August 2025 Queer Releases

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🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this August? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of?

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Note: Some dates may have changed. We haven’t read all of these books, so please check reviews for more details on queer identities represented and The StoryGraph for content warnings!

1

Frontier Comrades: From the Fur Trade to the Ford Car by Jim Wilke

What Happened on Roslyn Street?: A Paranormal Dark Academia Mystery Romance by Elle Lavendelle

Bucket & Friends Save (Part of) the World with a Wall by Tom Rademacher, Esther Hernando (Illustrator)

Pyre House: A Memoir In Verse by Lev St. Valentine

Doors & Windows: A Liam & Jonah Novella by A.J. Barlowe

Here in My Heart by Jo Fletcher

 

2

Half Moon Bay by Richelle Manteufel

Cotton Candy: A Sapphic Revenge Story by DR Barnes

August (New Orleans Book 8) by Nicole Pyland

 

4

Summer Breakdown (Training Season Book 2) by J.S. Jasper

Undercover Hearts (Phoenix Ridge Police Dept) by Emily Hayes

 

5

Emerge: 2024 Lambda Literary Anthology edited by monét cooper

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Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings

Crowns of Blood & Salt (Dark Depths Book 2) by Kay Adams

Verity Vox & the Curse of the Foxfire by Don Martin

The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester Steel

The L.O.V.E. Club by Lio Min

Trying: A Memoir by Chloe Caldwell

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Mindscape by Andrea Hairston

Teo’s Durumi (The Alliance Book 2) by Elaine U. Cho

Joyful Reunion Vol. 1 by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

Monstress Book Three by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda (illustrator)

Hollow: The Woman in White (Hollow Book 2) by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, Berenice Nelle

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Learn My Lesson (Deluxe Edition) by Katee Robert

Extinction Capital of the World: Stories by Mariah Rigg

The Build-A-Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver

Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta

This is My Body by Lindsay King-Miller

Witchycakes Book 1: Sweet Magic by Kara LaReau, Ariane Moreira (illustrator)

Witchycakes Book 2: Changing Magic by Kara LaReau, Ariane Moreira (illustrator)

D.J. Rosenblum becomes the G.O.A.T. by Abby White

Ghost Fish by Stuart Pennebaker

A Tale of Mirth & Magic by Kristen Vale

The Ever End by Audrey Wilson

Solum Iris by T.M. Ledvina

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Songs for Other People’s Weddings by David Levithan and Jens Lekman

 

6

Beyond the Shoreline by Morgan Park

 

7

The Vines Between Us by CG Macington

Theseus and the Sky Labyrinth by Gwenhyver

Echoes in the Dark by R. Evans

Sweet Revenge by R. Evans

 

8

Like Salt And Whisky by Merlina Garace

Sky’s Guide to Getting His Man & Banishing Ghosts (Dreamwalkers Book 1) by Sammi Cee

 

12

The New Lesbian Pulp edited by Sarah Fonseca & Octavia Saenz

Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything: A Memoir by Alyson Stoner

Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle

Toni and Addie Go Viral by Melissa Marr

That’s Amore by Georgia Beers

Alchemy & a Cup of Tea (Tea & Tomes Book 4) by Rebecca Thorne

Lord of Ruin (The Age of Blood Book 2) by K.M. Enright

Through Sky and Stars by Tessa Croft

Uncomplicate It by Kel McCord

Dogs by C. Mallon

A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper

Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color by Denne Michele Norris with Electric Literature

The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman

The Sun & the Moon by Rebekah Faubion

Starstrike (Moonstorm Book 2) by Yoon Ha Lee

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Rivals to Lovers by Elise Wayland

Marisol Acts the Part by Elle Gonzalez Rose

The Dime Museum by Joyce Hinnefeld

Wild Night Rising by Barbara Ann Wright

Warrior Princess Assassin (Braided Fate Book 1) by Brigid Kemmerer

The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-ran & Gene Png (translator)

KinnPorsche Vol. 4 by Daemi, Avaritia (Illustrator)

Invisible Line by Su J. Sokol

Chapel at Ender’s Ridge (Ender’s Calling Book 1) by Beckett Krane

Better When the Sun Goes Down by Hunter Hyde

Of Serpents and Sorrow: A Medusa retelling by Katherine Shaw

An Extraordinary Passion by Kit Meredith

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The Unexpected Heiress by Cassidy Crane

Undefined Tides (Demon of the Deep Book 0.5) by Briar Belmont

The Supersonic Phallus by Steven Key Meyers

We May Be Fractured by Jessica Lascar

Heart’s Appraisal by Jo Hemmingwood

Vanguard by Gun Brooke

 

13

A Vampire's Immortal Life: The Ravenside Chronicles by Sky Galter

Holiest by Sancta Seraphina

 

14

Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley

A Murder of Rogues by Joe Heapgoogo

Impossible Match by Rochelle Wolf

Make or Break by E.J. Noyes

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Retrieve the Relic by Jaz Pate

 

15

Transanything: Essays by Ever Jones

Anthropological Study by Lauren Miller

On the Right Path by Rian Birch

 

16

The Final Diadem by Gume Laurel III

 

17

Sara or 'I lived my life as a cloud that followed overhead' by Never Angeline Nørth

 

19

Hot Tea & Bird Calls (Kissing at Work Book 2) by Evie Marque

Whites: Stories by Mark Doten

Kindling (Scottish Spice Book 1) by Bonnie Woods

Tripping Over You Book 1 by Suzana Harcum & Owena White

The Last Soul Among Wolves (The Echo Archives Book 2) by Melissa Caruso

The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace by Megan Okonsky

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Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

Yuli (Guardians of Dawn Book 3) by S. Jae-Jones

Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs

Goat Magic by Kate Wheeler 

Diminished (The Elder Tree Trilogy Book 2) by Erica Rose Eberhart

Voidwalker (Beasts of the Void Book 1) by S.A. MacLean

Shedding Season by Jane Morton

Leaving the Station by Jake Maia Arlow

Mounted: On Horses, Blackness, and Liberation by Bitter Kalli

Sweetener by Marissa Higgins

The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland by Rachael Herron

Sunset Year by CJ Ellison

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My Husband and I Sleep in a Coffin Vol. 1 by Wu Shui Bu Du

My Instructor Won't Yield by Deme Kingyobachi

Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu Vol. 5 by Tang Jiu Qing

Dead Air (Moon Murder Mysteries) by K. Sterling

The Blade that Binds Us by Leah Thomas and Kali Wallace

Best Cat In Show by Sage Evergreen

The Ex Effect by Dana Hawkins

Third Crime’s A Charm (Princes Take New York Book 3) by K. Sterling

May Chaos Reign Over You by La Purvis

Black Ice: Volume 2 by Bradford D. Smith II

Liberation by A.L. Brooks


20

Filament Lit Nights by Ryan M. Schulz

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21

The Devil's Smile (The Yorkshire Killings Book 2) by Daniel Sellers

You’re Ex-Wife’s a Good Girl by Rosy Bond & Remi Darling

He Should Be Mine (My Mobster Book 1) by Jessica Jackman

Memories like Fangs (The Crystal Dragon Duet Book 2) by Chelsey León 

The Uterus is an Impossible Forest by Shannon Kearns

 

22

The Unlikely Spare (Unlikely Dilemmas Book 3) by Jax Calder

 

25

Accidentally Falling For My Best Friend (Chicago Awakenings Book 2) by Lexi Amber

 

26

Lady Dragon by A.M. Strickland

The Devil's in the Dancers by Catherine Yu

The Secret Crush Book Club (Peach Blossom Book 3) by Karmen Lee

Carnival of Lies (Cesare Aldo Book 5) by D.V. Bishop

The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood and Boyfriends by Jamie D'Amato

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The Poison Grove (Professor Eustacia Rose Mystery Book 2) by Jill Johnson

Roar of the Lambs by Jamison Shea

Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues by Kim de l'Horizon

Three Parties by Ziyad Saadi

House of Dusk by Deva Fagan

This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards (Magic & Romance Book 1) by Sara Raasch

Her Fake Wedding Date in Sicily by Jenny Lane

Empty Heaven by Freddie Kölsch

Dinghai Fusheng Records Vol. 2 by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

Storm in a Teacup (Bumps in the Road Book 3) by Kat Paige

The Devil Himself by Julia Talbot

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Werewolf in Love by Alexa Piper 

Hyperspeed (Astro Space League Book 1) by Lily James

Pretty Pucked by Olivia M. Green

 

30

The Wilds & The Weeds by Ally North

 

31

Bloody Lamb by Bailey Elizabeth

Moth Woods (Contemporary Cryptids) by Amara Lynn

User Error by Enoli Lee

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We post an open call for new releases around the 20th of the month preceding on Twitter/X, Blue Sky and Threads. Authors can add their books to these posts to be included in future new release lists. Or you can email andy@rainbowcratebookbox.com with the title/series name, author, book cover, cover artist/designer and a link to more information/purchase options (Goodreads/Author website/Itch.io). Books must not have be outlined, written or edited with gen AI; and must have a cover made by a human.

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