If you’re looking for books with bisexual and/or pansexual characters, you’re in luck. Here’s a list of all books coming out in January-June 2020 that fit that description. (The July-December list is available here.)
Finding specific rep in upcoming books isn’t always easy, so I want to make some things clear before we start:
1) I included only books that use the bi & pan labels or, in case of sff ones, that make it clear from context the characters are bi or pan. It’s not always clear-cut but I figured that if you’re looking for bi/pan rep, you’re looking for something concrete;
2) I did not include books which I wasn’t sure about, because I didn’t want to falsely advertise. If there’s anything I missed that you know for a fact features a bi or pan protag, please let me know!
I’ll be also marking YA books with a āļø emoji, if that’s something that you’re interested in. And, as always, a š emoji indicates a book is by an LGBT author.
(You might also be interested in these posts about 2020 YA releases & 2020 releases with non-cis characters.)
JANUARY
š Flight to the Horizon by Julie Tizard (f/f, bi mc)
š Temptation by Kris Bryant (f/f, bi li)
š Moon Shadow by Suzie Clarke (f/f, bi mc)
š Life Minus Me by Sara Codair (nonbinary, pan mc)
āļø š Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim (bi mc, lesbian & trans side characters)
āļø City of Stone and Silence by Django Wexler (f/f, bi mc, side lgbt characters)
š āļø We Used to be Friends by Amy Spalding (bi mc)
š āļø The Storm of Life by Amy Rose Capetta (genderfluid mcs, pan characters)
Lie to Me by Kaitlin Ward (bi mc)
š The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley (bi & genderfluid characters)
š The Better Liar by Tanen Jones (bi mc)
š Vacation People by Cheri Ritz (f/f, bi/pan mc)
āļø š Spellhacker by M. K. England (bi/pan mc, nonbinary li)
Merchants of Milan by Edale Lane (f/f, bi li)
āļø Blood Countess by Lana PopoviÄ (f/f, bi li)
š Police Brutality by Gregory Ashe (bi mc, m/m)
š Burn the Dark by S.A. Hunt (bi mc, Black gay side character)
š Troublemaker by Sean Ashcroft (m/m, bi mcs)
āļø Diamond City by Francesca Flores (bi mc)
FEBRUARY
To the Flame by A. E. Ross (bi/pan mc, nonbinary mc)
I, Unicorn by Gail Roarke (f/f, bi mc)
š āļø Belle RĆ©volte by Linsey Miller (f/f, bi mc)
š Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (f/nonbinary, pan mc)
Cherry Beach by Laura McPhee-Browne (bi mc)
āļø Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland (bi mc)
Gravityās Heir by Sara Bond (bi characters)
āļø Heartstopper, Vol 3 by Alice Oseman (m/m, bi mc)
š Life is Sweet by Lily Seabrooke (f/f, bi mc)
š No Parking by Valentine Wheeler (f/f, bi mc)
Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough (bi mc)
Stormsong by C. L. Polk (f/f, bi mc & li)
š Providence by Leigh Hays (f/f, bi/pan mc)
āļø Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal (f/f, m/m, bi characters, nonbinary & trans characters)
āļø Heart of Flames by Nicki Pau Preto (bi mc, m/m side relationship)
š No After You by Nicole Pyland (f/f, bi mc)
Carved from Stone and Dream by T. Frohock (m/m, bi mc)
āļø The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow (bi/pan mc)
Jeff, Karma, and Me by Jereā M. Fishback (m/m, gay mc, bi mc)
Havesskadi by Ava Kelly (m/m, pan mc)
Mazes of Power by Juliette Wade (bi mc)
āļø š The Unfairfolk by Sara Wolf (bi mc, nb side)
āļø š Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans (nonbinary bi mc, trans gay character)
š The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood (lesbian mc & li, gay mc, bi character)
āļø Rebelwing by Andrea Tang (bi character, lesbian character)
āļø š We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia (bi mc, lesbian mc)
š Finna by Nino Cipri (bi mc, nonbinary li)
Hearts Are Jerks by Gabrielle Harbowy (bi mcs, polyamory)
The Light Years by R. W. W. Greene (bi mcs)
MARCH
āļø š Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales (m/m, gay mc, bi Latino li, bi side character)
āļø š The First 7 by Laura Pohl (bi mc)
āļø š Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer (f/f, bi mc)
š A Pale Light in the Black by K. B. Wagers (lesbian mc, pan mc)
āļø š Havenfall by Sara Holland (bi mc)
āļø The Love Hypothesis by Laura Steven (bi mc, side m/m)
š Tokyo Love by Diana Jean (f/f, bi mc)
āļø š A Phoenix First Must Burn ed. by Patrice Caldwell (nonbinary, gnc & wlw mcs)
Wind and Dark Water by J. S. Cook (m/m, bi/pan mc)
American Sweethearts by Adriana Herrera (bi mc, m/f)
āļø š Music from Another World by Robin Talley (f/f, lesbian mc, bi mc, gay side character)
āļø Look by Zan Romanoff (f/f, bi mc)
āļø š Livingston Girls by Briana Morgan (f/f, bi mc)
From the Dark We Came by J. Emery (bi mc)
āļø š I’ll See You Again by Chris Bedell (m/m, bi mc)
Why Canāt Life Be Like Pizza? by Andy V. Roamer (m/m, gay mc, bi mc)
Playing House by Suzanne Clay (m/m/m, gay mc, bi mc, trans mc)
Peacemaker by E. M. Hamill (bi gq mc)
APRIL
The Devilās Blade by Mark Alder (bi mc)
āļø š Crown of Smoke by P. M. Freestone (bi mc)
āļø Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie (m/m, bi mc)
āļø š The Sword in the Stars by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy (f/f, bi li)
š Tack & Jibe by Lilah Suzanne (bi/pan mc, lesbian li)
āļø š The Deck of Omens by Christine Lynn Herman (bi mcs)
āļø š Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan (m/f, bi mcs)
Peta Lyreās Rating Normal by Anna Whateley (neurodivergent bi mc, f/f)
Scarlet Gaze by Foster Bridget Cassidy (m/m, bi mc)
Bloodsister by Alia Hess (nonbinary mc, bi li)
MAY
āļø š The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (f/genderfluid, Black genderfluid mc, Japanese sapphic li)
āļø š Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn (f/f, bi mc, lesbian mc, side m/m)
āļø The Summer of Impossibilities by Rachael Allen (f/f, Jewish bi mc, lesbian mc)
āļø š The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke (lesbian mc, Chinese American bi mc, Black sapphic mc, gay parents) edit: pushed to September 15 due to COVID-19
āļø š Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (f/f, bi mc, Persian setting & cast) edit: pushed to July 7 due to COVID-19
āļø š The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (f/f, Bengali Muslim lesbian mc, Afro-Brazilian Irish bi li)
āļø The Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert (bi mc, gay drag queen side, side lesbian)
Starcrossed by Allie Therin (m/m, bi mc)
āļø š This Coven Wonāt Break by Isabel Sterling (f/f, lesbian mc, bi li)
āļø š The Names We Take by Trace Kerr (bi trans mc)
āļø š Out Now: Queer We Go Again ed. by Saundra Mitchell (anthology)
āļø š I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch (f/f, lesbian mc, bi mc) edit: pushed to July 28 due to COVID-19
š Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (f/f, bi mc)
āļø š The Extraordinaries by T. J. Klune (m/m, gay mc with ADHD, bi li, lesbian side characters) edit: pushed to July 14 due to COVID-19
š The Magnificent Sons by Justin Myers (gay mc, bi mc, trans side character)
š I Come with Knives by S.A. Hunt (bi mc, Black gay side character, trans side character)
š Scandalous Passions by Nicola Davidson (bi mcs, f/f/m)
Slippery Creatures by K. J. Charles (bi mc, m/m)
Leather and Lace by Rebel Carter (bi mcs, f/f)
Snotgirl, Vol. 3 by Bryan Lee O’Malley & Leslie Hung (bi mc)
JUNE
āļø š The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska (f/f, bi mc) edit: August 4 for US release
āļø Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner (bi mc, lesbian mc, trans mc) edit: pushed to August 18 due to COVID-19
āļø š You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (bi Black mc)
āļø š You Don’t Live Here by Robyn Schneider (f/f, bi mc)
āļø The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso (bi mc, lgbt sides)
Swan Song by Lisa Alther (bi mc)
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat (bi Palestinian-American mc)
The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty (bi mc)
āļø š I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee (bi Korean-American mc, bi li, lesbian side characters)
āļø š The Circus Rose by Betsy Cornwell (bi mc, lesbian mc, wlw side character, nonbinary side character, mlm side characters, side polyamory)
š The Unconquered City by K. A. Doore (Black pan mc, f/nb, poc cast)
Summer and July by Paul Mosier (bi mc)
Love Actually by M. C. Cerny (f/f, bi mc)
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan (bi mc)
š Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (Black bi mc, m/f)
š Cute Mutants, Vol. 1 by S. J. Whitby (f/f, bi, trans, nonbinary characters)
Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh (bi mc)
Let me stress once again, that I didn’t include books that I wasn’t at least 98% sure they feature explicit bi and/or pan rep!
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