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  • A Surplus of Light by Chase Connor

    A Surplus of Light by Chase Connor

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "He's a psycho." That's what Mike is told when he asks who the kid is with the dark swoop of hair and eyes that look like icebergs floating in milk. From that moment, it becomes Mike's mission to find out everything about this kid. The kid who can fight better than anyone, but doesn't want to. The kid who is the greatest artist Mike's ever met...
  • The Long Run by James Acker

    The Long Run by James Acker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt and unforgettably real YA debut. Sebastian Villeda is over it. Over his rep. Over his bros. Over being "Bash the Flash," fastest sprinter in South Jersey. His dad is gone, his mom is dead, and his stepfather is clueless. Bash has no idea what he wants out of life. Until he meets Sandro...
  • Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada

    Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to write his own story. Perfect for fans of Sonora Reyes and Adib Khorram. Stonebridge High’s resident bad boy, Wesley “Big Mac” Mackenzie, is failing senior year—thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding and a secret photography obsession...
  • Pumpkin by Julie Murphy

    Pumpkin by Julie Murphy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon, so that he can live his Julie-the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-music-Andrews truth...
  • Rage With Benefits by Apparentlyelle

    Rage With Benefits by Apparentlyelle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Tales From Foster High by John Goode

    Tales From Foster High by John Goode

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kyle Stilleno is the invisible student even in his nothing high school in the middle of Nowhere, Texas. Brad Graymark is the baseball star of Foster High. When they bond over their mutual damage during a night of history tutoring, Kyle thinks maybe his life has changed for good. But when you're gay and falling for the most popular boy in school, the promise of love is a fairy tale, not a reality...
  • Extras All For The Game by Nora Sakavic

    Extras All For The Game by Nora Sakavic

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    EXTRAS ALL FOR THE GAME NOTE FROM TRANSLATORS: Nora uploaded extra content about the trilogy to her Tumblr page Korakos. You will be able to find information about the life of the Foxes after The King's Man, Andrew and Neil's content, Renee's past and things that you probably wondered when reading the trilogy...
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    lgbtq  sports  mlm  realistic  male-mc  romance  fiction  contemporary
  • Henry Hamlet's Heart by Rhiannon Wilde

    Henry Hamlet's Heart by Rhiannon Wilde

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking journey to love.Henry Hamlet doesn’t know what he wants after school ends. It’s his last semester of year twelve and all he’s sure of is his uncanny ability to make situations awkward. Luckily, he can always hide behind his enigmatic best friend, Len...
  • The Book of David by Anonymous

    The Book of David by Anonymous

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A told B, and B told C, I'll meet you at the top of the coconut treeIn this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no -- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!The well-known authors of Barn Dance and Knots on a Counting Rope have created a rhythmic alphabet chant that rolls along on waves of fun...
  • Afterglow by Phil Stamper

    Afterglow by Phil Stamper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a summer of life-changing, these four friends are finally ready for senior year.Gabriel is thrilled to create his school's first LGBTQ+ advocacy group, but his long-distance relationship is fading from summer love to something else... Heath feels secure for the first time in years, but with his future riding on a baseball scholarship, each pitch triggers his anxiety..
  • Theoretically Straight by Alexander C. Eberhart, Amy Bailey

    Theoretically Straight by Alexander C. Eberhart, Amy Bailey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Theo Briggs is a rule follower. A decent student in his junior year, an appeasing son, and a lifelong Christian, just trying to make it through high school unscathed… and maybe create a viral video in the process.Caleb Raynard is a romantic...
  • Off the Ice by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Off the Ice by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A coming-of-age love story with high school, hockey rivalry, friendship, family, and coming out.Soren’s life changes in an instant when he and his younger brother are adopted by hockey royalty. Making sense of his new life is hard enough, but when he’s enrolled in a private school it means facing a whole new set of problems...
  • Heartmates by Marcus Herzig

    Heartmates by Marcus Herzig

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As childhood friends, Lars and Connor were inseparable. Now, in the social gauntlet of high school, neither boy can even muster a single word to the other. When Connor enters a romantic relationship with Jaden-Dominic Choi, the hottest social influencer in school, a barely healed wound is torn wide open again...
  • Ethan Between Us by Anna Myers, Julia Laserna

    Ethan Between Us by Anna Myers, Julia Laserna

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ethan is different. He is gorgeous, easy to talk to, and a uniquely gifted pianist. But his musical talent is both a gift and a curse. The doctors label him a schizophrenic, as he claims to have been taught by a long-dead, 19th-century composer...
  • The Blue-Haired Boy by Courtney C. Stevens

    The Blue-Haired Boy by Courtney C. Stevens

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Set before the events of Courtney C. Stevens's debut novel, Faking Normal, this digital short story focuses on Bodee Lennox, otherwise known as the Kool-Aid Kid.Bodee Lennox has secrets. About where he got the four-inch scar on his leg. About the bruises on his back. About what it's really like to live in the Lennox household. These are things he doesn't share with anyone . .
  • Enlightened by J.P. Barnaby

    Enlightened by J.P. Barnaby

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Little Boy Lost is the story of Brian McAllister, the boy next door. Brian goes to school, does his homework, and helps his foster parents around the house. Brian also has a secret: he is in love with his best friend, Jamie. But in Crayford, Alabama, being in love with another boy is the worst kind of sin. Brian and Jamie will discover just how deep their emotional bond runs, and at what cost...
  • Invisible by Jeff Erno

    Invisible by Jeff Erno

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Chase Devereaux is a fifteen year old boy under a great deal of stress. He has to give a speech today for his Oral Communications class, and he's terrified of public speaking. Worse yet, he's being bullied by one of the most popular kids at school. He just has to make it through his third-hour gym class and then give his speech, and everything will be all right...
  • Mannen som elsket Yngve by Tore Renberg

    Mannen som elsket Yngve by Tore Renberg

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Romanen handler om et stort dilemma for bokas hovedperson - en tenåring som går i andreklassen i Stavanger. Sammen med kompisen Helge og kjæresten Katrine utgjør Jarle Klepp den tøffeste gjengen på skolen. De forfekter kompromissløse standpunkt til livets basale spørsmål: Verdensordningen, musikken, hårsveisen og hvem holder mål og hvem som ikke gjør det...
  • True Letters from a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan

    True Letters from a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    If you asked anyone in his small Vermont town, they'd tell you the facts: James Liddell, star athlete, decent student and sort-of boyfriend to cute, peppy Theresa, is a happy, funny, carefree guy.But whenever James sits down at his desk to write, he tells a different story...
  • Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden

    Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    All it takes is one missed step for your life to change forever.Luca Mason knows exactly who he is and what he In six months, he’s going to be accepted into the Australian Ballet School, leave his fancy private high school, and live his life as a star of the stage―at least that’s the plan until he falls down a flight of stairs and breaks his foot in a way he can never recover from...
  • Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

    Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A moving YA debut about a trans boy finding his voice—and himselfDean Foster knows he’s a trans guy. He’s watched enough YouTube videos and done enough questioning to be sure. But everyone at his high school thinks he’s a lesbian—including his girlfriend, Zoe, and his theater director, who just cast him as a “nontraditional” Romeo...
  • Pulled Under by Michelle Dalton

    Pulled Under by Michelle Dalton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A shy teen befriends an attractive beach town tourist in this refreshing summertime romance, in the tradition of Sixteenth Summer and Seventeenth Summer . In the small town of Pearl Beach, Florida, Izzy Lucas needs only her surfboard and the water to be completely happy. She wants nothing to do with parties, popularity contests, or showing her face around the clichéd touristy hangouts...
  • The [Un]popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

    The [Un]popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vaseline on the teeth makes a smile shine. It’s a cheap stunt, but Mark Adams knows it’s optics that can win or ruin an election.Everything Mark learned about politics, he learned from his father, the congressman who still pretends he has a daughter and not a son. To protect his father’s image, Mark promises to keep his past hidden and pretend to be the cis guy everyone assumes he is...
  • Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden

    Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There Are No Cheat Codes for ShowmanceSeventeen-year-old gaymer Noah Mitchell only has one friend the wonderful, funny, strictly online-only MagePants69. After years playing RPGs together, they know everything about each other, except anything that would give away their real life identities. And Noah is certain that if they could just meet in person, they would be soulmates...
  • To Wish for Impossible Things by John Goode

    To Wish for Impossible Things by John Goode

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Special Lost Tale of Foster HighAfter coming out to the whole school, Brad Greymark and Kyle Stilleno could use some downtime. They should be studying, but soon their focus wanders to the pursuit of the impossible. Together, they just might find where they belong...
  • Surviving High School by M. Doty

    Surviving High School by M. Doty

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What's the secret to surviving your freshman year of high school? Emily Kessler thinks she has it all figured out. She eats, sleeps and trains for competitive swimming. All she has to do is keep her grades high and swim times short -- short enough to live up to her sister Sara's. But walking the crowded maze of unfamiliar high school hallways is like diving headfirst into shark-infested waters...
  • Pride High : Book 2 - Orange by Jay Bell

    Pride High : Book 2 - Orange by Jay Bell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome back to Pride High, where the delicious drama continues! Ricky tries to sort through his feelings for Diego—the hot guy who has been bullying him—and ends up in the middle of a feud. Anthony and Cameron, now a couple, have to navigate first times and coming out. Silvia finds herself questioning her feelings for Omar when someone else catches her eye… and it’s a girl...
  • Crushing It by Erin Becker

    Crushing It by Erin Becker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the soccer field, Magic Mel is in her element. She's ready to lead her team to victory at the city championship in her new role as captain. Off the field, however, is a totally different story. Mel can't get a handle on her class presentation, her friend group has completely dissolved, and her ex-friend-current-teammate, Tory, is being the worst...
  • The Hidden Life by Erin Noelle

    The Hidden Life by Erin Noelle

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***NOTE TO READER: This is a supplemental novella to the full-length novel, The Perfect Life, and should not be read as a standalone.*** I had a hidden life. To everyone on the outside, I was Seth Andrews, best friend to Colin Cassidy - the superstar quarterback of the New England Patriots, and infamous playboy. To anyone looking in, my life was what others only dreamed of...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  lgbtq  mlm  multi-pov  sports  adult  book  contemporary
  • Ollie Fitzgerald's Heartbreak Anthems by Charlie Arrigo

    Ollie Fitzgerald's Heartbreak Anthems by Charlie Arrigo

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ollie Fitzgerald is finally ready to move on.After spending his entire life crafting the perfect plan for every situation, he wasn't expecting his best friend's brother, Nash, to kiss him on the first day of summer. Something else he wasn't expecting? Nash ghosting him a week later when he left for lacrosse camp...
  • Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr.

    Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr.

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the verge of summer before his senior year, Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be--tough, athletic, and in charge--Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy...
  • The Big Ask by Simon James Green

    The Big Ask by Simon James Green

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alfie Parker has bagged the hottest date to prom … hasn’t he? Bestselling LGBTQ+ writer Simon James Green makes his Barrington Stoke debut with a life-affirming teen romance.Harvey is popular, cool, plays football and has been in a relationship with his girlfriend Summer for as long as anyone can remember...
  • Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg

    Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ben Carver is back to normal. He’s getting all As in his classes at the Natick School. He was just elected captain of the baseball team. He’s even won a big scholarship for college, if he can keep up his grades. All that foolishness with Rafe Goldberg last semester is over now, and he just needs to be a Carver, work hard, and stay focused...
  • What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

    What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    My name is Robin. This book is about me. It tells the story of what happens when after almost 15 pathetic years of loserdom, the girl of my dreams finally falls for me. That seems like it would be a good thing, right? Only it turns out to be a lot more complicated than that Because I'm not gonna lie to you -- there are naked women involved. Four of them, to be exact...
  • Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez

    Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jason Carrillo came out to his basketball team senior year and lost his university scholarship. Now, with graduation behind him and summer ending, he's asked to speak at the opening of a gay and lesbian high school across the country...
  • Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg

    Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Star quarterback Bobby Framingham, one of the most talented high school football players in California, knows he's different from his teammates. They're like brothers, but they don't know one essential thing: Bobby is gay...
  • Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

    Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the outside, Brendan Chase seems to have it pretty easy. He’s a star wrestler, a video game aficionado, and a loving boyfriend to his seemingly perfect match, Vanessa. But on the inside, Brendan struggles to understand why his body feels so wrong—why he sometimes fantasizes having long hair, soft skin, and gentle curves...
  • The Bridge from Me to You by Lisa Schroeder

    The Bridge from Me to You by Lisa Schroeder

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lauren has a secret. Colby has a problem. But when they find each other, everything falls into place. Lauren is the new girl in town with a dark secret. Colby is the football hero with a dream of something more. In alternating chapters, they come together, fall apart, and build something stronger than either of them thought possible--something to truly believe in...
  • Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris

    Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    E. Lynn Harris has wowed and seduced more than three million readers with the wicked drama and undeniable heart in his novels. Now he’s back with another winner sure to top the bestseller lists—a rip-roaring tale of sex, secrets, betrayal . . . and blackmail. Aldridge James “AJ” Richardson is living the good life...
    Categorized as:
    drama  lgbtq  male-mc  mlm  sports  adult  audiobook  book
  • A Secret Edge by Robin Reardon

    A Secret Edge by Robin Reardon

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I love the long distance run, when you feel like you're about to die...and then you reach this place where you feel like there are no boundaries for you anywhere...In many ways, Jason Peele is like any other teenager. He hits the books, hangs with his friends, flirts with girls, and omits the full truth of his life from his Aunt Audrey and Uncle Steve, who have raised him since his parents died...
  • With or Without You by Brian Farrey

    With or Without You by Brian Farrey

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Evan and his best friend, Davis, get beaten up for being loners. For being gay. For just being themselves. But as rough as things often seem, at least Evan can take comfort in his sweet, sexy boyfriend Erik - whom he’s kept secret from everyone for almost a year. Then Evan and Davis are recruited to join the Chasers, a fringe crowd that promises them protection and status...
  • Living with Jackie Chan by Jo Knowles

    Living with Jackie Chan by Jo Knowles

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After fathering a baby, a teenager moves in with his karate-loving uncle and tries to come to terms with his guilt — and find a way to forgive. This isn’t how Josh expected to spend senior year. He thought he’d be hanging out with his best friends, Dave and Caleb, driving around, partying, just like always...
  • Falling From The Sky by Nikki Chartier

    Falling From The Sky by Nikki Chartier

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All stability in sixteen-year-old Ridge McCoy’s life crashed and burned in the plane crash that killed his dad. This summer-long basketball camp is his chance to improve his skills and escape his problems back home...
  • A Really Nice Prom Mess by Brian Sloan

    A Really Nice Prom Mess by Brian Sloan

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Well, in summary, your fake date's in the bathroom with a hangover and a crispy hairdo, while my fake date is out wandering the Willard, searching for his heterosexuality or something. High school senior Cameron Hayes gets coerced into going to the prom with a girl, even though he'd rather be with his boyfriend...
  • A Matter of Heart by Amy Fellner Dominy

    A Matter of Heart by Amy Fellner Dominy

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Will make your heart pound — anxiously, joyfully, triumphantly.” — New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle Readers will happily dive into this emotionally grounded, contemporary young adult novel about the sudden end of one girl’s Olympic swimming dreams and the struggles she endures before realizing there are many things that express who we are...
  • When You Don't See Me by Timothy James Beck

    When You Don't See Me by Timothy James Beck

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being Invisible Is Nick Dunill's M.O. For nineteen years, he's been "the one who disappears" to his disapproving, Midwestern family. And now in New York City, a metropolis of anonymity built on not making eye contact, he feels right at home...
  • Just Our Luck by Julia Walton

    Just Our Luck by Julia Walton

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the author of Words on Bathroom Walls— now a major motion picture—comes a romance in the spirit of Dear Evan Hansen about overcoming anxiety—and about finding love and friendship in unlikely places.★  "A masterpiece"   —Kirkus,  starred review"Bad luck follows lies." That was the first rule for life that Leo's Greek grandmother, Yia Yia, gave him before she died...
  • Heavyweight by M.B. Mulhall

    Heavyweight by M.B. Mulhall

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Secrets. Their weight can be crushing, but their release can change everything—and not necessarily for the better. Ian is no stranger to secrets. Being a gay teen in a backwater southern town, Ian must keep his orientation under wraps, especially since he spends a lot of time with his hands all over members of the same sex, pinning their sweaty, hard bodies to the wrestling mat...
  • Time for Goodbyes by Jay Argent

    Time for Goodbyes by Jay Argent

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.An openly gay jock. A boy next door. The latter dates a girl, but will that change soon?After Kevin meets Lucas, he can’t get him out of his mind. And as if life at Oak River High isn’t hard enough, Kevin has a girlfriend...
  • Pwned by Shannen Crane Camp

    Pwned by Shannen Crane Camp

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Reagan West has a perfect life. She’s at the top of the high school food chain as co-captain of the cheerleading squad and she’s best friends with the most evil girl in Albany, Tawny Perez, which means she’s never on the receiving end of her wrath...
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