With Spring finally here, we’re continuing our journey of supporting LGBTQ+ books and the authors within our community. From world ending events and mysterious strangers, to enemies to lovers and rogues on adventures, we’ve got you covered with a list of LGBTQ+ books coming out April 2026.
A special shoutout goes to Netgalley, the premiere source of getting books in advance if you’re looking to review books. Most of the summaries were sourced from Netgalley, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble and we hope this helps get readers interested in these creative queer writers!
Also, make sure to check out whether any of the books listed below for April 2026 are available at your local indie store here.
1. We Call Them Witches by India-Rose Bower
Synopsis: Two years ago, monstrous beings tore through Britain, leaving few survivors. Now Sara and her family live on the run, relying on scraps of folklore and fading pagan rituals to stay safe from the eldritch creatures they call “witches”.
While her mother grows increasingly paranoid, Sara longs for something more than fear. Then a strange girl appears in the garden of their current camp. Her name is Parsley, and she cannot remember where she came from or why she’s there. Despite her family’s suspicions, Sara feels drawn to her.
But when Sara’s younger brother is taken by the Witches, she and Parsley must cross desolate moors full of merciless terrors to get him back. As their bond deepens, so do the dangers they face—and Sara begins to question whether anything is truly as it seems. In a world ruled by terror and myth, trust is the only thing more dangerous than the Witches themselves.
Release date: April 7th
2. Our Rogue Fates by Sarah Glenn Marsh
Synopsis: When he isn’t training as a Warden to become half the hero his father was, Griff Sayer is in the business of breaking hearts all across the town of Mayfair, although that slows down after settling in with his current boyfriend. Griff’s ex–best friend, Mal Pryce, meanwhile, is in business with whatever or whoever puts good money in his hands. Now in their mid-twenties, Griff and Mal have only exchanged scathing looks and carefully barbed jabs since the fight that sent them their separate ways years ago. But all that begins to change when an attack Mal plotted for his shady boss leaves Griff near death and their childhood friend Alys as his savior, forcing them back into each other’s orbit.
Livid at his boss, Mal makes a deal to earn his freedom and Griff’s safety. He has just four weeks to retrieve an ancient treasure from Rotrose Mire, a remote swamp known for its ghostly and beastly dangers, the same treasure Alys’s beloved father, Rhun, had been searching for when he disappeared for good. Armed with a map and a broken blade of Rhun’s, Mal sets off—with Alys and a reluctant and newly single Griff in tow.
Yet the explosive tension between the two men—along with the dangers of the mire pressing in around them—makes for a more difficult journey than any of them could have anticipated. As Griff and Mal peel back their tough facades and shared feelings heat up in unexpected ways as they learn to trust again, they also realize that someone—or something—seems to be following their path. Someone who doesn’t want them to succeed, no friend to their parents’ old enemies, but also no friend to would-be heroes…
Release date: April 28th
3. More Like Enemigas by Stephanie Hope
Synopsis: Isabella Valdes knows three things for certain:
- Her late father’s Cuban restaurant is thriving.
- She owns lots of designer things.
- Both of those statements are absolute lies to make her mother happy.
Isabella would do anything to keep her father’s legacy alive, including attending her estranged cousin’s weeklong wedding extravaganza. Once Sofia’s wealthy fiancé tastes the recipes Isa prepares from her father’s cherished journal, he’s sure to invest.
To Isa’s annoyance, she’ll be sharing a cabin with Valentina, the former friend turned rival who ruined her quinceañera. But Val is offering an unexpected deal—she’ll help Isa unravel an old family secret in return for help sabotaging the wedding and winning the heart of the bride.
Saying yes is a bad idea. But Isa’s perfectionism meets its match in Val’s carefree demeanor. There’s no hiding from Val, no ignoring this complicated but undeniable connection that’s changing Isa’s beliefs about love, loyalty and just how much she owes to her family—and to herself…
Release date: April 7
4. The Mystery of the Bitten Peach by Cecilia Tan
Synopsis: Meet Mei, a young Chinese American who has discovered she has the mystical ability to transport herself anywhere that is spiritually “China”-including Chinatowns around the world and different eras of Chinese history. As an adoptive child of the diaspora, Mei was raised in America with no knowledge of Chinese folklore or fairy tales, but when an antiques dealer friend needs help retrieving a mythic artifact-a jade carving of a peach that represented same-sex love in ancient China-she’s game to give it a try.
Her quest sends Mei not only into the past, but on a journey of self-discovery.
Release date: April 28th
5. Track Four is Not About You by LM Bennett
Synopsis: Bishop’s album is a disaster, and the only person who can fix it is Shiloh Ellis, the woman she ghosted four years ago.
Shiloh’s the best producer in the business now. Button-downs sharp, studio pristine, boundaries ironclad. She doesn’t do chaos, second chances, or Bishop. But when she hears that dying demo, she knows exactly what’s missing: the raw honesty they used to create together. Before the fame. Before Bishop left without a word.
Four months to salvage the record. Two masculine-of-center women who used to finish each other’s sentences, now barely able to tolerate sharing studio air. Bishop’s all swagger and deflection. Shiloh’s all logic, control, and precision. But in the booth, with nowhere left to hide, the music demands the truth they’ve been avoiding.
Release date: April 4th
6. We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune
Synopsis: Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good long life. Together they’ve experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt like the end of the world.
Now, the world is ending for real. A rogue black hole is coming for Earth and in a month everything and everyone they’ve ever known will be gone. Suddenly, after 40 years together, Don and Rodney are out of time. They’re in a race against the clock to make it from Maine to Washington State to take care of some unfinished business before it’s all over.
On the road they meet those who refuse to believe death is coming and those who rush to meet it. But there are also people living their final days as best they know how—impromptu weddings, bright burning bonfires, shared meals, and new friends. And as the black hole draws near, among ball lightning and under a cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky, Don and Rodney will look back on their lives and ask if their best was good enough.
Release date: April 28th
7. The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards
Synopsis: Georgiana Darcy has only ever kissed one girl before, and the resulting blackmail almost ruined her reputation. Since then, she’s carefully calibrated her life to be as quiet as possible, focusing on books and music. She certainly isn’t planning on falling in love with another girl. But then she meets Kitty Bennet, and everything is thrown off kilter.
After a moonlit kiss shifts their newfound friendship into something more, Georgiana follows Kitty to the Bennets’ home. The visit proves ill-timed when she encounters the one man who knows her secret and threatened her with it before. Terrified of testing the limits of her family’s love and of putting Kitty in danger, Georgiana doesn’t know if there’s any chance of a happy ending.
Every etiquette guide she’s ever read makes it clear that if she wants to protect her family name, Georgiana must pretend her heart follows society’s accepted rhythm. Unless, with a little help from those who understand how it feels, she can compose the future she and Kitty both deserve.
Release date: April 7th
8. A Murder Most Camp by Nicolas Didomizio
Synopsis: Mikey Hartford IV has coasted through his twenties in a distracted blur of yachts and sex and partying. But when his father discovers his latest million-dollar impulse buy and changes the terms of his trust, the party’s finally over. Now, unless Mikey can make a positive contribution to the world before his thirtieth birthday—one that doesn’t involve throwing cash at his problems—he’ll never see another yacht again. (Or even so much as a canoe.)
Enter: Camp Lore, a struggling summer camp in upstate New York where Mikey has to work as the oldest, least-qualified staffer to prove that he can “do good” alongside his twelve-year-old aunt. (Yes, aunt.) But Mikey isn’t sure he’ll be able to survive the camp’s ramshackle living conditions, let alone the gaggle of preteens who won’t leave his side. And when his campers become obsessed with a local legend set at an abandoned cabin on the grounds, Mikey’s chances of not making it through the summer become dangerously real—because it turns out there’s a murder hidden beneath Camp Lore. And someone there will stop at nothing to keep it that way.
Solving a decade-old cold case will surely be enough “good” for Mikey to earn his inheritance. He just has to stay alive long enough to do it…
Release date: April 28th
9. The Redwood Bargain by Markelle Grabo
Synopsis: Indentured kitchen maid Katrien dreams of freedom for herself and her cousin. So when the opportunity arises to settle her lord’s debt with the monstrous forest creature known as The Redwood Man, she is eager to agree. All Katrien must do is spend seven years with him while posing as her lord’s stepdaughter, Lady Zaviera. However, impersonating a noblewoman is no simple task. Three girls before her have attempted this deception; none fooled The Redwood Man long enough to survive.
But Katrien has to try, enduring lessons in etiquette even as The Redwood Man’s ivy vines threaten to consume the manor and its staff. Yet the more time she spends with the beautiful and tenderhearted Lady Zaviera, the less she wants to leave her. Caught between duty and desire, her future and her past, Katrien must navigate this sinister bargain—or lose her life and fail those she loves most.
Release date: April 28th
10. The Witch and the Huntress by Luna McNamara
Synopsis: Medea possesses both witchcraft and cunning, yet she endures a lonely and constrained life under the rule of her wicked father, Aeetes. When the hero Jason arrives, they strike a deal: If Medea helps him win her father’s Golden Fleece, Jason will marry her and take her with him back to Greece. But as the journey unfolds, Medea is forced to choose between the life she expected and the love she secretly desires—and the cost may be greater than she ever imagined.
Atalanta, raised by bears, is a capable warrior caught between the wilderness and the human world but never fully part of either. After the sudden disappearance of the woman she loves, Atalanta joins Jason’s Argonauts in an attempt to find her. But when Medea becomes part of the crew, the sorceress awakens something in Atalanta that she cannot ignore.
Jason, a skilled diplomat but a reluctant warrior, depends on his heroic companions to help him claim the Golden Fleece and retake the stolen throne of his father. Medea and Atalanta are among his most useful allies, but Jason soon finds that success may demand more than he can give.
Bursting with mythological references and cameos, Luna McNamara’s The Witch and the Huntress is a daring, enchanting story about two singular women in search of love, power, and redemption, set against a backdrop of epic quests and meddling gods.
Release date: April 21st
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