Our book list comes from the Committee of the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association. For more information and for additional lists (and books for older children) please visit their website: https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/. We thank the librarians who have taken the time to select these titles each year.
Picture Books and Books for Lower Elementary Age
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Daddy-Dada.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fred-gets-dressed-797x1024.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/little-library-819x1024.jpg)
Chapter Books & Middle-Grade
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/the-insiders.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Hazel-Bly-and-the-Deep-Blue-Sea.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/almost-flying-675x1024.jpg)
Books for Teens
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Zara-Hossain-is-Here-683x1024.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/This-Poison-Heart-678x1024.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/The-Taking-of-Jake-Livingston-678x1024.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Surrender-Your-Sons-672x1024.jpg)
![](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1582216107l/41555962.jpg)
by Mark Oshiro
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Blazewrath-games-705x1024.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/The-darkness-outside-us-680x1024.jpg)
by Eliot Schrefer.
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/The-girls-Ive-been-667x1024.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Last-Night-at-the-Telegraph-678x1024.jpg)
Books for Adults
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/55000747-678x1024.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/detransition.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Carson.jpg)
Lambda Literary Awards 2022 Finalists
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![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/55678466-783x1024.jpg)
![](https://www.scotlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/53138199.jpg)