Celebrate Mardi Gras with these diverse YA reads!

Heartstopper - Alice Osman

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. An LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between. Perfect for a heartwarming, fuzzy-feeling read while you're tucked up with a cuppa in bed. And make sure to do it before the Netflix series!

Afterlove - Tanya Byrne

The lesbian love story you’ve been dying to read … Ash Persaud is about to become a reaper in the afterlife, but she is determined to see her first love Poppy Morgan again - the only thing that separates them is death.

If This Gets Out - Sophie Gonzales

Are you a fan of boy bands? Then If this Gets Out, co-authored by Australian authors Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich, is a #1 hit for you. On a whirlwind tour through Europe, with both an unrelenting schedule and minimal supervision, Ruben and Zach come to rely on each other more and more, and their already close friendship evolves into a romance. Make sure to catch this perfect duet.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo

America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father - despite his hard-won citizenship - Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.

Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar

Do you love the fake dating romance trope? Well, add Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating to your reading pile! Hani and Ishu couldn't be less alike - and they definitely don't like each other. But when fates collide and they pretend to date each other, things start to get messy...

All That's Left in the World - Erik J. Brown

What awaits us at the end of the world? Jamie and Andrew are strangers, and two of the last people on Earth. They don't know what they'll find on their perilous journey ... but they may just find each other.