Book Releases: Fantasy (January to June 2023)

New year, new LGBT books! Hopefully the rules of our releases posts are clear, but just to reiterate: we have 8 of those posts, for genres listed below, and we update each one every month with new books coming out (that we know about). Every post covers half a year.

In this one, you can browse the fantasy books from January to June of 2023!

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JANUARY

The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed (Egyptian cast & setting, nonbinary mc)
The Sapphire Altar by David Dalglish (lesbian mc, f/f relationship, bi mc, gay side character)
Now She is Witch by Kirsty Logan (sapphic mc, nonbinary li, f/nb relationship)
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (amputee bi mc, side f/f relationship)
Beautiful Undone by Melissa Polk (m/m relationship)
The King’s Delight by Sarah Honey (m/m relationship)
The Path to Vihaan by Daniel J. Lyons (trans mc)
A Deception of Courts by Ben Alderson (m/m relationship)
Demands by Cheyenne Browning (f/f relationship)
Wolfpack by Rem Wigmore (trans & genderqueer mcs)
Ink Stains and Ill-Fated Lies by Kellie Doherty (f/f relationship)
The Second Marriage by Corey Kerr (m/m relationship)
The Bloodstained Shade by Cass Morris (f/f relationship)
Back in a Spell by Lana Harper (pan mc, pan genderfluid li, f/gf relationship)
Shadowfall by Iris Foxglove (m/m relationship)
Tides of Magic by Andi R. Christopher (neurodivergent sapphic mc)
A Draught of Ash and Wine by Kristin Jacques (m/m relationship)
A Rival Most Vial by R.K. Ashwick (m/m/ relationship)

A Ruinous Fate by Kaylie Smith (bi mc)
Hex You by P. C. Cast & Kristin Cast (lesbian mc)
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare (bi mc, lesbian mcs)
The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan (bi mc, gay mc)
Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson (bi li, m/f relationship)
The Hidden Crystals by R. Dawnraven (m/m relationship)
The Ever Storms by Amanda Foody (bi mc)

FEBRUARY

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon (f/f relationship)
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (sapphic mc, f/m relationship)
The Jaguar Path by Anna Stephens (m/m relationship, bi mc)
Emperor of Ruin by Django Wexler (f/f relationship)
Liar City by Allie Therin (m/m relationship)
The Game of 100 Candles by Marie Brennan (m/m relationship)
Saffron Wilds by Kai Butler (m/m relationship)
Give a Witch a Chance by Colette Rivera (bi mcs, m/f relationship)
Hermes by B. J. Irons (m/m relationship)
The Delve by Dan Fitzgerald (f/f & m/m relationships)
Sins of the Black Flamingo by Andrew Wheeler, Travis Moore & Tara Bonvillain (m/m relationship)
Black Ice by Bradford D. Smith II (Black achillean mc)
Dangerous Flames by Stephanie Burgis (f/f relationship)
The Price You Pay by Cheyenne Browning (f/f relationship)
Songs of Vice by Nicole Bailey (f/f relationship)
The Fox and the Dryad by Kellen Graves (m/m relationship, gnc mc)
The Witch of Tin Mountains by Paulette Kennedy (sapphic characters)
The Eidolon by K. D. Edwards (achillean mcs)
The Prince of Daybreak by Lou Wilham (gay mc, bi mc, m/m relationship, nonbinary character)
Testing Faith by A.C. Adams (f/f relationship)
The Hells of Notre Dame by R.L. Davennor (nonbinary lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
A Game of Hearts and Heists by Ruby Roe (f/f relationship)
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (Hindu gay character, Jewish gay li, Yemeni trans character)
A Novel Arrangement by Arden Powell (bi mcs, m/m/f relationship)
Tale of the Hidden Village by Riley Rookhouse & K.C. Norton (genderfluid mc)
Cursed Cocktails by S.L. Rowland (m/m relationship)

The Sea in You by Jessi Sheron (f/f relationship)
Every Gift a Curse by Caroline O’Donoghue (bi genderfluid li, f/gf relationship, lesbian side characters)
Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb (bi mc, f/m relationship)
The Severed Thread by Leslie Vedder (f/f relationship)
The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (Latine cast, transmasc nonbinary mc, achillean li, nb/m relationship, genderfluid character)
Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong (f/f relationship)
Cameron Battle and the Escape Trials by Jamar J. Perry (Black gay mc)
Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom by Nina Varela (f/f relationship)
Adventure in the Floating Mountains by L. D. Lapinski (lesbian mc, trans mc, nonbinary side character)
Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros (Jewish achillean mc)
Nayra and the Djinn by Iasmin Omar Ata (nonbinary character)

MARCH

The Faithless by C. L. Clark (Black lesbian mc with PTSD, disabled bi mc, f/f relationship)
Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai (bi demi male mc, gay character, lesbian character, nonbinary character, side pan polycule)
Thorns of Chaos by Jeremiah Cain (gay mc, m/m relationship, gay side characters, nonbinary side character)
Arca by G. R. Macallister (lesbian mc, bi mc, pan side character)
The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield (f/f relationship, side m/m relationship)
Blackheart Ghosts by Laure Eve (bi mc, past m/nb & m/f relationships, bi mc, f/nb & f/f relationships, past f/m relationship)
The Heavy Bright by Cathy Malkasian (f/f relationship)
Furies by Margaret Atwood et al. (f/f relationship)
The Keep Within by J.L. Worrad (m/m relationship)
The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten (bi mc, m/f relationship, side f/f relationship)
Outcast by K. J. (f/f relationship)
White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link (f/f relationship)
We Dream of Gods by Devin Madson (m/m relationship)
Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu, Vol. 1 by Meng Xi Shi (m/m relationship)
The Sea in You by Jessi Sheron (f/f relationship; reprint)
The Dragon Eater by J. Scott Coatsworth (m/m relationship)
Nicky Faces Catastrophe… and Survives?! by Matti McLean (gay mc)
Through Verdant Mirrors by Ela Bambust (trans mc)

The Memory Eater by Rebecca Mahoney (bi mc, lesbian li, f/f relationship)
Ravensong by Cayla Fay (f/f relationship)
The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores (f/f relationship)
The Blood Hours by Ann H. Fox (bi mc, lgbt side characters)
Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia (f/f relationship)
Clash of Fate and Fury by Rachel Menard (f/f relationship)
The Future King by Robyn Schneider (bi mc)
Spin by Rebecca Caprara (f/f relationship)
The Shattered Lands by Brenna Nation (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
The Moth Keeper by Kay O’Neill (lgbt characters)
Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai (f/f relationship)

APRIL

Curse of the Gorgon by Tanai Walker (f/f relationship)
The Grief Nurse by Angie Spoto (pan mc, lgbt cast)
The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart (f/f relationship)
Unleashed by Alli Temple (f/f relationship)
The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E. M. Anderson (bi, achillean, sapphic, acespec rep)
The Warden by Daniel M. Ford (bi mc)
Ice Upon a Pier by Ladz (f/f relationship)
The Winter Knight by Jes Battis (gay neurodiverse mc, ace mc, Chinese trans character)
The Herlequin by Danielle K. Girl (m/m relationship)
The Emperor’s Bone Palace by Hailey Turner (m/m relationship)
The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Omnibus by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Michelle Wong (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Under Kingdom by Christof Bogacs & Marie Enger (achillean mc)
The Stars of Mount Quixx by S. M. Beiko (genderfluid li, f/gf relationship)
That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams (bi mc, sapphic li)
Remnants of Atonement by G. P. McKenna (m/m relationship)
Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker (Black gay mc)
Tell Me How It Ends by Quinton Li (lesbian mc, nonbinary ace mc)
Spell Bound by F. T. Lukens (achillean mc, nonbinary li, m/nb relationship)
The First Shadowdragon by Lee Newbery (achillean parents)
The Fates by Piper Prescott (lesbian mc, bi mc)
The Blood-Born Dragon by J.C. Rycroft (bi mc, bi li, f/f relationship)
Of Blood, Bones, and Truth by T.M. Ledvina (m/m relationship)
No Light from the Fires by A. E. Bross (lgbt cast)
The Scoundrel and the Satyr King by Clio Evans (m/m relationship)
Remnants of Filth: Yuwu by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (m/m relationship)
A Sovereign’s Rebellion by Luke W. Logan (trans mc)

MAY

The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang (sapphic mc)
Three Wishes by Anne Shade (f/f relationship)
Trials of the Innermost by Kristina Kelly & Jonathan Fuller (gay mc, bi mc, m/m relationship, sapphic mc, nonbinary characters)
Dragonfall by Laura Lam (genderfluid mc, achillean li, gf/m relationship)
The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
The Chatelaine by Kate Heartfield (transmasc gay mc; reprint)
Witch King by Martha Wells (achillean mc, f/f relationship, nonbinary worldbuilding)
Sea of Mists by Rachel Ford (f/f relationship)
Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi, Vol. 5 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (m/m relationship)
to rule the desert by Monica Robinson (lesbian mcs, f/f relationship)
Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee (gay characters)
A Shadow Crown by Melissa Blair (bi mc, f/m relationship)
In an Orchard Grown from Ash by Rory Power (f/f relationship)
A Kind Voice in Hell by Ames Mullery (trans mc)
Of Tides and Snow by Darva Green (f/f relationship)
Grand Slam Romance by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous (f/f relationship)
The Scandalous Letters of V and J by Felicia Davin (nb/nb relationship)
Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu, Vol. 6 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (m/m relationship)
Trance by Joey Capuana & Pablo Collar (gay mc)
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (indigenous bi mc, polyamorous relationship)
The Wings of Ashtaroth by Steve Hugh Westenra (lgbt cast)
The Throne of Broken Gods by Amber Nicole (bi mc, f/m relationship)
Legacy of the Maker by Sharon K. Angelici (f/f relationship)
The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang (sapphic mc)
Three Wishes by Anne Shade (f/f relationship)
Trials of the Innermost by Kristina Kelly & Jonathan Fuller (gay mc, bi mc, m/m relationship, sapphic mc, nonbinary characters)
Dragonfall by Laura Lam (genderfluid mc, achillean li, gf/m relationship)
The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi (bi mc, lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
The Chatelaine by Kate Heartfield (transmasc gay mc; reprint)
Witch King by Martha Wells (achillean mc, f/f relationship, nonbinary worldbuilding)
Sea of Mists by Rachel Ford (f/f relationship)
Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi, Vol. 5 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (m/m relationship)
to rule the desert by Monica Robinson (lesbian mcs, f/f relationship)
Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee (gay characters)
A Shadow Crown by Melissa Blair (bi mc, f/m relationship)
In an Orchard Grown from Ash by Rory Power (f/f relationship)
A Kind Voice in Hell by Ames Mullery (trans mc)
Of Tides and Snow by Darva Green (f/f relationship)
Grand Slam Romance by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous (f/f relationship)
The Scandalous Letters of V and J by Felicia Davin (nb/nb relationship)
Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu, Vol. 6 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (m/m relationship)
Trance by Joey Capuana & Pablo Collar (gay mc)
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (indigenous bi mc, polyamorous relationship)
The Wings of Ashtaroth by Steve Hugh Westenra (lgbt cast)
The Throne of Broken Gods by Amber Nicole (bi mc, f/m relationship)
Legacy of the Maker by Sharon K. Angelici (f/f relationship)
Truth of Crowns by Carl D. Albert (nonbinary mc, lesbian mcs, bi mc)

Wake by Jae Waller (bi mc, sapphic li, bi, lesbian, gay, trans, & ace/aro side characters)
Bleeding Heart by Brittany M. Willows (pan mc, ace mc)
The Follower of Flowers by Natalia Hernandez (f/f relationship)
Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore & Elliot McLemore (trans mc, bigender mc)
Transmogrify! ed. by g. haron-davis (trans & gnc characters)
Court of the Undying Seasons by A. M. Strickland (pan demigirl mc, pan li, pan, lesbian, bigender, agender, aroace side characters)
The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro (gay mcs, m/m relationship)
Magic Has No Borders ed. by Samira Ahmed & Sona Charaipotra (m/m relationship)
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz (sapphic mc, f/f relationship)
Fall of the School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (gay mcs)
Away With Words by Sophie Cameron (m/m parents)
Shakti by SJ Sindu & Nabi H. Ali (f/f parents)
The Dog Knight by Jeremy Whitley & Bre Indigo (nonbinary mc)
Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson (Black sapphic mc)
The Frog’s Kiss by James Mayhew & Toto (m/m relationship)

JUNE

The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson (sapphic & trans mcs)
The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao (Desi cast, bi/pan mcs, m/f relationship, lgbt characters)
The First Bright Thing by J. R. Dawson (f/f relationship)
A Chorus of Ashes and Shadows by Melissa Karibian (f/f relationship)
Shadows of the Lost by Maxym M. Martineau (m/m relationship)
Savage Crowns by Matt Wallace (nonbinary characters)
Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall (f/f relationship)
Paragon Seven by Phoenix Ning (f/f relationship, lgbt cast)
This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne (f/f relationship)
Our Satyr Prince by Dylan Drakes (m/m relationship, f/f relationship)
Veil Us in Gold by Shepard DiStasio (nonbinary mc)
The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott (m/m relationship)
Hymn of Memory by S. Jean (m/m relationship)
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs (f/f relationship)
Slight Foxing Around the Edges by Melissa Polk (m/m relationship)
Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love by Rita A. Rubin (bi mcs, m/m relationship, nonbinary & sapphic side characters)
Hephaestus by B. J. Irons (m/m relationship)
A Game of Romance and Ruin by Ruby Roe (f/f relationship)
Romancing the Gorgon by Tallie Rose (f/f relationship)
The Guards of Wisteria by F. R. Cooper (f/f relationship)
From These Raging Seas by Brittany Czarnecki (gay mc)
Court of Magickers by Novae Caelum (nonbinary mcs)
Soul of the Immortal by Meghan Jones (f/f relationship)
Shadows of the Lost by Maxym M. Martineau (m/m relationship)
When the Stars Alight by Camilla Andrew (bi mcs, m/f relationship)
The Chase Begins by Aimee Donnellan (nonbinary mc, queer, nonbinary & lesbian side characters)
Never Yours by Lily X (f/f relationship)
A Circle of Stars by Craig Montgomery (m/m relationship)

A Talent Within by Suzanne Lenoir (f/f relationship)
A Spark in the Cinders by Jenny Moke (sapphic mc)
The Grimoire of Grave Fates ed. by Hanna Alkaf & Margaret Owen (bi mc, lesbian mc, nonbinary mc, trans mc, gay mc)
The Evergreen Heir by A.K. Mulford (nonbinary mc)
Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire by Erica Hollis (lesbian mc, f/f relationship)
Tales From Beyond the Rainbow: Ten LGBTQ+ Fairy Tales Proudly Reclaimed by Pete Jordi Wood (lgbt stories: achillean, trans & genderfluid characters)
Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend by Lizzie Huxley-Jones (lgbt characters)
Cinder & Ella by Barbara Slade & Lucia Soto (f/f relationship)

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