Teen LGBTQ+ Romance Books by BIPOC Authors
- Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Teen Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2026
Two teen con-artists must execute an almost impossible scam at an exclusive mansion in this teen thriller. Lola and I grew up hearing that we could become anything, but our...
- by Alechia Dow
- Teen Fantasy, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2026
A cozy, romantic fantasy from award-winning author Alechia Dow. Darling is the most talented―and unusual―Guardian to get a chance at winning the coveted once-in-a-generation Mortal Outcome Council mentorship. Getting the...
- by Shelly Page
- Teen LGBTQ+ Fiction, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Teen Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2026
A teen mystic will do anything to solve a series of love-related magical mishaps plaguing her high school, including fake dating her boss’s daughter, in this charming sapphic romance. Magic...
- by T.A. Chan
- Teen LGBTQ+ Fiction, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Teen Romance, Teen Science Fiction, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2026
A tale of identity, love, and the hunt for vengeance in the darkest corners of space. Ishara Ming is the sole survivor of a spacefaring whaler destroyed by the Ballena,...
- by Shelly Page
- Teen Fantasy Romance, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
A cozy sapphic romantasy about a teen witch trying to keep her family’s apothecary up and running, with a little help from her ex-best friend—and first crush. Plant witch Sage...
- by Sher Lee
- Teen Fantasy, Teen LGBTQ+ Fiction, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Young Adult
- Publication Year: 2024
A snake spirit transforms into a boy and must hide his true identity after falling for a headstrong prince in this lush, romantic retelling of the traditional Chinese folktale. When...
- Teen Contemporary Romance, Teen LGBTQ+ Fiction, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2024
In this sweet sapphic romance about two foodies in love, Vivi meets Lan while studying abroad in Vietnam and they spend the semester unraveling their families’ histories―and eating all the...
- Teen Contemporary Romance, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2023
A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage girl competing in a televised baking competition, with contestants including her ex-girlfriend and...
- by Lyla Lee
- Teen Contemporary Romance, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Teen Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2022
In this simmering, joyous novel, I’ll Be the One author Lyla Lee delivers a tender romance set between two brave teens who decide that when the script isn’t working, it’s...
- Teen Contemporary Romance, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2021
Everyone likes Humaira “Hani” Khan―she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity,...
- Teen Contemporary Romance, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2020
Nishat doesn’t want to lose her family, but she also doesn’t want to hide who she is, and it only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her...
- by Leah Johnson
- LGBTQ+ Fiction, Teen LGBTQ+ Fiction, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2020
Liz Lighty has always believed she’s too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it’s okay — Liz has a plan that...
- by Gabby Rivera
- LGBTQ+ Fiction, Teen Contemporary Romance, Teen LGBTQ+ Fiction, Teen LGBTQ+ Romance, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2019
Juliet Milagros Palante is a self-proclaimed closeted Puerto Rican baby dyke from the Bronx. Only, she’s not so closeted anymore. Not after coming out to her family the night before...