#28 It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying and Creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage

 I first heard about this this when it was a project on the web and I had wanted to read the book as soon as I found out they had gathered several of the videos into an essay form. Not every essay is from a gay person and not every essay says the same thing but there is a lot of hope for gay teens packed in the pages of this book.