Book Releases: Contemporary (January to June 2022)

It’s a new year and, since the number of book releases we know about per month is just tipping into unwieldy (June alone last year had 150 books to add to the post, not to mention the 50+ more we found later), we’ve decided to change up the way we’re doing releases posts. We started organising releases posts by genre around halfway through last year, so we’re sticking with that here. The major difference? Each genre gets its own post, which will eventually cover a period of 6 months. So, like with our various other releases posts (although those go up all at once, whereas here we’ll add each month), these are more easily edited and added to! Which means, even if we miss a book, we can better come back and add it to the post. A win for everyone!

In this post, you’ll find the collection of contemporary books that we know about from January to June of 2022!

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JANUARY

🌈 Exes and O’s by Joy Argento (f/f relationship)
🌈 Paris Rules by Jaime Maddox (f/f relationship)
🌈 Always by Kris Bryant (f/f relationship)
🌈 The Kiss by C. A. Popovich (f/f; cw abusive relationship, stalking)
🌈 The Wedding Setup by Charlotte Greene (f/f relationship)

🌈 In a Heartbeat by Markus Harwood-Jones (trans mc)
On the Sweet Side by Audrey Carlan (f/f relationship)
🌈 Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 6 by Sinclair Sexsmith (f/f relationship)
🌈 Serendipity ed. by Marissa Meyer (f/f relationships, m/m relationship)
Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho (sapphic mc)

🌈 My Rockstar Assistant by Reba Bale (f/f relationship)
🌈 Stud Like Her by Fiona Zedde (f/f relationship)
🌈 Love Somebody by Rachel Roasek (bi mc)
Hopepunk by Preston Norton (lesbian character, achillean character; cw conversion therapy)
🌈 A Quiet Life by Sienna Waters (f/f relationship)

🌈 The Seductress Trap by Jac Sherry (f/f relationship)
🌈 Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly (queer mc, pan nonbinary mc, f/nb relationship)
🌈 Icebreaker by Al Graziadei (bi mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Game On ed. by Laura Silverman (f/f relationships, m/m relationships)
🌈 Wisdom Check by Katherine McIntyre (gay mc, bi mc, m/m relationship)

Other Parents by Sarah Stovell (f/f relationship)
The Falcon and the Foe by A. J. Truman (m/m relationship)
Getting Clean With Stevie Green by Swan Huntley (bi mc)
Perpetual West by Mesha Maren (Mexican American gay mc, Mexican bi mc, m/m relationship; cw violence, drug use, past death of a parent, disordered eating, Zionism (mention of birthright trip), self harm, vomiting, torture)
🌈 The Temperature of Me and You by Brian Zepka (gay mc, m/m relationship)

🌈 Rebel Boys and Rescue Dogs, or Things That Kiss with Teeth by Brianna R. Shrum (trans li, m/f relationship)
🌈 A Previous Life by Edmund White (bi mc)
His Fresh Start Cowboy by A. M. Arthur (gay mc, bi mc, m/m relationship)
The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle (sapphic mc)
🌈 D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins (fat Black lesbian mc, Afro-Latina butch lesbian mc, f/f relationship)

🌈 Manywhere by Morgan Thomas (trans mc, genderqueer characters, lgb characters)
The Map to You by Rachel Stockbridge (lesbian mcs, f/f relationship)
Iris by Eden Finley (m/m relationship)
Defenestrate by Renee Branum (gay mc)
The Swells by Will Aitken (sapphic mc, trans mc, f/f relationship)

🌈 Just One Date by Chelsea M. Cameron (pan mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Welcome to the Show by Jules Kelley (bi mc, genderqueer mc, m/m/m relationship, nonbinary character)
Find Out About: Families by Mandy Archer (lgbt characters)
It’s a Hit! by Arin Cole Barth & Marika Barth (trans mc, lgbt side characters)
🌈 The Light of You by Trystan Reese, Biff Chaplow & Van Binfa (trans achillean dad)

Noodin’s Perfect Day by Ansley Simpson & Rhael McGregor (nonbinary mc)
🌈 No Strings by Lucy Bexley (f/f relationship)
🌈 Atonement Camp for Redemption by Evan J. Corbin (m/m relationship)
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González (Puerto Rican American achillean mc)
🌈 Pieces of My Life by Chris Bedell (m/m relationship, gay mc)

🌈 And Then She Kissed Me by Harper Bliss (f/f relationship)
Helen Bonaparte by Sarah D’Stair (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Everybody Needs a Hero by KC Luck (f/f relationship)
🌈 Night Flower by Hildred Billings (f/f relationship)
🌈 Vagabond by Natalie Debrabandere (f/f relationship)

🌈 Learning to Love Again by M. E. Tudor (f/f relationship)
🌈 Risking Her Heart by Lindsey Pennington (f/f relationship)
🌈 Blinded by Love by Claire Highton-Stevenson (f/f relationship)
🌈 Love Off Limits by Alexa Woods (f/f relationship)
Somewhere on This Rainbow by Simha Haddad (sapphic mc)

28 Questions by Indyana Schneider (f/f relationship)
The Kings of Nowhere by C. G. Drews (autistic achillean mc, m/m relationship)
One Last Summer by Emma Rossi (f/f relationship)
Roll in the Hay by Kit Oliver (m/m relationship)

FEBRUARY

🌈 Season’s Change by Cait Nary (bi mc, gay mc with anxiety, m/m relationship) tw internalised homophobia, implied past homophobic abuse, vomiting, panic attacks, toxic parents, blood & violence (hockey)
🌈 Three Left Turns to Nowhere by J. Marshall Freeman, ‘Nathan Burgoine, Jeffrey Ricker (m/m relationship)
Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black (Black gay character)
🌈 Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (bi mc, pan mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado (fat bi Puerto Rican mc)

Big Wig by Jonathan Hillman & Levi Hastings (drag queen mc)
Fish Out of Water by Kate Hendrick (gay mc)
🌈 Escorted by Renee Roman (f/f relationship)
🌈 Reading Her by Amanda Radley (f/f relationship)
Anonymous Sex ed. by Hillary Jordan & Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (lgbt stories)

Boy at the Window by Lauren Melissa Ellzey (m/m relationship) tw attempted suicide
🌈 Her Heart’s Desires by Anne Shade (f/f relationship)
🌈 My Secret Valentine by Anne Shade, Erin Dutton & Julie Cannon (f/f relationships)
Lockdown on London Lane by Beth Reekles (f/f relationship)
Her Royal Happiness by Lola Keeley (f/f relationship)

Love Marriage by Monica Ali (f/f relationship)
7 ½ by Christos Tsiolkas (gay mc)
🌈 Love Lessons in Starcross Valley by Lucy Knott (f/f relationship)
🌈 The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom (gay mc)
🌈 Boss Me by Michelle McCraw (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)

The Music Game by Stéfanie Clermont, trans. by JC Sutcliffe (sapphic mc)
🌈 Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (Cuban-Irish sapphic mc, lgbt characters)
How Do We Relationship?, Vol. 5 by Tamifull (f/f relationship; English translation)
🌈 Golden Boys by Phil Stamper (gay mc, gay characters)
Finding Her Edge by Jennifer Iacopelli (gay character)

🌈 Getting Off by J. R. Hart (bi mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Let Me In by R. M. Virtues (pan mc, bi demi mc, m/f relationship)
Ablaze by A.H. Cunningham (Caribbean American bi/pan polyam mcs, m/m/f relationship)
🌈 Show Off by Renée Dahlia (bi mc, f/f relationship)
I’m Looking for Serious Love! by Shoko Rakuta (m/m relationship) tw spiking drinks, violence, attempted rape, classism

Tempt Me Tonight by Natasha Washington (bi/pan mcs, m/m relationship)
🌈 Plain English by Rachel Spangler (f/f relationship)
🌈 Beyond the Blue by T. J. O’Shea (f/f relationship)
🌈 Holding on to Bluebell Lodge by Rachel Bowdler (f/f relationship)
Radiant by Judy Sapphire (f/f relationship)

🌈 Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 I’m So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson (Black gay mc & li, m/m relationship)
🌈 Son of Sin by Omar Sakr (Arab Australian bi mc)
🌈 Sink or Swim by Annabeth Albert (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Flamingo by Rachel Elliott (lesbian mc, bi mc, f/f relationship)

🌈 Love Me, Please by Chris Bedell (m/m relationship)
🌈 So Much More by Isabel Hansen (f/f relationship)
🌈 One Step at a Time by Lily Seabrooke (bi mc, pan mc, f/f relationship, pan character)
Brushed With Love by Fearne Hill (bi mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 The Girlfriend Arrangement by Anna Stone & Hildred Billings (f/f relationship)

🌈 Missed Connection by Stephanie Shea (f/f relationship)
🌈 Forbidden Formula by Erica Lee (f/f relationship)
Finally Home by Aleks Mitchell (f/f relationship)
🌈 Learning to Flirt by Kallie Mont (f/f relationship)
🌈 Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont (f/f relationship)

🌈 Destiny by Cara Malone (f/f relationship)
🌈 The Writing on the Wall by Nicole Pyland (f/f relationship)
🌈 After Sunset by Lise Gold (f/f relationship)
🌈 Hot on Her Heels by Alexa Woods (f/f relationship)
🌈 Dead Pretty by Robyn Nyx (f/f relationship)

🌈 The Forever and the Now by K. J. (f/f relationship)
V Day II by Deja Elise (f/f relationship)

MARCH

🌈 And They Lived by Steven Salvatore (nonbinary mc, nb/m relationship)
Against The Boards by Danica Flynn (bi mc, f/m relationship)
🌈 Exclusive by Melissa Brayden (f/f relationship)
🌈 The Game by Jan Gayle (f/f relationship)
🌈 Wherever Is Your Heart by Anita Kelly (butch lesbian mc, f/f relationship)

🌈 Every Variable of Us by Charles A. Bush (Black bi mc, Indian American lesbian li, f/f relationship)
🌈 The One True Me and You by Remi K. England (nonbinary mc, nb/f relationship)
🌈 Business of the Heart by Claire Forsythe (f/f relationship)
Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez & Danica Brine (gay mcs, m/m relationship)
Take Her Down by Lauren Emily Whalen (bi mc)

🌈 At Certain Points We Touch by Lauren John Joseph (trans mc)
Cakewalk by Douglas Bell (trans li, Black gnc character)
🌈 Stronger Than Hope by Katherine McIntyre (gay mc, bi mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Eleutheria by Allegra Hyde (lesbian mc)
🌈 Panopocalypse by Carly Moore (lesbian mc)

🌈 Forward March by Skye Quinlan (ace lesbian mc)
🌈 Great or Nothing by Joy McCullough, Caroline Tung Richmond, Tess Sharpe, and Jessica Spotswood (sapphic mc)
Between Safe and Real by Dannie M. Olguin (bi mc)
Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu (Nigerian British mcs, m/m relationship)
All I’m Asking by J. Marie Rundquist (pan mc, side f/f relationship)

🌈 Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters (bi lis, m/m relationship)
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde (lesbian mcs)
🌈 Walk Me to the Corner by Anneli Furmark (bi mcs, f/f relationship)
The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson (lesbian mc)
🌈 The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela (gay Latine mc)

Live, Laugh, Kidnap by Gabby Noone (sapphic mc)
🌈 A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow (achillean trans mcs)
🌈 Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram (gay mc)
🌈 The Roads Left Behind Us by Kat Jackson (f/f relationship)
🌈 Glorious by Cameron James (trans mc)

🌈 Shake Things Up by Skye Kilaen (bi/pan mcs, m/f/f relationship)
Not Your Type by Elizabeth Jeannel (f/f relationship)
🌈 One True Outcome by KD Casey (m/m relationship)
The Break Up by Charlotte Barnes (bi/pan mc, lesbian li, f/f relationship)

Going Public by Hudson Lin (m/m relationship)
Boys of the Beast by Monica Zepeda (Jewish gay mc)
🌈 Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour & Kaylani Juanita (f/f parents)
🌈 The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean (Black cast, lesbian character, gay side characters)
🌈 Chasing Dreams by A. L. Brooks (f/f relationship)

Style of Love by A.J. Sherwood (m/m relationship)
Small Odysseys ed. by Hannah Tinti (anthology)
The Devil Wears Tartan by Katia Rose (f/f relationship)
🌈 Thundering Pines by Rita Potter (f/f relationship)
Beautiful Country by Laura Conway (f/f relationship)

Training for Love by Amanda Kabak (f/f relationship)
Catch These Hands, Vol. 1 by Murata (f/f relationship)
All Moms by Sarah Kate Ellis, Kristen Ellis-Henderson & Max Rambaldi (sapphic parents)
Firsts and Lasts: The Changing Seasons by Leda Schubert & Clover Robin (sapphic parents)
My Moms Love Me by Anna Membrino, Joy Hwang Ruiz (sapphic parents)

The Butterfly Jungle by Diriye Osman (gay mcs)
I Am Everything in Between by Sydney Sunderland (nonbinary mc)
Anne of West Philly by Ivy Noelle Weir & Myisha Haynes (f/f relationship)
Call Me Nathan by Catherine Castro & Quentin Zuttion, trans. by Evan McGorray (trans mc)
The Magus and The Fool by Akiva Hersh (gay mc, gay characters, trans character)

When Our Worlds Collided by Danielle Jawando (Black gay mc)
🌈 Behind Her Eyes by Melissa Tereze (f/f relationship)
🌈 Two of a Kind by T. B. Markinson & Miranda MacLeod (f/f relationship)
🌈 Champagne Problems by Addison Clarke (f/f relationship)
🌈 Watching Henry by Sienna Waters (f/f relationship)

🌈 Push & Pull by Cynthia Dane & Hildred Billings (f/f relationship)
🌈 The Block Party by Nicole Pyland (f/f relationship)
🌈 Her Collateral Bride by Alexa Woods (f/f relationship)
🌈 Opposite Tracks by Erica Lee (f/f relationship)
🌈 The One to Walk Away by L. Dreamer (f/f relationship)

Forbidden Steps by Jamie Deacon (m/m relationship)
Dominance Of the Heart by Char Dafoe (pan mc, f/f relationship)
Copperhead by Steven A. Coulter (gay mc)
The Moonballers by Jeffery Sotto (gay mc)
🌈 Slightly Addictive by A. K. Rose (f/f relationship)

🌈 Cast Away Her Fears by Claire Highton-Stevenson (f/f relationship)
Mall Out of Luck by Sarah Robinson (f/f relationship)
Turning on the Light by Chelle de Notte (m/m)
🌈 On the Line by Paul Coccia & Eric Walters (gay dad)
The Spy and Her Serpent by Maria Ying (trans lesbian mc & li)

🌈 Life Drawing by Michael Grumley (gay mc, Black gay li, m/m relationship; reprint)
Dot & Ralfie by Amy Hoffman (f/f relationship)

APRIL

🌈 Grounded by Amanda Radley (f/f relationship)
🌈 Journey’s End by Amanda Radley (f/f relationship)
🌈 Greener Pastures by Aurora Rey (f/f relationship)
The Hummingbird Sanctuary by Erin Zak (bi mc, f/f relationship)
The Business of Pleasure by Ronica Black (f/f relationship)

With a Twist by Georgia Beers (f/f relationship)
🌈 Something Between Us by Krystina Rivers (f/f relationship)
Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk (Black bi mc, Black sapphic li)
🌈 She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick (f/f relationship)
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (m/m relationship)

🌈 True Biz by Sara Nović (sapphic mc, f/f relationship)
Ruin by Cara Hoffman (lgbt cast)
School Days by Jonathan Galassi (gay mc)
🌈 Let’s Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder (gay mc)
Sedating Elaine by Dawn Winter (lesbian mc)

Rave by Jessica Campbell (sapphic mc)
The Grooms Wore White by Charlie Lyndhurst (gay mc)
🌈 The Fake Up by Justin Myers (side m/m relationship)
🌈 Blaine for the Win by Robbie Couch (gay mc)
🌈 No Rings Attached by Rachel Lacey (f/f relationship)

Restrained Desires by Katherine Mcintyre (lesbian mc, bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Sugar Girl by Emma L. McGeown (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff (trans parent)
What We Give, What We Take by Randi Triant (gay mc)
🌈 A Whisper of Solace by Milena McKay (f/f relationship)

🌈 Vile Stars by Sera Milano (m/m relationship)
Violets by Shin Kyung-Sook, trans. by Anton Hur (sapphic mc) tw rape, implied suicide
Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-Jin, trans. by Jamie Chang (sapphic characters) tw homophobic parent
Like a House on Fire by Lauren McBrayer (bi mc)
Spell Heaven and Other Stories by Toni Mirosevich (lesbian mcs)

Low Key Love by Cheri Ritz (f/f relationship)
Standom by Maryn Scott (f/f relationship)
The Lines of Happiness by Venetia di Pierro (f/f relationship)
Polluted Sex by Lauren Foley (sapphic, trans & nonbinary mcs)
The Long Game by Rachel Reid (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)

🌈 Love, Hate & Clickbait by Liz Bowery (bi mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Book Boyfriend by Kris Ripper (m/m relationship)
🌈 In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington (Black sapphic mc, Black bi mc)
Jordie and Joey Fell from the Sky by Judi Lauren (gay mc)
🌈 Every Word You Never Said by Jordon Greene (gay nonverbal gnc mc, m/m, Black pan sc)

🌈 Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve (sapphic mc, trans character)
🌈 All the Shining People by Kathy Friedman (trans mc)
🌈 Truth and Measure by Roslyn Sinclair (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino (nonbinary mcs) (UK; 7 JUN US)
The Sign for Home by Blair Fell (gay mc)

🌈 Night & Day by Lily Seabrooke (lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Forgive Not Forget by Emily Banting (lesbian mcs, f/f relationship)
🌈 Forever Formula by Erica Lee (f/f relationship)
🌈 The Executive Liason by Anna Stone & Hildred Billings (f/f relationship)
🌈 Her Reluctant Wife by Alexa Woods (f/f relationship)

🌈 Crossing the Line by J. J. Arias (f/f relationship)
🌈 A Wild Vacation by Mardria Portuondo (f/f relationship)
🌈 The Meet Cute Cafe by Nicole Pyland (f/f relationship)
Hand Picked by May Archer (m/m relationship)
Deviation by Naomi Aoki (bi mcs, m/m/f relationship)

🌈 Show Queen by Renee Dahlia (f/f relationship)
🌈 Count Me In by Renee Dahlia (f/f relationship)
There Are More Things by Yara Rodrigues Fowler (f/f relationship)
🌈 Slow Burn by Cara Malone (f/f relationship)
🌈 Begin Again… Again by Addison Clarke (f/f relationship)

🌈 Just One Summer by Chelsea M. Cameron (f/f relationship)
🌈 Indigo: Blues by Adrian J. Smith (f/f relationship)
🌈 Butterflies in Paris by Shannon O’Connor (f/f relationship)
🌈 Love Me Now by Isabel Hansen (f/f relationship)
Truth Be Told by Sue Divin (lesbian mc)

Scout is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong (nonbinary characters)
🌈 The Harness Room by L. P. Hartley (m/m; reprint)
Wonder World by K.R. Byggdin (gay mc)

MAY

🌈 Forever by Kris Bryant (f/f relationship)
🌈 A Long Way to Fall by Elle Spencer (f/f relationship)
My Shadow is Purple by Scott Stuart (nonbinary mc)
🌈 Ice on Wheels by Aurora Rey (f/f relationship)
🌈 Perfect Rivalry by Radclyffe (f/f relationship)

🌈 Something to Talk About by Ronica Black (f/f relationship)
Miss Rita, Mystery Reader by Sam Donovan, Kristen Wixted & Violet Tobacco (drag queen character)
Mizuno and Chayama by Yuhta Nishio (f/f relationship)
🌈 The Queen of Junk Island by Alexandra Mae Jones (bi mc)
The Missed Connection by Denise Williams (bi mc, f/m relationship) (AUDIO; 7 JUNE EBOOK)

🌈 We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart (f/f relationship)
🌈 Wish Upon a Satellite by Sophie Labelle (trans nonbinary mc)
🌈 What I Did Wrong by John Weir (gay mc; reprint)
🌈 Chef’s Kiss by T. J. Alexander (bi mc, nonbinary li, f/nb relationship)
The Third Person by Emma Grove (trans mc)

🌈 The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket by John Weir (gay mc; reprint)
The Other Mother by Rachel M. Harper (lesbian character)
🌈 Bye Bye Binary by Eric Geron & Charlene Chua (nonbinary mc)
🌈 Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky (demi gay mc, gay li, m/m relationship, bi side character, sapphic side character, Filipino American gay side character)
🌈 The Real Riley Mayes by Rachel Elliott (sapphic mc, side m/m parents)

🌈 I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (bi mc, lesbian li, f/f relationship, dyslexic Black gay character, Black nonbinary achillean side character, m/nb relationship, lesbian, gay, bi & nonbinary side characters)
🌈 When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw (gay mcs, m/m relationship)
🌈 If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber (gay mc, m/m relationship)
Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman (sapphic mc)
🌈 Bad Girls by Camila Villada, trans. by Kit Maude (trans mc)

🌈 Kisses for Jet by Joris Bas Backer (trans mc)
Little Rabbit by Alyssa Songsiridej (sapphic mc)
🌈 Gay Club! by Simon James Green (gay mcs, lesbian mcs, trans mc)
Dark Factory by Kathe Koja (lgbt cast)
Everything for You by Chloe Liese (achillean mc with anxiety, achillean mc with chronic pain, m/m relationship)

🌈 Cafe Con Lychee by Emery Lee (Chinese Japanese American gay mc with ADHD, Puerto Rican gay mc with anxiety, m/m relationship)
🌈 The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson (Métis Nation ace mc, Black bi character, bi side character, achillean side characters)
🌈 Answers in the Pages by David Levithan (gay mc, gay side characters)
🌈 If You Want Me Close by Skye Kilaen (bi mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 The One Who Loves You the Most by medina (nonbinary mc)

Arribada by Estela González, trans. by Ariane van Driel van Wageningen (lesbian mc)
🌈 The Science of Being Angry by Nicole Melleby (neurodivergent sapphic mc, sapphic parents)
Twas the Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick & Juana Medina (lgbt cast)
Strong by Rob Kearney, Eric Rosswood & Nidhi Chanani (gay mc)
🌈 First Time for Everything by Henry Fry (gay mc, nonbinary character)

🌈 Nate Plus One by Kevin van Whye (m/m relationship)
Irresponsible Puckboy by Eden Finley & Saxon James (m/m relationship)
🌈 Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta (gay mc, gay characters)
Idol by Louise O’Neill (lesbian mc)
Desde Soulcial, ¿con amor? by Iria G. Parente & Selene M. Pascual (bi mc, lesbian li, f/f & f/m relationships)

🌈 If I Don’t Ask by E. J. Noyes (f/f relationship)
Some Daddies by Carol Gordon Ekster & Javiera Mac-lean Álvarez (m/m parents)
🌈 The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes (Latina lesbian mc, sapphic li, f/f relationship)
🌈 Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan (bi mcs, f/f relationship)
🌈 Boys Come First by Aaron Foley (Black gay mcs)

The Days of Bluegrass Love by Edward van de Vendel, trans. by Emma Rault (gay mc)
🌈 Take Your Shot by Riley Scott (f/f relationship)
The Arena of the Unwell by Liam Konemann (achillean mc & characters)
🌈 You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi (Black bi mcs, m/f relationship)
Our Colors by Gengoroh Tagame, trans. by Anne Ishii (Japanese gay mc)

🌈 The Civil War of Amos Abernathy by Michael Leali (gay mc)
🌈 Fight + Flight by Jules Machias (sapphic mc, sapphic trans mother)
Virgil Kills by Ronaldo Wilson (gay mc)
🌈 Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda (bi mc)
All the Things We Don’t Talk About by Amy Feltman (nonbinary mc, bi parent, side f/f relationship)

🌈 Tell Me Everything by Laura Kay (lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
Eight Weeks in Paris by S. R. Lane (m/m relationship)
🌈 A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy (gay mcs, m/m relationship)
🌈 Flip the Script by Lyla Lee (Korean cast, bi mc, lesbian li, pan mc)
🌈 All Signs Point To Yes ed. Cam Montgomery, g. haron davis & Adrianne White (lgbt cast)

🌈 Man O’War by Cory McCarthy (trans mc)
🌈 Kings of B’more by R. Eric Thomas (Black gay mcs)
🌈 Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper (gay mc)
Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin (lgbt cast)

🌈 Love on Location: A Sapphic Travel Romance Anthology by Margaux Fox, Johana Gavez, Rachel Lacey, Milena McKay, Jamey Moody, Lily Seabrooke, Jacqueline Ramsden (f/f relationships, bi mc)
Returning to You by Gwen Tolios (bi mcs, f/f relationship)
All’s Fair… by Alex Nonymous (f/f relationship)
Perks of Office by Liz Rain (f/f relationship)
🌈 Romance real by Clara Alves (f/f relationship)

The Barrens by Kurt Johnson & Ellie Johnson (sapphic mc & li)
Losing Face by George Haddad (Lebanese Australian gay mc) tw rape
🌈 Beauty and the Besharam by Lillie Vale (bi mc, f/m relationship, side f/f relationship)
We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets, trans. by Emma Rault (sapphic mc)
Solo Dance by Li Kotomi, trans. by Arthur Reiji Morris (lesbian mc)

The Golden Season by Madeline Kay Sneed (lesbian mc)
🌈 Speech and Debacles by Heather DiAngelis (bi mc with endometriosis, f/m relationship)
🌈 Slow Reveal by Melanie Mitzner (bi mc, lesbian character, f/f relationship)
Beyond Any Experience by Anne E. Terpstra (lesbian mc & li, f/f relationship, sapphic characters)
Like Real People Do by E. L. Massey (m/m relationship)

🌈 Above All Things by Roslyn Sinclair (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Crimes of Passion by Jack Harbon (m/m relationship)
An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life by Paul Dalla Rosa (lgbt characters)
🌈 Can’t Fight Love by K. C. Luck (f/f relationship)
🌈 The Goddess and the Doctor by Claire Highton-Stevenson (f/f relationship)

🌈 Halcyon Nights by M. J. Duncan (f/f relationship)
🌈 Count on You by Sienna Waters (f/f relationship)
I Want it All With You by Aleks Mitchell (f/f relationship)
🌈 In the Weeds by Andrew Grey (m/m relationship)
The People on Platform 5 by Clare Pooley (gay character)

Ruth & Pen by Emilie Pine (autistic sapphic mc)
🌈 Made of Folded Paper by Kai Wolden (m/m relationship)

JUNE

🌈 Heckin’ Lewd ed. by Mx. Nillin Lore (trans mcs, nonbinary mcs)
In Search of the Magic Theater by Karla Huebner (sapphic mc)
🌈 Reclaiming Love by Amanda Radley (f/f relationship)
Catch and Release by Liana Cusmano (lesbian mc) tw teacher-student relationship
Missed Conception by Joy Argento (f/f relationship)

Embracing the Moon by Jeannie Levig (f/f relationship)
Forever Comes in Threes by D. Jackson Leigh (f/f relationship)
Private Equity by Elle Spencer (f/f relationship)
Only Pieces by Edd Tello (Mexican American gay mc, m/m relationship)
Mój ostatni miesiąc by Marcel Moss (m/m relationship)

🌈 Sol Cycle by Kimberly Cooper Griffin (f/f relationship)
🌈 Sweet T by Timothy Warren (m/m relationship)
🌈 Stolen Moments of Joy by Hamour Baika (Iranian American gay mc) tw for racism, domestic abuse
🌈 Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell (gay mc with cerebral palsy)
Slip by Marika McCoola & Aatmaja Pandya (sapphic mc) tw suicide attempt (side character)

Greenland by David Santos Donaldson (Black gay mc)
Not Exactly What I Had In Mind by Kate Brook (f/f relationship)
🌈 Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (f/f relationship)
🌈 So Happy For You by Celia Laskey (lesbian mc, Filipino American lesbian li, Black gay side character, trans side character)
The Con Artists by Luke Healy (gay mcs)

🌈 Nuclear Family by Joseph Han (Korean American bi mc)
Happily Ever Island by Crystal Cestari (f/f relationship)
God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu (Nigerian gay mcs)
Nevada by Imogen Binnie (trans sapphic mc, trans side character; reprint)
🌈 The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran (gay mc)

Dogs of Summer by Andrea Abreu (lesbian mc)
🌈 Double Booked by Lily Lindon (bi mc, lesbian side characters)
Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair by June Gervais (f/f relationship)
Island Time by Georgia Clark (f/f relationship)
Body Grammar by Jules Ohman (sapphic mc)

Epically Earnest by Molly Horan (bi mc, f/f relationship, side m/m relationship)
🌈 Drifting by J. Calamy (m/m relationship)
Over the Moon with You by Jaime Clevenger (f/f relationship)
🌈 Mailboat by Cade Haddock Strong (f/f relationship)
To Strip the Flesh by Oto Toda (trans mc)

Who You Might Be by Leigh N. Gallagher (gay mc)
Weight of Her World by Amanda Owens (lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
Don’t Go Baking My Heart by N. G. Peltier (bi side character, sapphic side characters)
🌈 When London Snow Falls by Hayden Stone (m/m relationship)
🌈 The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)

🌈 Timid by Harry Woodgate (nonbinary mc with anxiety)
🌈 Rookie Mistake by Anna Zabo & L.A. Witt (gay mc, pan mc, m/m relationship, nonbinary side character)
🌈 If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So (British Chinese bi mc, f/f relationship)
The 24 Hour Dating Agency by Mary Jayne Baker (m/m relationship)
Exalted by Anna Dorn (lesbian mc)

🌈 Something Dead in Everything by Lannie Stabile (lgbt cast)
🌈 It Started With A Kiss by Clare Lydon (f/f relationship)
🌈 Forget Me by Michelle McCraw (bi mc, m/f relationship)
🌈 The Fireworks by Nicole Pyland (f/f relationship)
Catch These Hands, Vol. 2 by Murata (f/f relationship)

🌈 The Other Side of Leaving by Jacqueline Ramsden (f/f relationship)
🌈 Crush by L. Dreamer (trans mc, m/f relationship)
🌈 Heartstrings by Rachel Spangler (f/f relationship)
Fireworks by Alice Lin (bi mc, f/m relationship)
The Hop by Diana Clarke (sapphic mc)

🌈 The Glow Up by Cara Malone (f/f relationship)
🌈 Down to a Science by Haley Cass (f/f relationship)
🌈 Faux Pas by Lily Seabrooke (f/f relationship)
🌈 Take Two by T. B. Markinson & Miranda MacLeod (f/f relationship)
🌈 The Perfect Fit by Erica Lee (f/f relationship)

🌈 Indigo: Nights by Adrian J. Smith (f/f relationship)
🌈 Returning to You by Gwen Tolios (bi mcs, f/f relationship)
🌈 Pride Festival by Nicole Pyland (f/f relationship)
🌈 HOWL: Home for Wayward Lovers by Lucy Bexley (f/f relationship)
🌈 Every Version by Bryce Oakley (f/f relationship)

Stronger Than Passion by Katherine McIntyre (m/m relationship)
🌈 The Chase by Sabrina Blaum (f/f relationship)
All the Right Words by Natasha West (f/f relationship)
🌈 Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson (f/f relationship)
Blooming by Sean Ashcroft (m/m relationship)

🌈 People You Meet in Paris: Book 1 by Ryan Rios (gay mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 People You Meet in Paris: Book 2 by Ryan Rios (gay mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 People You Meet in Paris: Book 3 by Ryan Rios (gay mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Visions of Home by Erica Lee (f/f relationship)
Will’s Surreal Period by Robert Steven Goldstein (gay mc)

One Breath from Drowning by Kent Quaney (m/m relationship)
🌈 Secret Service by Tal Bauer (m/m relationship)
🌈 Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley (Black sapphic mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Our Big Day by Bob Johnston & Michael Emberley (achillean uncles)
At the Deep End: In Deep by Deja Elise (f/f relationship)
Dr. Park by Clara Ann Simons (f/f relationship)

Please note: this list previously included a book by A. J. Sass. However, on learning that Sass plans to partake in a trip to Isr*el, thus legitimising an apartheid state, we have elected to remove the book from the post. We do not feel we can support someone who disregards Palestinian lives in such a manner.

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