January 2025 Queer Book 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

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• Sandbakkels and Sin by George Robstad

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• So Not My Type by Dana Hawkins

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• 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

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• Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester

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• 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

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• 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

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• Risen Apes by Vana Elaire

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• 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

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• How to Survive This Fairytale by S. M. Hallow

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

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

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

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• 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

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• Valuing Only Us by Cory Desmond Wolfe

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• Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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

• Pretty Broken Doll by Bree Wiley

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• 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

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• Rotting Trees by Francesca Astraea

• Blade of Castrial (The Echelon Series Prequel) by Niranjan

• Love Legacy by MK Owens

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