January 2025 Queer Releases

🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this January? 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!

Originally Not Included: 

In Love and Death by Aldrea Alien

Everything we Never Said by LA Wright

From Coast to Coast (Offsides Book 4) by J.J. Mulder

The Boy I Love by William Hussey

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison

New Year in Kentbury (Kentbury Tales Book 7) by Claudia Burgoa

Searching for the Prince (Fang & Fae Book 2) by Rebecca Cohen

Rival Redemption (Bobcat Boys Book 2) by Lex Easton & Jemma Croft

Dawn of the Obsidian Sun by R.N. Barbosa

Ikarys the Damned by Taylor Hubbard

Under the Waves: Assorted Erotic Scenes Cut from the Ancients' Bargain Series by V. T. Hoang

Outrage: Why the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality is Not Yet Won & What We can Do About it by Ellen Jones

Werewolf in Leather Armor (Werewolf Knights Book 2) by Minerva Howe

The Cosmic Color by T.T. Madden

The Oblivion Bride by Caitlin Starling

Poetry on Ice (Totally Pucked Book 1) by Jesse H. Reign

Currents Between Us by Ashton Parker

 

Dec 31

The Warrior Dasan (Song of the Lost Book 3) by Liv Savell & Sterling D’Este

 

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Willful Parties by Liz Ellyn

The Remarkable Lover (Sweet Southern Book 3) by Maya Jean

Nothing Gold by Avery Carter

Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot (Winner Bakes All Book 3) by Alexis Hall

LGBTQIA+ by William Anthony

 

3

Sandbakkels and Sin by George Robstad

 

6

So Not My Type by Dana Hawkins

 

7

The Devourer by Alison Ames

The Afterdark by E. Latimer

The Songbird by Stacy Lynn Miller

Single Player by Tara Tai

An Honored Vow (The Halfing Saga Book 4) by Melissa Blair

The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa Arsén

For One Night Only by Jessica James

The Assassin's Guide to Babysitting by Natalie C. Parker

Togetha (Pritty Book 2) by Keith F. Miller Jr.

Goaltender Interference (Penalty Box Book 4) by Ari Baran

How to Sleep at Night by Elizabeth Harris

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett

Four Ruined Realms (The Broken Blades Book 2) by Mai Corland

A Traitorous Heart by Erin Cotter

The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan

How We Make Each Other: Trans Life at the Edge of the University by Perry Zurn

The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

The Spirit Circle by Tara Calaby

Rebellious Grace by Jeri Westerson

This is Not a Vampire Story by Simon Doyle

The Haunting Between Us by Paul Michael Winters

Secret Spark (Vector City Supers Book 1) by Kelly Farmer

Midnight Rainbows Over The Little Village (Broclington Book 4) by Ella Cook

Tavern Tale (Tales of Trelvania) by Kristina Kelly

Adrift in Currents Clean & Clear (Wayward Children Book 10) by Seanan McGuire

 

8

Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester

 

9

North is the Night (The Tuonela Duet Book 1) by Emily Rath

Stories from the Deep (The Chronicles of Nerezia Book 4) by Claudie Arseneault

This Feast of a Life by Cynthia So

 

10

Dudes Rock: A Celebration of queer masculinity in speculative fiction edited by Jay Kang Romanus

A Discovery of Talents (The Talent Continuum Book 1) by Phoenix McDonald

 

11

Risen Apes by Vana Elaire

 

14

Good Girl by Aria Aber

Being (Sick) Enough: Thoughts on Invisible Illness, Childhood Trauma, and Living Well When Surviving Is Hard by Jessica Graham

The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill

Emerald Road: A Tale of Love, War, and Betrayal by Orlando Ortega-Medina

All For Her: Forbidden Romance Novellas by Gun Brooke, J.J. Hale & Aurora Rey

The Roommate by Claire Forsythe

The Naked Truth by Sandy Lowe

Gaze by Kris Bryant

Seducing the Widow by Jane Walsh

Finding Harmony by CF Frizzell

Isaac's Song by Daniel Black

The Lost House by Melissa Larsen

Murder in the Dressing Room by Holly Stars

Hello Stranger: Musings on Modern Intimacies by Manual Betancourt

This Love by Lotte Jeffs

Confessions by Catherine Airey

Once Smitten, Twice Shy by Chloe Liese

Brewed With Love by Shelly Page

Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto

Leo Martino Steals Back His Heart by Eric Geron

Build a Girlfriend by Elba Luz 

The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey by Astrid Dahl

Virulence (Bioluminescence  Book 2) by Toni Duarte

Frankie by Graham Norton

Don’t Die Alone, Lucas Cook! By George Lester

Laying of Hands by Patricia Evans

Sweet Girls & Bluebirds by Caroline Sophia Hamel

 

16

How to Survive This Fairytale by S. M. Hallow

 

17

Monstrous Travels as Wicked as Sin (Sinful Crimes Book 2) by W.H. Lockwood

 

18

Enemies to Booksellers (The Laluna Chronicles Book 1) by Laura Catherine

 

20

Eros and Alienation: Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities by Alan Sears

 

21

Tarnished (The Elder Tree Trilogy Book 1) by Erica Rose Eberhart

Those Fatal Flowers by Shannon Ives

You’re Probably Gayish: The Truth (and Lies) Behind 17 Gay Stereotypes by Kyle Getz & Mike Johnson

The Relationship Mechanic (Peach Blossom Book 2) by Karmen Lee

Just Like Queen Esther by Ari Moffic & Kerry Olitzky

Lightfall (The Everlands Trilogy Book 1) by Ed Crocker

Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy by Lucas Wilson

Motheater by Linda H. Codega

Strange Beach: Poems by Oluwaseun Olayiwola

A Lethal Walk in Lakeland (A Walk Through England Mystery Book 2) by Nicholas George

Murder, Mayhem, and Sex on the Beach by Alicia Gael

The Broposal by Sonora Reyes

Zoe Brennan, First Crush by Laura Piper Lee

Trans and Disabled: An Anthology of Identities and Experiences edited by Alex Iantaffi

Stolen Chances (Citrus Cove Book 2) by Clio Evans

How to Understand Your Relationships: A Practical Guide by Meg-John Barker; Alex Iantaffi

French Pressed Love by M.C. Hutson

Buddy System (Honeybee Hollow Book 1) by Ariella Talix

A Happy Beginning by B.A. Richards

 

22

Valuing Only Us by Cory Desmond Wolfe

 

23

Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan

Love on the Sunny Side (Confession Book 2) by Cozy DuBois

 

25

Artifice & Access: a Disability in Fantasy Anthology, edited by Ella T Holmes

Beyond Her Manner (A South Downs Romance Book 3) by Emily Banting

Her Stone Heart by K. Losoya

 

27

In the Name of Honor (The Vows & Valor Trilogy Book 1) by Courtney & Clarke Collins

The Royal Rogue (Tales of Lilleforth Book 3) by Sarah Honey

Bare Your Teeth (Wicked Ones Duology, Book 1) by Twoony

The Valkyrie’s Legacy (Sigrid & the Valkyries Book 3) by Tiana Warner

 

28

Vessel of Shadows by Rowan Redfield

It’s a Love/Skate Relationship by Carli J. Corson

West Hollywood Monster Squad by Sina Grace & Bradley Clayton (Illustrator)

Recommended Reading by Paul Coccia

At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca

I Think They Love You by Julian Winters

The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White

The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn

Carving Shadows into Gold (Forging SIlver into Stars Book 2) by Brigid Kemmerer

elseship: an unrequited affair by tree abraham

On the Wings of la Noche by Vanessa L. Torres

We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

Ring by Michelle Lerner

Comedic Timing: A Modern Romance by Upasna Barath

Landlocked in Foreign Skin by Drew Huff

The Blind Man Game: A Memoir of Art, Activism and Adaptation by Paul Boskind

Gruesome Getaway by R. N. Cogley

 

29 

A Spark of Something (A Librarian’s Guide to Witchery Book 1) by Shelby Rhodes

Pretty Broken Doll by Bree Wiley

 

30

The Lamb by Lucy Rose

Ice Apprentices by Jacob North

The Book of David by Jean-Luke Swanepoel

Ghoul’s Out for Summer by Latrexa Nova

The Two Hungers of Prince Fierre by Darcy Ash

 

31

Rotting Trees by Francesca Astraea

Blade of Castrial (The Echelon Series Prequel) by Niranjan

Love Legacy by MK Owens

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