Book Releases: July 2021

It’s the end of June, which means that it’s that time again! Sadly, unlike the past couple of months, July’s releases don’t break 100 (or sort of gladly, if you’re me, and having to write up the post), but there are some truly exciting releases here.

Also exciting is our new layout for the posts! Instead of just giving you a long list with dates, we’ve split the list into genres, so you can just search for whichever genre you want to read. (And see just how few there are for some… 😒)

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

CONTEMPORARY

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson (f/f, bi mc, lesbian mc 🌈) – 6
Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily R. Austin (lesbian mc 🌈) – 6
The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman (sapphic mc, Latino gay side character, mlm trans side character, nonbinary & sapphic side characters 🌈; cw abusive relationship, past deaths/injury in car accident) – 6
Out of Character by Annabeth Albert (m/m 🌈) – 6
Impacted by Benji Carr (gay mc 🌈) – 6

Up All Night ed. by Laura Silverman (bi disabled mc, sapphic mc, nonbinary li, Jewish bi mc, gay mc, gay li, lesbian & bi characters 🌈) – 13
The Mythic Koda Rose by Jennifer Nissley (sapphic mc) – 13
Home is Where the Heart Is by Jenny Frame (f/f 🌈) – 13
Moving Forward by PJ Trebelhorn (f/f 🌈) – 13
Poison Pen by Jean Copeland (f/f 🌈) – 13

Seasons for Change by KC Richardson (f/f 🌈) – 13
Summer Lovin’ by Julie Cannon (f/f 🌈) – 13
Unbridled by D. Jackson Leigh (f/f 🌈) – 13
VIP by Jackie D (f/f 🌈) – 13
Illusion Lake by Sheryl Wright (f/f 🌈) – 20

Red Tide at Heron Bay by Gerri Hill (f/f 🌈) – 20
Everyman by M. Shelly Conner (lesbian mc 🌈) – 20
Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton (trans mc) – 27
Wildfire by Toni Draper (f/f 🌈) – 27
The Fifth Surgeon by Faith Prize (f/f 🌈)

FANTASY

Runestruck by Zoe Spell (lesbian mc 🌈) – 2
Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell (m/m) – 6
There’s Magic Between Us by Jillian Maria (f/f, pan mc 🌈) – 6
It Ends in Fire by Andrew Shvarts (bi mc) – 6
Weapon UwU, Vol. 1: Godkillers by S. J. Whitby (aroace mc, bi mc, transmasc side character, genderfluid side character, nonbinary side characters, lesbian side character 🌈) – 6

Sword Stone Table ed. by Jenn Northington & Swapna Krishna (lgbt characters) – 13
The Calyx Charm by May Peterson (trans mc, f/m 🌈) – 13
Flash Fire by T. J. Klune (gay mc with ADHD, bi li, m/m, lesbian side characters 🌈) – 13
Three Seeking Stars by Avi Silver (f/nb 🌈) – 13
Wings of Shadow by Nicki Pau Preto (bi mc, gay mc) – 13

A Desert Torn Asunder by Bradley P. Beaulieu (bi mc) – 13
The Splinter King by Mike Brooks (m/m, lesbian & trans characters 🌈) – 15
The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters (f/f 🌈) – 20
Savage Bounty by Matt Wallace (trans characters) – 20
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker Chan (nonbinary lesbian mc, lesbian mc, f/f, gay mc, bi mc 🌈) – 20

Rites and Knights by Arizona Tape & Laura Greenwood (bi mc, m/f) – 22
Guin the Emerald by Louisa Kelley (f/f 🌈) – 26
Once Stolen by D. N. Bryn (pan mc, nb li 🌈) – 27
To Poison a Prince by Aldrea Alien (m/m 🌈) – 31

HISTORICAL

Alec by William Di Canzio (gay mc) – 6
Bolla by Pajtim Statovci, trans. by David Hackston (gay mc 🌈) – 6
Reputation by Lex Croucher (sapphic mc, m/f, sapphic side character) – 8
Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard (trans character) – 13
The Dangerous Kingdom of Love by Neil Blackmore (gay mc 🌈) – 15
The Ophelia Girls by Jane Healey (lesbian mc, gay side character; cw grooming, adult-minor relationship, drowning, homophobia) – 22 (UK; US – 10 Aug)

MYSTERY

Murder and Gold by Ann Aptaker (f/f 🌈) – 6
Covenant by Ann McMan (f/f 🌈) – 13
Yearning by Gun Brooke (f/f 🌈) – 13
Beyond the Smoke by Stacy Lynn Miller (f/f 🌈) – 15
After You Died by Dea Poirier (bi mc, m/m 🌈; cw domestic abuse, suicidal thoughts, torture, mentions of csa, institutional abuse, attempted suicide, violence, gore, murder) – 27

PARANORMAL/HORROR

Hellspawn by Richard Amos (m/m 🌈) – 9
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass (gay mc 🌈) – 13
Afterlove by Tanya Byrne (f/f, British Indo-Guyanese mc lesbian mc, lesbian li 🌈) – 22

SCI FI

The Fallen by Ada Hoffman (autistic wlw mc 🌈) – 13
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (agender mcs 🌈) – 13
Constelis Voss, Vol 2: Pattern Recognition by K. Leigh M. (bi trans mc, bi cast, gender apathetic mc 🌈) – 13
The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler (sapphic mc 🌈) – 20
A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee (lesbian mc, bi/pan side characters) – 22

Sea Wolf by Anna Burke (f/f 🌈) – 27
Hold Fast Through the Fire by K. B. Wagers (f/f 🌈) – 27

NONFICTION

Being You: A First Conversation About Gender by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Passchier (nonfiction 🌈) – 13
Queer Stepfamilies by Katie L. Acosta (nonfiction 🌈) – 27
Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer: Church and The Famine of Grace by Jarel Robinson-Brown (nonfiction 🌈) – 30

POETRY

We Are Owed. by Ariana Brown (poetry 🌈) – 29

What are you most looking forward to?