Most Anticipated 2021 LGBTQ SFF Releases

Hi friends! I am really excited about sharing this post with you all. 2021 is going about as well as 2020, but at least we have some LGBTQ fantasy books to look out for. 2021 is the year of the sapphics and I am on board. Check out my Most Anticipated 2021 LGBTQ SFF Releases down below!

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Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

The cover. OMG, the cover. I cannot get over how pretty it is. Neither can I get over this book’s synopsis: Persephone Station, a seemingly backwater planet that has largely been ignored by the United Republic of Worlds becomes the focus for the Serrao-Orlov Corporation as the planet has a few secrets the corporation tenaciously wants to exploit. I am here for all of the space shenanigans.

Release Date: January 5th

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Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Solving murders, preventing interplanetary war and falling in love with each other? I want it all, and I want it now. Tor Books is really blessings us this year.

Release Date: February 2nd

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Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard returns with a powerful romantic fantasy that reads like The Goblin Emperor meets Howl’s Moving Castle in a pre-colonial Vietnamese-esque world. I don’t know, do you need any more? This should be a must-read for everyone. Plus it’s a short story, so let’s get reading!

Release Date: February 9th

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A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth

The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones in this thrilling urban fantasy set in the magical underworld of Toronto that follows a queer cast of characters racing to stop a serial killer whose crimes could expose the hidden world of faeries to humans. You had me at “queer cast of characters” tbh. I need this book yesterday.

Release Date: February 23rd

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The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

Read this: Through assassinations and massacres, in bedrooms and war rooms, Touraine and Luca will haggle over the price of a nation. But some things aren’t for sale. Does this description not make you want to pick up this book immediately? Give me all the sapphic LGBTQ high fantasy, please.

Release Date: March 23rd

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Most Anticipated 2021 LGBTQ SFF Releases

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

When children go missing, people want answers. When children go missing in the small coastal town of Astoria, people look to Wendy for answers. Besides having a gorgeous cover, the premise of this book just sounds amazing. I am super excited to read it.

Release date: March 23rd

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These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy

A queer retelling of “The Firebird,” a Russian folktale. I’m easy, you don’t need to say any more to sell me on this book.

Release Date: April 20th

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In the Ravenous Dark by A.M Strickland

I have spoken about this book before, but just read this: A pansexual bloodmage reluctantly teams up with an undead spirit to start a rebellion among the living and the dead. Do you want to read it as much as I do now? Yes? Good.

Release Date: May 18th

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The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Two boys lost in space with a mystery to solve? Sign me right up! Not only do I love the whole space mystery aspect, but I am here for the LGBTQ rep as well. I love sci-fi and I think we need more of it, so I am super excited about this book.

Release Date: June 1st

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Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

We have been blessed by the cover gods this year. I mean just LOOK AT IT. Not only does this book sound like one hell of a fairytale ride, but it also has a demisexual MC. I am here for all the ace rep and visibility, especially for demisexuality since it just gets the worst comments. I highly encourage you to do some research on it and add this LGBTQ book to your TBR immediately.

Release Date: October 5th

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