Book Releases: June 2020

It’s almost Pride!! Personally I can’t believe it’s already time for the best month in a year…

A lot of great books is coming out during Pride, but also it’s actually really amazing that Pride isn’t even the busiest month for LGBT releases this year. There are only around 80 and take it from me, guys, that’s number is far from being a record high.

So, without further ado, browse away!

(As always, the rainbow emoji indicates that the rep is ownvoices.)

If We Were Us by K. L. Walther (m/m, gay mc, Japanese-American gay li) – 1
Power Inversion by Sara Codair (nonbinary mc 🌈) – 1
Wrong: A Critical Biography of Dennis Cooper by Diarmuid Hester (biography) – 1
Convergence by Jane C. Esther (f/f) – 1
Arrested Pleasures by Nanisi Barrett D’Arnuk (f/f) – 1

Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran (lesbian mc & li 🌈, lesbian, gay & bi side characters) – 1
The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska (f/f 🌈, bi mc, poc sapphic mc, sapphic characters) – 2 (US pub date is August 4)
How to be Good by Chace Verity (m/m) – 2
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan (bi mc) – 2
Gravity is Heartless by Sarah Lahey (nonbinary character, sapphic characters) – 2

Descent by Lauren Russell (poetry) – 2
The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson (m/m, gay mc 🌈, demi mc) – 2
Great Demon Kings by John Giorno (memoir) – 2
A Burning by Megha Majumdar (trans character) – 2
Tiramisu After Midnight by Mark David Campbell (gay mc 🌈) – 2

They Did Bad Things by Lauren A. Forry (lesbian mc) – 2 tw rape
Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha (Brazilian cast and setting, gay mcs, HIV positive mcs, gay side characters, drag queen side characters, m/m 🌈; translation) – 2
Boy Oh Boy by Zachary Doss (short stories, gay characters) – 2
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (f/f, Black bi mc) – 2 tw homophobia, outing, anxiety & panic attacks
You Don’t Live Here by Robyn Schneider (f/f, bi mc 🌈) – 2

Short Stuff ed. by Alysia Constantine (lgbt stories) – 2
The Groom Will Keep His Name by Matt Ortile (memoir) – 2
Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert (m/m) – 2
The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso (bi mc, nonbinary side character, lesbian side characters) – 4
Queer China by Hongwei Bao (nonfiction) – 5

Chaos Moon by Richard Amos (m/m 🌈) – 5
Different Worlds by Lily Seabrooke (f/f 🌈) – 5
Kandy Kane Kisses by Leah Negron (f/f) – 5
The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth (f/f, lesbian mc & li 🌈) – 9
Summer and July by Paul Mosier (bi mc) – 9

Everybody (Else) Is Perfect by Gabrielle Korn (essays) – 9 edit: pushed to January 2021
Thin Girls by Diana Clarke (sapphic mc) – 9
Belladonna by Anbara Salam (sapphic mc) – 9
Swan Song by Lisa Alther (bi mc) – 9
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat (bi Palestinian-American mc) – 9

You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez & Julia Maroh (m/m, gay mc) – 9
Broken People by Sam Lansky (gay mc with anxiety and depression) – 9
The Case of the Pixie Deal by Arizona Tape (f/f 🌈) – 10
We’re Here, We’re Here by K. M. Szpara (mlm mc) – 10
The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty (bi mc) – 11

The Seduction by Joanna Briscoe (sapphic mcs) – 11
A House in Provence by Ivy Pembroke (f/f) – 11
The Four Profound Weaves by R. B. Lemberg (two trans mcs, nonbinary side character, past polyam) – 11 tw deadnaming, misgendering, transphobia, torture edit: moved to September
The Italian Invert: Intimate Confessions of a Homosexual to Émile Zola ed. by Michael Rosenfeld & William Peniston (nonfiction) – 15
All Together Stranger by Lara Hayes (f/f) – 15

Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht (sapphic mc) – 16
The Unconquered City by K. A. Doore (bi mc with PTSD, nonbinary li, poc cast) – 16
Walk Among Us by Cassandra Khaw, Genevieve Gornichec, Caitlin Starling (f/f – the Caitlin Starling’s story) – 16
Cephalopography 2.0 by Rasiqra Revulva (poetry) – 16
Drawn by Carsen Taite (f/f) – 16

All Paths to You by Morgan Lee Miller (f/f) – 16
Taking a Chance on Love by Catherine Maiorisi (f/f) – 16
The Last Days of Autumn by Donna K. Ford (f/f) – 16
Veterinary Partner by Nancy Wheelton (f/f) – 16
Every Summer Day by Lee Patton (m/m) – 16

Bonded Love by Renee Roman (f/f) – 16
Three Alarm Response by Erin Dutton (f/f) – 16
Coyote Blues by Karen F. Williams (f/f) – 16
Lucky by Kris Bryant (f/f) – 16
I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee (m/f, bi Korean-American mc & li, lesbian side characters) – 16

The Circus Rose by Betsy Cornwell (bi mc, lesbian mc, sapphic side character, nonbinary side character, mlm side characters, side polyamory) – 16
Coming Out, Moving Forward: Wisconsin’s Recent Gay History by R. Richard Wagner (nonfiction) – 16 edit: pushed to September
you were supposed to be a friend by Ashley Elizabeth (poetry) – 16
Breaks, Vol. 2 by Emma Vieceli & Malin Ryden (m/m) – 18
Fall Out by C. G. Moore (gay mc 🌈) – 18

Her Lady’s Honor by Renée Dahlia (f/f) – 22
Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian (m/m) – 23
The Wounded Ones by G. D. Penman (f/f) – 23
Lot Six by David Adjmi (memoir) – 23
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho (nonbinary mc, gay characters) – 23

The Beekeeper by Bev Prescott (lesbian mc) – 23
My Heart in the Highlands by Amy Hoff (f/f) – 23
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (Black bi mc, m/f) – 23
Freedom by E. Davies (m/m 🌈) – 26
I Will Be Okay by Bill Elenbark (m/m) – 30

Love Actually by M. C. Cerny (f/f, bi mc) – 30
Nine Shiny Objects by Brian Castleberry (sapphic character) – 30
Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera (m/m, Dominican-American mc, Ethiopian mc) – 30
In the Role of Brie Hutchens… by Nicole Melleby (f/f, sapphic mc & li 🌈) – 30
Night Owls and Summer Skies by Rebecca Sullivan (f/f) – 30

Fence: Rivals by C. S. Pacat & Johanna the Mad (m/m) – 30
Just Like That by Cole McCade (m/m) – 30

What are you looking forward to the most?