platypusreads

[platypusreads]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in August 2025 🌈

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books coming out in August that you can add to your TBR. Happy reading!

���What was the last queer book you read?

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ Well, Actually - Mazey Eddings 💛 Lucky Day - Chuck Tingle 💚 Songs for Other People's Weddings - David Levithan & Jens Lekman 💙 Empty Heaven - Freddie Kölsch 💜 The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood and Boyfriends - Jamie D'Amato 💙 House of Dusk - Deva Fagan 💚 Starstrike - Yoon Ha Lee 💛 Lady Dragon - A.M. Strickland ❤️ This Is My Body - Lindsay King-Miller

❤️ The L.O.V.E. Club - Lio Min 💛 The Entanglement of Rival Wizards - Sara Raasch 💚 Learn My Lesson - Katee Robert 💙 Yuli - S. Jae-Jones 💜 Mad Sisters of Esi - Tashan Mehta 💙 Voidwalker - S.A. MacLean 💚 The Sun and the Moon - Rebekah Faubion 💛 Leaving the Station - Jake Maia Arlow ❤️ Marisol Acts the Part - Elle Gonzalez Rose

❤️ Three Parties - Ziyad Saadi 💛 Automatic Noodle - Annalee Newitz 💚 Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything - Alyson Stoner 💙 Hollow - Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, Berenice Nelle 💜 Alchemy and a Cup of Tea - Rebecca Thorne 💙 Toni and Addie Go Viral - Melissa Marr 💚 Warrior Princess Assassin - Brigid Kemmerer 💛 A Tale of Mirth & Magic - Kristen Vale ❤️ The Build-a-Boyfriend Project - Mason Deaver

[platypusreads]

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

Check out our fully linked version on our website! We will also update these posts if we find more releases for August.

We do our best to screen books for AI usage and do not include books with covers that are made 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!

All books are listed above their respective graphics.

1

Frontier Comrades: From the Fur Trade to the Ford Car by Jim Wilke

What Happened on Roslyn Street?: A Paranormal Dark Academia Mystery Romance by Elle Lavendelle

Bucket & Friends Save (Part of) the World with a Wall by Tom Rademacher, Esther Hernando (Illustrator)

Pyre House: A Memoir In Verse by Lev St. Valentine

Doors & Windows: A Liam & Jonah Novella by A.J. Barlowe

Here in My Heart by Jo Fletcher

2

Half Moon Bay by Richelle Manteufel

Cotton Candy: A Sapphic Revenge Story by DR Barnes

August (New Orleans Book 8) by Nicole Pyland

4

Summer Breakdown (Training Season Book 2) by J.S. Jasper

Undercover Hearts (Phoenix Ridge Police Dept) by Emily Hayes

5

Emerge: 2024 Lambda Literary Anthology edited by monét cooper

Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings

Crowns of Blood & Salt (Dark Depths Book 2) by Kay Adams

Verity Vox & the Curse of the Foxfire by Don Martin

The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester Steel

The L.O.V.E. Club by Lio Min

Trying: A Memoir by Chloe Caldwell

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Mindscape by Andrea Hairston

Teo’s Durumi (The Alliance Book 2) by Elaine U. Cho

Joyful Reunion Vol. 1 by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

Monstress Book Three by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda (illustrator)

Hollow: The Woman in White (Hollow Book 2) by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, Berenice Nelle

Learn My Lesson (Deluxe Edition) by Katee Robert

Extinction Capital of the World: Stories by Mariah Rigg

The Build-A-Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver

Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta

This is My Body by Lindsay King-Miller

Witchycakes Book 1: Sweet Magic by Kara LaReau, Ariane Moreira (illustrator)

Witchycakes Book 2: Changing Magic by Kara LaReau, Ariane Moreira (illustrator)

D.J. Rosenblum becomes the G.O.A.T. by Abby White

Ghost Fish by Stuart Pennebaker

A Tale of Mirth & Magic by Kristen Vale

The Ever End by Audrey Wilson

Solum Iris by T.M. Ledvina

Songs for Other People’s Weddings by David Levithan and Jens Lekman

6

Beyond the Shoreline by Morgan Park

7

A Circle Outside by Linda Rosewood

The Vines Between Us by CG Macington

Theseus and the Sky Labyrinth by Gwenhyver

Echoes in the Dark by R. Evans

Sweet Revenge by R. Evans

8

Like Salt And Whisky by Merlina Garace

Sky’s Guide to Getting His Man & Banishing Ghosts (Dreamwalkers Book 1) by Sammi Cee

12

The New Lesbian Pulp edited by Sarah Fonseca & Octavia Saenz

Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything: A Memoir by Alyson Stoner

Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle

Toni and Addie Go Viral by Melissa Marr

That’s Amore by Georgia Beers

Alchemy & a Cup of Tea (Tea & Tomes Book 4) by Rebecca Thorne

Lord of Ruin (The Age of Blood Book 2) by K.M. Enright

Through Sky and Stars by Tessa Croft

Uncomplicate It by Kel McCord

Dogs by C. Mallon

A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper

Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color by Denne Michele Norris with Electric Literature

The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman

The Sun & the Moon by Rebekah Faubion

Starstrike (Moonstorm Book 2) by Yoon Ha Lee

Rivals to Lovers by Elise Wayland

Marisol Acts the Part by Elle Gonzalez Rose

The Dime Museum by Joyce Hinnefeld

Wild Night Rising by Barbara Ann Wright

Warrior Princess Assassin (Braided Fate Book 1) by Brigid Kemmerer

The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-ran & Gene Png (translator)

KinnPorsche Vol. 4 by Daemi, Avaritia (Illustrator)

Invisible Line by Su J. Sokol

Chapel at Ender’s Ridge (Ender’s Calling Book 1) by Beckett Krane

Better When the Sun Goes Down by Hunter Hyde

Of Serpents and Sorrow: A Medusa retelling by Katherine Shaw

An Extraordinary Passion by Kit Meredith

The Unexpected Heiress by Cassidy Crane

Undefined Tides (Demon of the Deep Book 0.5) by Briar Belmont

The Supersonic Phallus by Steven Key Meyers

We May Be Fractured by Jessica Lascar

Heart’s Appraisal by Jo Hemmingwood

Vanguard by Gun Brooke

13

A Vampire's Immortal Life: The Ravenside Chronicles by Sky Galter

Holiest by Sancta Seraphina

14

Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley

A Murder of Rogues by Joe Heapgoogo

Impossible Match by Rochelle Wolf

Make or Break by E.J. Noyes

Retrieve the Relic by Jaz Pate

15

Transanything: Essays by Ever Jones

Anthropological Study by Lauren Miller

On the Right Path by Rian Birch

16

The Final Diadem by Gume Laurel III

17

Sara or 'I lived my life as a cloud that followed overhead' by Never Angeline Nørth

19

Hot Tea & Bird Calls (Kissing at Work Book 2) by Evie Marque

Whites: Stories by Mark Doten

Kindling (Scottish Spice Book 1) by Bonnie Woods

Tripping Over You Book 1 by Suzana Harcum & Owena White

The Last Soul Among Wolves (The Echo Archives Book 2) by Melissa Caruso

The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace by Megan Okonsky

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

Yuli (Guardians of Dawn Book 3) by S. Jae-Jones

Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs

Goat Magic by Kate Wheeler

Diminished (The Elder Tree Trilogy Book 2) by Erica Rose Eberhart

Voidwalker (Beasts of the Void Book 1) by S.A. MacLean

Shedding Season by Jane Morton

Leaving the Station by Jake Maia Arlow

Mounted: On Horses, Blackness, and Liberation by Bitter Kalli

Sweetener by Marissa Higgins

The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland by Rachael Herron

Sunset Year by CJ Ellison

My Husband and I Sleep in a Coffin Vol. 1 by Wu Shui Bu Du

My Instructor Won't Yield by Deme Kingyobachi

Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu Vol. 5 by Tang Jiu Qing

Dead Air (Moon Murder Mysteries) by K. Sterling

The Blade that Binds Us by Leah Thomas and Kali Wallace

Best Cat In Show by Sage Evergreen

The Ex Effect by Dana Hawkins

Third Crime’s A Charm (Princes Take New York Book 3) by K. Sterling

May Chaos Reign Over You by La Purvis

Black Ice: Volume 2 by Bradford D. Smith II

Liberation by A.L. Brooks

20

Filament Lit Nights by Ryan M. Schulz

21

The Devil's Smile (The Yorkshire Killings Book 2) by Daniel Sellers

You’re Ex-Wife’s a Good Girl by Rosy Bond & Remi Darling

He Should Be Mine (My Mobster Book 1) by Jessica Jackman

Memories like Fangs (The Crystal Dragon Duet Book 2) by Chelsey León

The Uterus is an Impossible Forest by Shannon Kearns

22

The Unlikely Spare (Unlikely Dilemmas Book 3) by Jax Calder

25

Accidentally Falling For My Best Friend (Chicago Awakenings Book 2) by Lexi Amber

26

Lady Dragon by A.M. Strickland

The Devil's in the Dancers by Catherine Yu

The Secret Crush Book Club (Peach Blossom Book 3) by Karmen Lee

Carnival of Lies (Cesare Aldo Book 5) by D.V. Bishop

The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood and Boyfriends by Jamie D'Amato

The Poison Grove (Professor Eustacia Rose Mystery Book 2) by Jill Johnson

Roar of the Lambs by Jamison Shea

Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues by Kim de l'Horizon

Three Parties by Ziyad Saadi

House of Dusk by Deva Fagan

This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards (Magic & Romance Book 1) by Sara Raasch

Her Fake Wedding Date in Sicily by Jenny Lane

Empty Heaven by Freddie Kölsch

Dinghai Fusheng Records Vol. 2 by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

Storm in a Teacup (Bumps in the Road Book 3) by Kat Paige

The Devil Himself by Julia Talbot

29

Werewolf in Love by Alexa Piper

Hyperspeed (Astro Space League Book 1) by Lily James

Pretty Pucked by Olivia M. Green

30

The Wilds & The Weeds by Ally North

31

Bloody Lamb by Bailey Elizabeth

Moth Woods (Contemporary Cryptids) by Amara Lynn

User Error by Enoli Lee

ID: A post of fourteen slides. Background is made up of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow for each slide. Slide 1 has a white square which reads "151 queer books coming out in August". The 151 is in matching horizontal rainbow stripes and August is in purple text. Text between the number and month are all caps black font. Slide 2-13 features a white grid outline with a column on the left that has the release date in white over a purple rectangle and book covers in three rows of 4 book covers each. All spots contain a book cover. Slide 14 features a similar set up but with 7 books displayed. The first row has four books, the second row has 3 covers and 1 light purple rectangle, while the third row has 4 light purple rectangles. The column on the left that has the release date in white over a purple rectangle. End ID.

[platypusreads]

thinking of jesus at the gay bar again………

[platypusreads]

There's a lot of queers out there that find it hard to plan for a future wherein society doesn't want them in it. Can you offer a queer reading list of queer folx who have resisted authoritarian regimes? Any particular figures that stand out? Quotes? Are there other Claude Cahuns in history to offer inspiration in these times? Any stories of support networks that persisted throughout the AIDs genocide like the San Diego Blood Sisters? I'm sorry for so many questions; this topic has been weighing heavily on me.

I absolutely understand this, and I have some stories for you.

For articles:

George Everett Klippert tells the story of a man who changed the shape of a country because he was loved.

Jackie Shane tells the story of a trans woman of colour in the fifties who had a happier story than you'd expect.

Simon Tseko Nkoli tells the story of a man who fought back.

Elvira de la Fuente Chaudoir, A.K.A Agent Bronx tells the story of a woman who survived.

For books (affiliate links below) :

The Women's House of Detention

A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

Hugh Ryan

The Freaks Came Out to Write

The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

Tricia Romano

Liberated

The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun

Kaz Rowe 

Nothing Ever Just Disappears

Seven Hidden Queer Histories

Diarmuid Hester 

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

Larry Mitchell (Author), Ned Asta (Illustrator)

Double Cross

The True Story of the D-Day Spies

Ben MacIntyre

The New Queer Conscience

Adam Eli 

If you need hope, take it from here.

[platypusreads]

Katrina Nguyen from Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

[platypusreads]

A few weeks ago, I shared my list of 300+ Sapphic Books Out in 2025 (So Far). Now, I have the matching list to share with you: the sapphic books out from July-December of 2025, sortable and searchable by genre, release date, and representation. (These should all have a sapphic main character, but not necessarily an F/F romance.) Just make a copy and you can sort, filter, and edit the list.

Here's the list!

Let me know if I missed any that you're excited about.

And if you appreciate the work we do, consider supporting the Lesbrary on Patreon! It helps cover hosting and other costs.

[platypusreads]

Happy Pride! Featuring my nine favorite wlw books.

Mahit/Three Seagrass from the Teixcalaan series by Arkady Martine

Catherine/Lucy from The Lady's Guide To Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Kath/Lily from Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Zanja/Karis from the Elemental Logic series by Laurie J. Marks

Jude/Síle from Landing by Emma Donoghue

Ead/Sabran from The Priory Of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Emi/Ava from Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour

Thenike/Marghe from Ammonite by Nicola Griffith

Red/Blue from This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Ordered by theme, not by preference.

[platypusreads]

Simran & Vina from The Isle In The Silver Sea by Tasha Suri. It comes out in october and is soooo good

(a redraw of on The Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton)

[platypusreads]

Happy Disability Pride Month!

Here are some books with disabled bi MCs to celebrate the occasion 💖

Books listed

💕 The Faithless by C.L. Clark 💕 Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei 💕 The Immeasurable Depth of You by Maria Ingrande Mora 💕 The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes 💕 Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington 💕 Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert 💕 Stars in Their Eyes: A Graphic Novel by Jessica Walton 💕 The Disasters by M.K. England 💕 The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown 💕 Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 💕 Scoring a Spouse by Liz Lincoln 💕 Other bound by Corinne Duyvis 💕 Play It Again by Aidan Wayne 💕 Dark Pines by Will Dean 💕 Izzy at the End of the World by K.A. Reynolds 💕 In The Ring by Sierra Isley 💕 Dearly Departed by Heather Novak 💕 Monstersona by Chloe Spencer

[platypusreads]

What’s it like to write queer stories in today’s world—and why do they matter so much?

In this special Pride Month episode of Book Lounge by Libby, Joe talks with authors Andrew Joseph White, Juno Dawson, Susie Dumond, and Emily Austin about the power of queer representation, writing through challenges, and the joy of connecting with readers.

Then, guest hosts Carmen, Cece, Jananie, Kayla, and Meara share their top LGBTQ+ reads to celebrate Pride—now and all year round.

Hit play for inspiration, great book recs, and a whole lot of heart.

[platypusreads]

Charlie and Alexa from It's a Love/Skate Relationship.

[platypusreads]

All the books I bought during pride month!!!(I think I might have bought too many but at least I have plenty to read for the rest of the year😭). Has anyone read any of these? I just finished a dark and drowning tide!

[platypusreads]

aro & ace books: autistic aspecs!

The Many Half Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester - YA paranormal, an autistic acespec MC, aroace side character

Compound Fracture - thriller, MC figures out he's autistic & arospec

The Tale That Twines - fantasy, autistic grey-aro love interest (MC is also demi & neurodivergent and says it's been suggested e's also autistic)

Convenience Store Woman - contemporary novella. not explicit, but the MC is pretty clearly aroace and autistic coded, most of the story is about these experiences

The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will - YA contemporary, demiaroace agender MC

Kea's Flight - scifi with a cast of autistic characters, one major character is an ace lesbian

Party of Fools - high fantasy, one of the MCs is an autistic ace lesbian (+ other aroace / autistic characters)

Odd Blood - paranormal romcom, autistic demisexual MC

Earthbound Hearts - YA contemporary/fantasy, autistic ace lesbian MC

How To Sell Your Blood and Fall In Love - urban fantasy - 1/2 MCs is demi/greyaro

The Reanimator's Heart - historical paranormal - 1/2 MCs is demi

The Summer Love Strategy - YA contemporary, the love interest is an autistic demi-aroace trans girl

See also: The Mariah Mission (YA contemporary, the love interest is ace, and autistic coded (mentioned in author's note)), Poisoned Primrose - cozy mystery, autistic bi-ace MC), Be The Sea (autistic nonbinary demisexual MC)

#aspec books / aspec database / tumblr masterpost

info included here is brief! please see my database for full details of the books

[platypusreads]

Light from Uncommon Stars ✨🍩🌌🎻by Ryka Aoki

Thinking about violins, The Whispering Star (2015) by Sion Sono and Lee Young-ae in Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005). Read this mostly in a daze and loved it so much. Was nothing like what I thought it would be — intertwined cosmic tales with fantasy elements, destiny, trauma, love. At its core it’s about finding belonging, finding your passion and your person. I probably sobbed a few times, listened to Paganini and Alexandra Streliski’s music on repeat and yearned for a nice warm donut. I get fuzzy warm feelings when I think about this book ☁️💫

[platypusreads]

It's Nonbinary Awareness Week!

I'll be posting at least one free book each day with a nonbinary character (except on July 16, which is Drag Day and will focus on books with characters in drag.)

Some previously-featured books with nonbinary characters that are still free include:

Unbury the Bones by Coyote J.M. Edwards - cozy fantasy with a nonbinary vampire protagonist

A Strip of Velvet by Rien Gray - nonbinary forest deity/female huntress

Of Melodies and Maledictions by Maddox Grey - romantasy, female witch/nonbinary thief werewolf

Last Gasp by Emily Riesbeck - science fiction with a nonbinary alien and a human man

Coffee and Faeire Cakes by Laura Simons - fantasy romance with a nonbinary faerie protagonist

How I Found Myself by Luna Tibling - contemporary fiction with a nonbinary human protagonist

[platypusreads]

It's International Non-Binary People's Day. I have written two contemporary romcoms with nb main characters. Allies are actually required to buy these books today. Sorry, allies, I know the rules are tough 🫤