Gay novels 2024
13 New Queer Novels We Can’t Wait to Study in 2024
Like Happiness is a stunning coming-of-age debut novel that delves into gender, sexual orientation, racial identity, and the charged power dynamics of fame. In the novel, writer Ursula Villarreal-Moura uses dual timelines to tell the story of Tatum Vega, a woman who years ago shared a destructive relationship with a known author named M. Domínguez. In the present timeline of 2015, Tatum lives in Chile with her partner Vera and works at a museum in a job that she loves. Her fraught days in New York with M. Domínguez are drawn-out behind her. That is, until she gets a call from a correspondent asking for an interview, as Domínguez has been accused of sexual assault. In an instant, Tatum’s former life comes flashing back, along with a series of pointed questions: What really happened between her and Domínguez all those years ago? As Tatum grapples with tough truths in the introduce, the second timeline, told through a letter Tatum writes to Domínguez, takes us back to the decade she spent in New York City and the complex, destructive association she had with the famed author. Villarreal-Moura’s “emotionally astute novel offers a
– sapphic MC
– god’s come to fuck things up
– the rebellion is fracturing
– and this cursed mask might be the only thing that can halt a god — but at what cost?
– last in THE VAGRANT GODS
– m/m
– a fugitive engineer plans to rescue her sister, no matter the cost the universe
– a time-traveler in regency London in a fling with the crown prince
– their paths are intertwined by prophecy and space
– vacuum opera + initiate family!
– sapphic
– elves, fae, & humans once co-existed, but now only the elves remain
– except wait, we just found this long-lost city and it’s… fae??
– and now their politics are kinda our problem, as adv as their relationships
– gay male MC
– twelve heirs to a centuries’ senior empire embark on a voyage to celebrate peace
– then, the murders began
– Death on the Nile, but with magic & chaotic
Every Book a Doorway
This was one of my most popular posts last year, so I decided to do it again – and actually send it on July 1st this time! WOO!
What is ‘this’? Lgbtq+ Adult SFF books coming out post-Pride that you REALLY ought to know about! I hold read or am reading most of these, so I can personally vouch for almost all of them!
(I’m aware this list is a little light on the sci fi side of things – if you hold any queer (Adult!) sci fi you’re looking forward to, depart a comment, and I may end up adding it to the list!)
STAY PROUD AND ENJOY!
:edit October 2024: I’ve the ones that I don’t want to rec, actually, after having scan them! But just because I didn’t enjoy them doesn’t indicate you won’t!
Genres:Adult, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation:Bi/pansexual MC
Published on:2nd July 2024
Goodreads
In an unrivaled blend of apocalyptic science fiction and epic fantasy akin to masterpieces like Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Ground trilogy, and David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas, debut author
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Tryst Six Venom
By Penelope Douglas
Berkley — US / Paperback / 9780593641989 / Out April 2024 / £12.99
It’s away games, back seats, and the locker room after hours in this spicy brand-new adult romance, now with bonus material.
Selamlik
By Khaled Alesmael & translated by Leri Price
World Editions / Paperback / 9781642861488 / Out April 2024 / £16.99
An emotional and unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism.
Amma
By Saraid de Silva
Weatherglass Books / Paperback / 9781739260149 / Out April 2024 / £12.99
1951, Singapore. Josephina is 10. She is sexually assaulted — and then kills her attacker.
Juliet The Maniac
By Juliet Escoria
Melville Dwelling Publishing / Paperback / 9781685891275 / Out April 2024 / £16.99
A confident and raw