We’re nearing the end of the year, which means it’s probably the last post this long. Over 100 LGBT books, my guys! Remember to preorder whatever you want to read, given the current publishing situation, too.
Anyway, my apologies in advance if any books are wrongly categorised – let me know & I can fix it. And as per usual, you can find all our previous releases posts here & the rainbow emoji indicates an author who id’s as LGBT.
CONTEMPORARY
🌈 Tonight We Rule the World by Zack Smedley (bi male mc, bi character) tw rape, physical & emotional abuse, abusive relationship, gaslighting
The Throwback List by Lily Anderson (bi mc)
Needlework by Julia Watts (gay mc)
The Other Man by Farhad Dadyburjor (Indian gay mc, Brazilian American gay li, Indian cast & setting) tw mentions of homophobia, mentions of past domestic abuse
🌈 The Balance Tips by Joy Huang-Iris (sapphic mc)
Love’s Compromise by Cass Sellars (f/f relationship)
🌈 Can’t Leave Love by Kimberly Cooper Griffin (f/f relationship)
Free Fall at Angel Creek by Julie Tizard (f/f relationship)
Not All a Dream by Sophia Kell Hagin (f/f relationship)
The Secrets of Willowra by Kadyan (lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
The Falling Girls by Hayley Krischer (sapphic characters)
🌈 Sex & Sours by Dani McLean (bi mc, f/m relationship)
The Swank Hotel by Lucy Corin (m/m relationship)
Paper Bags by Trish McDonald (sapphic mc)
Puck Drills & Quick Thrills by Eden Finley & Saxon James (m/m relationship)
🌈 Her Refusal by Rose Marini (f/f relationship)
Protecting the Lady by Amanda Radley (f/f relationship)
🌈 Unwritten Rules by KD Casey (Jewish hard of hearing gay mc, Venezuelan American bi li, sapphic side characters)
A Period of Uncertainty by Sheryn Munir (f/f relationship)
Astrid Inside/Out by Louise McBain (f/f relationship)
🌈 Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson (achillean mc, bi side character, nonbinary side character) tw eating disorders, biphobia, references to self-harm
🌈 Our Way Back to Always by Nina Moreno (bi mc)
🌈 This is Our Rainbow ed. by Katherine Locke & Nicole Melleby (anthology)
The Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon (sapphic mcs)
🌈 Meet Me in Madrid by Verity Lowell (Black lesbian mc, Afro Latina lesbian mc, bi side character, Jewish bi side character, gay side character)
🌈 Just One Wedding by Chelsea M. Cameron (lesbian mc, bi li)
Hard Drive by Shae Connor (f/f relationship)
The Bug Diary by Amber Fraley (gay character)
The Club Revisited by A. L. Brooks (f/f relationship)
On the Fence by Cade Haddock Strong (f/f relationship)
FANTASY
🌈 Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Lisa Sterle (sapphic mcs)
🌈 Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper (bi mc & li, f/f relationship)
Little Thieves by Margaret Owen (sapphic characters)
🌈 Galaxy Brain by S. J. Whitby (genderfluid mc, lesbian, bi, ace, trans & nb characters)
Blood of the Chosen by Django Wexler (f/f relationship, m/m relationship)
A Veiled & Hallowed Eve by Hailey Turner (m/m relationship)
🌈 The Goddess of Nothing At All by Cat Rector (genderfluid mc, bi mc)
🌈 The Heartbreak Bakery by A. R. Capetta (agender mc)
The Awakening by Karla Nikole (m/m relationship)
🌈 The Stagsblood King by Gideon E. Wood (gay mc)
🌈 The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales by Yoon Ha Lee (sapphic, nonbinary & achillean mcs; reprint)
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (sapphic mc)
🌈 The Last Days of Hong Kong by G. D. Penman (sapphic mc)
Longshadow by Olivia Atwater (f/f relationship)
Dragonblood Ring by Amparo Ortiz (trans side character, side m/m relationship)
🌈 Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan (side f/f relationship)
🌈 Trailer Park Trickster by David R. Slayton (gay mc)
The Quicksilver Court by Melissa Caruso (bi mc)
Turbulent Waves by Ali Vali (f/f relationship)
🌈 ExtraOrdinary by V.E. Schwab & Enid Balám (nonbinary character)
🌈 Goddess of Limbo by Lea Falls (lesbian mcs, gay mcs, bi mcs, nonbinary mc, trans mc, demi mc)
🌈 The Spawn of Spiracy by Jesse Nolan Bailey (gay mc)
Tink and Wendy by Kelly Ann Jacobson (bi mc)
Sleepless Domain, Book One: The Price of Magic by Mary Cagle (sapphic mc)
HISTORICAL
Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman (trans mc, gay sc)
🌈 Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Mexican American gay mc & li)*
Of Trust & Heart by Charlotte Anne Hamilton (f/f relationship, lesbian mc)
🌈 The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley (f/f relationship)
Sisters of the Great War by Suzanne Feldman (f/f relationship)
🌈 Devotion by Hannah Kent (f/f relationship) AUS/NZ pub date, UK 2022
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Veterinary Surgeon by Nancy Wheelton (f/f relationship)
🌈 Relative Justice by Gregory Ashe (m/m relationship)
Unbreakable by Cari Hunter (f/f relationship)
🌈 Trial by Fire by Carsen Taite (f/f relationship)
What’s the Matter with Mary Jane? by Candas Jane Dorsey (pan female mc)
🌈 Cascade Hunger by Gregory Ashe (m/m relationship)
PARANORMAL/HORROR
🌈 The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros (Romanian Jewish gay mc, Lithuanian Jewish gay li, Ukrainian Jewish gay li) tw antisemitism, mentions of past rape, mentions of past pedophilia, body horror (chapter 42), blood, gore, violence, murder, drowning, vomiting, fire, immolation
The House on Druid Lake by Isabelle Adler (gay mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 The Gold Persimmon by Lindsay Merbaum (nonbinary mc, sapphic mc)
Abbott 1973 by Saladin Ahmed & Sami Kivelä (Black bi mc)
Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (sapphic mc)
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (bi mc)
🌈 Bury Me in Shadows by Greg Herren (gay mc)
🌈 Her Wolf in the Wild by Rien Gray (f/f relationship)
The Haunting Season by Sara Collins & others (gay mcs)
🌈 Another Name For the Devil by Mason Deaver (nonbinary mc, nb/m relationship)
🌈 Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt (trans mc)
SCI FI
🌈 Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer (pan mc)
Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer (genderqueer mc)
🌈 City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn (bi mcs, f/f relationship, achillean side characters) tw gun violence, emotional abuse, mentions of suicide, terminal illness
NONFICTION
🌈 The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve Had) by Sophie Santos (memoir)
🌈 High Yella by Steve Majors (memoir)
🌈 A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) by David Sedaris (memoir)
🌈 A Tale of Two Omars by Omar Sharif (memoir)
🌈 The Light Streamed Beneath It by Shawn Hitchins (memoir)
🌈 Any Kind of Luck at All by Mary Fairhurst Breen (memoir)
🌈 My Love is a Beast: Confessions by Alexander Cheves (memoir)
🌈 In Search of Emma by Armando Lucas Correa (memoir; translation)
🌈 Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism by Peter Staley (memoir)
🌈 On Top of Glass by Karina Manta (memoir)
🌈 Still Stace: My Gay Christian Coming of Age Story by Stacey Chomiak (memoir)
🌈 Greedy by Jen Winston (essays)
🌈 Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project by Gayle E. Pitman & Sarah Green (biography)
🌈 The Care We Dream Of ed. by Zena Sharman (essays)
🌈 Between Certain Death and a Possible Future ed. by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (essays)
🌈 Special Topics in Being a Human by S. Bear Bergman (essays)
POETRY
🌈 All This Time by Cedar Sigo
🌈 A Symmetry by Ari Banias
🌈 We Prefer the Damned by Carlo Matos
🌈 Ecologia by Sophia Anfinn Tonnessen
🌈 A Socially Acceptable Breakdown by Patrick Roche
Dreaming of You by Melissa Lozada-Oliva (sapphic Latinx mc)
* Please note that Benjamin Alire Sáenz has been accused of bullying reviewers in the past.
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