The ALA Rainbow List is an annual list of "books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18" produced by the American Library Association's (ALA's) Rainbow Project, which is run by the ALA's Rainbow Round Table and Social Responsibilities Round Table.[1]
Although roughly 4.5 percent of the U.S. population identifies as LGBT,[2] "the vast majority of libraries lack high-quality, comprehensive LGBT collections" and "satisfaction among LGBT patrons is low."[3] To ensure libraries have adequate LGBT books for readers of all ages, librarians should rely on resources such as the ALA's Rainbow List and the Lambda Literary Foundation.[3]
Honorees edit
| Year | Category | Contributors | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011[4] | Picture Books | Anna Kemp | Dogs Don’t Do Ballet |
| Juvenile Fiction | Charlotte Agell | The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister | |
| Amy Ignatow | The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang | ||
| Geraldine McCaughrean | The Death-Defying Pepper Roux | ||
| Young Adult/Crossover Fiction | Jane Eagland | Wildthorn | |
| John Green and David Levithan | Will Grayson, Will Grayson | ||
| Emily Horner | A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend | ||
| Young Adult/Crossover Nonfiction | Sassafras Lowrey | Kicked Out | |
| Jeff Sheng | Don’t Ask. Don’t Tell | ||
| Various | The Gallup’s Modern Guide to Gay, Lesbian & Transgender Life (Series, 15 titles) | ||
| 2012[5] | Picture Books | Leslea Newman with Mike Dutton (Illus.) | Donovan’s Big Day |
| Middle Grade/Early Young Adult Fiction | Malinda Lo | Huntress | |
| Bil Wright | Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy | ||
| Young Adult Fiction | Cris Beam | I Am J | |
| Libba Bray | Beauty Queens | ||
| Steve Brezenoff | Brooklyn Burning | ||
| Laura Goode | Sister Mischief | ||
| Lauren Myracle | Shine | ||
| Julie Anne Peters | She Loves You. She Loves You Not | ||
| Patrick Ryan | Gemini Bites | ||
| 2013[6] | Middle/Early Young Adult Fiction | Kirstin Cronn-Mills | Beautiful Music for Ugly Children |
| Raina Telgemeier | Drama | ||
| Middle/Early Young Adult Nonfiction | Sarah Moon (Ed.) | The Letter Q: Queer Writers Notes to Their Younger Selves | |
| Young Adult/Crossover Fiction | Lisa Jenn Bigelow | Starting From Here | |
| Emily M. Danforth | The Miseducation of Cameron Post | ||
| A. S. King | Ask the Passengers | ||
| Malinda Lo | Adaptation | ||
| Madeline Miller | The Song of Achilles | ||
| Charles Rice-Gonzalez | Chulito: a Novel | ||
| Benjamin Alire Saenz | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | ||
| 2014[1] | Juvenile Fiction | Tim Federle | Better Nate than Ever |
| Teen Nonfiction | Kate Bornstein | My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity | |
| Ken Setterington | Branded by the Pink Triangle | ||
| Teen Fiction | Francesca Lia Block | Love in the Time of Global Warming | |
| Kristin Elizabeth Clark | Freakboy | ||
| Steven Dos Santos | The Culling | ||
| Z Egloff | Leap | ||
| Sara Farizan | If You Could Be Mine | ||
| Alaya Dawn Johnson | The Summer Prince | ||
| Laura Lam | Pantomime | ||
| 2015[7] | Picture Books | Jeffrey Bone and Lisa Bone | Not Every Princess |
| Gayle E. Pitman with Kristyna Litten (Illus.) | This Day in June | ||
| Young Adult Fiction | Janet E. Cameron | Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World | |
| Sara Farizan | Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel | ||
| Jandy Nelson | I’ll Give You the Sun | ||
| Tess Sharpe | Far from You | ||
| Andrew Smith | Grasshopper Jungle | ||
| Julia Watts | Secret City | ||
| Young Adult Nonfiction | Tim Anderson | Sweet Tooth | |
| Laurel Golio and Diana Scholl | We Are the Youth: Sharing the Stories of LGBT Youth in the United States | ||
| 2016[8] | Graphic Novels | Jillian Tamaki | SuperMutant Magic Academy |
| Juvenile Fiction | Ami Polonsky | Gracefully Grayson | |
| Brian Selznick | The Marvels | ||
| Juvenile Nonfiction | Cory Silverberg with Fiona Smyth (Illus.) | Sex is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU | |
| Young Adult Fiction | Becky Albertalli | Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda | |
| Carrie Mesrobian | Cut Both Ways | ||
| Raziel Reid | When Everything Feels Like the Movies | ||
| Kate Scelsa | Fans of the Impossible Life | ||
| Karelia Stetz-Waters | Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before | ||
| Young Adult Nonfiction | Jack Andraka with Matthew Lysiak | Breakthrough | |
| 2017[9] | Graphic Novels | Katie O'Neill | Princess Princess Ever After |
| Picture Books | Yasmeen Ismail | I’m a Girl | |
| Jessica Walton | Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender and Friendship | ||
| Young Adult Fiction | Yvonne Cassidy | How Many Letters are in Goodbye? | |
| Shaun David Hutchinson | We Are the Ants | ||
| Seanan McGuire | Every Heart a Doorway | ||
| Anna-Marie McLemore | When the Moon Was Ours | ||
| Laura Nowlin | This Song Is (Not) for You | ||
| Na’amen Gobert Tilahun | The Root | ||
| Kiersten White | And I Darken | ||
| 2018[10] | Board Books | Stella Blackstone and Sunny Scribens with Christiane Engel (Illus.) | Baby’s First Words |
| Middle Grade Fiction | Lisa Bunker | Felix Yz | |
| Barbara Dee | Star-Crossed | ||
| Young Adult Nonfiction | Ash Hardell[a] | The ABCs of LGBT+ | |
| Dashka Slater | The 57 Bus | ||
| Young Adult Fiction | Nina LaCour | We Are Okay | |
| Julie Murphy | Ramona Blue | ||
| Adam Silvera | They Both Die at the End | ||
| Courtney Stevens | Dress Codes for Small Towns | ||
| James Tynion IV and Rian Sygh | The Backstagers Vol. 1 | ||
| 2019[13] | Picture Books Fiction | Daniel Haack and Stevie Lewis | Prince & Knight |
| Gayle E. Pitman | Sewing the Rainbow | ||
| Middle Grade Fiction | Kacen Callender | Hurricane Child | |
| Young Adult Fiction | Ashley Herring Blake | Girl Made of Stars | |
| Claire Kann | Let’s Talk About Love | ||
| Adib Khorram | Darius the Great is Not Okay | ||
| Natasha Ngan | Girls of Paper and Fire | ||
| L.C. Rosen | Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) | ||
| Nic Stone | Odd One Out | ||
| Hamish Steele | DeadEndia: The Watcher’s Test | ||
| 2020[14] | Picture Books Nonfiction | Rob Sanders and Jamey Christoph | Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution. |
| Picture Books Fiction | Kyle Lukoff and Kaylani Juanita | When Aidan Became a Brother | |
| Heather Smith and Brooke Kerrigan | A Plan for Pops | ||
| Young Adult Nonfiction | Shaun David Hutchinson | Brave Face | |
| Young Adult Fiction | Akwaeke Emezi | Pet | |
| Sabina Khan | The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali | ||
| Bill Konigsberg | The Music of What Happens | ||
| Tehlor Kay Mejia | We Set the Dark on Fire | ||
| Tillie Walden | On a Sunbeam | ||
| Suzanne Walker and Xu Wendy | Mooncakes | ||
| 2021[15] | Early Readers Nonfiction | Matthew Burgess and Josh Cochran (Illus.) | Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring |
| Peter Mercurio and Leo Espinosa (Illus.) | Our Subway Baby | ||
| Juvenile Fiction | DeShanna Neal, Trinity Neal, and Art Twink (Illus.) | My Rainbow | |
| Gayle E. Pitman and Violet Tobacco (Illus.) | My Maddy | ||
| Rachel Simon and Noah Grigni (Illus.) | The Every Body Book: LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families | ||
| Middle Grade Fiction | Kacen Callender | King and the Dragonflies | |
| A. J. Sass | Ana on the Edge | ||
| Young Adult Nonfiction | George Matthew Johnson | All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto | |
| Young Adult Fiction | Betsy Cornwell | Circus Rose | |
| Sarah Gailey | When We Were Magic | ||
| Leah Johnson | You Should See Me in a Crown | ||
| Lyla Lee | I’ll Be the One | ||
| Darcie Little Badger and Rovina Cai (Illus.) | Elatsoe | ||
| Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore | Miss Meteor | ||
| Tochi Onyebuchi | War Girls | ||
| L.C. Rosen | Camp | ||
| Aiden Thomas | Cemetery Boys | ||
| Kat Leyh | Snapdragon | ||
| Trung Le Nguyen | The Magic Fish | ||
| Niki Smith | The Deep & Dark Blue |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Credited as Ashely Mardell; The ABCs of LGBT+ was released before Hardell came out as transgender[11] and married their spouse.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b "2014 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ Newport, Frank (2018-05-22). "In U.S., Estimate of LGBT Population Rises to 4.5%". Gallup. Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ a b Downey, Jennifer (2013). "Self-Censorship in Selection of LGBT Themed Materials". Reference & User Services Quarterly. 53 (2): 104–107. doi:10.5860/rusq.53n2.104. ISSN 1094-9054. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-07 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "2011 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ "2012 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ "2013 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "2015 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "2016 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "2017 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "2018 Rainbow List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ Ash Hardell (November 14, 2017). "I'm Trans". YouTube. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ Ash Hardell (December 29, 2016). "our low-key wedding". YouTube. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "The 2019 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "The 2020 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ^ "The 2021 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-05-05.