List of gay male teen novels

This is a list of gay male teen fiction books.

Books edit

Title Author Country Published Film Awards References
A Question of Manhood Robin Reardon United States   2010
A Secret Edge Robin Reardon United States   2007
Absolutely, Positively Not David LaRochelle 2005
Angry Management Chris Crutcher United States   2009
Another Kind of Cowboy Susan Juby Canada   2007
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz United States   2012 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World Benjamin Alire Sáenz United States   2021
As You Wish Jackson Pearce United States   2010
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O'Neill Ireland   2001
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories Chris Crutcher United States   1991
Baby Be-Bop Francesca Lia Block United States   1995
Boy Meets Boy David Levithan United States   2003
Boyfriends with Girlfriends Alex Sánchez United States   2011
Call Me by Your Name André Aciman United States   2007 Call Me by Your Name (2017) Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction winner[1]
Dance on My Grave Aidan Chambers United Kingdom   1982
Drama Queers! Frank Anthony Polito 2009 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance winner[2]
Dramarama E. Lockhart United States   2007
Dream Boy Jim Grimsley United States   1995 Dream Boy (2008)
Eight Seconds Jean Ferris United States   2000
Geography Club Brent Hartinger United States   2003 Geography Club (2013)
Getting It Alex Sánchez United States   2006
Hello, I Lied Marijane Meaker United States   1997
Hero Perry Moore United States   2007
I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip John Donovan United States   1969
Impulse Ellen Hopkins United States   2007
Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale Holly Black United States   2007
Kiss Jacqueline Wilson United Kingdom   2007
My Most Excellent Year Steve Kluger United States   2008
Openly Straight Bill Konigsberg United States   2013
Out of the Pocket Bill Konigsberg United States   2008 Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature winner[3]
Popular Gareth Russell United Kingdom   2011
Red, White, and Royal Blue Casey McQuiston United States   2019 Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) Goodreads 2019 Best Romance

and Best Debut Novel[4]

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Becky Albertalli United States   2015 Love, Simon (2018)
So Hard to Say Alex Sánchez United States   2004 Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature winner[5]
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Peter Cameron United States   2007 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2011) Ferro-Grumley Award winner
Something Like Summer Jay Bell United States   2011 Something Like Summer (2017)
Son of a Witch Gregory Maguire United States   2005
Sprout Dale Peck United States   2009
Suicide Notes Michael Thomas Ford United States   2008
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea Shyam Selvadurai Canada   2005 Lambda Literary Award winner
The Athenaeum Raul Pompeia Brazil   1888 [6][7]
The Boys on the Rock John Fox United States   1984
The City Beautiful Aden Polydoros United States   2021 Sydney Taylor Book Award winner[8]
The Evolution of Ethan Poe Robin Reardon United States   2011
The God Box Alex Sánchez United States   2007
The Immaculate Deception Gareth Russell United Kingdom   2012
The Man Without a Face Isabelle Holland United States   1972 The Man Without a Face (1993)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky United States   1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
The Revelations of Jude Connor Robin Reardon United States   2013
The Sledding Hill Chris Crutcher United States   2005
The Vast Fields of Ordinary Nick Burd United States   2009 Stonewall Book Award winner
Lambda Literary Award finalist
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera United States   2017
Thinking Straight Robin Reardon United States   2008
This High School Has Closets Robert Joseph Greene Canada   2012
Totally Joe James Howe United States   2005
Two Boys Kissing David Levithan United States   2013
Vintage: A Ghost Story Steve Berman United States   2007 Andre Norton Award finalist
War Boy Thorn Kief Hillsbery United States   2000
What They Always Tell Us Martin Wilson United States   2008
Will Grayson, Will Grayson John Green and David Levithan United States   2010
Would You Mind? Robert Joseph Greene Canada   2013
You Know Me Well David Levithan and Nina LaCour United States   2016

Series edit

Series Name Author
Something Like... series Jay Bell
The Mortal Instruments Cassandra Clare
The Cadelonian Series Ginn Hale
The Russel Middlebrook Series Brent Hartinger
Russell Middlebrook: The Futon Years Brent Hartinger
The Otto Digmore Series Brent Hartinger
The Simon Snow series Rainbow Rowell
All for the Game Nora Sakavic
Rainbow trilogy Alex Sánchez
The Infinity Cycle Adam Silvera
The Raven Cycle Maggie Stiefvater

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (2007-04-30). "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  2. ^ Valenzuela, Tony (2010-05-28). "22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards Winners Announced. Larry Kramer and Kate Clinton honored". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  3. ^ Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (2010-02-18). "21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  4. ^ "Announcing the Winners of the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards!". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  5. ^ Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (2005-07-09). "17th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  6. ^ Gebra, Fernando de Moraes; Cavagnari, Cristiano; Ferreira, Angela; Havrechak, Angela; Kalva, Lucileia; Recexenete, Ariane (2013). "HOMOAFETIVIDADE E HOMOSSEXUALIDADE EM O ATENEU, DE RAUL POMPÉIA". Revista Decifrar (in Portuguese). 1 (2): 16. ISSN 2318-2229.
  7. ^ "Representações da homossexualidade nos romances O Ateneu, de Raul Pompéia, e O cortiço, de Aluísio Azevedo". Recanto das Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  8. ^ "2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award winners announced". American Library Association. 24 Jan 2022. Archived from the original on 9 Feb 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.