June 2026 Queer Releases

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

We do our best to screen books for AI usage and do not include books with covers that are made by generative AI, audiobooks narrated by generative AI or books written by generative AI. If there was a mistake, please let us know.

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!

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The Grand Duke's Betrothed (A Man that Smells like Flowers Book 4) by Rori Thornton

On Deck by Derek Wilks

Downtown by J.S. Jasper

The Artificial Intelligence Artist by Eel Lovesick

Love at First Snapshot coordinated by A. Winchester

Knitting Needles by Ezra Wren

So I'll Know (Pacific Northwest Boys) by Sara Elisabeth

In My Embrace (The Latch Trilogy Book 3) by Briar Townsend

Galeas the Keen (Out of True Book 4) by Rien Gray

Is This What You Really Want, Adelaide Black? by RJ Martin

Bad at Love by Shannon O'Connor

Shades of Onyx by TJ Williams

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The Way We Swing (Out at Home Book 1) by Logan Lane

Shadows We Cast (Our Dark Mirror Book 3) by James Chance

Grief Eater by Emma Osborne

My Year in Fairyland: Grief, MAID and a Lifetime of Books by Sarah Ellis

How to Love a Prince (Being Royal Book 2) by Hayden Stone

The LGBTQ+ Mental Health Workbook: Find Emotional Resilience, Self-Love, and Queer Joy with Dialectical Behavior Therapy by Kiki Fehling

A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Trans and Nonbinary Clients by Anneliese A Singh

Rainbow Flirt (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Brina Brady


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Not Straight by Savy Leiser

The Dawn Throne (The Dark Gods Book 3) by Tara Sim

A Smile Like Yours by Emily Thomas

Nothing to Hide (Wicked Games Book 2) by Jenn Plummer

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Team Up (The Rise & Fall of Hopeburn Book 2) by W.A. Grace

Among the Wildflowers (Greyfin Bay) by Anita Kelly

The Last Time We Drowned by Saratoga Schaefer

Good Morning Moon: A Snapshot of an American Family by Brad Gooch

Serpent Song (The Great Remaking Book 2) by Atlas Laika

Damage: Notes on a Queer Aesthetic by Jonathan Alexander

They All Fall in Love at the End by Haili Blassingame

Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez

Encore! by Miles Toriko Burks

Big Baby: On Endings, Beginnings, and an Interdimensional Cat by Kevin James Thornton

He's Not for Me by Sadie Hepworth

Peter in Progress by Andy Barrow

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Troubled Bodies by Jake Vangaurd

Phoning Faust by Sophie Mutiara Nova

A Promise of Gold (Magick & Malice Book 4) by Stephanie Lee

Red Light (Pride in Pine Grove) by Frances M. Thompson

Lovers XXX by Allie Rowbottom

The Seduction by Sara Torres and Mara Feye Lethem (Translator)

All the Days Before Tomorrow by Rebecca Brodkey

Dreams in Which I'm Almost Human by Hannah Soyer

The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham

The Hyacinth Labyrinth (The Absinthe Underground Universe) by Jamie Pacton

Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous (Everyday Magic Book 1) by Autumn K. England

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Pure Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Lara Vergnaud (Translator)

There's Only One Sin in Hollywood by Rasheed Newson

The Double Dutch Fuss: A Memoir by Phill Branch

Let the Forest Go: Poems by Justin Wymer

Missing in Soho (A Misty Divine Mystery Book 2) by Holly Stars

The Disaster Gay Detective Agency by Lev AC Rosen

The Dallas Way: Gay Rights in a Conservative City by M. Rhys Dotson

A Pocket Guide to Pride Flags: An Illustrated History of Queer Community Symbols by Sindri Sparkle Freyr

For the Bride by Becca Grischow

Puck by Samantha Allen

The Guest Book by Mae Marvel

Open Liner (Alchemy Ink Book 1) by Katherine McIntyre

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The Open Era by Edward Schmit

The Long Con by Jenna Voris

The Names We Buried by Mia Siegert

Advice No One Asked for: Essays by Jenny Hagel

Mad Eden by Morgan Thomas

Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan

Let's Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry

Girl's Girl by Sonia Feldman

The Grief Shop: And Other Stories from a Broken World by Alex Difrancesco

Golden Terrace Vol. 1 by Cang Wu Bin Bai, Me.Mimo (Illustrator)

Low Tide in Twilight Vol. 2 by Euja

Run Wild: Sa Ye Vol. 5 by Wu Zhe, Ding Yue Rong (Illustrator)

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The Feisty Omega and His Twin Mates Vol. 4 by Ryo Ayamine

Where You'll Find Us by Jen St. Jude

Sea Melt Lover by Yuki Kazami

Last First Date (Last First Series Book 3) by Tatiana Gómez

Love is All Vol. 9 by Xio Axelrod, Victoria Denault, A.D. Ellis, Merry Farmer, Gabbi Grey, Regina Kyle, R.L. Merrill, Connor Peterson, Sophia Soames

Hungry, Hungry Horrors (Human Flavor Book 1) by Layman Kingsford

Shattered Gods (Dark Olympus Book 10) by Katee Robert


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Pup, Pup, and Away (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Gabbi Grey

The Ties Between Us by Chencia C. Higgins

Scars & Honey by Jo Morgan Sloan

Furious (The Pointe of Love Book 4) by Sonia Blue

Bright Dead Things (Bitter Legacies Book 1) by Hailey Turner

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Literally: A Joyful Guide to the Ups and Downs of being Autistic by Ella Willis

One Knight Stand (Lady's Knight Book 2) by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Betrothed in Fury by Devon McCormack

The Queer Bookshelf: A Reader's Guide by Layla McCay

All Booked Up: A June to Remember in Sleighbell Springs (Sleighbell Springs Book 5) by E.J. Stoll


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Pulse by Maria Nazos

The Magicless Elf by K.J. Bradford

25 Days in Athens by Jack Strange

It Ends with Her: A Sapphic Horror Anthology edited by Kelley York, Syd Tomac & Kala Godin


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The Girls Will Be Okay by Linnea Peterson

 

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Remember the Main: The Gay Bar That Started a Movement in the Northland by Meg Gorzycki

The Boy with the Heart of Sea Glass by Laura Livingstone

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When We Almost Came Undone by Georgia K. Boone

Transcendent: A Memoir by Laverne Cox

Mister Magic: The Graphic Novel by Kiersten White, Scott E. Peterson (Adapter), Veronica Fish (Illustrator), Andy Fish (Illustrator), Greg McKenna (Letterer)

Deer to My Heart (Camp Cryptid Book 2.5) by B.L. Brown

Ellis Academy by Cassie Snowberry

Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth

The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher

God's Own Country by Mathew L. Reyes

Bride of the Shark Clan Vol. 1 by Satomichi

Her Sharp Embrace (Nightshades Book 1) by Kate Koenig

Endless Blue Beneath (Daughters of Atlantea Book 1) by Shannon K. English

The Silent Paths of Night (The Gods of Night & Day Book 2) by David R. Slayton

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Sol Goes for Goal! (Hillside Valley Book 2) by Julio Anta, Gabi Mendez (Illustrator)

Silent Reading: Mo Du Vol. 3 by Priest, Yuka (Translator), Nande M (Translator), Rylee (Illustrator)

The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 7 by 945

Autistically Me: How to Understand and Celebrate our Unique Minds by Bradley Riches

Nymph by Sofia Montrone

Dear Kenneth by Cole Degenstein

Devils We Know (Devils Like Us Book 2) by L T Thompson

LGBTQ Religious Activism: Rethinking Identity, Faith, and Social Change edited by Jonathan S. Coley & Golshan Golriz

You Won't Forget Me by Mazey Eddings

Cages by Chantel Acevedo

BL Game Rebirth: My New Life as the Hero's Younger Brother Vol. 4 by Yui Hanaka, Kana (Illustrator)

I Can't Stand Being Your Childhood Friend Vol. 3 by An Momose

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No God in Eden Vol. 4 by Yuma Ichinose

My Little Road Trip (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Lynn Michaels


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Only the Mighty Fall (Dreadful Boys) by Myka Loren

Love, Gods and Sinners by Camille Chong

Velvet Goldmine by Katherine Reed


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Baggage (Soulmate Book 3) by Cass Morgan

Before the Ghost Sea (The Tides that Reign Book 3) by R.D. Pires

The Call-Up (On Thin Ice Book 2) by K.C. Carmichael


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Hitchhiker's Guide to Daddy's Heart (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Leslie Ayla

Against the Line (The Advantage Book 7) by V.K. Alenko

Andy, You're a Star by Britney Mitchell

Shadow World by Dahlia Amy

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What Rough Beast? (A Tale of Goatskin) by Bryn Hammond

Let Your Queerness Bloom selected by Rainbow Crate & edited by Rachel Skelton

Lost Tales from The Borun-Ma (The Borun-Ma Series Book 1) by Ruth Miranda

Where the Tides Meet by Elijah Her

Hearth & Heartbreak (Witches of Starbrook Book 4) by Elle Lavendelle

Falling Forward (Fall Series Book 2) by Simone Holiday

Heartbreak Blog by Kate Butler

The Earth, Our Body by Nicole L. Soper Gorden

Camp Pride Outreach Tour (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Janice Jarrell


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Such a Lucky Girl by Wendy Heard

Prince of Storms (Born to Sea & Storms Book 2) by Kit Rocha

Let Me See the Real You, Senpai! Vol. 3 by Yuho Okita

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The Shape of Monsters (The Moon Heresies Book 2) by Tessa Gratton

Embers of Analon (The Emberborn Book 1) by Paul Michael Winters

Rein Ready (Riverlight Book 1) by Astra June

Síltharíel (A Faerie Tale Book 0.5) by Kalob Dàniel

Sweeter than Honey (Pride in Pine Grove) by Sarah Zane

Rebellion (Freedom Book 3) by Gun Brooke

Riverbend by Karis Walsh

Under Construction by Aurora Rey

Bank Shot (Lakeside Green Coyotes Book 2) by Josie Mae

Everything That Falls by Nicole Disney

Bump, Set, Sparks by Jennifer Moffatt

A Prince Among Pirates by Katie Abdou

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Just Ask Elsie by Ari Koontz

Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden

Wild Love: A BL Guide to the Animal Kingdom by Aratama Tsubuko

Murder and Mayheim by Ronica Black

Sex in Public: The Transformative Social Power of Our Erotic Lives by Angela Jones

Trans Geographies of Joy: Building Community in Atlanta by Elias Capello

Femmephilia: Love Letters to Trans Mermaids, Queer Mothers, and Marilyn Monroe by Sophie Lewis

The Hooves Belonged to the Deer by Makram Ayache

Stegosaurus Moon by Scott Beal

Dearly Departed by Chip Pons

Begin Again by Sara Radley

A Cry for the Deep (Three Bells Book 2) by Amanda Linsmeier

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Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko! Vol. 3 by Sal Jiang

Bottom Feeders by Arielle Hebert

Heaven's Graveyard by Grace Curtis

If We Could Fly by Kristin Keppler

Lucky Creatures by Joseph Trinidad

Thrice Married to a Salted Fish Vol. 3 by Bi Ka Bi, Mulliga K (Illustrator)

Love Is a Contact Sport by Frederick Smith

Dogs on Dates by Luke Healy

Bridging the Gap (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Sam E. Kraemer

Wildflower by Becky Jenkinson


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Facing Leeward (A Siren's Point Story Book 2) by JJ Mulder

The Comeback King (Necessary Roughness Book 1) by Riley Hart

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Mead Cute by Sam Parks

The Leveret by Anna Goldreich

When Trauma Affects Sex: An integrated and inclusive approach to understanding and treating individual and systemic trauma in sexual health therapy by Sarah Ashton, PhD

Orlando: A Graphic Novel Biography by Jules Scheele


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Vagabond Tracks (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Layla Dorine & TL Travis

Queering African Law: Identity, Inclusion and Rights Protection for LGBTQ+ People Across Africa edited by Adam D. Dubin, Frida Lyonga, and Rui Garrido


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Bone Deep (Damaged Hearts Book 2) by J.P. Joseph

Love & Other Drunken Mistakes (Your Ex or Mine Book 1) by J.E. Ridge


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Daddy Dyke on a Bike (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Ellie Rose


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Nemesis Mine by Amy Archer

The Ghosts of Greenville by Gerri Hill

Supergay! by Frankie Grande

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The Bloodweaver (The Weaver Saga Book 1) by C. N. Kuster

Hunt the Ever Wild by S.E. Kiser

Doe by Rebecca Barrow

Cauldrons & Campfires by Ali K. Mulford & K. Elle Morrison

Bratva's Mercy (Bratva's Undoing Book 3) by Gianni Holmes

Cherry Season (Claremont Shores Book 2) by C.L. Blossom

Nat and Cami's Guide to Running an Undercover GSA by Karis Rogerson

Why Do You Like Me? by Hannah Rose

Spectrum & Smoke (Rochester Copperheads Book 1) by RJ Scott & VL Locey

blue roses: Tennessee Williams, Memory, and the Queer Archive by Daniel Ciba

A Great and Powerful Tyranny (Song of the Ghost Queen Book 1) by Victoria Carbol

A Treason of Magic (A Treason of Magic Book 1) by Melissa Marr

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Long Island Girls by Gabrielle Korn

For the Greatest Good by Blair Hanson

The Cursed Fate (Arcana Book 2) by Sam Prentice-Jones

Wait, I Love You Vol. 2 by Omayu

Gender Bound: Prisons, Trans Lives, and the Abolitionist Horizon by Joss T Greene

Fish and Water by Gengoroh Tagame, Anne M. Ishii (Translator)

Good Luck, Babe! by Erin Baldwin

Edge of Mercy (Sugar & Vice Book 3) by Allie Therin

The Monsters We Made by Peyton June

Skin Contact by Elisa Faison

The Lovers, the Liars, and Me by Deandra Davis

The Actress: Canceling Cordelia (The Actress Series Book 2) by Kimberly J.M. Wilson

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Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma by Wednesdae Reim Ifrach

Ripples in the River Vol. 3 by Zeniko Sumiya

Punch Drunk Love Vol. 5 by Moscareto

My Name was Baby: An Intersex Memoir by Chris Arnone

Little Wild by Laura Evans


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High & Dry (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Ari McKay

Fouled in Open Play by Pat Voss


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Fellow Creatures by Emma Lowther

Home Ice by Saxon James

Birdie (Whiskey Creek Book 1) by Tilly Ridge & C.S. Silverne

Outplayed by Love by Frankie Fyre

When I'm in Your Arms (Powell Productions) by Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan

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Together on Parade (Powell Productions) by Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan

A Dance of Serpents (A Curse of Crows & Serpents Book 2) by Lauren Dedroog


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Price of a Thousand Blessings Volume 4 by Ginn Hale


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Arcanist's Curse (Grimoire Archive: Shrouded Curses Book 1) by Amanda N. Newman

The Librarian's Familiar by TJ Nichols


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Endless Depths (Deep Water Book 1) by Thea Verdone

Skyborn by Liam Reid

One Wrong Step (Pride Road Trip 2026) by D.K. Sutton


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Quake by Kitty Mrosovsky

Twin Jades of Jiangdong Vol. 2 by Fei Tian Ye Xiang, Moon (Translator), IdleDee (Illustrator)

Pasha the Storm by Linda H. Codega

Hothead (Hothead Book 1) by Kent Holland

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Tempting Venom (Vipers Book 3) by Rina Kent

The Feywild Job by C.L. Polk

Homecoming (Sex Wizards Book 5) by Alethea Faust

Until He Found Him (An Omegaverse Trilogy Book 1) by Rachel O'Rourke

The Weight of I Love You by Mike Jakubowski

Pride & Picnics (Pride in Pine Grove) by Hannah Danielle & K.F. Starfell

Moss'd in Space (Moss'd in Space Book 1) by Rebecca Thorne

Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain

Dream the Deep by Clara Ward

Hold Me Like a Grudge by Celine Ong

The Widening Gyre by Amy Debellis

Wasp's Nest by Kat Stoddard

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He Craves to Be Teased by His Favorite Asmr Streamer Vol. 2 by Coco Aino

Mistakenly Saving the Villain Vol. 3 by Feng Yu Nie, Yuka (Translator)

Their Summer Rescue by Sera Taíno

What Happened to Those Girls by Carlyn Greenwald

Remnant: The Beastmen Omegaverse Saga Vol. 1 by Hana Hasumi

What If I Said, I Love You? Vol. 1 by Kumosoku

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We post an open call for new releases around the 18th of the month preceding on Instagram, Twitter/X, Blue Sky and Threads. Authors can add their books to these posts or our linked new release form to be included in future new release lists. Alternatively, 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 have be outlined, written and edited without the use of gen AI; must have a cover made by a human artist or designer and must have a human narrator if an audiobook exists.

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Slides 2-22 features a white grid outline with a column on the left that has the release date in white font over a blue rectangle and book covers in three rows of 4 book covers each.

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