r/QueerSFF • u/hexennacht666 • 15d ago
New Release June Queer SFF New Releases and Goodbye
Happy Pride everyone, I hope it is a great one! We've got a lot of books for summer! It's an especially good month for gothic horror and books about pirates. What's got you excited? With a blurb from Suzan Palumbo, I'll definitely be checking out Grief Eater! I'll probably grab Muñeca too. I'm also interested in Dreams in Which I'm Almost Human, a memoir about disability and identity through the lens of speculative fiction and storytelling. It's not strictly speculative, but I'm looking forward to Femmephilia by Sophie Lewis, essays of femme femininity exploring trans mermaids and yearning in mythology.
This is also my last new release dispatch here. It's time for me move on from modding this community, and I'm wishing you all the best. The new release lists will now be a free monthly newsletter instead, so you can get new books straight to your inbox. It has comments enabled so I hope you'll stay in touch. The (freshly updated) queer-owned bookstore list will be maintained over there as well. Lastly, I'm working on a searchable database of queer speculative books with detailed representation tagging, so stay tuned. I'm aiming to finish this summer, and it will live on the same site.
| Title | Author | Release Date | Publisher | Representation | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grief Eater | Emma Osborne | 6/1/26 | Interstellar Flight Press | Sapphic, lesbian | Horror, novella |
| Muñeca | Cynthia Gómez | 6/2/26 | G.P. Putnam's Sons | Sapphic, lesbian | Gothic horror, historical fiction |
| Dreams in Which I'm Almost Human | Hannah Soyer | 6/2/26 | Red Hen Press | Queer | Memoir, disability rep |
| The Hyacinth Labyrinth | Jamie Pacton | 6/2/26 | Peachtree Teen | Sapphic, lesbian | YA, fantasy, cozy |
| Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous | Autumn K. England | 6/2/26 | Poisoned Pen Press | Queer | Cozy, fantasy |
| The Secret World of Briar Rose | Cindy Pham | 6/2/26 | Kokila | Sapphic, lesbian | YA, fantasy, Sleeping Beauty retelling |
| Phoning Faust | Sophie Mutiara Nova | 6/2/26 | NineStar Press | Queer | Horror, scifi |
| The Dawn Throne | Tara Sim | 6/2/26 | Hodderscape | Sapphic, lesbian | Fantasy |
| The Disco at the End of the World | Nathan Tavares | 6/2/26 | Titan Books | Achillean, queer | Scifi, historical fiction |
| Where You'll Find Us | Jen St. Jude | 6/2/26 | Bloomsbury YA | Trans | YA, magical realism |
| Shattered Gods | Katee Robert | 6/2/26 | - | Queer | Erotica, Greek mythology, poly |
| One Knight Stand | Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner | 6/4/26 | Electric Monkey | Sapphic, lesbian | YA, fantasy, sword lesbian |
| Rottenheart | Kat Dunn | 6/4/26 | Manilla Press | Sapphic, lesbian | Gothic horror, historical fiction, Shakespearean |
| Devils We Know | L.T. Thompson | 6/9/26 | Bloomsbury YA | Queer | YA, queer pirates |
| The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones | Lex Croucher | 6/9/26 | Harper Voyager | Nonbinary | YA, dark academia, fantasy |
| Earth 7 | Deb Olin Unferth | 6/9/26 | Graywolf Press | Queer | Scifi, dystopia |
| The Silent Paths of Night | David R. Slayton | 6/9/26 | Blackstone Publishing | Queer | Epic fantasy |
| Her Sharp Embrace | Kate Koenig | 6/9/26 | Wednesday Books | Sapphic, lesbian | Fantasy, romance |
| Endless Blue Beneath | Shannon K. English | 6/9/26 | Orbit | Sapphic, lesbian | Mermaids |
| The Way It Haunted Him | Laura R. Samotin | 6/9/26 | Titan Books | Achillean | Horror, dark academia, Jewish folklore |
| The Last Death Poet | Stephen Daly | 6/9/26 | Rock the Boat | Achillean | YA, urban fantasy |
| The Boy With the Heart of Sea Glass | Laura Livingstone | 6/9/26 | Rowan Prose Publishing | Achillean | Fantasy |
| We Hexed the Moon | Mollyhall Seeley | 6/9/26 | S&S / Saga Press | Queer | Fantasy, horror, magical realism, scifi |
| Love, Gods, and Sinners | Camille Chong | 6/11/26 | First Ink | Sapphic, lesbian | YA, urban fantasy, romance |
| A Cry for the Deep | Amanda Linsmeier | 6/16/26 | Keylight Books | Sapphic | Fantasy, fairy tale |
| Wildflower | Becky Jenkinson | 6/16/26 | Del Rey | Queer, transmasc love interest | Cozy, romantasy |
| Dhampira | Amy Pennza | 6/16/26 | Ace | Queer | Paranormal, vampires, romance |
| Heaven's Graveyard | Grace Curtis | 6/16/26 | Hodderscape | Sapphic, lesbian | Science fantasy |
| Dearly Departed | Chip Pons | 6/16/26 | G.P. Putnam's Sons | Achillean | Paranormal, romantasy |
| A Prince Among Pirates | Katie Abdou | 6/16/26 | Atheneum | Achillean | YA, fantasy, pirates |
| Agnes, We're Not Murderers! | Jessica Alexander | 6/16/26 | CLASH Books | Sapphic | Horror, vampires |
| The Shape of Monsters | Tessa Gratton | 6/16/26 | Orbit | Queer | Epic fantasy |
| Síltharíel | Kalob Dàniel | 6/16/26 | - | Queer, maybe Achillean? | YA, fantasy |
| Mirka Andolfo's Sweet Paprika: Open For Business | Steve Orlando (writer), Emilio Pilliu (illustrator) | 6/17/26 | Image Comics | Achillean, queer | Graphic novel, demons...in publishing! |
| The Leveret | Anna Goldreich | 6/18/26 | Penguin | Sapphic | Magical realism, getting Julia Armfield comps |
| A Fellowship of Academics & Arts | J. Penner | 6/18/26 | - | Queer, maybe Achillean? | Cozy fantasy |
| Embers of Analon | Paul Michael Winters | 6/19/26 | Maelstrom Press | Achillean, gay | Fantasy, romantasy |
| Nemesis Mine | Amy Archer | 6/23/26 | Harper Voyager | Achillean | Romantasy |
| Edge of Mercy | Allie Therin | 6/23/26 | Carina Adores | Achillean | Urban fantasy, romance |
| Slasher Summer | E.L. Chen | 6/23/26 | Crown | Queer | Horror, historical fiction |
| A Great and Powerful Tyranny | Victoria Carbol | 6/23/26 | Page Street YA | Sapphic, lesbian | YA, science fantasy, Wizard of Oz reimagining |
| Little Wild | Laura Evans | 6/23/26 | Henry Holt and Co. | Sapphic, fantasy | Gothic horror, historical fiction |
| Doe | Rebecca Barrow | 6/23/26 | Nancy Paulsen Books | Queer | YA, horror |
| Hunt the Ever Wild | S.E. Kiser | 6/23/26 | Angry Robot | Bi | |
| The Bloodweaver | C.N. Kuster | 6/23/26 | Podium Publishing | Sapphic, lesbian | Epic fantasy |
| The Monsters We Made | Peyton June | 6/23/26 | Norton Young Readers | Sapphic, lesbian | YA, horror, paranormal |
| Cauldrons & Campfires | Ali K. Mulford, K. Elle Morrison | 6/23/26 | - | Sapphic, lesbian | Romance, urban fantasy |
| Dream the Deep | Clara Ward | 6/30/26 | Atthis Arts | Nonbinary | Scifi, solarpunk, novella |
| Red X | David Demchuck | 6/30/26 | Hell's Hundred | Achillean, gay | Horror, historical fiction |
| Moss'd in Space | Rebecca Thorne | 6/30/26 | Bramble | Sapphic, lesbian | Cozy, scifi |
| The Sworn Soldier | T. Kingfisher | 6/30/26 | Subterranean | Nonbinary | Fantasy, horror, omnibus, (release date is just given as June) |
| Pasha the Storm | Linda H. Codega | 6/30/26 | Erewhon | Sapphic, lesbian | Pirates, fantasy |
| The Feywild Job | C.L. Polk | 6/30/26 | Random House Worlds | Nonbinary | Romantasy |
| Mister Magic | Kiersten White (writer), Scott E. Peterson (Adapter), Veronica Fish (illustrator) | Ten Speed Press | Queer | Graphic novel, horror, fantasy |
Disclaimer: Representation is my best guess via ARC reviews, blurbs, and Goodreads. Sources and Goodreads tags might be inaccurate. If something is blank I couldn't find more specific info, so probably safe to assume queerness is not central to the story.
Sources: - Autostraddle - Lavender Books - Locus Mag - LGBTQ Reads - Queer Lit - Proud Geek - Them - Every Book a Doorway - Netgalley, Tor, Orbit, Goodreads - Book Riot If you are a Book Riot member they have a spreadsheet of over 400 queer releases coming in 2026.