Book Releases: July-December 2022 Books With Bi Protagonists

It’s that time of the year! Here’s a lit of 90 books with bisexual and/or pansexual representation. Like all the posts from previous years, this one includes books where either a character actually uses the label or the text makes it abundantly clear that they’re bi/pan. (As you can imagine, not a lot of fantasy or historical books use modern labels.) I’m sure I missed plenty of books, so please do let me know of any you know!

As always on this blog, the rainbow emoji indicates that the book is by an LGBT author. 🌈

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Related: January-June 2022 Bi/Pan Books, January-June 2021 Bi/Pan Books, July-December 2021 Bi/Pan Books

JULY

Outland by Allisa Bahney & Kristin Keppler (bi mc, f/f relationship)
From Fan to Forever by Tiana Warner (lesbian mc, bi li, f/f relationship)
🌈 The Society For Soulless Girls by Laura Steven (bi/pan mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship) tw sexual harassment, animal death, self harm
Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard (bi mc with anxiety, British Iranian Spanish lesbian li) tw mentions of attempted suicide, biphobia
Apparition by Zahlia Amin (bi mc, m/m/f relationship)

🌈 Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Know It in the Dark by Skye Kilaen (bi/pan mc, f/f relationship)
Brutal Hearts by Cassie Daley (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 The Trow of Duncaster by Melissa Polk (bi/pan mcs, m/m relationship)

🌈 Fire Season by KD Casey (bi mc with anxiety, Jewish Italian American bi mc with alcohol use disorder, m/m relationship, sapphic side characters, gay hard of hearing side character) tw panic attacks, past alcohol & drug use
Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo & Ren Graham (Black Puerto Rican bi mc, trans achillean chronically ill mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Infamous by Lex Croucher (bi mc, British Chinese lesbian li, gay side character, agender side character)
🌈 Grounded for All Eternity by Darcy Marks (bi/pan mc)
🌈 A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows (bi/pan mc, m/m relationship) tw on page rape, suicidal ideation, attempted self harm, PTSD/trauma, homophobia, animal death 

🌈 Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min (pan mc, Japanese-Korean trans mc, m/m relationship, nonbinary, sapphic & lesbian characters)
Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen (bi & lesbian characters)
🌈 Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor (bi mc, m/m relationship)*
Too Hot To Touch by Katy James (bi mc, m/f relationship)
Chasing Harmony by Melanie Bell (bi mc)

🌈 Moonlight Love and Witchcraft by Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea (bi mc, nonbinary mc, ace mc, f/f/nb relationship)
Bolero by Wyatt Kennedy & Luana Vecchio (bi mc, past f/f relationship)

AUGUST

Ben & Beatriz by Katalina Gamarra (bi/pan mc)
🌈 Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak (biracial bi mc)
Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin (Filipino-inspired setting & characters, lesbian mc, bi li, f/f relationship)
🌈 The Signs We Missed by Lena May (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship)
Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes (pan mc)

The Jaguar Path by Anna Stephens (m/m relationship, bi female mc)
🌈 Love Detour by Allie McDermid (bi mc, f/f relationship)
The Goodby People by Gavin Lambert (bi mc; reprint)
🌈 Border Ctrl+Esc by Ivy L. James (bi mc, m/f relationship)
Kalyna the Soothsayer by Elijah Kinch Spector (bi mc)

🌈 Into the Broken Lands by Tanya Huff (gay mc, m/m relationship, bi mc, lesbian side character)
Furysong by Rosaria Munda (gay mc, bi mc)
Girlcrush by Florence Given (bi mc)
Dance with the Devil by Kit Rocha (bi mc)
Parallel Paradise by Mayapee Chowdhury (bi mc, f/f relationship)

🌈 The Nexus of Destiny by Kalob Dàniel (aroace mc, bi character, m/m relationship)
The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones (bi mc, f/m relationship)
🌈 This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves (bi Mexican American mc, Muslim bi Palestinian American li, m/m relationship, bi Afro Puerto Rican/Cuban character, bi Vietnamese American character, gay Mexican American characters)
🌈 In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae (bi mc, bi li, f/f relationship, gay side character, bi side character, Asian trans side character, Jewish side characters)
🌈 Nightstrider by Sophia Slade (bi mc, lesbian character, transmasc pan character, gay character, sapphic character)

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland (Turkish coded cast & setting, gay mc with depression and anxiety, bi mc, achillean side character, nonbinary side characters) tw violence, panic attacks
All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman (bi mcs)**
The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings (Black bi mc)
🌈 Just a Touch Away by Jae (lesbian mc, pan mc, f/f relationship)

SEPTEMBER

A Perfect Fifth by Jaycie Morrison (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 The Trouble With Robots by Michelle Mohrweis (bi mc, aroace mc)
I Am Sebastian by Cameron James (pan mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Witch’s Knight by Evelyn Silver (Sephardic Jewish bi polyamorous mc, bi polyamorous li, pan polyamorous li, f/f/m relationship)
🌈 Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco (bi mcs, nonbinary mc, polyamory)***

🌈 Death by Society by Sierra Elmore (Black bi mc, pan mc, Latina lesbian li, bi character)
Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans (bi mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 In Pain and Blood by Aldrea Alien (bi mc, pan polyamorous mc, m/m relationship)
🌈 Bone Weaver by Aden Polydoros (bi li, f/m relationship, gay character)
🌈 A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone (bi mcs, m/f relationship)

🌈 How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy (sapphic mc, bi li, f/f relationship)
Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia & Isaac Goodhart (bi mc)
Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong (Chinese cast, bi mcs, m/f relationship, demi mc, trans mc, aroace side character)
🌈 Winning Move by Skye Kilaen (bi/pan mcs, m/f relationship)

OCTOBER

🌈 Bite Your Neighbor by D.N. Bryn (bi mc, m/m relationship)
Pétalos de papel by Iria G. Parente & Selene M. Pascual (bi mcs, m/f relationship)
Three’s a Crowd by Kate Gavin (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm & Jamie Green (bi mcs, sapphic mc)
🌈 Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner (bi mcs, f/f relationship, bi characters)

🌈 Season of Love by Helena Greer (Jewish bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 Dirty Steal by KD Casey & Lauren Blakely (bi mc, m/m relationship)
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake (bi mcs)
🌈 The Scratch Daughters by Clarke (lesbian mc, sapphic li, Black sapphic character, Chinese American bi character, achillean side characters)
🌈 Not Your Hero by C. B. Lee (bi mc, f/f relationship, trans side character)

🌈 Kostya the Fallen Star by Melissa Polk (bi/pan mcs, m/m relationship)
🌈 Scales Like Stars by D.J. Russo (bi mc, bi demi mc, m/m relationship)

NOVEMBER

The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix (lesbian mc, bi li, f/f relationship)
🌈 Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 The Heartbreak Handshake by J. R. Hart (bi autistic mc, bi/pan ace nonbinary mc with ADHD, m/nb relationship)
Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore (bi mc)
🌈 The Vermilion Emporium by Jamie Pacton (bi mc, side f/f relationship)

🌈 This is Our Place by Vitor Martins, trans. by Larissa Helena (lesbian mc, Black bi li, f/f relationship, Black gay mc, gay li, gay mc, achillean li, m/m relationship)
Hot Keys by R. E. Ward (bi mc)
🌈 Check Your Work by Skye Kilaen (bi mcs, m/f relationship)
🌈 The Stars Undying by Emery Robin (bi mcs, f/m relationship, f/f relationship)
External Forces by Shannon Fay (bi mc)

🌈 Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales (bi mcs, f/f relationship)
🌈 Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship, bi characters, lesbian character, sapphic side charactetrs, nonbinary side character)
🌈 The Last Hero by Linden A. Lewis (pan nonbinary mc, gay ace mc, bi mc)
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn (bi li, Taiwanese American lesbian character, Venezuelan American sapphic character, bi, gay & nonbinary characters)
🌈 In the City of Time by Gwendolyn Clare (pan mc, trans lesbian mc)
🌈 Defenders of the Black Crown by Cate Pearce (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)

DECEMBER

The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso (bi mc, f/f relationship)
🌈 This Cursed Crown by Alexandra Overy (bi mc, lesbian mc, sapphic li, f/f relationship)

*Please note that Z. R. Ellor has been accused of lesbophobia and this book is noted as being orientalist.

**Please note that Christine Lynn Herman has a history of bullying authors of colour.

***Please note that Rin Chupeco has a history of anti-Black behaviour.

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