American Library Association Rainbow List
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 Librarian Association's (ALA's) Rainbow Project, which is run by the ALA's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) and Social Responsibilities Round Table (SSRT).[1]
2014 list
The 2014 list of 30 books was selected from over 150.
Top ten
- Francesca Lia Block (2013). Love in the Time of Global Warming. Henry Holt and Co. ISBN 0805096272. (Teen Fiction)
- Kate Bornstein (2013). My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity. Routledge. ISBN 9780415538657. (Teen Non Fiction)
- Kristin Elizabeth Clark (2013). Freakboy. Farrar Straus Giroux. ISBN 9780374324728. (Teen Fiction)
- Steven Dos Santos (2013). The Culling. Flux. ISBN 9780738735375. (Teen Fiction)
- Z. Egloff (2013). Leap. Bywater Books. ISBN 978-1612940236. (Teen Fiction)
- Sara Farizan (2013). If You Could Be Mine. Algonquin Young Readers. ISBN 9781616202514. (Teen Fiction)
- Tim Federle (2013). Better Nate than Ever. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers. ISBN 9781442446892. (Juvenile Fiction)
- Alaya Dawn Johnson (2013). The Summer Prince. Arthur A. Levine Books. ISBN 9780545520775. (Teen Fiction)
- Laura Lam (2013). Pantomime. Strange Chemistry. ISBN 9781908844378. (Teen Fiction)
- Ken Setterington (2013). Branded by the Pink Triangle. Second Story Press. ISBN 9781926920962. (Teen Non Fiction)
Next twenty
- E. E. Charlton-Trujillo (2013). Fat Angie. Candlewick Press. ISBN 0763661198. (Teen Fiction)
- Jere' M. Fishback (2013). Tyler Buckspan. Prizm/Torquere Press. ISBN 9781610405188. (Teen Fiction)
- Nicole Georges (2013). Calling Dr Laura: A Graphic Memoir. Mariner Books. ISBN 9780547615592. (Graphic Novels)
- Michael Harris (2013). Homo. Lorimer. ISBN 9781459401921. (Teen Fiction)
- Aaron Hartzler (2013). Rapture Practice: My One-Way Ticket to Salvation: A True Story. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. ISBN 031609465X. (Teen Non Fiction)
- Paul Hoblin (2013). Archenemy. Darby Creek Publishing. ISBN 9781467707213. (Teen Fiction)
- Corrine Jackson (2012). If I Lie. Simon Pulse. ISBN 9781442454132. (Teen Fiction)
- Bill Konigsberg (2013). Openly Straight. Arthur A. Levine Books. ISBN 9780545509893. (Teen Fiction)
- David Levithan (2013). Two Boys Kissing. Random House. ISBN 9780307931900. (Teen Fiction)
- AlexL ondon (2013). Proxy. Philomel. ISBN 9780399257766. (Teen Fiction)
- Jill Malone (2013). Giraffe People. Bywater Books. ISBN 9781612940397. (Teen Fiction)
- Julie Maroh (2012). Blue is the Warmest Color. Arsenal Pulp Press. ISBN 9781551525143. (Graphic Novels)
- Lindsay Moynihan (2013). The Waiting Tree. Amazon Children’s Publishing. ISBN 9781477816424. (Teen Fiction)
- Patrick Ness (2013). More Than This. Candlewick Press. ISBN 9780763662585. (Teen Fiction)
- Dan Parent (2013). Kevin Keller 2: Drive Me Crazy. Archie Comics. ISBN 9781936975587. (Graphic Novels)
- Tom Ryan (2013). Tag Along. Orca. ISBN 9781459802971. (Teen Fiction)
- Andrew Smith (2013). Winger. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1442444928. (Teen Fiction)
- Suzanne Sutherland (1 February 2013). When We Were Good. Sumach Press. ISBN 978-1927513118. (Teen Fiction)
- Shimura Takako (2013). Wandering Son 4. Fantagraphic Books. ISBN 978-1606996058. (Graphic Novels)
- J. H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman (2013). Batwoman Volume 3: World's Finest. DC Comics. ISBN 978-1401242466. (Graphic Novels)