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Happy Bi Day of Visibility!

September 23 is Bi Visibility Day. Celebrate with these stories featuring bisexual characters, plus a few memoirs from real-live bi folks and books on the history of bisexuality and biromanticism.

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  • Teen Fiction. Enrique Luna knows he's bi, and he knows what it's like to be with a girl, but he's never been with another guy. Now, he's determined to get over his crush on Seleem Kanazi by pursuing all his other prospects... before his parents send…
    Book, 2022New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022.
  • Teen Fiction. Maggie Gonzales needs a date to her sister's quinceañera. She's got options, but that's sort of the problem. The venn diagram of her friend group and dating pool is a circle, and choosing the wrong crush could be... disastrous.…
    Book, 2022New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022.
  • Teen Fiction. Alonda *loves* professional wrestling, and when she meets a rag tag team of teens putting together a show in their Coney Island neighborhood, it's a dream come true. After all, wrestling is a great outlet, even when it's choreographed,…
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023.
  • Teen Fiction. Lara has had her eyes on one guy all throughout high school. The good news? He's finally started to notice her - nay, even flirt with her! The bad news? Lara's long lost summer love just transferred to their school - and her name is…
    Book, 2021New York : Wednesday Books, 2021.
  • Bi

    the Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality

    Shaw, Julia (Professor),
    Statistics show that bisexuality is more common than homosexuality - so why is it so hard to name someone who's bi? This fascinating new book explores the science and culture of attraction beyond the binary, and why bisexuality and biromanticism are…
    Book, 2022New York : Abrams Press, 2022.
  • Teen Fiction. It's a match made in heaven: Morgan, an elite track athlete kicked out of Catholic school for being gay, and Ruby, a bisexual beauty queen who moonlights as a vintage car mechanic. But while Morgan is out, proud, and already dealing…
    Book, 2021New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2021]
  • Bisexual Men Exist

    a Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-spec Men

    Mehta, Vaneet,
    Adult Nonfiction. Coming out as bisexual can be particularly difficult for men. From amped up biphobia and bi-erasure to fear of ridicule and internalized homophobia, being a bisexual man can be isolating and challenging to come to terms with.…
    Book, 2023[London] : Jessica Kinglsey, 2023.
  • Teen Fiction. After a debilitating injury costs him his performing arts scholarship, Luca's whole future is thrown into question. He finds solace in Jordan - the supposedly-straight rowing start of his new school, who's also stuck in physical…
    Book, 2022Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing Co., [2022]
  • Teen Fiction. A story about coming of age in a world that's often scary, "Forever is Now" follows Sadie - a bisexual Black teen with chronic anxiety that's worsened when she witnesses a violent act of police brutality. She wants to be a part of the…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023New York : Listening Library, 2023.
  • Teen Fiction. Moving from California to Utah put bisexual Tanner Scott temporarily back in the closet. But he only has one more year of high school. Then, he'll haul tail to somewhere he can be himself again. But when a friend talks him into going…
    Book, 2017New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2017]
  • Teen Fiction. When Hani comes out to her friends as bisexual, they're dismissive - saying she can't be bi if she's only dated guys. In a panic, she names her "girlfriend" - super smart but much less popular Ishu Dey. Ishu agrees go go along with the…
    Book, 2021Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing Co., 2021.
  • Teen Fiction. When Leila's long-term boyfriend breaks up with her just before graduation, it feels like the end of the world. But, her school has a tradition: the Last Chance Dance, which solicits the names of unrequited crushes... and pairs up…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023New York : Listening Library, 2023.
  • Adult Fiction. Dani Brown is done with romance; having a partner, whatever their gender, takes more energy than it's worth. What she needs is a friend-with-benefits that won't angle for something more. She thinks she's found The One in Zafir Ansari,…
    eBook, 2020[United States] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
  • Teen Fiction. Darcy gives GREAT dating advice - but her own love life is in shambles. Caught red-handed running an anonymous love advice service out of an unused locker at school, Darcy winds up stuck between a hot guy who needs her help winning…
    Book, 2021New York : Wednesday Books, [2021]
  • Greedy

    Notes From a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

    Winston, Jen,
    Adult Nonfiction. What does biphobia look like? It's being accused of being neither "straight enough" or "queer enough" - of being "greedy", "slutty", or "confused." Jen Winston's deeply personal memoir explores how difficult it was to come to terms…
    Book, 2021New York ; London : Atria Paperback, 2021.
  • Teen Fiction. Henry "Monty" Montague is a gentleman perfectly content to live the life carefree, vice-filled life of a rogue. But his upcoming Grand Tour of Europe marks the end of his dalliances; when he returns, he's expected to take over his…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2017New York : Katherine Tegen Books, 2017.
  • Adult Fiction. A collection of short stories about messy, hunger-fueled bisexual (and gay) Puerto Rican men, long nights, empty stomachs, and impulsive cravings. Available in other formats.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2021[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2021.
  • Adult Nonfiction. A memoir of one Columbian-Cuban woman coming of age in New Jersey in 1980, A Cup of Water Under My Bed is a story about women, race, sex, money, love, and taking lessons from home and shaping them into a new, queer life.
    Book, 2014Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]
  • Adult Fiction. A supernatural story about two generations of family living in South Korea, whose peaceful lives are shattered when 25-year-old closeted-bisexual Jacob is possessed by his grandfather's ghost. A story about partition, American…
    Book, 2022Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, [2022]
  • Baggage

    Tales From a Fully Packed Life

    Cumming, Alan, 1965-
    Adult Biography. Alan Cumming's first biography, Not My Father's Son, was a New York Times bestseller that encouraged many readers to engage with their past trauma. In this followup, Baggage, he explores how the past isn't something to "get over."…
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2021]