Book Releases: Fantasy (July to December 2023)

After our month long hiatus, we’re back right into the thick of things with our fresh new releases posts for the second half of the year. As ever, these will be updated regularly, so if you have a book releasing that’s not on here, please feel free to let us know! Otherwise, we hope you find something to enjoy out of all the books releasing this year!

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JULY

Digging for Heaven by Jenna Jarvis (bi mc, f/f relationship, nonbinary character)
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (achillean mc)
The Only Purple House in Town by Ann Aguirre (bi mc, f/m relationship)
The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz (Venezuelan cast, f/f relationship)
Thick as Thieves by M. J. Kuhn (f/f relationship)
The Stablemaster’s Heart by Sarah Honey (m/m relationship)
How to Get a Date With the Evil Queen by Marie Cardno (f/f relationship)
The Lighthouse Keeper by Liv Rancourt (m/m relationship)
The Crane Moon Cycle by J. C. Snow (f/f relationship)
The Gloom Between Stars by Piper CJ (bi mc)
Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang, Vol. 1 by Priest (m/m relationship)
Heir to Thorn and Flame by Ben Alderson (m/m relationship)
The Order by TJ O’Shea (f/f relationship)
Married by Moonlight by Ali Williams (f/f relationship)
A Thorn Among Roses by Hayley Anderton (f/f relationship)
The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan (gay mc)
The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan (Sephardic Jewish mcs, m/m relationship)
The Third Daughter by Adrienne Tooley (f/f relationship)
The Valkyrie’s Shadow by Tiana Warner (f/f relationship)
Splintered Magic by L. L. McKinney (Black sapphic mc)
Overemotional by David Fenne (gay mc)
Atticus by Abelia Sumpter (m/m relationship)
Kalisto & Celeste by Luxanna Faye (bi mc, m/m relationship)
The Valley of Stars by Yona Katz (f/f relationship)
A Thief and a Gentleman by Arden Powell (gay mcs, m/m relationship, side m/m, f/m/m & f/f relationships)

AUGUST

Witch Finder by Sheri Lewis Wohl (f/f relationship)
Labyrinth’s Heart by M. A. Carrick (bi mc, lesbian & trans side characters)
The Gauntlet and the Broken Chain by Ian Green (lgbt characters)
Heart of Stone by Sam Ledel (f/f relationship)
Herc by Phoenicia Rogerson (achillean mc)
Inanna by Emily H. Wilson (bi mc)
Tyranny of the Fey by Terry Bartley (lgbt characters)
In Charm’s Way by Lana Harper (f/f relationship)
Once A Rogue by Allie Therin (m/m relationship)
The Midnight Kingdom by Tara Sim (bi mcs, lesbian mc, m/f, f/f & m/m relationships)
Fit For the Gods ed. by Jenn Northington & S. Zainab Williams (lgbt stories)
The Book of Witches ed. by Jonathan Strahan (short stories; lesbian mc, transmasc mc)
The Prince’s Dearest Guards by Beau Van Dalen (transmasc gay mc, achillean lis, m/m/m relationship)
The Void by Neen Cohen (lesbian mc)
A Corruption of Souls by Taylor Hubbard (m/m relationship)
Natural Outlaws and Fractured Sovereignty by S. M. Pearce (nonbinary mc, lesbian mc)
Blue Moon Magick by Ali Williams (f/f relationship)
Cassiel’s Servant by Jacqueline Carey (bi li, f/m relationship)
You Can Have My Back, Vol. 1 by Minami Kotsuna (m/m relationship)
On Verdant Wings by Ela Bambust (transfem mc)
Sparks Fly by Birdie Lynn (m/m relationship)
Love and Other Wicked Things by Philline Harms (f/f relationship)
Wynd Book Three: The Throne in the Sky by James Tynion IV & Michael Dialynas (m/m relationship)
The Bewitching Hour by Ashley Poston (lesbian mc)
Gimmicks and Glamour by Lauren Melissa Ellzey (bi mc, f/f relationship)
Never a Hero by Vanessa Len (side m/m relationship)
In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (sapphic mc)
Guardian: Zhen Hun, Vol. 1 by Priest (m/m relationship)
The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl by Emily Riesbeck & NJ Barna (f/f relationship)
Merchants of Light and Bone by Erika McCorkle (polyamory)
A Corruption of Souls by Taylor Hubbard (m/m relationship)

SEPTEMBER

Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu, Vol. 7 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (m/m relationship)
Poet’s Bane by Rachel Ford (f/f relationship)
Fallen by Alyssa Rabil (f/f relationship)
This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin (bi mc, sapphic li, f/f relationship)
Tea Leaves by Jacob Budenz (achillean & sapphic mcs, nonbinary mcs)
A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey (m/m relationship)
The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth (lesbian mc, gay mc)
Twisted Tome by Vanora Lawless (m/m relationship)
This Too Shall Burn by Cat Rector (f/f relationship)
The Silver Birds by Apolline Lucy (f/f relationship)
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo (nonbinary mc & side characters)
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab (bi mc, m/m relationship)
Cursebreakers by Madeleine Nakamura (gay mc with bipolar disorder)
Lantern by Burgundy Athena Pendragon (nonbinary mc)
Proximity by Jordan Meadows (f/f relationship)
A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O’Brien (nonbinary mc)
A Grim and Sunken Vow by Ashley Shuttleworth (lesbian mc with depression, pan mc, gay mc, bi mc, genderfluid mc)
Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong (bi mc, demi mc, m/f relationship, bi & trans side characters)
A Crown So Cursed by L. L. McKinney (Black bi mc)
Shadow Coven by S. Isabelle (sapphic mcs)
A Prayer for Vengeance by Leanne Schwartz (lesbian character)
Mermaids Never Drown ed. by Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker (m/m relationship)
The Siren, the Song and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (sapphic mc, genderfluid mc)
Daughter of Winter and Twilight by Helen Corcoran (bi mc, sapphic parents)
The Unsleeping Witch by Alexandra Overy (sapphic mc)
Alex Wise vs the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker (gay mc)
Nell of Grumbling by Emma Steinkellner (m/m parents)
Deny Me, The Nightshade Boy by Mary VanAlstine (gay mc, bi mc, m/m relationship)

OCTOBER

Traitor of Redwinter by Ed McDonald (bi mc)
The Innocent Sleep by Seanan McGuire (bi mc, m/f relationship)
Rosemary & Iron by Dorian Valentine (m/m relationship)
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert (Black gay mcs)
Dark Moon, Shallow Sea by David R. Slayton (m/m relationship)
Hands of the Morri by Heather K. O’Malley (transfem mc)
Hostage by Katy Haye (m/m relationship)
The Misfit Mage and His Dashing Devil by M.N. Bennet (m/m relationship)
The Collection Awakens by Aimee Donnellan (sapphic mc, transfem mc, nonbinary mc)
Remnants of Filth: Yuwu Vol. 2 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (m/m relationship)
Sealed With A Hiss by Eule Grey (f/f relationship)
Reborn by Seth Haddon (m/m relationship)
The Vermilion Ribbon by Hayley Price (f/f relationship)
Herald of the Witch’s Mark by Kellen Graves (m/m relationship)
A Vision of Air by Nicole Silver (m/m relationship)
Let the Waters Roar by Geonn Cannon (f/f relationship)
Wolf of Withervale by Joaquín Baldwin (m/m relationship)
A Little Luck by J.A. Collignon (f/f relationship)
Once Upon a Time in Faerie by Gareth Lewis (f/f relationship)
Everything Under the Moon ed. by Michael Earp, illus. by Kit Fox (lgbt fairy tales)
Confetti Realms by Nadia Shammas (nonbinary mc, nb/m relationship)
Brooms by Jasmine Walls & Teo (Chinese transfem mc, Black lesbian mc, Choctaw-Mexican lesbian mc)
The Spells We Cast by Jason June (m/m relationship)
Into the Glittering Dark by Kelley York (m/m relationship)
Just a Pinch of Magic by Alechia Dow (achillean parents)
The Mossheart’s Promise by Rebecca Mix (sapphic mc)
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare (bi mc, m/f relationship)
The Hundredth Voice by Caitlin Like (m/m relationship)
Off the Beaten Path by Sienna Eggler (Black agender aroace sapphic mc, bisexual li, lesbian side character)

NOVEMBER

The Ashfire King by Chelsea Abdullah (nonbinary side character)
In the Pines by Mariah Stillbrook (pan mc)
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (sapphic mc)
The Fruit by Na’amen Gobert Tilahun (Black achillean mc)
Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert (bi mc, f/m relationship)
A Power Unbound by Freya Marske (bi mc, gay mc, m/m relationship, side f/f & m/m relationships)
Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa (nonbinary li, f/nb relationship)
Tonight, I Burn by Katharine J. Adams (bi mcs)
A Talent Ignited by Suzanne Lenoir (f/f relationship)
Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black (bi mc, m/m relationship)
Heir to Frost and Storm by Ben Alderson (m/m relationship)
Merciless Waters by Rae Knowles (f/f relationship)
Shadow Baron by Davinia Evans (achillean mc, bi/pan mc, m/m relationship)
The Price of Thorns by Tim Susman (transmasc mc)
The Crimson Fortress by Akshaya Raman (Indian cast, gay mc)
Dark Heir by C. S. Pacat (bi mc)
Godly Heathens by H. E. Edgmon (Seminole nonbinary mc)
To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn (bi mc)
Fate of the Argosi by Sebastien de Castell (sapphic mc)
Sir Callie and the Dragon’s Roost by Esme Symes-Smith (nonbinary mc, bi dad)
Almond, Quartz, and Finch by Lisa Bunker (nonbinary aroace mc, trans mcs)
The Hungry Dark by Michael Coolwood (sapphic character)
Mercy by Ian Haramaki (m/m relationship)
Cambion’s Rise by Erin Fulmer (bi mc, polyamory)
The Darkness Before Them by Matthew Ward (sapphic mc)

DECEMBER

Him by Geoff Ryman (transmasc mc)
Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang, Vol. 2 by Priest (m/m relationship)
A River of Golden Bones by A. K. Mulford (nonbinary mc)
All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows (bi/pan mc, m/m relationship)
Finding Echoes by Foz Meadows (m/m relationship)
Blood Runs Black by Sylvia San Sebastian (m/m relationship)
Lies Are Forever by C. Jean Downer (lesbian mc)
Lucero by Maya Motayne (gay mc)

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