Book Releases: Contemporary (July to December 2024)

Once again, we’re back after a month’s hiatus with a series of posts. Yes, it’s that time again: releases for the second half of the year! You know the drill by now: each post is separated by genre and will be updated monthly. So, enjoy browsing!

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JULY

Anyone’s Ghost by August Thompson (bi mc, m/m relationship)
The Loves of Her Life by Haley Donnell (f/f/f relationship)
One Last Summer by Kristin Keppler (f/f relationship)
Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna (bi mcs, m/m/f)
Misrecognition by Madison Newbound (bi/pan mc, past polyamory, nonbinary li)
You Had Me at Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky (m/m relationship)
Home Ice Advantage by Ari Baran (bi mc, Jewish bi mc, m/m relationship)
Forbidden Girl by Kristen Zimmer (f/f relationship)
Clinical Intimacy by Ewan Gass (lgbt characters)
Together We Fall Apart by Sophie Matthiesson (f/f relationship)
The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl by Bart Yates (gay mc)
Making It by Laura Kay (f/f relationship)
About Last Night by Laura Henry (f/f relationship)
A Found Family at the Cornish Country Hospital by Jo Bartlett (m/m relationship)
The Coin by Yasmin Zaher (Palestinian sapphic mc, f/f & f/m relationships)
Loser of the Year by Carrie Byrd (f/f relationship)
The Black Bird of Chernobyl by Ann McMan (f/f relationship)
Cash Delgado is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia (bi mc, lesbian li, f/f relationship)
The Loudest Silence by Sydney Langford (deaf sapphic mc, achillean mc with generalised anxiety disorder)
Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam Sass (m/m relationship)
Lover Birds by Leanne Egan (sapphic mc with ADHD, f/f relationship)
Earth to Alis by Lex Carlow (m/m relationship)
Ready or Not by Andi Porretta (gay mc)
Hiding Him by Adam Hattan (m/m relationship)
StreamLine by Lauren Melissa Ellzey (f/f relationship)
Exes and Foes by Amanda Woody (bi mc, f/m relationship)
Unbecoming by Seema Yasmin (Muslim sapphic mc)
The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza (lesbian character)
Rainbow Allies by Nancy Churnin (f/f relationship)

AUGUST

The Unlikely Pair by Jax Calder (m/m relationship)
The Italy Letters by Vi Khi Nao (f/f relationship)
Can’t Buy Me Love by Georgia Beers (f/f relationship)
Changing Her Tune by Amanda Kabak (f/f relationship)
The Last Woman I Kissed by Venetia Di Pierro (f/f relationship)
Worth the Wait by Kenna White (f/f relationship)
Chance Encounter by Renee Roman (f/f relationship)
Comes in Waves by Ana Hartnett (f/f relationship)
Dancing With Dahlia by Julia Underwood (f/f relationship)
The Heart Wants by Krystina Rivers (f/f relationship)
Untethered by Shelley Thrasher (f/f relationship)
You Can’t Go Home Again by Jeanette Bears (f/nb relationship)
I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram (Iranian American gay mc, m/m relationship)
Hers for the Weekend by Helena Greer (f/f relationship)
Idol Lives by KT Salvo (m/m relationship)
Settle the Score by Kris Ripper (m/m relationship)
One Summer in Miami by Amber Rose Gill (f/f relationship)
Mamele by Gemma Reeves (bi mcs, f/f relationship)
Lessons from Cruising by Martin Goodman (gay mcs)
The Avian Hourglass by Lindsey Drager (lesbian mc)
Southern Lights by Liz Arncliffe (f/f relationship)
Our Slice of Paradise by Tiana Warner (f/f relationship)
Yr Dead by Sam Sax (Jewish queer nonbinary mc)
The Whitewashed Tombs by Kwei Quartey (Ghanaian gay mc)
Beautiful Dreamers by Minrose Gwin (gay mc)
We Are the Medicine by Tasha Spillett & Natasha Donovan (Two-Spirit mc)
Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters (m/m relationship)
Don’t Let It Break Your Heart by Maggie Horne (f/f relationship)
Between the Pipes by Sonya Ballantyne, Alice RL, Albert McLeod & Elaine Mordoch (Indigenous gay mc, Two-Spirit side character)
Mighty Millie Novak by Elizabeth Holden (f/f relationship)
Emmy Star is So Everything by Daniel Tawse (nonbinary bi mc)
Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley & Casio Ribiero (f/f relationship)
Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar (Honduran sapphic mc)
A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen (Vietnamese American sapphic mc, Vietnamese sapphic li, f/f relationship)
Eat Your Heart Out, Vol. 1 by Terry Blas, Matty Newton & Lydia Anslow (lgbt cast)
Crushing It by Erin Becker (f/f relationship)

SEPTEMBER

Love and Sportsball by Meka James (f/f relationship)
Love and Other Scores by Abra Pressler (m/m relationship; US publication)
The Dating Countdown by N. G. Peltier (Black mcs, f/f relationship)
Back to Belfast by Emma L. McGeown (f/f relationship)
Exposure by Kimberly Cooper Griffin & Nicole Disney (f/f relationship)
Perfect by Kris Bryant (f/f relationship)
Back to Me by Katie Duggan (f/f relationship)
Beautiful Dark Temptation by Roxas Winters (m/m relationship)
Hate to Love You by Shannon O’Connor (f/f relationship)
Royal Expectations by Jenny Frame (f/f relationship)
Look Up, Handsome by Jack Strange (m/m relationship)
Wild Wales by Patricia Evans (f/f relationship)
Fire Fall by JD Glass (f/f relationship)
The View from the Top by Rachel Lacey (f/f relationship)
The Lovers by Rebekah Faubion (f/f relationship)
The Beads by David McConnell (gay mc)
Saving Graces by Ruby Landers (f/f relationship)
The Ballad of Robin and King Richard by Artúr Faye (transmasc mc)
Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samatha Allen (gay mc, m/m relationship)
I’ll Get Back to You by Becca Grischow (f/f relationship)
The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean by Ann Rose (bi mc, f/m & f/f relationships)
Fathers and Fugitives by S.J. Naudé, trans. by Michiel Heyns (South African gay mc)
Karaoke Queen by Dominic Lim (m/m relationships)
Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (gay mc)

All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere by DeMisty D. Bellinger (sapphic mcs)
What I Know About You by Éric Chacour, trans. by Pablo Strauss (Egyptian gay mc, m/m relationship)
Cross the Line by Lucky Hart (m/m relationship)
Please Fear Me by Jennifer Love (transfem mc)
May Our Joy Endure by Kevin Lambert, trans. by Donald Winkler (lgbt characters)
Still Life by Katherine Packert Burke (transfem mc)
Superficial by Diane Billas (pan mc, f/m relationship)
Desert Echoes by Abdi Nazemian (m/m relationship)
I’m Not Really Here by Gary Lonesborough (Aboriginal gay mc)
When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson (gay mc)
As regras do jogo by Arquelana (f/f relationship)
Mismatched by Anne Camlin & Isadora Zeferino (m/m relationship)
What is This Feeling? by Robby Weber (m/m relationship)
Rabbit and Juliet by Rebecca Stafford (f/f relationship)
Here Goes Nothing by Emma K. Ohland (f/f)

OCTOBER

Haunt Your Heart Out by Amber Roberts (pan mc, bi mc, f/m relationship)
Ripcord by Nate Lippen (gay mc)
Most Wonderful by Georgia Clark (f/f relationship)
Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake (f/f relationship)
The Merriest Misters by Timothy Janovsky (m/m relationship)
Sweet Home Alabarden Park by TJ O’Shea (f/f relationship)
Under the Mistletoe With You by Lizzie Huxley-Jones (m/m relationship)
I’ll Be Gone for Christmas by Georgia K. Boone (f/f relationship)
New Horizons by Shia Woods (f/f relationship)
Wild Fire by Radclyffe & Julie Cannon (f/f relationship)
The First Kiss by Patricia Evans (f/f relationship)
Synchronicity by J. J. Hale (f/f relationship)
Language Lessons by Sage Donnell (f/f relationship)
Writ of Love by Cassidy Crane (f/f relationship)
My Mother’s Ridiculous Rules for Dating by Philip William Stover (m/m relationship)
What It Meant to Survive by Mala Kumar (sapphic mcs)
Masquerade by Mike Fu (m/m relationship)
The Reeds by Arjun Basu (lesbian mc)
Because Fat Girl by Lauren Marie Fleming (sapphic mc)
What Was Lost by Melissa Connelly (gay character)

Flipping Hearts and Homes by Chris Zett (f/f relationship)
A Heart Full of Hope by Cheyenne Blue (f/f relationship)
How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? by Anna Montague (sapphic mc)
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst (m/m relationship)
Showmance by Chad Beguelin (m/m relationship)
Di-Curious by Erin Branch (f/f relationship)
Neca by Amara Moira (transfem mc)
Yellow Barks Spider by Harman Burns (transfem mc)
Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio & Paulina Ganucheau (transfem mc)
The Ghost of You by Michael Gray Bulla (transmasc mc)
Take a Sad Song by Ona Gritz (f/f relationship)
The Spring Before Obergefell by Ben Grossberg (gay mc)
Lucy, Uncensored by Mel & Teghan Hammond (transfem mc, bi mc)
Real Boys by Thomas Stewart (gay mc)
Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick (f/f relationship)
Under the Lights by Maya Ameyaw (bi mc, m/m relationship)
October’s Ocean by Delaine Coppock (pan mc)
The Girls of Skylark Lane by Robin Benway (transfem character, achillean parents)
Stand Up! by Tori Sharp (f/f relationship)
Turning Twelve by Kathryn Ormsbee & Molly Brooks (sapphic mc)
Oh, Yes I Am by Mama G & Toto (gay mc)

NOVEMBER

Wake Up, Nat & Darcy by Kate Cochrane (f/f relationship)
Lowest Common Denominator by Pirkko Saisio, trans. by Mia Spangenberg (transmasc mc)
Unwrapped by D. Jackson Leigh (f/f relationship)
A New Leash on Love by Jaime Clevenger & Aurora Rey (f/f relationship)
This Christmas by Georgia Beers (f/f relationship)
Frosted by the Girl Next Door by Aurora Rey & Jaime Clevenger (f/f relationship)
London by Patricia Evans (f/f relationship)
Accidentally In Love by Kimberly Cooper Griffin (f/f relationship)
Hot Honey Love by Nan Campbell (f/f relationship)
All Princesses Die Before Dawn by Quentin Zuttion (m/m relationship)
Pansies by Alexis Hall (m/m relationship)
Semantic Error, Vol. 1 by Angy & J. Soori (m/m relationship)
Call It Home by Catherine Cloud (gay mc, bi mc, m/m relationship)
Something Close to Nothing by Tom Pyun (m/m relationship)
After the Siren by Darcy Green (m/m relationship)
Hungry Heart by Jem Milton (m/m relationship)
Unlove Story by Sudipto Pal, trans. by Arunava Sinha (Bengali gay mc)
Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar (bi mcs, f/f relationship)
Thanks for Listening by Molly Horan (sapphic ace mc, f/f relationship)
The Theater Threat by Allie Sarah (m/m relationship)
Leap by Simina Popescu (sapphic mcs)
Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June (m/m relationship)
My So-Called Family by Gia Gordon (m/m parents)
Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy (f/nb relationship, lesbian side character)
Chloe and the Fireflies by Chris Clarkson & Julie Jarema (m/m parents)

DECEMBER

I Might Be in Trouble by Daniel Aleman (gay mc)
Daughters of the Nile by Zahra Barri (bi li, f/m relationship)
Boyfriends: Volume 3 by Refrainbow (m/m relationship)
How Could You? by Ren Strapp (sapphic cast)
Merry Weihnachten by E. J. Noyes (f/f relationship)
Deck the Palms by Kat Jackson (f/f relationship)
Christmissed by Blythe H. Warren (f/f relationship)
Rainbows After Storms, Vol. 1 by Luka Kobachi (f/f relationship)
This Isn’t Everything You Are by J. Marie Rundquist (lgbt character)
How to Get a Life in Ten Dates by Jenny L. Howe (bi mc, f/m relationship)
The Mogul Meets Her Match by Julia Underwood (f/f relationship)
Innis Harbor by Patricia Evans (f/f relationship)
Close to Home by Allisa Bahney (f/f relationship)
Blood Sweat Glitter by Iona Datt Sharma (f/f relationship)
Bobby and the Big Valentine by Timmy Woitas & Addy Rivera Sonda (gay mc)

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