Book Releases: Ownvoices Achillean Books of January-June 2022

A list of ownvoices m/m books in the sense that they’re all written by achillean authors. They’re not even all strictly m/m romances, some have little to no romance. But they all have achillean main characters.

Also worth noting is that last year’s post had barely 69 books, but this year it’s over 100! Let’s hope this number keeps growing with each year.

There are no rainbow emojis, since all the authors are achillean. But there are plant emojis for nonbinary authors.

And hey, a lot of those titles are available on Scribd, so if you want to check out that service but don’t have an account yet, use my invite code to get 2 months for free! (This also gives me one free month.)

See also: ownvoices achillean books of January-June 2021 & of July-December 2021; releases by rep

JANUARY

One Verse Multi by Sander Santiago (trans mc, achillean relationship, polyamory)
Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes (Cuban American gay mc, Chinese American gay li, nonbinary side character) tw homophobia, teacher-student relationship, homophobic violence
Returning Heroes by Harry F. Rey (m/m relationship)
A Betrayal of Storms by Ben Alderson (m/m relationship)
Fadeout by Joseph Hansen (gay mc, lesbian side character; reprint)

Death Claims by Joseph Hansen (gay mc; reprint)
Troublemaker by Joseph Hansen (gay mc; reprint)
The Falcon and the Foe by A. J. Truman (m/m relationship)
🌿 Winter’s Dawn by Arden Powell (nonbinary li, m/nb relationship)
Undercover in Paradise by John Patrick (trans gay mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)

The Temperature of Me and You by Brian Zepka (gay mc, m/m relationship)
A Previous Life by Edmund White (bi mc)
Night Tricks by Richard Amos (m/m relationship)
Atonement Camp for Redemption by Evan J. Corbin (m/m relationship)
Pieces of My Life by Chris Bedell (gay mc, m/m relationship)

FEBRUARY

Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry (Black achillean mc)
The Visitors by Greg Howard (gay mc)
Three Left Turns to Nowhere by J. Marshall Freeman, ‘Nathan Burgoine, Jeffrey Ricker (trans mc, m/m relationship)
The Enemy Within by Adam Macqueen (gay mc)
The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom (gay mc)

The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of by Joseph Hansen (gay mc; reprint)
Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (m/m relationship; English translation)
Golden Boys by Phil Stamper (gay mcs, gay characters)
Devil’s Chew Toy by Rob Osler (gay mc)
Let Me In by R. M. Virtues (pan male mc, bi demi mc, m/f relationship)

Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James (m/m relationship)
The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian (Iranian gay mc)
I’m So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson (Black gay mc & li, m/m relationship, Black gay character)
Son of Sin by Omar Sakr (Arab Australian bi mc)
The Upside Down Tree by Alden Reimonenq (Black gay mc)

MARCH

And They Lived… by Steven Salvatore (nonbinary mc, nb/m relationship) tw outing, homophobia, fatphobia, gaslighting, disordered eating & purging (graphic), suicidal ideation
Murder in Monte Vista by David S. Pederson (gay mc)
Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez & Danica Brine (gay mcs, m/m relationship)
All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown (bi mc, m/m relationship)
Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson (Black gay mc, Black gay li) tw police brutality, racism, racial slurs, gun violence

Skinflick by Joseph Hansen (gay mc; reprint)
The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong (pan ace mc, m/m relationship, lgbt cast)
Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters (bi lis, m/m relationship)
Wynd, Book Two: Secret of the Wings by James Tynion IV & Michael Dialynas (achillean mc)
The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela (gay Latinx mc)

A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow (achillean trans mcs)
Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram (gay mc)
The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning (achillean mc)
Killer Queens by David Booher, Claudia Balboni, Harry Saxon & Lucas Gottoni (gay mc, lesbian mc, gay character, lesbian characters)

APRIL

A Good Year by Polis Loizou (gay mc)
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (m/m relationship)
The Magus and The Fool by Akiva Hersh (gay mc, gay characters, trans character)
School Days by Jonathan Galassi (gay mc)
Let’s Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder (gay mc)

The Grooms Wore White by Charlie Lyndhurst (gay mc)
Gravedigger by Joseph Hansen (gay mc; reprint)
Blaine for the Win by Robbie Couch (gay mc, Vietnamese American bi li, Black sapphic character, Latina sapphic character, gay side characters)
The Arena of the Unwell by Liam Konemann (achillean mc & characters)
Your Nostalgia is Killing Me by John Weir (gay mcs)

Every Word You Never Said by Jordon Greene (gay adopted nonverbal gnc mc, m/m relationship, Black pan side character)
Knock Off the Hat by Richard Stevenson (gay mc) tw homophobic violence
Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson (gay mc) tw graphic body horror & gore, gaslighting, PTSD

MAY

Barnabas Bopwright Saves the City by J. Marshall Freeman (bi mc, trans character, parents, lgbt side characters)
Inherit the Lightning by Bud Gundy (m/m relationship)
Just By Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell (gay mc with cerebral palsy)
What I Did Wrong by John Weir (gay mc; reprint)
The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket by John Weir (gay mc; reprint)

Greenland by David Santos Donaldson (Black gay mc)
The Dove in the Belly by Jim Grimsley (gay mc, m/m relationship)
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)
When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw (gay mcs)
If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber (gay mc)

Gay Club! by Simon James Green (gay mcs, lesbian mcs, trans mc)
Nightwork by Joseph Hansen (gay mc; reprint)
Strong by Rob Kearney, Eric Rosswood & Nidhi Chanani (gay mc)
Boys, Beasts & Men by Sam J. Miller (achillean cast)
First Time for Everything by Henry Fry (gay mc, nonbinary character)

Nate Plus One by Kevin van Whye (m/m relationship)
Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee (Chinese/Japanese American gay mc with ADHD, Puerto Rican gay mc with anxiety, m/m relationship)
Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta (Black gay mc, gay characters)
Cold Reckoning by Russ Thomas (gay mc)
The Torn Earth by Rory Michaelson (gay mc, lesbian mc, trans mc)

The Hourglass Throne by K. D. Edwards (m/m relationship)
Moldy Strawberries by Caio Abreu, trans. by Bruna Lobato (Brazilian gay mcs)
The Days of Bluegrass Love by Edward van de Vendel, trans. by Emma Rault (gay mc)
Boys Come First by Aaron Foley (Black gay mcs)
Seeing Strangers by Sebastian J. Plata (gay mc)

Our Colors by Gengoroh Tagame, trans. by Anne Ishii (Japanese gay mc)
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy by Michael Leali (gay mc)
Milo and Marcos at the End of the Word by Kevin Christopher Snipes (m/m relationship)
The Fae Keeper by H. E. Edgmon (trans gay mc, Black achillean li, Native American bi ace side character, lgbt side characters)
Going to Beautiful by Anthony Bidulka (trans mc, gay mc)

A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy (gay mc, m/m relationship)
Out of the Blue by Jason June (genderqueer mc, gay mc, gq/m relationship)
Kings of B’more by R. Eric Thomas (Black gay mcs)
Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper (gay mc)
Renovated to Death by Frank Anthony Polito (gay mcs, m/m relationship)

JUNE

Stolen Moments of Joy by Hamour Baika (Iranian American gay mc) tw racism, domestic abuse
God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu (Nigerian gay mcs)
Liebestrasse by Greg Lockard, Tim Fish, Hector Barros & Lucas Gattoni (m/m relationship)
Nuclear Family by Joseph Han (Korean American bi mc)
The Loophole by Naz Kutub (Indian Muslim gay mc)

The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran (gay mc)
The Little Dog Laughed by Joseph Hansen (gay mc; reprint)
What Rough Beast by Michael R. Johnston (m/m relationship)
Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love by Carlos Allende (m/m relationship)
House of Slaughter, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell‘Edera & Chris Shehan (m/m relationship)

The Sleepless by Victor Manibo (achillean mc)
The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings (achillean mc)
The Godbreaker by Mike Brooks (m/m relationship, lgbt characters)

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