These books for teens and young adults all feature lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters and relationships.
Books with LGBT characters
These books for teens and young adults all feature lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters and relationships.
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Tithe
Simon and Schuster Children's BooksAs a child, Kaye took her faerie friends for granted. Dragged back into their world as an independent 16-year-old, she discovers that it is no longer friendly... -
Boys Don't Cry
Corgi Children'sDante is waiting for the postman. It's 'A' level results day and he has high hopes, but a knock on the door brings an old girlfriend and some news that will change his plans for good. -
Sugar Rush
Young PicadorShortlisted for the 2005 Booktrust Teenage Prize, this is a controversial and daring look at the gritty reality of teenage experience. -
Postcards from No Mans Land
Random House Childrens BooksThe stories of three different characters are interwoven in this powerful novel exploring relationships, sexuality, life and death. -
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Simon & SchusterHigh school student Charlie prefers to look on life from the sidelines, but he can't be a 'wallflower' for ever, and soon finds himself grappling with the challenges of adolescence. -
City of Bones
Walker BooksWhen Clary visits a nightclub, she discovers that she is one of the Shadowhunters - a group of demon-hunters living in a world of vampires, werewolves and warlocks. -
City of Ashes
City of AshesIn the second installment of the Mortal Instruments series, Clary finds herself falling deeper into New York City's underworld of demons, werewolves, vampires and Shadowhunters. -
Undone
QuercusJem and Kai have always been best friends - until Kai commits suicide and Jem's world collapses. -
The Traitor Game
BloomsburySet in two worlds, both real and fantasy, this intelligent and moving story of friendship, fear, misunderstanding and forgiveness, was awarded the Branford Boase Award. -
Hollow Pike
IndigoLis London had hoped that a move to the country would allow her to escape not only the bullies but also her recurring nightmares -
Out
Barrington StokeA quick and simple read which nonetheless does justice to the complex feelings and emotions of the characters, as they deal with the challenges of changing relationships. -
Girl 15 Charming But Insane
Bloomsbury Childrens BooksLaugh-out-loud funny, a riotous take on Jane Austen’s Emma that is both snazzy and very contemporary -
Ash
Hodder Children's BooksIn this bewitching and sophisticated re-interpretation of the Cinderella story, lonely orphan Ash falls in love not with a handsome prince, but with Kaisa, the King's Huntress. -
What's Up With Jody Barton?
Macmillan Children's BooksHayley Long creates a vivid and believable picture of family life in north west London in this warm-hearted and highly readable tale with a brilliantly unexpected twist. -
Pretty Things
Hodder Children's BooksSarra Manning cleverly conveys the confusion and uncertainty of adolescence, revealing that sexuality is not always as straightforward as we are sometimes led to believe -
The Shell House
Red FoxGraveney Hall is a beautiful home that burned down during the First World War. It links the stories of Greg, a photography student, and Edmund, the Graveney family's last heir. -
Kiss
Corgi Children'sWilson skilfully combines an approachable and involving teenage story with a debate about true friendship, sexual identity and growing up.
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