🌈2023 May Queer Releases 🌈

Nota Bene: an asterisk (*) is added near the titles to mean that the book DOES NOT feature queer characters on page (to my knowledge), but the author is queer and therefore still in need of our support as those book are intrinsically queer (or at least I think so, everyone else is absolutely free to feel otherwise).

I try to be as inclusive as I possibly can, so my monthly release posts will always include books by non-queer authors who feature queer main characters or prominent queer secondary characters, as well as books by queer authors with or without representation as I wrote above.

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Title	Author/Editor	Category/Genre	Publication Date
Fiddle and Fire	Ariella Talix	Adult/Historical	01-05-2023
We Could Be Something	Will Kostakis	Young Adult/Fantasy	01-05-2023
Changing Spaces	Karmen Lee	Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
You Need to Chill!	Juno Dawson, Laura Hughes (Illustrator)	Picture-Book	02-05-2023
Lion’s Legacy	Lev A.C. Rosen	Young Adult/Fantasy	02-05-2023
American Arcadia	Laura Scalzo	Adult/Historical	02-05-2023
Dragonfall	L.R. Lam	Adult/Fantasy	02-05-2023
Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages	Dan Jones	Non-Fiction	02-05-2023
Best Men	Sidney Karger	Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
Mare’s Nest	Holly Mitchell	Poetry	02-05-2023
Imogen, Obviously	Becky Albertalli	Young Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
The Fairest in the Land	Lesléa Newman, Joshua Heinsz (Illustrator)	Picture-Book	02-05-2023
We Don’t Swim Here	Vincent Tirado	Young Adult/Thriller	02-05-2023
The Golden Frog Games	Claribel A. Ortega	Middle-Grade/Fantasy	02-05-2023
Stars Collide	Rachel Lacey	Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom	Allison L. Bitz	Young Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
Lost Places	Sarah Pinsker	Adult/Science-Fiction	02-05-2023
The Humble Lover	Edmund White	Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
Homebodies	Tembe Denton-Hurst	Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl	Brianna R. Shrum	Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
The Salt Grows Heavy	Cassandra Khaw	Adult/Horror	02-05-2023
The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure	Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro	Middle-Grade/Fantasy	02-05-2023
Chasing Pacquiao	Rod Pulido	Young Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
Ander & Santi Were Here	Jonny Garza Villa	Young Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
Ellie Engle Saves Herself	Leah Johnson	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	02-05-2023
I Like Me Better	Robby Weber	Young Adult/Contemporary	02-05-2023
Orphia and Eurydicius	Elyse John	Adult/Fantasy	03-05-2023
Big Island	Emily O’Beirne	Young Adult/Contemporary	03-05-2023
The Lion and the Dahlia	Gabriel Hargrave	Adult/Science-Fiction	03-05-2023
Bitterthorn	Kat Dunn	Young Adult/Fantasy	04-05-2023
Grave Expectations	Alice Bell	Adult/Mystery	04-05-2023
Straight Expectations	Calum McSwiggan	Young Adult/Contemporary	04-05-2023
Our Hideous Progeny	C.E. McGill	Adult/Historical	04-05-2023
Alpha of Mortal Flesh	Ben Alderson	Adult/Fantasy	05-05-2023
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel), Vol. 5	Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù	Adult/Fantasy	05-05-2023
Teacher of the Year	M.A. Wardell	Adult/Contemporary	09-05-2023
The Stradivarius	Rae Knowles	Adult/Horror	09-05-2023
A Shadow Crown	Melissa Blair	Adult/Fantasy	09-05-2023
I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah’s Witness	Daniel Allen Cox	Non-Fiction	09-05-2023
Joy, to the World	Kai Shappley, Lisa Bunker	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	09-05-2023
Only This Beautiful Moment	Abdi Nazemian	Young Adult/Historical	09-05-2023
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath	Moniquill Blackgoose	Young Adult/Science-Fiction	09-05-2023
Salma Makes A Home*	Danny Ramadan, Anna Bron (Illustrator)	Picture-Book	09-05-2023
Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto	Zachary Zane	Non-Fiction	09-05-2023
Graveyard of Lost Children	Katrina Monroe	Adult/Horror	09-05-2023
I’m Not Supposed to Be in the Dark	Riss M. Neilson	Young Adult/Fantasy	09-05-2023
If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come	Jen St. Jude	Young Adult/Science-Fiction	09-05-2023
The Rules of Us	Jennifer Nissley	Young Adult/Contemporary	09-05-2023
Marina in the Middle	Nicole Melleby	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	09-05-2023
Sam Makes a Splash	Nicole Melleby	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	09-05-2023
Never Trust a Gemini	Freja Nicole Woolf	Young Adult/Contemporary	09-05-2023
Every Gift a Curse	Caroline O’Donoghue	Young Adult/Fantasy	09-05-2023
You Don’t Have a Shot	Racquel Marie	Young Adult/Contemporary	09-05-2023
This Is the Way the World Ends	Jen Wilde	Young Adult/Thriller	09-05-2023
They Hate Each Other	Amanda Woody	Young Adult/Contemporary	09-05-2023
Megumi & Tsugumi, Vol. 2	Mitsuru Si	Young Adult/Fantasy	09-05-2023
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich	Deya Muniz	Young Adult/Fantasy	09-05-2023
The Problem with Perfect	Philip William Stover	Adult/Contemporary	10-05-2023
The Frog’s Kiss	James Mayhew	Picture-Book	11-05-2023
Away With Words	Sophie Cameron	Young Adult/Fantasy	11-05-2023
Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts	William Hussey	Young Adult/Contemporary	11-05-2023
Hookah Smoking Caterpillar	Beatrix Hollow	Adult/Fantasy	11-05-2023
The Hummingbird Killer	Finn Longman	Young Adult/Thriller	11-05-2023
Finn Jones Was Here	Simon James Green	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	11-05-2023
Bleeding Heart	Brittany M. Willows	Young Adult/Fantasy	11-05-2023
The Man with Sapphire Eyes	Larry Mellman	Adult/Historical	16-05-2023
A Long Time Dead	Samara Breger	Adult/Historical	16-05-2023
Season of Skulls	Charles Stross	Adult/Science-Fiction	16-05-2023
The Scandalous Letters of V and J	Felicia Davin	Adult/Historical	16-05-2023
Game Misconduct	Ari Baran	Adult/Contemporary	16-05-2023
From Here	Luma Mufleh	Non-Fiction	16-05-2023
The Accidental Bride	Jane Walsh	Adult/Historical	16-05-2023
Light Carries On	Ray Nadine	Adult/Contemporary	16-05-2023
We’ll Never Tell	Wendy Heard	Young Adult/Thriller	16-05-2023
As Long As We’re Together	Brianna Peppins	Young Adult/Contemporary	16-05-2023
Venom & Vow	Anna-Marie McLemore, Elliott McLemore	Young Adult/Fantasy	16-05-2023
The Yards Between Us: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Football	R.K. Russell	Non-Fiction	16-05-2023
All the Dead Lie Down	Kyrie McCauley	Young Adult/Horror	16-05-2023
Fake Dates and Mooncakes	Sher Lee	Young Adult/Contemporary	16-05-2023
Transmogrify!	g. haron davis	Anthology	16-05-2023
Glassworks	Olivia Wolfgang-Smith	Adult/Contemporary	16-05-2023
Dykette	Jenny Fran Davis	Adult/Contemporary	16-05-2023
Lose You to Find Me	Erik J. Brown	Young Adult/Contemporary	16-05-2023
Under Kingdom	Christof Bogacs, Marie Enger (Illustrator)	Young Adult/Fantasy	16-05-2023
Court of the Undying Seasons	A.M. Strickland	Young Adult/Fantasy	16-05-2023
The Dog Knight	Jeremy Whitley, Bre Indigo (Illustrator) & Melissa Capriglione (Colourng)	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	16-05-2023
The Beautiful Something Else	Ash Van Otterloo	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	16-05-2023
The Realist	Riley Hart	Adult/Contemporary	17-05-2023
Mistaken Prejudice	Tal Lewin	Adult/Contemporary	18-05-2023
They Ain’t Proper	M.B. Guel	Adult/Historical	18-05-2023
A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar: A Journey of Self [and Sexual] Discovery	Harry Nicholas	Non-Fiction	18-05-2023
Seducing My Brother-in-Law	Shae Michaels	Adult/Contemporary	22-05-2023
The Untimely Undeath of Imogen Madrigal	Grayson Daly	Adult/Fantasy	23-05-2023
The Battle Drum	Saara El-Arifi	Adult/Fantasy	23-05-2023
Ever Since	Alena Bruzas	Young Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
The Language of Love and Loss	Bart Yates	Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
Matteo	Michael Leali	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	23-05-2023
Constellations	Kate Glasheen	Young Adult/Historical	23-05-2023
The Luis Ortega Survival Club	Sonora Reyes	Young Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
Grand Slam Romance	Ollie Hicks, Emma Oosterhous (Illustrator)	Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
Perilous Times	Thomas D. Lee	Adult/Fantasy	23-05-2023
Wild Things	Laura Kay	Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
City of Vicious Night	Claire Winn	Young Adult/Science-Fiction	23-05-2023
Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball	Jason June	Young Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
Magic Has No Borders	Sona Charaipotra, Samira Ahmed	Anthology	23-05-2023
Mrs. Nash’s Ashes	Sarah Adler	Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
The Adult	Bronwyn Fischer	Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
Something Like Possible	Miel Moreland	Young Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
Your Love is Not Good	Johanna Hedva	Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
The Late Americans	Brandon Taylor	Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
Forever Is Now	Mariama J. Lockington	Young Adult/Contemporary	23-05-2023
Inquiring for Departed Rebuts	M.K. Valdes	Adult/Contemporary	25-05-2023
His Soul to Keep	Salem Alexander	Adult/Fantasy	26-05-2023
Neon Roses	Rachel Dawson	Adult/Historical	26-05-2023
Into Shadow	Morgan Daimler	Adult/Fantasy	26-05-2023
Trials of the Innermost	Jonathan Fuller, Kristina Kelly	Adult/Science-Fiction	26-05-2023
Who Needs Gay Bars?: Bar-Hopping through America’s Endangered LGBTQ+ Places	Greggor Mattson	Non-Fiction	30-05-2023
Horse Barbie: A Memoir	Geena Rocero	Non-Fiction	30-05-2023
Uranians: Stories	Theodore McCombs	Adult/Science-Fiction	30-05-2023
Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves	Quinn Connor	Adult/Thriller	30-05-2023
The Follower of Flowers	Natalia Hernandez	Adult/Fantasy	30-05-2023
Girls Like Girls	Hayley Kiyoko	Young Adult/Contemporary	30-05-2023
Chef’s Choice	T.J. Alexander	Adult/Contemporary	30-05-2023
Sweet & Bitter Rivals	Jessica Burkhart	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	30-05-2023
Time Out	Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, Carlyn Greenwald	Young Adult/Contemporary	30-05-2023
The Male Gazed	Manuel Betancourt	Non-Fiction	30-05-2023
The Girl Next Door	Cecilia Vinesse	Young Adult/Thriller	30-05-2023
Love at First Set	Jennifer Dugan	Adult/Contemporary	30-05-2023
Tegan and Sara: Junior High	Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Tillie Walden (Illustrator)	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	30-05-2023
That Summer Feeling	Bridget Morrissey	Adult/Contemporary	30-05-2023
The Alchemy of Moonlight	David Ferraro	Young Adult/Fantasy	30-05-2023
Big Gay Wedding	Byron Lane	Adult/Contemporary	30-05-2023
The Gay Best Friend	Nicolas DiDomizio	Adult/Contemporary	30-05-2023
The Song of Us	Kate Fussner	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	30-05-2023
Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 6	Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù	Adult/Fantasy	30-05-2023
The Celebrants	Steven Rowley	Adult/Contemporary	30-05-2023
Skating on Mars	Caroline Huntoon	Middle-Grade/Contemporary	30-05-2023
No Perfect Places	Steven Salvatore	Young Adult/Contemporary	30-05-2023
Witch King	Martha Wells	Adult/Fantasy	30-05-2023
Lesbian Love Story	Amelia Possanza	Non-Fiction	30-05-2023
The Hills of Estrella Roja	Ashley Robin Franklin	Young Adult/Fantasy	30-05-2023
No Man’s Land	Courtney W. Dixon	Adult/Contemporary	31-05-2023
Employing Patience	Saxon James	Adult/Contemporary	31-05-2023