Some news for you to start 2025: we’ve decided that we’ll be closing the blog. It’s been 5 years of blogging and, as you might have guess, we’ve been steadily running out of content ideas (and motivation) for the past year or so. So, while we still have some energy, we’re calling it quits. We’ve grown with this blog over the last few years: our reading tastes perhaps changed and our reading habits most definitely have. But the publishing landscape also developed, maybe just not as much as we would all have wanted. Still, it’s easier to find books with LGBT representation than it was just five years ago when we first started this adventure. So we’re leaving you in your own capable hands now (with a few pointers for how we found most of the books on our lists).
Reads Rainbow is going to remain up as an archive, and we’ll still add books to our 2025 list if you email us about them, but we will no longer be posting on here (the newsletter is another matter, should we ever feel a sudden urge to recommend, so you can still follow that if you wish). We will also be making our 2024, 2025, and 2026 onwards lists available for everyone to browse (scroll to the end of this post for that!), but they won’t be updated all that regularly.
We’ve had a super fun time blogging for the past 5 years, but the last year or so has… let’s say tested our ability to come up with new rec lists and content. We hope that, over the years, you’ve found some good books to read, some new music to listen to, and great films to watch! If you ever want recs, you will still be able to find us on various social medias, or via email, so feel free to get in touch.
So, for one last time, let us leave you with a few quick links!
2024 releases posts
Books by month | Music by month | YA (Jan-Jun) | YA (Jul-Dec) | sapphic (Jan-Jun) | sapphic (Jul-Dec) | trans & nonbinary | MG & picture books
18 Comments
Ana K Wrenn
Thanks for all your work and wise recommendations.
readsrainbow
you’re very welcome!
Amna
This was not a “little” update 😭 thank you for the dedication and love you all put into this for five whole years. Happy new year! (and free Palestine 💕)
readsrainbow
❤️🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸
Sabrina
My best friend and I worked through all your “New Releases” lists at the start of each month. We found so many good books because of that. We’re really sad to see that go 🥺😭 Thank you for the last 5 years.
readsrainbow
we’re so glad you found them useful!
Dana
Thank you for all your hard work maintaining this site; it’s been a wonderful resource.
readsrainbow
you’re very welcome!
kavya
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i’m gonna miss you sm. your posts were one of the highlights of the past few years for me I found so many of my fav books from them. all the best going ahead <3
readsrainbow
we’re so glad to hear it!! we’ll still be around to give recs if you ever need them <3
Qq
Thanks for all your hard work, I always rec this site to friends when they ask for lgbtq works and have always been happy to get your emails. Have a good 2025!
readsrainbow
❤️❤️❤️
Gaia
Thank you for all the work and love that went into this project. It helped me discover authors and books that I might have missed otherwise.
readsrainbow
you’re very welcome!!
nataliecannon
As said in the other comments, thank you so much for all your hard work over the years. Your author interviews and posts with recently published queer books by genre were my favorites. I loved recommending them on my own blog and to friends. Very sad to see you go, but I wish you best of luck in your future endeavors. May your next read be a great one.
readsrainbow
thank you so much, we’re glad to have helped! 💛
Jeff
Ah, sad news but this kind of project takes a LOT to keep going and it’s understandable that you might need something else/new/different. Wishing you all the best, and thank you for your hard work!
readsrainbow
💛💛