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
Black Sails to Sunward by Sheila Jenné (sapphic mc, past f/f)
The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa (sapphic mc)
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (sapphic mcs, nonbinary mcs)
Henshin!, Volume 1 by Bon Idle (gay mc)
Lesser Gods & Demons by Andrew Forrest Baker (m/m relationship)
Emergent Properties by Aimee Ogden (nonbinary mc)
Us, Et Cetera by Kit Vincent (m/m relationship)
Where Starlight Burns by Alicia Haberski (f/f relationship)
Truth & Dare by So Mayer (gay mcs, lesbian mcs, trans mcs)
Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Best (f/f relationship)
A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow (gay mc)
Luminescent Machinations: Queer Tales of Monumental Invention ed. by Rhiannon Rasmussen & Dave Ring (lgbt cast)
Binary Stars by Space Fruit Press (m/m & f/f relationships)
AUGUST
Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes (nonbinary character)
Prophet by Helen Macdonald & Sin Blaché (British Indian bi mc, Jewish gay mc, m/m relationship)
A Second Chance for Yesterday by R. A. Sinn (f/nb relationship)
Devil’s Gun by Cat Rambo (sapphic mc)
Under the Ice Skies by Gwenhyver (lesbian mc, sapphic mc, f/f relationship)
Airlock by Tash McAdam (nonbinary mc)
Calypso’s Guest by Andrew Sean Greer (m/m relationship)
Scattered into the Shadows by Rhyan Ovello (bi mc)
The Sleeping Soldier by Aster Glenn Gray (m/m relationship)
SEPTEMBER
The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu (bi mc, achillean mc, m/f & m/m relationships)
People Collide by Isle McElroy (transmasc mc, transfem mc)
Warped State by Jo Miles (m/m relationship)
The Salvation Gambit by Emily Skrutskie (f/f relationship)
The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O’Keefe (bi transmasc mc, m/f relationship)
Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang (sapphic mc)
Okpsyche by Anya Johanna DeNiro (transfem mc)
The Free People’s Village by Sim Kern (sapphic mc)
Mindbreaker by Kate Dylan (f/f relationship)
The Darkest Stars by Kristy Gardner (bi, lesbian, & pan mcs)
The Meadows by Stephanie Oakes (sapphic mc, f/f relationship)
Imperio by Iria G. Parente & Selene M. Pascual (f/f relationship)
OCTOBER
Pluralities by Avi Silver (transmasc mc)
The Sword: Xcian by Elle Arroyo (m/m relationship)
A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard (f/f relationship)
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs (lesbian mc, Black lesbian amputee li, nonbinary mc, genderfluid side character)
Greed by Hayley Anderton (bi, ace & lesbian mcs)
Lightning Strike Blues by Gayleen Froese (gay mc)
Trash Planet Confidential by Louisa Vidal (f/f relationship)
Δάιος: A Call Me Icarus Novel by Andromeda Ruins (queer autistic transmasc mc)
How to Get Over the End of the World by Hal Schrieve (gay mc, transmasc gay mcs)
Fox Snare by Yoon Ha Lee (nonbinary mc)
Galaxy Jones and the Space Pirates by Briana McDonald (achillean parents)
Some Assembly Required by Cory McCarthy (nonbinary mc)
Weaver by Kelly Ann Jacobson (lgbt characters)
The Last Place They’d Look by Catherine Fletcher (f/nb relationship)
Doctor Who: The Cradle by Tasha Suri (lgbt mcs)
NOVEMBER
Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty (bi mc)
Valid by Chris Bergeron (transfem mc)
System Collapse by Martha Wells (agender mc)
A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen (f/f relationship)
The Sea of Stars by Gwenhyver (sapphic mc, f/f relationship)
Defiant by Brandon Sanderson (nonbinary characters)
Dissonant State by Jo Miles (lesbian mc, past f/f, gay character, m/m, bi, trans & nonbinary side characters)
Early Adopter by Sienna Eggler (Black agender transmasc aromantic mc, Black bi side character)
DECEMBER
Battles Unfought by Rachel Ford (f/f relationship)
Fallen by Melissa Scott (bi mc, f/f/m relationship)
Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn (f/f relationship)
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