Top Ten Tuesday: Ten books to round out your Pride Month reading list

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I tried to find some non-coming-out and lesser-known ones.    

c.j.'s selections                         ten ten ten
one		Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli  If you've somehow missed this, you absolutely need it in your life.  The story of Simon's quest to escape a classmate's blackmail and find (maybe) the cute guy behind his secret penpal is just as adorable as you can imagine, and more.
two		The Scorpion Rules - Erin Bow  If you're looking for a clever, high-concept sci-fi with a slowburning f/f romance, check out this underrated gem about a group of political children being held hostage by a superintelligent and slightly insane AI.
three		A History of Glitter and Blood - Hannah Moskowitz  This dark, glitzy, experimental fantasy follows a group of fairy prostitutes desperate to survive in the ashes of their conquered land.  Love and sexuality are explored in all forms, and the concept is dead clever.
four		What We Left Behind - Robin Talley  Talley's second book follows Toni and Gretchen.  They were their high school's power couple, but the distance of separate colleges brings new challenges to their relationship and new revelations about their hopes, dreams, and gender identities.
five		I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson  Sibling rivalry meets first loves and family secrets.  This book is gorgeous and expansive and will completely absorb you into the heads of Jude and Noah.  Plus super-adorable boys having super-adorable summer crushes on each other.
six		And I Darken - Kiersten White  Vlad the Impaler's son and daughter become hostages to the Ottoman sultan--and the rest is (pseudo) history.  While sister and brother Lada and Radu have different ideas about their captivity, they have the same passion for their companion, Mehmed.  Only love has never been so complicated.
seven		Far From You - Tess Sharpe  An older, underrated favorite, it tells the story of a girl determined to find the truth behind her best friend's death.  But buried in the secrets of potential murder are the secrets hidden in the hearts of these two girls.
eight		If I Was Your Girl - Meredith Russo  A poignant read about a trans-girl trying to fit in at a new school, falling in love, and struggling to be seen for who she is instead of who other people think she was.
nine		Ask the Passengers - A.S. King  Written by one of my absolute favorite authors, the queen of cleverness and experimental fiction, this book is about a girl so afraid of the judgment around her that she directs all her thoughts to the planes that fly above her house.  Like her questions about the girl with whom she's falling in love
ten		More Happy Than Not - Adam Silvera  While you wait for Adam's sophomore novel, check out his heartbreakingly beautiful debut, in which a kid from the streets of Brooklyn will do anything to hide his sexuality--even if it means erasing the memories of the boy he loves.