LGBTQIA+ is Another Word for Family

Eva Eva

During Pride month, we celebrate the wonderful people of the past who helped move our country forward, the amazing people today in the streets fighting for equality, and the youth of the future that we wish to grow up in a kind and accepting world. The books in this list are all about teens that are figuring out their identity and finding kindness and support along the way. The LGBTQIA+ community is a family from a plethora of backgrounds. They may not agree on everything, but at the end of the day they love you as you are and welcome you with open arms. Pick up one of these books and know that no matter who you love, how you identify, or how you present, you belong and are welcome here. Happy Pride! 

You can sign up for a free library card here.   

If you need help using our Digital Media tools to access these selections, visit our Online Resources Support page.      

If you’re looking for more book suggestions, we’re happy to recommend them to you! Use this Book Recommendation form to send us some information about what you like to read and we’ll curate a list just for you.     

If you have any additional questions, you can call us at 412-622-3114 or email us at info@carnegielibrary.org. You can find additional ways to contact us on the Need Help? page.

In the Catalog

A Different Kind of Brave

A Different Kind of Brave

Lee Wind

Nicolas ‘Nico’ Hall is sixteen when he escapes from Dr. H’s religious gay reprogramming institute in California. On his own, he assumes one identity after another to avoid recapture as he flees south to Peru and then to Mexico. Seven days older than Nico, Samuel ‘Sam’ Jonas Solomon is a privileged Upper West Side only child who idolizes James Bond. When his heart is broken, he vows that, like Bond, he’s never going to trust in love again. Then he meets Nico, and his heart won’t listen to any logic.

From the Catalog
From Hoopla
Libertad

Libertad

Bessie Flores Zaldívar

Set during the controversial 2017 Honduran presidential election, seventeen-year-old Libertad finds purpose writing political poetry as she navigates her sexuality and concerns for her activist brother’s safety.

From the Catalog
Love Points to You

Love Points to You

Alice Lin

When Angela Wu offers Lynda Fan the chance to design characters for her Otome game, Lynda discovers things she never knew about herself or her heart.

From the Catalog
Planning Perfect

Planning Perfect

Haley Neil

Summer vacation quickly becomes complicated for Felicity Becker as she tries to plan a perfect wedding for her mom, figure out her feelings for her friend Nancy, and wonder what dating will look like for her as an asexual person.

From the Catalog
From Hoopla
Renegade Girls

Renegade Girls

Nora Neus

Stunt Girl follows seventeen-year-old Nell Nelson, an undercover reporter, as she works to expose the plight of young factory workers in nineteenth-century New York City with the help of her love interest, early street-photographer Alice Austen.

From the Catalog
Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows

Ariel Slamet Ries

In the not-too-distant future, most of humanity resides on its last-ditch effort at utopia: Meridian, a remote alien planet where you’re more likely to be born superhuman than left-handed. None of that is important to Oberon Afolayan. Since his mildly public breakdown, his whole life seems to be spiraling out of control–from dropping out of university to breaking up with his boyfriend, it seems like only a karmic inevitability when he wakes up one day with the ability to conjure his dreams in the real world.

From the Catalog
True Love and Other Impossible Odds

True Love and Other Impossible Odds

Christina Li

College freshman Grace Tang never meant to rewrite the rules of love. She came to college to move on from a grief-stricken senior year and to start anew. So she follows a predictable routine: Attend class, study, go home and visit her dad every weekend. She doesn’t leave any room in her life for outliers or anomalies. Then, Grace comes up with an algorithm for her statistics class to pair students with their perfect romantic partners.

From the Catalog
From Libby
From Hoopla
Wren Martin Ruins It All

Wren Martin Ruins It All

Amanda DeWitt

Wren Martin, the asexual student council president, plans to eliminate the school’s annual Valentine’s Day Dance, until his rival Leo sabotages Wren’s plan by securing a sponsorship from a dating app, which leads to unexpected feelings and realizations about Leo’s seemingly perfect life.

From the Catalog
From Libby
From Hoopla