Recommended Books with Bisexual Characters
By A.M. Leibowitz
A.M. Leibowitz is an author, editor, and book blogger. They are a former school nurse with a master’s degree in community health education and promotion. In addition to advocacy, they are a co-host of The Bi-Cast, a podcast for the bisexual community. They live in upstate NY with their spouse, their two amazing teens, and their pets.
Adaptation
By Malinda Lo
Reese is a regular high school student, in love with her debate partner David. But when strange things start happening all across the country, and a beautiful girl named Amber enters the picture, Reese must go on a journey to find the answers to questions a lot of people don’t want her to answer.
Bingo Love
By Tee Franklin
When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid-’60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage. From TEE FRANKLIN (NAILBITER’s “THE OUTFIT,” Love is Love) and JENN ST-ONGE (Jem & The Misfits), BINGO LOVE is a touching story of love, family, and resiliency that spans over 60 years.
Boyfriends with Girlfriends
By Alex Sanchez
Lance and Sergio and Allie and Kimiko are all friends, falling in love, figuring out who they are and coming to terms with their sexual identities in this fun, quick read.
Caught Inside
By Jamie Deacon
Luke is more interested in having fun and spending his summer on his surfboard. But love has a funny way of showing up in unexpected places. Meeting Theo puts Luke on a path toward self-discovery.
Cigarettes & Wine
By J.E. Sumerau
An unnamed teen in a small Southern town explores sexuality, love, and gender while wrestling with questions of faith.
Climbing the Date Palm
By Shira Glassman
In the second book of the Mangoverse series, lesbian Jewish queen Shulamit and her bisexual girlfriend partner with bisexual prince Kaveh to rescue Kaveh’s boyfriend, an engineer who has been imprisoned for labor organizing.
Every Day
By David Levithan
Every day A wakes up in a different body. This has never bothered them until one day they wake up in the body of of Justin and fall in love with Justin’s girlfriend Rhiannon. Now, A will do anything to get back to Rhiannon and reconnect. But will Rhiannon believe them? And even if she does, can someone truly love a person who doesn’t have permanent physical form? Complicating A’s quest is an evil preacher out to find them.
Grasshopper Jungle
By Andrew Smith
Austin is in love with his girlfriend Shann. And his best friend Robbie. But it is hard to focus on those feelings when giant grasshoppers have taken over the world and it is mostly his fault.
Grrrls on the Side
By Carrie Pack
Tabitha is struggling to feel like she fits in. Through the Riot Grrrl movement, she finds friendship, purpose, and love while having her eyes opened to injustice.
In the Present Tense
By Carrie Pack
What if you really could change your past? Miles Lawson’s life is spiraling out of control, but the answers he’s seeking may reveal something far greater than the cure to his rare condition.
Let’s Talk About Love
By Claire Kann
Alice is a biromantic asexual black college woman. She spends the summer living with her two best friends (who are dating). After her girlfriend broke up with her when she shared that she is asexual, Alice has no intentions of dating again – until she meets Takumi while working in the library.
Little & Lion
By Brandy Colbert
Black, Jewish, bisexual Suzette returns home to Los Angeles from boarding school and ends up in a love triangle as she begins dating an old family friend while finding herself falling for the same girl as her stepbrother, who has bipolar disorder. Emil, is Korean/African-American and hard of hearing; another is Latina and pansexual.
Out of Order
By Casey Lawrence
Corey is the sole survivor of a brutal prom night homicide. Now she has to piece together the events leading up to that night and identify the killer.
Not Otherwise Specified
By Hannah Moskowitz
In this recent publication by prolific author Hannah Moskowtiz we are told the tale of Etta, who is black, bisexual and in recovery from an eating disorder. Never feeling like she quite fits in with any group of friends, it isn’t until Ella meets Bianca, another patient in her eating disorder recovery group that she is able to start on the path toward healing.
Not Your Sidekick
By C.B. Lee
Jessica Tran is not a superhero. Despite both her parents being superheros, no powers have manifested for her, and it looks like they never will. So Jessica, in an effort to help her resume, decides to take an internship for a supervillian. And lucky for her, the other intern just happens to be Abby, the girl she’s had a crush on for forever. But things aren’t always as they seem and as she gets deeper into the internship she begins to have questions about what it really means to be a hero.
Pale Winter Sun
By Michael R. Collins
Pushed from their homes for being queer, Mark and Trevor must try and cope with themselves and a cold winter. Can their friendship survive?
Ramona Blue
By Julie Murphy
Ramona knows that she is gay. It is one of the constants in her life that has been turbulent ever since her family had to leave Louisiana because of Hurricane Katrina. But now Freddie, a boy from her childhood has reentered her life and Ramona finds herself falling for him and realizing her orientation may be more fluid than she initially thought.
Star-Crossed
By Barbara Dee
Mattie is so excited to be in the eighth grade play, even when she finds out she’s playing Romeo opposite Gemma Braithwaite. She finds herself having a crush on both Gemma and a boy named Elijah all to the backdrop of Shakespearean drama.
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
By Mackenzi Lee
In this lighthearted romp, Monty is determined to make the most out of a year-long trip to Europe with his best friend, Percy. After he returns, he is expected to take over the family’s estate. However, on the trip, Monty must contend with pirates, highwaymen, and his persistent crush on Percy.
The Hidden Oracle
By Rick Riordan
The Greek God Apollo has been cast out of Olympus by his father and is stuck at Camp Half-Blood with characters familiar to readers of Riordan’s earlier books. Apollo is bisexual and flirts with men and women in the story; there is also a gay half-god boy.