New YA Comics and YA Nonfiction for November 2025

This is a standalone queer comic and it’s been adapted from Webtoons. It follows Carter, who is impulsive and fun. He’s on a mission to be in any relationship he can, though the choices he has are not vast. So when Adrian rolls on onto Carter’s life, Carter’s set his eyes on Adrian. Adrian plays along a bit, but he realizes he still likes his ex and isn’t ready for a new relationship.

But one night at a big house party, something snaps into place between Carter and Adrian. They’re developing a real and meaningful friendship that starts to slowly become something more. The problem is that Adrian may be a little too self-destructive and the two of them may have had the kind of fight that would end things before they could ever begin.

Hime has always loved her best friend Akira. Those feelings have gotten stronger as they’ve grown up, and they got stronger when Hime knew she was the first person Akira came out as agirlto. Hime protects Akira as much as possible, and Hime is also really thrilled that Akira has decided to be her true self now that high school is beginning.

Akira begins to get a lot of attention and in her true nature, Hime wants to protect her bestie. But her solution is a little unconventional and one that may not go swimmingly: Hime is going to begin dressing like a boy to get inside the experience of presenting as a different gender.

YA is still building up its offerings when it comes to memoirs, but this one sounds like an excellent read–and bonus, it’s written in verse.

Foutz shares her experiences growing up with bipolar disorder and navigating the extreme highs and extreme lows of the mental illness. One of the impacts this illness has on her is insomnia. Throughout the book, readers see as Foutz attempts to both find stability and ease with her experiences while also acknowledging and accepting they are an inextricable part of who she is.