M-spec (bisexual, pansexual, fluid, etc.) representation for teenagers has exploded over the past decade. We’ve organized the YA page by genre for ease of casual browsing, then by publication year within each genre for historical reference.
Please remember that this page only lists the books the Bi Pan Library has physically collected so far, and does not claim to be a list of every m-spec YA book ever published. To suggest a title we should consider adding, please fill out our media suggestion form or become a friend of the library by donating a copy! Any piece of media that fits our inclusion criteria is welcome.
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M-spec (bisexual, pansexual, fluid, etc.) representation for teenagers has exploded over the past decade. We’ve organized the YA page by genre for ease of casual browsing, then by publication year within each genre for historical reference.
Please remember that this page only lists the books the Bi Pan Library has physically collected so far, and does not claim to be a list of every m-spec YA book ever published. To suggest a title we should consider adding, please fill out our media suggestion form or become a friend of the library by donating a copy! Any piece of media that fits our inclusion criteria is welcome.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
2022
• Here and Queer: A Queer Girl’s Guide to Life by Rowan Ellis
2021
• On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating by Karina Manta
2019
• Can Everyone Please Calm Down?: A Guide to 21st Century Sexuality by Mae
Martin
• Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between by Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi
2000
• Girl 2 Girl: The Lives and Loves of Young Lesbian and Bisexual Women edited by Norrina Rashid and Jane Hoy
2017
• Trans Mission: My Quest To A Beard by Alex Bertie
2022
• Here and Queer: A Queer Girl’s Guide to Life by Rowan Ellis
2021
• On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating by Karina Manta
2019
• Can Everyone Please Calm Down?: A Guide to 21st Century Sexuality by Mae
Martin
• Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between by Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi
2000
• Girl 2 Girl: The Lives and Loves of Young Lesbian and Bisexual Women edited by Norrina Rashid and Jane Hoy
2017
• Trans Mission: My Quest To A Beard by Alex Bertie
CONTEMPORARY
2022
• Every Variable of Us by Charles A. Bush
• Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda
• The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
• Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie
• We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
2021
• Fresh by Margot Wood
• It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
• I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre
• Off the Record by Camryn Garrett
• Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzalez
• Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
• Things We Couldn’t Say by Jay Coles
• Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan
2020
• Fence: Striking Distance by C. S. Pacat and Sarah Rees Brennan
• Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin
• I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch
• Lie to Me by Kaitlin Ward
• Loveless by Alice Oseman
• Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman
• Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
• The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
• This Winter by Alice Oseman
• We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia
• Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall
• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
2019
• All the Invisible Things by Orlagh Collins
• Belly Up by Eva Darrows
• Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley
• Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
• Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki
• Northern Lights by Raymond Strom
• Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz
• This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura
• Tinfoil Crowns by Erin Jones
• You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
2018
• Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
• Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
• Boomerang by Helene Dunbar
• Final Draft by Riley Redgate
• I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman
• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
• Puddin’ by Julie Murphy
• Running with Lions by Julian Winters
• Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
• This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender
• We Regret to Inform You by Ariel Kaplan
2017
• Cut Both Ways by Carrie Mesrobian
• Echo After Echo by A.R. Capetta
• How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake
• The I Hate Everyone But You series by Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin
• Like Water by Rebecca Podos
• Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
• Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
• Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley
• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
• Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy
• Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
• The Upside Of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
• We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
• Wild by Hannah Moskowitz
2016
• The Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman
• Look Both Ways by Alison Cherry
• Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
• Run by Kody Keplinger
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate
2015
• Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz
• Paulina & Fran by Rachel B. Glaser
• Signs Point to Yes by Sandy Hall
2014
• Far From You by Tess Sharpe
• Solitaire by Alice Oseman
• Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
2013
• The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour
• Over You by Amy Reed
2012
• Between You & Me by Marisa Calin
• The Difference Between You & Me by Madeleine George
2011
• a + e 4ever by Ilike Merey
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
• Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez
2009
• The Sky Always Hears Me & The Hills Don’t Mind by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
2007
• Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle
2005
• Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
2001
• Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
2022
• Every Variable of Us by Charles A. Bush
• Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda
• The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
• Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie
• We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
2021
• Fresh by Margot Wood
• It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
• I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre
• Off the Record by Camryn Garrett
• Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzalez
• Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
• Things We Couldn’t Say by Jay Coles
• Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan
2020
• Fence: Striking Distance by C. S. Pacat and Sarah Rees Brennan
• Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin
• I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch
• Lie to Me by Kaitlin Ward
• Loveless by Alice Oseman
• Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman
• Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
• The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
• This Winter by Alice Oseman
• We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia
• Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall
• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
2019
• All the Invisible Things by Orlagh Collins
• Belly Up by Eva Darrows
• Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley
• Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
• Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki
• Northern Lights by Raymond Strom
• Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz
• This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura
• Tinfoil Crowns by Erin Jones
• You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
2018
• Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
• Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
• Boomerang by Helene Dunbar
• Final Draft by Riley Redgate
• I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman
• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
• Puddin’ by Julie Murphy
• Running with Lions by Julian Winters
• Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
• This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender
• We Regret to Inform You by Ariel Kaplan
2017
• Cut Both Ways by Carrie Mesrobian
• Echo After Echo by A.R. Capetta
• How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake
• The I Hate Everyone But You series by Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin
• Like Water by Rebecca Podos
• Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
• Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
• Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley
• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
• Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy
• Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
• The Upside Of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
• We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
• Wild by Hannah Moskowitz
2016
• The Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman
• Look Both Ways by Alison Cherry
• Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
• Run by Kody Keplinger
• Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate
2015
• Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz
• Paulina & Fran by Rachel B. Glaser
• Signs Point to Yes by Sandy Hall
2014
• Far From You by Tess Sharpe
• Solitaire by Alice Oseman
• Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
2013
• The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour
• Over You by Amy Reed
2012
• Between You & Me by Marisa Calin
• The Difference Between You & Me by Madeleine George
2011
• a + e 4ever by Ilike Merey
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
• Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez
2009
• The Sky Always Hears Me & The Hills Don’t Mind by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
2007
• Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle
2005
• Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
2001
• Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
SCI-FI & FANTASY
2023
• Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
2022
• Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin
• So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
2021
• Flash Fire by TJ Klune
• Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
• Kith & Kin (Critical Role: Vox Machina) by Marieke Nijkamp
• Star Eater by Kerstin Hall
• Wench by Maxine Kaplan
2020
• The Crownchasers series by Rebecca Coffindaffer
• The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
• The Names We Take by Trace Kerr
• When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey
• Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer
2019
• Catfishing on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer
• The Devouring Gray series by Christine Lynn Herman
• The Girl in Red by Christina Henry
• Never-Contented Things by Sarah Porter
• The Shatter the Sky series by Rebecca Kim Wells
2018
• The Disasters by M.K. England
• Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by Nathan Burgoine
• Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
• The Reign of the Fallen series by Sarah Glen Marsh
• Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
• Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
• The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
2017
• Legend of Korra by Michael Dante DiMartino
• Not Your Villain by C. B. Lee
• The Seafarers Kiss series by Julia Ember
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
2016
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith
• As I Descended by Robin Talley
• Not Your Sidekick by C. B. Lee
• The Of Fire and Stars series by Audrey Coulthurst
• On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
2015
• Letters to Zell by Camille Griep
• Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz
• The Six of Crows series by Leigh Bardugo
2014
• Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
2013
• Coda by Emma Trevayne
• Hild by Nicola Griffith
• Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
• Pantomime by Laura Lam
2012
• The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater
2023
• Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
2022
• Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin
• So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
2021
• Flash Fire by TJ Klune
• Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
• Kith & Kin (Critical Role: Vox Machina) by Marieke Nijkamp
• Star Eater by Kerstin Hall
• Wench by Maxine Kaplan
2020
• The Crownchasers series by Rebecca Coffindaffer
• The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
• The Names We Take by Trace Kerr
• When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey
• Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer
2019
• Catfishing on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer
• The Devouring Gray series by Christine Lynn Herman
• The Girl in Red by Christina Henry
• Never-Contented Things by Sarah Porter
• The Shatter the Sky series by Rebecca Kim Wells
2018
• The Disasters by M.K. England
• Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by Nathan Burgoine
• Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
• The Reign of the Fallen series by Sarah Glen Marsh
• Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
• Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
• The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
2017
• Legend of Korra by Michael Dante DiMartino
• Not Your Villain by C. B. Lee
• The Seafarers Kiss series by Julia Ember
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
2016
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith
• As I Descended by Robin Talley
• Not Your Sidekick by C. B. Lee
• The Of Fire and Stars series by Audrey Coulthurst
• On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
2015
• Letters to Zell by Camille Griep
• Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz
• The Six of Crows series by Leigh Bardugo
2014
• Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
2013
• Coda by Emma Trevayne
• Hild by Nicola Griffith
• Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
• Pantomime by Laura Lam
2012
• The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater
HISTORICAL
2022
• Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
2018
• The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
2017
• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
• Grrrls on the Side by Carrie Pack
2016
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith
2013
• Hild by Nicola Griffith
1995
• Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair
2022
• Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
2018
• The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
2017
• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
• Grrrls on the Side by Carrie Pack
2016
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith
2013
• Hild by Nicola Griffith
1995
• Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair