca cavallo

A family is forced to move to a new city and finds out that the people there aren't very friendly.rep: sapphic moms, blended family, bipoc main characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: discussion of having to flee a country from government persecution (specifically for being queer)

• ivy aberdeen's letter to the world by ashley herring blake

Ivy's home is destroyed by a tornado and in the process she loses her journal filled with drawings of girls holding hands. She thinks they're lost forever until they start turning up in her locker with encouraging notes to be herself.rep: sapphic (most likely lesbian) main character
romance: none
tws: natural disaster, being homeless because of a natural disaster, homophobia

• queens of geek by jen wilde

A dual POV novel that follows two people's very different experiences at the same convention.rep: sapphic main characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: anxiety, panic attacks, brief biphobia, brief fatphobia, outing

• leah on the offbeat by becky albertalli (series)

Sequel to Simon Vs that follows Simon's best friend Leah through her senior year of high schoolsecond in a series but could probably be read as a standalone
rep: fat bisexual female main character, black bisexual female love interest
romance: f/f romance
tws: biphobia, homophobia, fatphobia

• radio silence by alice oseman

Francis has spent her life working towards what she thinks she needs to be successful. Then she meets Aled, makes the best friend she'll ever have and eventually gets the courage to be herself.rep: biracial bisexual female main character, gay demisexual male character
romance: m/m romance (sidelines)
tws: emotionally abusive parent, underage drinking, anxiety, mental illness

• we are okay by nina lacour

Marin has been running from something but now it's winter break, her best friend who she hasn't spoken to in months is coming to visit, and she's forced to confront everything she has been trying to forget.rep: lesbian main character, bisexual side character
romance: budding f/f romance
tws: past death of a parent, past death of a grandparent, grief, allusion to suicide (not mc)

• girl made of stars by ashley herring blake

Mara's whole world is turned upside down when one of her closest friends accuses her brother of rape.rep: bisexual female main character, non-binary love interest
romance: f/non-binary romance
tws: slut shaming, discussion of victim blaming, sexual assault including csa (teacher against a student), ptsd, panic attacks, anxiety attacks

• the lesbiana's guide to catholic school by sonora reyes

After being outed to her friends, Yamilet switches to a catholic school where her only goals are to keep an eye on her brother and not let anyone find out she's a lesbian while also dealing with a lot of familial turmoil.rep: mexican-american lesbian main character, chinese-american lesbian love interest who was adopted, bisexual male character
romance: f/f romance (sidelines), m/m romance (sidelines)
tws: racism, deportation of a parent, homophobia, heavy focus on religious bigotry and catholic guilt, depression, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt

• the weight of the stars by k ancrum

Things get interesting when Alexandria breaks her arm and Ryann reluctantly starts helping her on to her roof so she can try and get radio signals from her astronaut mother.rep: black sapphic main character, sapphic love interest, other queer characters are mentioned
romance: f/f romance
tws: minor underage drinking and drug use, absent parents

• late to the party by kelly quindlen

To make a point to her friends, social loner Codi crashes a party that inevitably leads to her having an unforgettable summer.rep: lesbian main character, several gay and bi characters, panamanian character, several black characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: underage drug and alcohol use

• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Told in verse, Clap When You Land tells the story of two half sisters who only find out about each other after their father dies in a plane crash.rep: dominican-american lesbian main character, dominican main character, most characters are dominican or bipoc
romance: f/f romance (sidelines)
tws: parental death, grief, fairly graphic attempted sexual assault (it is only an attempt but it is difficult to read), sexual harassment, stalking

• The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian

Five teens, all affected by and struggling with their school in different ways, are brought together to join their elite boarding school's writing group. Tasked with writing their truth, they all must decide if they can handle the fallout of doing so.rep: gay iranian-american main character, cuban-brazillian-american main character, indian-american main character - lesbian main character, bisexual main character, queer main character (i can't for the life of me remember which one is which so they may also be bipoc)
tws: bullying, hazing, homophobia, racism, sexual assault, xenophobia, adult/minor relationship

• Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Five college students are brought together to perform an epic heist: reclaiming five sculptures that rightfully belong to China. They all have different backgrounds and complicated feelings, but they all desperately want to succeed.rep: all main characters are chinese-american with their own complicated relationship with china - one is also a lesbian and one is a bisexual woman
romance: f/f romance (sidelines)
tws: colonization/imperialism, racism, xenophobia, death of a parent, heavy focus on being part of the chinese diaspora

• honey girl by morgan rogers

Grace goes on a Vegas trip with her friends after completing her PhD in astronomy and accidentally ends up drunkenly marrying a girl she doesn't know which sets her on a course of self discovery.rep: black lesbian main character with anxiety and depression, japenese-american lesbian love interest, several bipoc and queer side characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: slight mention of self-harm, anxiety, depression, mentions of anti-blackness and homophobia in the academic field, discussions of racism, discussions of academic pressure

• skye falling by mia makenzie

Skye's messy life gets even messier when she is tracked down by her egg baby (a child that came about because of her donated egg) and has to decide if she is capable of developing a relationship with her.rep: black lesbian main character, almost entirely black cast of characters
romance: f/f romance (sidelines)
tws: police brutality, racism, death of a parent from cancer, mentions of abusive childhood and how that affects people as adults

• malibu rising by taylor jenkins reid

This book follows four famous siblings during a party that will change all of their lives, told in flashbacks to their childhood and how their parents fell in love.rep: not a heavy focus of the book but one of the main characters is realizing she's a lesbian
romance: none
tws: cheating, assault, parental abandonment, death of a parent, alcoholism

• Tears in the Water by Margherita Scialla

While attending a fictional university, swimmer Alex has a somewhat embarrassing encounter with a volleyball player that brings her a new friend group and an unrelated gender crisis.rep: pansexual gender-questioning (leaning non-binary) main character, transmasc demisexual love interest, lots of bipoc and queer rep
romance: non-binary/m (t4t) romance
tws: gender dysphoria, anxiety and panic attacks, mentions of homophobia and transphobia, misgendering, brief sexual harassment, parental neglect

• the abyss surrounds us by emily skrutskie (series)

Cas, a reckoner trainer who trains sea monsters to protect merchant ships, is kidnapped by a pirate queen and forced to train a baby reckoner to fight for the pirates.rep: lesbian main character, sapphic love interest, several queer characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: kidnapping, captivity, animal death, slavery (mentioned), violence

• dreadnought by april daniels (series)

Danny's life changes when a dying superhero transfers his powers to her - powers that include changing the wearer's body into their ideal self which makes it impossible for Danny to hide being a trans girl anymore.rep: transfem lesbian main character
romance: eventual f/f romance
tws: transphobia, deadnaming, misogyny, minor violence, verbally and physically abusive parent

• super adjacent by crystal cestari

Superhero fan Claire lands a coveted internship working with superheroes where she meets Bridgette, a newer superhero who is growing increasingly tired of being a superhero.rep: sapphic main character, bisexual female main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: violence, kidnapping, injury detail, minor gun violence, mentions of misogyny

• sidekick squad series by c.b. lee

Series features a world where superpowers are common and centers around a group of friends who accidentally uncover a massive coverup by the Heroes' League of Heroes that throws all of their lives into absolute chaos.- Jess is bisexual and featured throughout the series but her POV is specifically for the first book, Not Your Sidekick.*rep: this series focuses on a friend group who each have their own book but are featured throughout the series - chinese-vietnamese bisexual female main character (pov 1^st book), black transmasc main character (pov 2^nd book) and latina asexual and aromantic female main character (pov 3^rd book)
romance: f/f romance
tws: check storygraph for tws for each book

• long way to a small, angry planet by becky chambers

Rosemary has recently joined a crew that tunnels through space creating wormholes. Their most recent assignment promises to be extremely lucrative, but also very dangerous.rep: sapphic main characters, alien species that have interesting takes on gender and sexuality that plays into their identities, lots of queer main characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: death, grief, violence, xenophobia, war

• an absolutely remarkable thing by hank green

When mysterious statues randomly appear in cities over night, a quest to figure out where they came from unravels and April quickly achieves internet fame as her life is forever changed.rep: bisexual female main character with anxiety
tws: biphobia, gore (fire injury warned about in book before it happens)

• like the first moon landing by matthew j. metzger (series)

Maggie ends up stranded in deep space and her only hope is a ship floating nearby that is not responding to her distress signals. When she realizes it's her missing and estranged wife's ship, she becomes determined to uncover what happened.rep: the main character is intersex and starts with she/her pronouns but is figuring out their gender identity, trans lesbian main character
romance: gender-questioning/f (t4t) romance
tws: mild gore, mention of vomiting, mentions of transphobia and interphobia

• the seep by chana porter

It has been a few years since an alien invasion infected the world, intent on creating a utopian-esque society, and Trina and her wife have more or less adapted nicely. That is until Trina's wife makes a decision that sends Trina into a downward spiral.rep: jewish indigenous american transfem lesbian main character, several other queer characters
romance: none
tws: grief, alcoholism, death, drug use, racism, minor transphobia, suicidal thoughts

• wayward children series by seanan mcguire

Centers around a school for kids that went to other worlds but are now back in the real world and are having problems adjusting because all they want (for the most part) is to go back. The story jumps around so there's different characters for each book but most of them make several appearances throughout the series. Some of the books can be read as standalones, but it's probably more beneficial to read them in order.- Jack is a lesbian and appears most prominently in the 1^st, 2^nd, and 5^th book.rep throughout the series:
transmasc character, intersex character, asexual character, lesbian character with mysophobia OCD who has a girlfriend, sapphic mute character, mexican-american character, japanese-american character, black character, hijabi character, character who is an amputee, character with albinism, several fat characters
romance: f/f romance (2^nd and 5^th books)
tws: check each book on storygraph or booktriggerwarnings for specific tws because the series is 10 books long and there are a lot

• the midnight lie by marie rutkoskie (series)

Nirrim comes from the lowest class of a very strict caste system and has always followed the rules. That changes when she meets a traveler who talks of magic and has a very tempting offer Nirrim cannot refuserep: bipoc lesbian main character, lesbian love interest
romance: f/f romance
tws: abuse of all kinds, subjugation, murder, drugging, blood, homophobia

• girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust

Soraya was cursed with a poisonous touch and has been kept secluded her whole life. Faced with the unexpected consequences of her actions, she is torn between the life that is expected of her and the life of self acceptance.rep: persian inspired fantasy, bisexual female main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: confinement, violence, blood, emotional abuse

• legends & lattes by travis baldree (series)

Viv is worn out after spending decades as a warrior and decides to retire and open up a coffee shop.rep: sapphic main character and love interest
romance: f/f romance
tws: arson, some violence

• can't spell treason without tea by rebecca thorne (series)

Reyna, a queen's guard, and Kianthe, a powerful mage, have grown tired of their responsibilities and decide to run away together to open up a tea/bookshop in a remote village.rep: lesbian main characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: injury detail, some violence and mentions of murder

• The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo (series)

A traveling cleric stops in a small town where an exiled empress has just died. There they are told the story of In-Yo, the exiled empress, from an elderly women who was once her handmaiden.rep: southeast Asian inspired setting and characters, non-binary main character, several sapphic characters
tws: war, death, murder, confinement, misogyny, forced sterilization

• these witches don't burn by isabel sterling (series)

Hannah, an elemental witch, has to team up with her ex-girlfriend to figure out what's going on in her town when signs of dark magic being used are found and her coven does not believe anything is going on.rep: lesbian main character, bisexual female love interest, sapphic and achillean side characters, trans achillean character
romance: f/f romance
tws: character death, arson, toxic past relationship

• the lost girls by sonia hartl

Three vampire women who were all turned and burned by the same ex-boyfriend band together to kill him before he can turn his next victim.rep: bisexual female main character, bisexual female love interest, other sapphic main characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: kind of violent and gruesome at times, death, emotional abuse

• when the moon was ours by anna-marie mclemore

In short: it's about a girl who grows flowers out of her wrist, a boy who paints the moon and the magical sisters who like to cause problems for them“To the boys who get called girls, the girls who get called boys, and those who live outside these words. To those called names, and those searching for names of their own. To those who live on the edges, and in the spaces in between. I wish for you every light in the sky.”rep: sapphic latina main character, transmasc pakistani main character, lesbian characters, transfem character
romance: m/f romance
tws: deadnaming and transphobia, bullying, child abuse, attempted drowning

• labyrinth lost by zoraida cordova

Alex is a bruja who hates magic; when she casts a spell to rid herself of her magic it backfires making her family disappear and she has to journey to a very strange land to get them back.rep: bisexual latina main character, sapphic indian love interest
romance: f/f romance (sidelines)
tws: animal death, violence, blood, grief, abandonment

• how to succeed in witchcraft by aislinn brophy

Shay joins the school musical hoping it will help her application for a coveted scholarship only to find out her rival is also in the musical. When things heat up between them Shay realizes Ana isn't a rival at all and might end up her biggest ally against the musical director who quickly becomes a big problem.rep: black lesbian main character, bisexual latina love interest, several other bipoc characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: racism, some homophobia, grooming, mentions of minor/adult relationships, predatory teacher

• Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Best friends Olive and Rose are losing things; it starts small but slowly leads to bigger things. When the two of them meet three strangers and find an ancient spellbook book, they think this is what they need to set everything right. However, not everything is always as it seems.rep: bisexual female main character who is deaf in one ear, bisexual indian-american female main character, lesbian main character
romance: f/f romance, m/f romance
tws: addiction (drugs and alcohol), abusive parents, sexual assault, mentions of racism

• Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

Bitter attends Eucalyptus, a special school for creative students, and she feels things are finally going right for her. However, outside protests against Lucille's injustices are rising and Bitter suddenly feels pulled between staying safe and doing what's right.rep: black bisexual female main character, several bipoc characters, several queer characters
tws: violence, police brutality, gun violence, murder, past child abuse, mentions of homophobia (past, remembered)

• magic for liars by sarah gailey

Ivy reluctantly investigates a murder at a magical school for young mages that her estranged twin sister teaches at and quickly gets pulled into its secrets.rep: bisexual female main character, lesbian and bisexual side characters
romance: m/f romance, f/f romance (sidelines)
tws: abortion, cancer, body horror, alcoholism

• payback's a witch by lana harper

When emmy is relunctantly pulled back to her magical hometown for a spellcasting tournament, she gets tangled up in a revenge plot against her cheating ex.rep: bisexual female main characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: alcohol use, cheating, past toxic relationship, minor violence

• her majesty's royal coven by juno dawson

This book follows five friends who were all once a part of a secret coven of witches, some who still are and some who have left, and how they react to a child who is rumored to be their downfall.rep: black lesbian main character, transfem main character
romance: f/f romance (sidelines)
tws: transphobia, misgendering, violence, death, racism, war

• cinderella is dead by kalynn bayron

Retelling of Cinderella: Cinderella is dead but the kingdom still honors her by throwing an annual ball where teen girls are expected to find husbands. When Sophia runs away she meets Constance and together they plot to overthrow the king.rep: black lesbian main characters, queer side characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: heavy misogyny, domestic abuse, death, homophobia, murder, grief, on page animal death, mild gore and violence

• this poison heart by kalynn bayron

Inspired by Medea's story and The Secret Garden: Briseis has always kept her power over plants a secret, but when she inherits a house from her birth mother she is finally able to explore the scope of her powers safely while also uncovering her ancestors secrets.rep: black bisexual female main character, black sapphic love interest, main character is adopted and has two black moms, mostly black characters
romance: f/f romances
tws: death, murder (poisoning), some violence

• ripped pages by m. hollis

Retelling of Rapunzel: Valentina has spent her life locked away in a tower until another girl rides by on her horse and that all changes.rep: lesbian main characters, achillean characters
romance: f/f romance, m/m romance (sidelines)

• seafarer's kiss by julia ember

Retelling of the little mermaid with a Norse mythology twist: When the forbidden friendship Ersel (a mermaid) has with Ragna (a shield-maiden) is threatened, she makes a deal with Loki that has drastic consequences.rep: bisexual female main character, genderfluid character
romance: f/f romance
tws: misogyny, infertility, sexual assault (off page)

• ace of spades by faridah àbíké-íyímídé

Devon and Chiamaka's lives are thrown into turmoil when an anonymous texter begins leaking their secrets to everyone at their private school.rep: black bisexual female main character, black gay main character
tws: racism, institutional racism, social eugenics, homophobia, bullying, suicidal ideation, racial slurs, emotional abuse, outing, mentions of drug use and alcohol use, gun violence, stalking, arson

• lesson in vengeance by victoria lee

Felicity took a break from her exclusive private school after her girlfriend died, but now she's back to finish high school and quickly gets caught up in the new girl's research into the school's occult past.rep: lesbian main character, sapphic characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: death, murder, mental illness, underage drinking

• people like us by dana mel

Kay and her group of friends run their private school, but when a student's body is find dead Kay is left with a scavenge hunt that's set out to unravel all her and her friend's secrets.rep: lesbian and bisexual main characters
romance: none (?)
tws: death, murder, suicide, bullying, homophobia

• the girls i've been by tess sharpe

Nora walks into a bank with her current girlfriend and her ex-boyfriend and ends up in the middle of a bank robbery. Tensions are already high but things escalate when her secrets come out and she has to use her past to survive and protect Wes and Ivy.rep: bisexual female main character, sapphic love interest with endometriosis
romance: f/f romance
tws: violence, gun violence, bank robbery, child abuse, emotional abuse, past childhood sexual abuse

• they'll never catch us by jessica goodman

Sisters Stella and Ellie's lives get turned upside down when the new girl they have both gotten close to goes missing and they become the prime suspects in her disappearance.rep: sapphic (lesbian?) main character, puerto rican character, black character
romance: f/f romance (sidelines)
tws: murder, abortion, minor mentions of addiction

• Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp

Five friends get together to play their favorite RPG-inspired game one last time as a goodbye before they go their separate ways; but they all are harboring secrets and resentment for each other that's been bubbling under the surface for a while now and someone wants it all to end.rep: transmasc main character who uses crutches, non-binary main character, bisexual autistic female main character with chronic pain, bisexual male main character
romance: none (?)
tws: ableism, transphobia, death, murder, blood, addiction, minor torture

• magic, lies, and deadly pies by misha popp (series)

Daisy kills abusive men who have no hope of redemption using her magical pies and she has a lot of rules in place to keep herself and the women she protects safe. When someone figures out what she's doing and starts blackmailing her she has to investigate before it all unravels.rep: bisexual female main character
romance: m/f romance
tws: murder, blackmail, mentions of abuse of all kinds

• they never learn by layne fargo

Told in dual POV:
- Scarlett is an English professor who kills abusive men; everything has worked out nicely until police start investigating the campus' mysterious deaths and she gets tangled up in the investigation
- Carly is a freshman at the same university who is just trying to survive her first year away from homerep: bisexual female main characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: murder, violence, mentions of sexual assault, abusive parent

• lavender house by lev ac rosen (series)

It's 1952 and Andy isn't sure what to do with his life when he's found at a gay bar and kicked off the force. Things change however when a woman asks him to investigate the murder of her (unofficial) wife and he finds himself at lavender house where things are very different.rep: gay main character, several other queer main characters
romance: none
tws: homophobia, police brutality, violence, murder*

• the stranger diaries by elly griffiths (series)

Clare gets wrapped up in a murder investigation when one of her collegues is murdered and she starts to find strange notes in her diary that she did not write.rep lesbian sikh main character
romance: none
tws: murder, violence, mentions of sexual assault, abusive parent

• sawkill girls by claire legrand

Three girls come together in their isolated island town to confront the legend of a monster and the unexplained disappearances of teenage girls that span decades.rep: black asexual female main character, fat sapphic main character, lesbian main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: gore, violence, blood, murder, child abuse, acephobia

• the dead and the dark by courtney gould

Logan, daughter of paranormal investigators who've brought her to a new town with unexplained happenings, teams up with the girlfriend of a recently missing boy to figure out what is going on.rep: lesbian main character with two dads (one bisexual latino and one gay)
romance: f/f romance, m/m romance (sidelines)
tws: claustrophobia, homophobia, murder, death, bullying, grief, attempted drowning, slurs

• the babysitter lives by stephen graham jones

Charlotte thought her newest gig of babysitting a set twins would lead to an easy night, but this house is a little weird and may have very dark secrets to it.rep: indigenous sapphic main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: body horror, death, some gore, cultural appropriation and racism

• nothing but blackened teeth by cassandra khaw

What is supposed to be a fun wedding at an abandoned Heian-era mansion quickly turns into a nightmare for this small group of friends - they really should have heeded the warnings.rep: chinese bisexual main character, chinese character, chinese-japanese character, bengali-telegu character
romance: none
tws: gore, death, murder, violence

• The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy (series)

Danielle ventures to a squatter town in hopes to figure out why her best friend committed suicide. When she gets there she realizes the town has a slight problem with the three-antlered deer spirit they summoned to protect the town.rep: bisexual transfem main character, SO many queer characters
romance: beginnings of a f/f romance
tws: death, animal death, gore, police brutality, gun violence, talks of suicide

• Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Alice's life has spiraled out of control since the night she entered a haunted house with her two best friends. Still haunted by the memories of what happened that night, she isn't exactly pleased when three years later one of the friends tries to convince her to go back. However, she knows it's inevitable and together the two of them must return and face the memories of what happened.rep: bisexual transfem main character, jewish south asian transmasc (comes out at the end of the book) main character
heavy tws: transphobia, antisemitism, racism, rape and attempted rape, violence, death

• this is our rainbow edited by katherine locke and nicoe melleby

This is our rainbow has 16 different middle grade stories (including two short graphic novels) about queer kids and features many different genresage range: middle grade
rep: queer rep of all kinds, several bipoc characters
tws: tws are going to be different for each story but some of them involve racism, bullying, homophobia, transphobia

• toil & trouble: 15 tales of women and witchcraft edited by Jessica Spotswood & Tess Sharpe

An anthology all about witches from various different backgrounds with the essential theme of reclaiming your power.age range: young adult
rep: not every story is queer but several feature sapphic characters and trans characters, several stories feature bipoc characters
tws: tws are going to be different for each story but some of them involve confinement, animal cruelty, abuse (mostly aftermath), sexual assault (alluded to but not detailed or graphic), death

• queer anthologies edited by saundra mitchell

This series follows queer teenagers throughout time who have shaped and been shaped by the world around them. Each book has an essential theme but there are different genres in each book.all out: the no-longer secret stories of queer teens throughout the ages is set in the pastout now: queer we go again! is set in modern dayout there: into the queer new yonder is set in the futureage range: young adult
rep: representation of all kinds, each story is different
tws: check storygraph for overall tws for each book

• queer, there and everywhere by sarah prager

This book talks about queer people from all over the world and throughout history, some of them are well known and some of them are not so well known.rep: includes real people of all sexual and gender identities and several people of color
tws: homophobia, transphobia, violence, police brutality

• Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen

Sarah Allen details her cross country road trip through red states and the experiences she had with queer communities who live in them and always have.rep: written by an ex-mormon transfem lesbian, includes stories about several different queer people and communites
tws: homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, religious bigotry

• Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu & Montana Kane (Translator)

Brazen is a graphic novel that profiles the lives of several different women who made a difference in history.rep: some of the women featured are sapphic and some are trans, several people of color
tws: sexism, racism, body shaming, transphobia, abuse

• Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance

Syan Rose illustrates stories told by queer people about their specific experiences and the things they have gone through.rep: features queer representations of all kinds and stories from people who are asian, middle eastern, muslim, latinx, black, indigenous and disabled
tws: homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia, racism, ableism

• i'm afraid of men by vivek shraya

Vivek Shraya recounts things that have happened to her and the damage that masculinity, misogyny, homophobia and transphobia has done to her.rep: vivek shraya is a trans woman of color
tws: transphobia, homophobia, racism, bullying, misogyny

• even this page is white by Vivek Shraya

A short poetry collection that primarily focus on everyday racism, both in general and that Vivek has experienced.rep: poems are by a bisexual trans woman of color and the content reflects that
tws: homophobia, transphobia, racism, colonization

• the avant-guards

Charlie transfers to a new art college and is struggling to find her place until she is recruited for the school's brand new (and kind of terrible) basketball team.genre: contemporary | age range: young adult
rep: several sapphic characters, trans character, non-binary character, all main characters are bipoc
romance: f/f romance
tws: check storygraph for tws for each volume

• lumberjanes

A group of kids at a summer camp where time works differently discover the secrets of the magical forest the camp is in the middle of.genre: fantasy | age range: middle grade
rep: sapphic main characters, trans main character, non-binary main character (they come out later in the series), several bipoc main characters
romance: f/f romance (sidelines)
tws: check tws on storygraph for each volume

• joyride

Uma steals a spaceship to escape her overbearing planet, an act that sets her on a journey she was definitely not prepared for.genre: sci-fi | age range: young adult
rep: sapphic main characters
romance: f/f romance
tws: violence

• heavy vinyl

Chris starts working at her local record store and soon finds out that her co-workers don't just sell records, they're also part of a vigilante fight club.genre: mystery | age range: young adult
rep: several sapphic main characters, black main characters, latinx main character
romance: two f/f romances
tws: violence, stalking

• goldie vance

Goldie has dreams of one day being the in-house detective at the resort she lives in and often helps the current detective solve crimes.genre: mystery | age range: young adult
rep: black lesbian main character, black main character, sapphic love interest
romance: f/f romance
tws: check tws on storygraph for each volume

• moonstruck

Julie, her new girlfriend, and their friends have to team up together to stop a magician who is casting a spell on the magical creatures around town.genre: fantasy | age range: young adult
rep: fat latina lesbian main character, fat black lesbian main character, non-binary character
romance: f/f romance
tws: check storygraph for tws for each volume

• smooth criminals

Hacker Brenda accidentally unfreezes Mia, an international jewel thief who was stuck in time, and together they plan to perform the heist of the century.genre: light sci-fi | age range: young adult
rep: fat sapphic main character
romance: none
tws: check tws for each volume on storygraph

• the tea dragon society by k. o'neill

The series as a whole follows people who take care of tiny dragons that give off tea leaves but each book has a different plot, the first and third are directly related to each other. - you can read the first book on it's website heregenre: fantasy | age range: middle grade
rep: black sapphic main character, sapphic main character with amnesia, achillean main character, achillean main character who uses a wheelchair
romance: f/f romance, m/m romance
tws: check tws for each book on storygraph

• the witch boy series by molly knox ostertag

The series follows Aster, who comes from a family where girl's are witch's and boys are shifters even though he desperately wants to learn magic, and the magical situations he gets into with his friends.genre: fantasy | age range: middle grade
rep: later on in the series there's sapphic main characters with a budding relationship but there's also casual queer rep throughout the series, latinx main character, asian main character, black main character
romance: budding f/f romance
tws: check tws for each book on storygraph

• Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer

In a world where gladiators fight in competitions to marry planetary princesses, a group of very queer people travel around space intent on liberating as many princesses as they can. - you can read it on it's website heregenre: sci-fi | age range: young adult
rep: several sapphic main characters, black sapphic main character, trans character (later in the series)
romance: several f/f romances
tws: you can check tws on storygraph for each volume but the central theme involves misogyny, sexism and minor violence

• giant days

Follows three new friends who've just started college and are trying to navigate their new lives away from home while dealing with everything that being a first year university student envolves.genre: contemporary | age range: young adult
rep: sapphic main character newly discovering her sexuality
romance: none
tws: check tws for each volume on storygraph

• Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries

In Hyalin, the strength of your magic is determined by the length of your hair and those with really long hair are deemed too dangerous to live. Haunted by the death of her father and fearful over what the length of her hair means for her future, Nyneve does the only thing she can do. She runs away from home. - you can read this on it's website heregenre: fantasy | age range: young adult
rep: southeast asian inspired fantasy, several bipoc main characters, bisexual transfem bipoc main character, achillean rep in book 2
tws: check tws on storygraph for each volume

• Power & Magic: Queer Witch Comic Anthologies

An anthology series with stories that center queer witches of color written by queer women or non-binary people of color.genre: fantasy
rep: features queer bipoc rep of all kinds, several sapphic characters, several trans characters, asian main character, black main character, middle eastern main character, latinx main character, and disabled main characters (a blind character, a deaf character, a character with cancer, a character with chronic pain)
romance: several f/f romances
tws: you can check tws on storygraph for each volume and the volume's table of contents has tws for each story specifically

• spell on wheels

When three witchy friends have several of their magical items stolen by one of their ex boyfriends, they plan a road trip down the east coast to get their items back and also get revenge on him.genre: fantasy | age range: young adult
rep: lesbian vietnamese main character, black main character, more queer characters in later volumes
romance: f/f romance (sidelines)
tws: mentions of homophobia, emotional abuse, toxic ex, mentions of grief

• hollow

Izzy moves to sleepy hollow, a town obsessed with it's ties to the headless horseman, and gets swept up in breaking a curse when her and her new friends become haunted by the headless horseman.genre: mystery, light horror | age range: young adult
rep: latina sapphic main character, asian main character, sapphic main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: attempted murder, violence

• stage dreams by melanie gillman

Flor, an outlaw, stumbles upon Grace, a trans woman fleeing conscription, and the two of them team up for a heist at a confederate gala.genre: historical | age range: young adult
rep: sapphic latina main character, sapphic transfem main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: transphobia, misogyny, racism, some blood

• Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman

A comic anthology in which Melanie Gillman creates "other ever afters" for characters who are often sidelined in fairytales.genre: fantasy | age range: young adult
rep: this book is just extremely queer and diverse but representation isn't specified - there are several sapphic characters and relationships, trans characters, many bipoc characters
romance: several f/f romances
tws: it's an anthology so these don't apply to every story but some involve classism, blood, death, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia

• as the crow flies by melanie gillman

Already questioning her belief in God, Charlie is stuck on a week long all-white Christian camping trip and the longer the trip goes on the more frustrated she gets with the rhetoric being thrown around. This is Technically unfinished but it's still worth it - you can read it on its website heregenre: contemporary | age range: young adult
rep: queer black female main character, transfem main character
romance: none
tws: homophobia, racism, also includes homophobic and racist microagressions

• mooncakes by wendy xu and suzanne walker

Teenage witch Nova comes across her childhood crush Tam and has to help save them from a nefarious plot to steal wolf magic.genre: fantasy | age range: young adult
rep: chinese-american sapphic hard of hearing main character who uses hearing aids and has two grandmothers, chinese-american non-binary main character
romance: f/non-binary romance
tws: kidnapping, violence, confinement

• on a sunbeam by tillie walden

Mia joins a crew that travels around space fixing and restoring structures and the reason she joined is told in flashbacks to her time at boarding school where she fell in love. - you can read this on it's website heregenre: sci-fi | age range: young adult
rep: several sapphic characters, asian lesbian main character, black lesbian main character, selective mute non-binary main character
romance: several f/f romances
tws: transphobia (misgendering specifically), bullying, violence

• cheer up! love and pompoms

Annie is pressured to join the cheer squad to help roundout her college application, something she is nervous about because her former friend is also on the squad. Tensions are high at first but they slowly become close again.genre: contemporary | age range: young adult
rep: sapphic transfem latina main character, fat lesbian main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: transphobia, sexual harassment, fatphobia

• The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

When Morgan is saved from drowning by a mysterious girl, the two quickly become close. However, they're both harboring secrets and it won't be long before they come out.genre: fantasy | age range: young adult
rep: asian lesbian main character, sapphic main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: outing, divorce

• specter inspectors by kaitlyn musto & bowen mccurdy

A group of teenagers investigate paranormal happenings trying to prove that ghosts are real. Their next trip involves one of the most haunted towns in America and may be more than they bargained for.genre: horror | age range: young adult
rep: bipoc sapphic main character, sapphic main character, bipoc non-binary main character
romance: f/f romance
tws: demonic possession, murder, cults

• laura dean keeps breaking up with me by mariko tamaki & rosemary valero-o'connell

Frederica has been stuck in a toxic cycle with her not-so-great girlfriend. With the help of some new advice and her friends, she slowly gets the courage to do what's best for herself.genre: contemporary | age range: young adult
rep: lesbian asian main character, black and asian side characters, several queer side characters
tws: abortion, toxic relationship, emotional abuse, cheating, brief mention of minor/adult relationship (not the mc)

• hotel dare by terry blas & claudia aguirre

Three siblings spend the summer at their estranged grandmother's hotel where they soon find that some of the doors here are portals to other worlds.genre: fantasy | age range: young adult
rep: mexican sapphic main character, several mexican main characters, adopted family
romance: none
tws: some violence, attempted murder, kidnapping, mild blood depiction

• Princess Princess Ever After by K. O'Neill

Princess Amira rescues Princess Sadie from her tower prison and together the two of them travel the kingdom going on different adventures. But there's danger lurking here and the two of them will have to fight for their happily ever after.genre: fantasy | age range: middle grade
rep: sapphic main character, black sapphic main character
romance: f/f romance

• The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio & Jenn St-Onge

Two best friends get more than they bargained for when a school project about their towns supernatural activity leads to an actual ghost sighting and investigation into a demonic cult.genre: horror | age range: young adult
rep: sapphic transfem main character, autistic female main character, character with scoliosis
romance: none
tws: body horror, bullying, ableism, transphobia

• The Other Side: An Anthology of Queer Paranormal Romance

Basically what it says in the title; this is a graphic novel anthology of nineteen positive queer romances featuring different kinds of paranormal creatures.genre: fantasy | age range: young adult
romance: lots of different romances
rep: queer representations of all kinds including several queer bipoc characters

• The Last Session

A group of friends who have played a DND inspired game together since high school have decided to do one last session as a goodbye before they all graduate college and go their separate ways. Things get a little messy, however, when the DM invites his girlfriend to play.genre: contemporary & fantasy
rep: all main characters are bipoc and queer, tried to be specific with rep but it might be a little off - sapphic fat latina main character, gay asian main character, transmasc black main character, non-binary latinx main character, aroace bipoc main character in a queer platonic relationship
tws: body shaming, bullying, violence

• dodge city by Josh Trujillo & Cara McGee

Tomás' life is changed for the better when he joins a local dogeball team intent on winning the summer regional dodgeball championship. Note: sort of open ending, there were supposed to be more volumes but no news of it being continued.genre: contemporary | age range: young adult
rep: latino main character, sapphic black main character, achillean deaf main character, several bipoc main characters
romance: f/f romance

• The Night-Mother by Melanie Gillman

An extremely short mini comic about a woman who enters a co-parenting situation with a stranger she meets in a graveyard. - it can be read on the author's tumblr heregenre: horror
rep: sapphic main characters
tws: miscarriage, child loss, death, violence, some nudity