Book Releases: Science Fiction (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 science fiction books that we know about from January to June of 2022!

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JANUARY

🌈 Velocity by Gun Brooke (f/f)
🌈 One Verse Multi by Sander Santiago (trans mc, m/m/m)
The Kindred by Alechia Dow (bi mc, demi ace mc, m/f, gay side character)
🌈 Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee (Korean-coded nonbinary mc)
🌈 If I Were a Weapon by Skye Kilaen (f/f, bi/pan mcs)

🌈 Seven Mercies by Laura Lam & Elizabeth May (sapphic mcs, trans character)
Light Years from Home by Mike Chen (f/f)
🌈 At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp (nonbinary mc)
🌈 Returning Heroes by Harry F. Rey (m/m)
Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore (f/f)

Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (m/m)
Undercover in Paradise by John Patrick (trans gay mc, gay mc, m/m)

FEBRUARY

Azura Ghost by Essa Hansen (bi mc, nonbinary characters)
🌈 Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti (nonbinary mcs)
🌈 Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot (lesbian mc)
Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather (lesbian mcs)
Flotsam by R. J. Theodore (gay character, nonbinary characters)

🌈 Scatter by Molly J. Bragg (f/f relationship)
Inheritors of Power by Juliette Wade (lgbt cast)
🌈 Crowded, Vol. 3 by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Triona Farrell & Diana Sousa (f/f relationship)
🌈 They by Kay Dick (lgbt characters)
Blasted Research by Coffee Quills (nonbinary mc, gay li, bi li, nb/m/m relationship)
🌈 Now Will Machines Devour the Stars by Benjanun Sriduangkaew (f/f relationship)

MARCH

Last Exit by Max Gladstone (lesbian mc, Black sapphic li, Latino gay mc)
🌈 All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)
The Astronaut and the Star by Jen Comfort (bi mc)
🌈 Awakenings by S. J. Whitby (lgbt cast)
🌈 Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson (Black gay mc, Black gay li, m/m relationship)

🌈 The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories by Yu Chen & Regina Kanyu Wang (essays)
🌈 Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard, Kelly & Nichole Matthews (sapphic mc, nonbinary li, Black achillean character, Black trans side character)
🌈 The Reinvented Heart ed. by Cat Rambo & Jennifer Brozek (lgbt cast)
🌈 Retribution by Dani Hoots (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship, ace mc)
🌈 My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi (trans mc)

🌈 Killer Queens by David Booher, Claudia Balboni, Harry Saxon & Lucas Gottoni (lesbian mc, gay mc, gay character, lesbian characters)
🌈 A Recipe for Regret by Ryann Fletcher (f/f relationship)
🌈 Sashay to the Centre of the Earth by Chris McCrudden (lgbt cast)
Call Her Captain by Abbie Payne (f/f)
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (nonbinary character, side m/m relationship, trans side character)

APRIL

🌈 Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders (bi/pan mc, Black Brazilian trans bi/pan mc, nonbinary characters)
A King and a Monster by Danielle K. Roux (sapphic mc)
Dark Theory by Wick Welker (sapphic mc, gay character)
Harley Quinn: Reckoning by Rachael Allen (bi mc)
🌈 The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories from Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe (lgbt cast)

🌈 Pledging Season by Erika Erickson Malinoski (lgbt cast)
Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum (Jewish bi mc)

MAY

🌈 Someone in Time ed. by Jonathan Strahan (lgbt cast)
Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings (bi mcs, lgbt characters)
🌈 Our Sister, Again by Sophie Cameron (sapphic mc, sapphic li)
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod & Jess Taylor (trans mc)
🌈 Milo and Marcos at the End of the Word by Kevin Christopher Snipes (m/m relationship)

Adrift in Starlight by Mindi Briar (gender neutral mc, ace li)
🌈 We Only Find Them When They’re Dead, Vol. 2: The Stealer by Al Ewing & Simone Di Meo (m/m relationship)
Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky (sapphic mc)
Mercury Rising by R. W. W. Greene (gay characters)

JUNE

🌈 Out There ed. by Saundra Mitchell (gay mcs, Native American trans gay mc, Black sapphic mcs, sapphic mcs, trans gay mc, nonbinary mcs, Indian American trans mc, trans lesbian mc, Iranian American gay mc, Black nonbinary mc)
🌈 The Loophole by Naz Kutub (Indian Muslim gay mc)
🌈 The Mutopians, Book One: Imposter Syndrome by S. J. Whitby (lgbt cast)
🌈 Space Story by Fiona Ostby (f/f relationship)
Vows of Empire by Emily Skrutskie (m/m relationship)

🌈 January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky (f/f relationship)
What Rough Beast by Michael R. Johnston (m/m relationship)
New World: Stay With Me by Lily X (f/f relationship)
X by Davey Davis (nonbinary mc)
🌈 Godslayers by Zoe Hana Mikuta (Korean lesbian mc, Korean bi mc, f/f relationship)

🌈 M is for Monster by Talia Dutton (sapphic mc)
Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel (lgbt cast)
Aya and the Alphas by Berneta L. Haynes & Lornett B. Vestal (Black bi mc, lgbt side characters)
The Measure by Nikki Erlick (f/f relationship)

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