Book Releases: January-June 2022 Books With Bi Protagonists

January on Reads Rainbow means big releases posts (big as in long & time-consuming to draft; not big as in only about big books!). And today it’s time for books with bi and/or pan rep.m

Those posts have been going for a few years, but just as a reminder: I only include books where there’s no doubt that a character actually is bisexual (or pansexual). That means the character either uses a label or the narrative makes it abundantly clear (especially in case of sff novels). Also, I include books with bi/pan main characters and love interests, and sometimes really major side characters.

If you know any books I missed or mistakes I made, please let me know in the comment! And like always, the rainbow emoji means the author is LGBT. Happy reading!

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Related: Bi books of 2021 – January-June and July-December; releases by rep

JANUARY

Shadow Dancers by Suzie Clarke (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Blood of the Pack by Cassie Alexander (bi mcs, f/m relationship)
🌈 If I Were a Weapon by Skye Kilaen (bi/pan mcs, f/f relationship)
🌈 Welcome to the Show by Jules Kelley (bi mc, genderqueer mc, m/m/m relationship, nonbinary character)
Electric Idol by Katee Roberts (bi/pan mcs, m/f relationship)

The Kindred by Alechia Dow (bi mc, demi ace mc, gay side character)
🌈 Love Somebody by Rachel Roasek (bi mc)
🌈 Seven Mercies by Laura Lam & Elizabeth May (sapphic mcs, bi mc, f/f relationship, trans character)
🌈 Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly (pan nonbinary mc, sapphic mc, nb/f relationship)
🌈 Icebreaker by Al Graziadei (bi mc with anxiety & depression, Black gay li, m/m relationship, Black sapphic character, lesbian character, polyamorous characters)

Wisdom Check by Katherine McIntyre (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)
Beyond the End of the World by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner (bi mc, sapphic parents)
🌈 Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski (Black bi mc, lesbian li, gay side characters)
Perpetual West by Mesha Maren (Mexican bi mc, Mexican American gay mc, m/m relationship) tw violence, drug use, past death of a parent, disordered eating, zionism (mention of birthright trip), self harm, vomiting, torture
His Fresh Start Cowboy by A. M. Arthur (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)

🌈 Just One Date by Chelsea M. Cameron (pan mc, f/f relationship)
Tracking Trouble by Aldrea Alien (pan polyamorous mc)
Tower and Well by Ari Achill (gay mc, pan mc, m/m relationship, side polyam relationship)
Helen Bonaparte by Sarah D’Stair (bi mc, f/f relationship)

FEBRUARY

Getting Clean With Stevie Green by Swan Huntley (bi mc)
🌈 Real Hero Shit by Kendra Wells (pan polyam mc, poc nonbinary mc, gay mc)
Azura Ghost by Essa Hansen (bi female mc, nonbinary characters)
🌈 Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly (pan nonbinary mc)

🌈 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)
🌈 Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor (aro bi mc, nonbinary ace character, aroace character)
🌈 Murder of Crows by K. Ancrum (Cuban American bi mc, sapphic character, bi grandmother, gay character)
The Willing by Lyn Hemphill (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Love Lessons in Starcross Valley by Lucy Knott (bi mc, lesbian li, f/f relationship)

🌈 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, sapphic li)
The Gifts That Bind Us by Caroline O’Donoghue (sapphic mc, bi genderfluid li, biracial Filipino Irish sapphic side character) tw transphobia, homophobia, self harm
🌈 Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos (Jewish bi mc, f/f relationship, Jewish gay character)

🌈 Son of Sin by Omar Sakr (Lebanese Turkish Muslim Australian bi mc, Black sapphic side character, Arab achillean side characters, gay side character) tw racial slurs, homophobic slurs, domestic abuse, racism, homophobia, sexual assault, suicidal ideation, implied child sexual abuse
🌈 The Magic Between by Stephanie Hoyt (bi mc, m/m relationship)
The Turning Pointe by Vanessa L. Torres (bi genderqueer li)
Scorpica by G.R. Macallister (pan female mc, sapphic mcs)
The Daughter of Light and Fire by Ashani Knight (bi mc, polyamory)

🌈 Boss Me by Michelle McCraw (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Blood at Dusk by Cassie Alexander (bi mcs, f/m relationship)
Ablaze by A.H. Cunningham (Caribbean American bi/pan polyam mcs, m/m/f relationship)
🌈 Let Me In by R. M. Virtues (pan mc, bi demi mc, m/f relationship)
🌈 Show Off by Renée Dahlia (bi mc, f/f relationship)

🌈 Errant, Vol. 1 by L.K. Fleet (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Tempt Me Tonight by Natasha Washington (bi/pan mcs, m/m relationship)
🌈 Master of Restless Shadows Book Two by Ginn Hale (bi mc, gay mcs,)
🌈 Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 The Wall by Sarah Jane Singer (bi mc, lgbt side characters)

🌈 Getting Off by J. R. Hart (bi mc)
🌈 The Promise of Lightning by Jenna Weatherwax (bi/pan mcs, m/m/f relationship)
Sink or Swim by Annabeth Albert (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)
Flamingo by Rachel Elliott (bi mc, sapphic side character)
🌈 One Step at a Time by Lily Seabrooke (bi mc, pan mc, f/f relationship, pan character)
🌈 Blood Legacy by Tej Turner (gay, bi, pan mcs, m/m/m relationship)

MARCH

🌈 The Astronaut and the Star by Jen Comfort (bi mc, f/m relationship)
🌈 Against The Boards by Danica Flynn (bi mc, f/m relationship)
🌈 Type 1 Undead by A. H. Haga (bi mc with diabetes, f/f relationship)
Take Her Down by Lauren Emily Whalen (bi mc)
🌈 Bound by Aveda Vice (pan mcs, m/m/f relationship)

🌈 The Savior’s Rise by Talli Morgan (nonbinary bi mc, gay demi mc, nb/m relationship, pan aro mc, pan genderqueer mc)
🌈 All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship) tw gore, gun violence, homophobia
🌈 Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters (bi lis, m/m relationship)
🌈 Between Safe and Real by Dannie M. Olguin (bi mc)
🌈 The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong (pan ace mc, lgbt cast)

Stronger Than Hope by Katherine McIntyre (gay mc, bi mc, m/m relationship)
Blood by Midnight by Cassie Alexander (bi mcs, f/m relationship)
🌈 To Beg or Not to Beg by Cat Giraldo (bi mcs, m/m/f relationship)
🌈 Retribution by Dani Hoots (bi male mc, m/m relationship, gay mc, ace mc)
My Curse to Break by Kima Blaze (bi mc)

Walk Me to the Corner by Anneli Furmark, trans. Hanna Stromberg (bi mcs, f/f relationship)
All I’m Asking by J. Marie Rundquist (pan mc, side f/f relationship)
All the Right Angles by Cordelia Taylor (bi mcs, m/m/f relationship)
🌈 Shake Things Up by Skye Kilaen (bi/pan mcs, m/f/f relationship)
The Break Up by Charlotte Barnes (bi/pan mc, lesbian li, lesbian side character) tw transphobia

🌈 The City of Dusk by Tara Sim (bi female mc, lesbian mc, m/f relationship, f/f relationship, m/m relationship)
🌈 So This Is Ever After by F. T. Lukens (bi mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 One True Outcome by KD Casey (bi mc, queer mc, m/m relationship)
Dig Two Graves by Gretchen McNeil (bi mc)
🌈 My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)

Brushed With Love by Fearne Hill (bi mc, m/m relationship)
Stone Heart by Katee Robert (lesbian mc, bi li)
🌈 Drew LeClair Gets a Clue by Katryn Bury (bi mc)
The River of Silver by S.A. Chakraborty (West Asian/North African coded cast & setting, bi mc, gay mc, sapphic mc) tw past suicide attempts, torture, attempted rape
🌈 Every Variable of Us by Charles A. Bush (Black bi mc, Indian American lesbian li) tw Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, gun violence, drug addiction, kicking out
🌈 Errant, Vol. 2 by L.K. Fleet (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)

APRIL

🌈 Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders (bi/pan mc, Black Brazilian trans female bi/pan mc, nonbinary characters)
🌈 Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk (Black bi mc, Black sapphic li)
🌈 In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power (bi mc) *
🌈 No Rings Attached by Rachel Lacey (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Restrained Desires by Katherine Mcintyre (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)

Pursued by Felice Picano (pan mc)
🌈 Sugar Girl by Emma L. McGeown (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (bi mc, lgbt characters)
The Hummingbird Sanctuary by Erin Zak (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories from Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe & others (short stories)

🌈 I Am the Ghost in Your House by Maria Romasco-Moore (bi/pan mc, Black lesbian li, lesbian, nonbinary & trans side characters) tw implied child sexual abuse, child neglect
🌈 Love, Hate & Clickbait by Liz Bowery (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)
The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyon (bi mc, lgbt characters)
🌈 In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington (Black bi mc, Black sapphic mc)
Like a House on Fire by Lauren McBrayer (bi mc)

Harley Quinn: Reckoning by Rachael Allen (bi mc)
🌈 Truth and Measure by Roslyn Sinclair (bi mc, f/f relationship)
The Long Game by Rachel Reid (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)
Boss Witch by Ann Aguirre (bi mc, f/m relationship)
The Book of Azrael by Amber Nicole (bi mc, f/m relationship)

We Who Hunt the Hollow by Kate Murray (bi mc, past f/f relationship)
🌈 Errant, Vol. 3 by L.K. Fleet (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Blaine for the Win by Robbie Couch (gay mc, Vietnamese American bi li, Black sapphic character, Latina sapphic character, gay side characters)
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li (Chinese American lesbian mc, Chinese American bi mc)

MAY

🌈 Barnabas Bopwright Saves the City by J. Marshall Freeman (bi mc, trans character, same-sex parents, lgbt side characters)
🌈 The Queen of Junk Island by Alexandra Mae Jones (bi mc)
🌈 Chef’s Kiss by T. J. Alexander (bi mc, nonbinary li, f/nb relationship, trans side characters) tw transphobia, misgendering, deadnaming
🌈 The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor (nonbinary pan ace autistic mc)
🌈 I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (bi mc, lesbian li, dyslexic Black gay character, Black nonbinary achillean side character, lesbian, gay, bi & nonbinary side characters)

🌈 Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Little Rabbit by Alyssa Songsiridej (bi/pan mc)
Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp (bi mc)
🌈 If You Want Me Close by Skye Kilaen (bi/pan mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings (bi mcs, lgbt characters)

🌈 The Wicked and the Willing by Lianyu Tan (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper (bi mc, f/m relationship)
🌈 Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan (bi mcs, f/f relationship)
🌈 Speech and Debacles by Heather DiAngelis (bi mc with endometriosis, f/m relationship)
🌈 You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi (Black bi mcs, m/f relationship)

🌈 A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth (pan mc, bi mc, gay mc, lesbian mc with depression)
🌈 Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda (Chicana bi mc)
🌈 The Origin of Storms by Elizabeth Bear (bi mc, trans mc)
🌈 Flip the Script by Lyla Lee (Korean cast, bi mc, lesbian li, pan mc)
🌈 Summer’s Edge by Dana Mele (bi mc, lesbian mc)

Desde Soulcial, ¿con amor? by Iria G. Parente & Selene M. Pascual (bi mc, lesbian li)
In the Trap by Jessica Cranberry (bi mc)
🌈 Night and Day by Georgia C. Williams (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Spark by Elizabeth Tybush (bi mc, pan mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Mastery by Alethea Faust (pan mc)

Slow Reveal by Melanie Mitzner (bi mc, lesbian character, f/f relationship)
Above All Things by Roslyn Sinclair (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Dead Tide by Jane Marks (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 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)
🌈 Everything for You by Chloe Liese (bi Swedish American mc, gay mc with chronic pain, lgbt side characters)

🌈 Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper (gay mc, bi li, sapphic side character)
🌈 Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour (biracial Black bi/pan mc, lesbian mc, gay side character) tw drug abuse, mentions of overdoses, prostitution, child sexual abuse, death of a parent

JUNE

🌈 Last Call at the Nightingale by Katharine Schellman (bi mc, lesbian li)
🌈 Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (polysexual mc, butch lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane (bi trans mc, f/m relationship, m/m relationship, bi side characters)
Nuclear Family by Joseph Han (Korean American bi mc)
Wicked Beauty by Katee Roberts (bi/pan mcs, m/m/f relationship)

🌈 The Gravity of Missing Things by Marisa Urgo (bi mc)
The Missed Connection by Denise Williams (bi mc)
🌈 The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian (bi mcs, m/f relationship)
🌈 Odder Still by D. N. Bryn (trans bi li, m/m relationship)
🌈 Glorious Poison by Kat Dunn (bi mc, biracial Black lesbian mc, Black mc, gay mc)

Double Booked by Lily Lindon (bi mc, lesbian side characters)
🌈 A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow (bi mc, f/f relationship)
The Sea Knows My Name by Laura Brooke Robson (bi li, f/m relationship) tw sexual assault
🌈 A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland (gay mc, bi mc, m/m relationship)Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances by Aliette de Bodard (Vietnamese bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron (Black bi mc, sapphic parents)

The Final Strife by Saara el-Arifi (African & Arab coded cast & setting, bi/pan mc, sapphic mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Godslayers by Zoe Hana Mikuta (Korean lesbian mc, Korean bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So (British Chinese bi mc, f/f relationship)
Epically Earnest by Molly Horan (bi mc, f/f relationship, side m/m relationship)

Briefly, a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens (bi mc, bi characters) tw mentions of domestic abuse, paedophilia
🌈 The Other Side of Leaving by Jacqueline Ramsden (pan mc, lesbian li, f/f relationship)
Fireworks by Alice Lin (bi mc, f/m relationship)
🌈 Rookie Mistake by Anna Zabo & L.A. Witt (gay mc, pan mc, m/m relationship, nonbinary character)
🌈 Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald (bi mc, sapphic li, gay side character) tw adult minor relationship, gore, violence

Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor (lesbian mc, Syrian Australian bi li, gay mc) tw past rape, domestic abuse, ableism
🌈 Love Burns Bright by Rien Gray (bi mc, nonbinary li, f/nb relationship)

Please note that Rory Power has history of bullying authors of colour (together with Emily A. Duncan & Christine Lynn Herman).

Please note: we have removed titles by Freydís Moon after on discovering they’re a pseudonym for Taylor B. Barton/Taylor Brooke who was accused of racism, bullying, & pretending to be Latine a few years back.

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