Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham
The Obake Code by Makana Yamamoto
Earthly Playing Field by Radhika Singh
What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed
Radiant Star by Ann Leckie
Bonus: These are all Adult, but in YA, check out If All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. Prince and The Celestial Seas by T.A. Chan
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
To Our Untamed Core by Sonido Reyes
 Flyboy by Kasey LeBlanc
Bonus: These all have trans MCs, but for one with a cis MC and trans LI, check out The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson
Tragic by Dana Mele and Valentina Pinti (YA GN)
Thoughts Be Bloody by Auden Patrick
The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye
The Death I Gave Him by Em X. LiuÂ
Rottenheart by Kat Dunn
Bonus: These are all novels, but for a short story, check out “Elsinore” by Patrice Caldwell in That Way Madness Lies, ed. by Dahlia Adler
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Set Point by Meg Jones (Tennis)
Half Court Shot by Kimani Mae (Basketball)
Make Your Move by Melissa Brayden (F1)
Stick Around by Eliza Lentzski (Hockey)
Running Home to You by Samantha Saldivar (Softball)
Bonus: These are all F/F, but for an F/X Romance with a nonbinary lesbian out later this year, check out Two Can Play That Game by Zakiya N. Jamal
Double Bonus: These are all Adult, but in YA, try Smash or Pass by Birdie Schae (YA, Volleyball)
Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei (Hockey)
Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa (Soccer)
See You at the Finish Line by Zac Hammett (Rowing)
Rush by Nyrae Dawn (Football)
The Understatement of the Year by Sarina Bowen (Hockey)
Bonus: Coming in 2027, How to Break His Heart by Matthew Hubbard (Hockey)
For Adult recs, check out this post.
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
Queen of Faces by Petra Lord
Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore
The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa
Devil’s Like Us by L.T. ThompsonÂ
Teixcalaan by Arkady Martine
Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham
The Elysium Heist by Y.M. Resnik
The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton
Lady Eve’s Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow
Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner (YA)
The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar by Sonido Reyes (YA)
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow (YA)
Black Iris by Elliot Wake w/a Leah Raeder
Cursebreakers by Madeleine Nakamura
Bonus: For a short story, check out “The Ballad of Weary Daughters” by Kristine Wyllys in Unbroken, ed. by Marieke Nijkamp (YA)
I Feed Her to the Beast by Jamison SheaÂ
Dead Girls Walking and Funerals Are for the Living by Sami Ellis
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
DOEÂ by Rebecca Barrow
Bonus: These are all novels, but you can find even more in All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology ed. by Circe Moskowitz
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Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao (MG)
Ramin Abbas Has Major Questions by Ahmad Saber (YA)
Liquid by Mariam Rahmani
These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere
Missing Sam by Thrity Umrigar