It’s the beginning of June, which means it’s the beginning of Pride Month! For those who want to accompany their Pride Month celebration with a book, this week’s Butler Bookshelf features some of our new teen fiction with queer and non-binary characters and/or written by queer and non-binary authors! Matthew Hubbard’s The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge follows three teenage friends—Ezra, Lucas, and Finley—who find that they all share a deep desire to get revenge on their ex-boyfriends. Their master plan involves entering and then sabotaging the school’s Drag Show Competition to make sure their exes don’t win. But when the school starts censoring queer voices, Ezra, Lucas, and Finley’s original plan morphs into a much larger student rebellion to fight for their right to be themselves and for their fellow queer classmates to do the same.

Check out more teen fiction novels centering queer characters and authors below!

Ariel Crashes a Train
Written by Olivia A. Cole
Published by Labyrinth Road
Available now

The Brightness Between Us
Written by Eliot Schrefer
Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books
Available October 1st, 2024

The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge
Written by Matthew Hubbard
Published by Delacorte Press
Available now

Malicia
Written by Steven dos Santos
Published by Page Street YA
Available now

The No-Girlfriend Rule
Written by Christen Randall
Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Available now