🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this October? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of?
Books listed above their respective graphic.
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 check StoryGraph for content warnings!
ID: A post of nine slides. Background is made up of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow for each slide. Slide one has a white square which reads "169 queer books coming out this October!". The 169 is in matching horizontal rainbow stripes and October is in orange text. Text between the number and month are all caps black font. Slide 2 features a white grid outline with a column on the left that has the release date in black over an orange rectangle and book covers in three rows of 4 book covers each. Slides 3-8 feature a white grid outline with a column on the left that has the release date in white over a blue rectangle and book covers in four rows of 6 book covers each. Slide 9 features the same setup with 13 book covers and 11 pale orange rectangles. End ID.
Pray for Him by Tyler Battaglia
Haunting Melody by Chloe Spencer
The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer
Tegan and Sara: Crush by Tegan Quin & Sara Quin
House of Elephants (Witchlings Book 3) Claribel A. Ortega
This Dark Paradise by Erin Luken
The Merriest Misters by Timothy Janovsky
Jasmine is Haunted by Mark Oshiro
The Spring before Obergefell by Ben Grossberg
A Pirate’s Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea Book 2) by Rebecca Thorne
Body Phobia: The Western Roots of Our Fear of Difference by Dianna E. Anderson
Showmance by Chad Beguelin
No Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook & Ryan Estrada
Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi
Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London
The Magic You Make (The Spells we Cast Book 2) by Jason June
Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram
The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin
The Undead Complex (Undetectables Book 2) by Courtney Smyth
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake
Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood
Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick
The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb
Stand Up!: A Graphic Novel by Tori Sharp
Planet Drag: Uncover the Global Herstory by Courtney Conquers
The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
Take a Sad Song by Ona Gritz
Hunt Monsters, Do Magic & Fall in Love by A.M. Weald
The Stars Inside Us (The Broken Stars Book 3) by Kristy Gardner
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
Coal Gets In Your Veins by Cat Rector
He Who Bleeds by Dorian Valentine
Blood Price by Nicole Evans
Worship Me: An Appalachian Dark Romance by K.C. Blume
October's Ocean by Delaine Coppock
Alexander (Vampires of Eden Book 2) by Karla Nikole
Vicious Fates and Vast Futures (Tangled Auras Book 3) by Tilly Bramley
Paragon (The Sefaeren Bond Trilogy Book 2) by Eleanor Rose, Chase St. Clare and August Oliver
Redundancies & Potentials by Dominique Dickey
Back in the Hunt: A Nelson & MacIlwraith Mystery by K. Sterling
Death Song (Tales from the Tarot) by B. Ripley
The Manor by Tiffany E. Taylor
The Revenge of Captain Vessia (Sails of Black and Blood Book 1) by Leslie Allen
The Connoisseur’s Christmas Courtship (Love Cynics Anonymous) by l.m. bennett
Arcanum (Tales from the Tarot) by Ashlyn Drewek
Troth (Wisconsin Gothic book 3) by E. H. Lupton
The Darkness Behind the Door by Mira Gonzales
Wrong Answers Only by Tobia Madden
Under All the Lights (When it all Syncs Up Book 2) by Maya Ameyaw
Lucy, Uncensored by Mel Hammond and Teghan Hammond
I’ll Be Gone for Christmas by Georgia K. Boone
Swordcrossed by Freya Marske
Shoestring Theory by Mariana Costa
Rise of the Wrecking Crew (The Vanquishers Book 3) by Kalynn Bayron
My Kind of Trouble by L. A. Schwartz
Solis by Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher
Haunt Your Heart Out by Amber Roberts
Country Queers: A Love Letter by Rae Garringer
The Nightmare Before Kissmas (Royals & Romance Book 1) by Sara Raasch
The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst
Di-curious by Erin Branch
Odd Spirits (The Summoner’s Circle Book 0.5) by S.T. Gibson
The Door in Lake Mallion (The Brindlewatch Quintet Book 2) by S.M. Beiko
What Was Lost by Melissa Connelly
Neca: Romance em bajubá by Amara Moira
Into the Lion’s Den by John Patrick
When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts, America's Trailblazing Gay Journalist by Michael G. Lee
Reclaimed (The World of Reforged Book 3) by Seth Haddon
Mistress of Hours by Emma Elizabeth
The Devil's Dilemma (Tales from the Tarot) by Alex J. Adams
The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J. West
Cried Out (Trophy Doms New York Book 3) by Kate Hawthorne
Power Pose by Emily Silver
The Dog Trainer's Secret by Sav Uong
To Become a Flower by CEON
Jean Harlow & the Legend of Stonefish Creek by Jes McCutchen
Sheldon Shags A Shoggoth & Other Racy and Awkward Fantasy Tales by Ezra Owain
Camelot’s Tower (Tales from the Tarot) by Brooke Matthews
Legend of the White Snake by Sher Lee
All the Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper