Loading ...The 2011-2012 committee of the Rainbow Project, a joint task force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table and the Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Queer Round Table of the American Library Association proudly present our 2012 Rainbow Book List. Titles appearing in bold are selected as part of the Top 10 titles for this year’s list.
A fully annotated list that has been sorted into age ranges will be posted in the forthcoming weeks.
2012 Rainbow Book List
*Beam, Cris. I Am J. New York: Little Brown, 2011. 352p. $16.99. ISBN: 9780316053617
Belge, Kathy and Marke Bieschke. Queer: The Ultimate Guide for Teens. San Francisco: Zest, 2011. 208p. $14.99. ISBN: 9780981973340
Belgue, Nancy. Soames on the Range. New York: HarperTrophy, 2011. 203p. $14.99. ISBN: 9780002007689
Berman, Steve, editor. Speaking Out. Valley Falls: Bold Strokes Books, 2011.288p. $13.95. ISBN: 9781602825666
*Bray, Libba. Beauty Queens. New York: Scholastic, 2011. 400p. $18.99 ISBN: 9780439895972
*Brezenoff, Steve. Brooklyn Burning. Minneapolis: Carolrhod Lab, 2011. 202p. $17.95. ISBN: 9780761375265
Carr, Jennifer. Be Who You Are. Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2010. Unpaged. $20.99. ISBN: 978-1452087252
Cook, Trish, and Brendan Halpin. Notes from the Blender. New York: EgmontUSA, 2011. 240p. $16.99 ISBN: 9781606841402
Cooper, Michelle. The FitzOsbornes in Exile. “The Montmaray Journals.” New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2011. 464p. $17.95. ISBN: 978-0375858659
Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories. Megan Kelly Hall and Carrie Jones, ed. HarperCollins, 2011. 384p. $9.99. ISBN: 978-0062060976
Donley, Jan. The Side Door. Midway: Spinsters Ink, 2010. 234p. $14.95. ISBN: 978-1935226123
Farrey, Brian. With or Without You. New York: Simon Pulse, 2011. 368p. $8.99. ISBN: 978-1442406995
*Goode, Laura. Sister Mischief. Sommerville: Candlewick, 2011. 367p. $16.99. ISBN: 978-0763646400
Hopkins, Ellen. Perfect. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. 640p. $18.99. ISBN: 978-1416983248
It Gets Better. Dan Savage and Terry Miller, ed. New York: Dutton, 2011. 338p. $21.95. ISBN: 978-0525952336
*Lo, Malinda. Huntress. New York: Little Brown, and Young, 2011. 384p. $17.99. ISBN: 978-0316040075
Lynch, Jane. Happy Accidents. New York: Hyperion, 2011. 256p. $25.99. ISBN: 978-1401341763
Mourian, Tomas. Hidden. New York: Kensington Publishing House, 2011. 304p. $15.00 ISBN: 978-0758251312
*Myracle, Lauren. Shine. New York: Abrams, 2011. 376p. $16.95. ISBN: 978-0810984172.
*Newman, Leslea. Donovan’s Big Day. Illustrated by Mike Dutton. New York: Tricycle Press, 2011. 32p. $15.99. ISBN: 978-1582463322
Pasfield, Scott. Gay in America: portraits. New York: Welcome Books, 2011. 223p. $45.00. ISBN: 978-1599621043
*Peters, Julie Ann. She Loves You, She Loves You Not. New York: Little Brown for Young Readers, 2011. 278p. $17.99. ISBN: 978-0316078740
Reardon, Robin. The Evolution of Ethan Poe. New York: Kensington, 2011. 352p. $15.00. ISBN: 9780758246806
Reardon, Robin. A Question of Manhood. New York: Kensington, 2010. 352p. $15.00. ISBN: 978-0758246790
*Ryan, Patrick. Gemini Bites. New York: Scholastic, 2011. 240p. $17.99. ISBN: 978-0545221283
Sanchez, Alex. Boyfriends with Girlfriends. New York: Simon & Schuster. 224p. $16.99. ISBN: 978-1416937739
Takako, Shimura. Wandering Son, Volume 1. Translated by Matt Thorn. Lake City Way: Fantagraphic Books, 2011. 192p. $19.99. ISBN: 978-1606994160.
Torres, Justin. We the Animals. New York: Houghton Miffling Harcourt, 2011. 144p. $18.00. ISBN: 978-0547576725
Welcome to Bordertown: new stories and poems of the borderlands. Holly Black and Ellen Kushner, ed. New York: Random House, 2011. 517p. $19.99. ISBN: 978-0375967054
Wilkinson, Lili. Pink. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2011. 310p. 310p. $16.99. ISBN: 9780061926532
*Wright, Bil. Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. 240p. $16.99. ISBN: 978-1416939962
Zombies vs. Unicorns. Holly Black, ed. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010. 432p. $16.99. ISBN: 978-1416989530
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What happened to the “fully annotated” 2012 list, “sorted into age ranges”, we were promised? It would be very helpful! (I work in a girls’ school, so some books with biys as protagonists are less popular. (That said, the Rainbow boys series was very popular!)