Book Releases: July 2020

July sadly brings us fewer releases than before, thanks to COVID-19 pushing back a few. But there are still over 60 books coming out in the month! All of which are in this post.

As ever, you can find all our previous releases posts here and the rainbow emoji indicates an author who id’s as LGBT.

Storytelling in Queer Appalachia ed. by Hillery Glasby, Sherrie Gradin, Rachael Ryerson (nonfiction 🌈) – 1
The Wrong Date by Sienna Waters (wlw relationship 🌈) – 2
The Peer and the Gangster by Daniel Smith (nonfiction) – 3
Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders by Aliette de Bodard (mlm relationship, bi mc) – 7
Once You Go This Far by Kristen Lepionka (bi mc) – 7

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power (lesbian mc 🌈) – 7
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (wlw relationship, bi mc, Persian-inspired setting & cast 🌈) – 7
Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron (Black lesbian mc, lesbian li, gay side character 🌈; cw domestic abuse, misogyny & implied homophobic violence) – 7
You’re Next by Kylie Schachte (bi mc 🌈) – 7
Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott (wlw relationship 🌈) – 7

The Bright Lands by John Fram (gay mc) – 7
Fire on the Island by Timothy Jay Smith (gay mc) – 7
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavour by Hank Green (bi mc) – 7
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (mlm relationship 🌈) – 7
Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy (bi mc) – 7

The Business of Love by Emma Collins (wlw relationship) – 7
Skyland by Andrew Durbin (gay mc) – 7
The Unraveling by Benjamin Rosenbaum (nonbinary mc) – 7
Eat Gay Love by Calum McSwiggan (memoir) – 9
No Regrets by Tabitha Webb (lesbian mc) – 9

Spirited by Julie Cohen (wlw mc 🌈) – 9
Love Bites by Ry Herman (wlw relationship) – 9
Disruptive Situations: Fractal Orientalism and Queer Strategies in Beirut by Ghassan Moussawi (nonfiction) – 10
Infaemous by Arizona Tape (wlw relationship 🌈) – 10
André by Jayce Ellis (mlm relationship) – 13

From Spirit and Binding by Carrie Ann Ryan (bi mc) – 14
Entangled by Melissa Brayden (wlw relationship 🌈) – 14
First Do No Harm by Emily Smith (wlw relationship) – 14
Queer Alliances by Erin Mayo-Adam (nonfiction 🌈) – 14
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell (wlw mc) – 14

The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig (two gay characters, pan character, lesbian character 🌈) – 14
The Extraordinaries by T. J. Klune (mlm relationship, gay mc with ADHD, bi li, lesbian side characters 🌈) – 14
Olivia by Genevieve McCluer (wlw relationship 🌈) – 14
The Politics of Love by Jen Jensen (wlw relationship 🌈) – 14
One Woman’s Treasure by Jean Copeland (wlw relationship 🌈) – 14

Silver Ravens by Jane Fletcher (wlw relationship 🌈) – 14
Storm Lines by Jessica L. Webb (wlw relationship) – 14
Kiss Me Every Day by Dena Blake (wlw relationship) – 14
Still Not Over You by Jenny Frame, Carsen Taite & Ali Vali (wlw relationships) – 14
The Love Factor by Quinn Ivins (wlw relationship) – 15

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters (bi mc) – 21
Savage Legion by Matt Wallace (trans characters) – 21
The Shadow of Kyoshi by F. C. Yee (wlw relationship, bi mc) – 21
I Come with Knives by S.A. Hunt (bi mc, Black gay side character, trans side character 🌈) – 21
More Than Maybe by Erin Hahn (side mlm relationship) – 21

Tack & Jibe by Lilah Suzanne (wlw relationship, bi/pan mc, lesbian li 🌈) – 21
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue (wlw mcs) – 21
Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler (lesbian mc) – 21
The Vanishing Sky by L. Annette Binder (mlm mc) – 21
Spectrums ed. by Maxfield Sparrow (nonfiction) – 21

The Feasting Virgin by Georgia Kolias (wlw relationship 🌈) – 21
SFSX, Vol. 1 by Tina Horn (wlw mcs, nonbinary mc; cw forced institutionalisation, torture, corrective rape) – 22
Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter (wlw relationship) – 23
How to be Nowhere by Tim MacGabhann (gay mc) – 23
High Heat by Annabeth Albert (mlm relationship 🌈) – 27

The Revolutionary and the Rogue by Blake Ferre (mlm relationship 🌈) – 27
Set the Stage by Daniel De Lorne (mlm relationship 🌈) – 27
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite (wlw relationship 🌈) – 28
Heathen, Vol. 3 by Natasha Alterici (wlw relationship) – 28
Things Hoped For by Chencia C. Higgins (wlw relationship) – 28

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch (wlw relationship, bi mc 🌈) – 28
Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters (wlw relationship) – 28
The Worst of All Possible Worlds by Alex White (wlw relationship) – 28
The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich (mlm relationship, gay mc 🌈) – 28
A Wicked Magic by Sasha Laurens (wlw mc) – 28

What are you looking forward to?