[rykemedows]

here’s a list of books that have lgbtqa main characters that weren’t killed for shock value :)))) (bc we’ve all been disappointed enough this year)

* = adult or new adult lit

• the engelsfors trilogy by sara elfgren and mats strandberg (the lgbtqa witches trilogy we all deserve)
  
• more than this by patrick ness
• the foxhole court by nora sakavic*
• everything leads to you by nina lacour
• the rest of us just live here by patrick ness
• proxy by alex london
  
• fan art by sarah tregay
  
• aristotle and dante discover the secrets of universe by benjamin alire saenz
  
• the mortal instruments by cassandra clare
  
• unspoken by sarah rees brennan
• the turn of the story by sarah rees brennan
  
• i’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson
• carry on by rainbow rowell
• the darkest part of the forest by holly black
• how to repair a mechanical heart by j.c lillis
• simon vs the homosapiens agenda by becky albertalli
• far from you by tess sharpe (lesbian character dies before the book which sets the plot in motion, bi mc)
  
• captive prince by cs pacat*
• know not why by hannah johnson*
  
• the gods of gotham by lyndsay faye*
• him by elle kennedy and sarina bowen*
• the understatement of the year by sarina bowen*
• the nightrunner series by lynn flewelling*
  

[adamsperrish]

•  the scorpion rules by erin bow
  
• the abyss surrounds us by emily skrutskie
• willful machines by tim floreen
• clancy of the undertow by christopher currie
• we are the ants by shaun hutchinson ( mc’s boyfriend died before the book starts so it’s not all happiness but it’s worth it)
• tell me again how a crush should feel by sara farizan
• grasshopper jungle by andrew smith
• what we left behind by robin talley*
• the flywheel by erin gough
• ash by malinda lo
• huntress by malinda lo
• adaptation by malinda lo
• lies we tell ourselves by robin talley
• two boys kissing by david levithan
• ask the passengers by a.s. king
• the miseducation of cameron post by emily m. danforth
• boy meets boy by david levithan
• beauty queens by libba bray (multiple POVs, 2+ are lgbt)
• more happy than not by adam silvera (no one dies but beware the not-so-happy ending. it’s not a bad ending, just not a very happy one either)

just thought i’d add some…

[pipergreenmantle]

not many but i can’t recommend them enough

• radio silence by alice oseman
  
• the abyss surrounds us by emily skrutskie

[theladyinquisitors]

• fingersmith by sarah waters*
  
• afterworlds by scott westerfeld
• the heroes of olympus by rick riordan
• silhouette of a sparrow by molly beth griffin
• otherbound by corrine duyvis
• the shadow campaigns by django wexler* (okay i’m about a third of the way through book three and neither of the main lesbians have died yet and i’m keeping my fingers crossed with this one because it’s been GREAT so far but even then it still has two books left to go)