Most Anticipated 2020 Releases: January to June

It’s that time of year again when we can look at everything that is coming our way and chose what we’re most excited about. We do these things because we like to suffer… Honestly, our list of 2020 LGBT books is almost 300 titles long and we decided making a list of twelve is a good idea?

But hey, who doesn’t like lists, right? So dive in to see which books of the upcoming six months we simply cannot wait to read!

January

Charlotte

Nottingham
Anne Burke
Release date: 21st January
Goodreads
Rep: lesbian mc (ownvoices)
Genre & tropes: fantasy

Anna

Scavenge the Stars
Tara Sim
Release date: 7th January
Goodreads
Rep: bi poc mc, trans side character, LGBT & poc side characters
Genre & tropes: fantasy, getting revenge

February

Charlotte

Wranglestone
Darren Charlton
Release date: 6th February
Goodreads
Rep: gay mc
Genre & tropes: dystopia, zombies

Anna

The Gravity of Us
Phil Stamper
Release date: 4th February
Goodreads
Rep: gay mc (ownvoices)
Genre & tropes: contemporary, science-fiction, romance

March

Charlotte

This Town Sleeps
Dennis E. Staples
Release date: 3rd March
Goodreads
Rep: Native American (Ojibwe) gay mc
Genre & tropes: contemporary

Anna

The Lost Future of Pepperharrow
Natasha Pulley
Release date: 5th March
Goodreads
Rep: Japanese mc, mlm relationship
Genre & tropes: historical fiction, fantasy, found family

April

Charlotte

All Boys Aren’t Blue
George M. Johnson
Release date: 28th April
Goodreads
Rep: N/A
Genre & tropes: memoir

Anna

Late to the Party
Kelly Quindlen
Release date: 21st April
Goodreads
Rep: lesbian mc, mlm side character
Genre & tropes: contemporary, wlw/mlm solidarity

May

Charlotte

Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender
Release date: 12th May
Goodreads
Rep: Black mlm trans mc
Genre & tropes: contemporary

Anna

The Henna Wars
Adiba Jaigirdar
Release date: 12th May
Goodreads
Rep: Bangladeshi Bengali Muslim (ownvoices) lesbian mc, Afro-Brazilian Irish bi li
Genre & tropes: contemporary, childhood friends to rivals to lovers

June

Charlotte

The Tyrant Baru Cormorant
Seth Dickinson
Release date: 9th June
Goodreads
Rep: lesbian mc
Genre & tropes: fantasy

Anna

The Falling in Love Montage
Ciara Smyth
Release date: 9th June
Goodreads
Rep: lesbian mc & li (ownvoices)
Genre & tropes: contemporary, rom-com

It was SO hard to chose only six books each! But we did it and hopefully we picked your interest! Are any of your most anticipated releases on our list?

Don’t forget to check out our blog at the end of every month for the news of all LGBT books coming out in the next one!

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