Below you find a list of 2020 releases with queer main characters, exclusively adult titles and mostly science fiction and fantasy, with a few exceptions.
This is in no way a complete list, it’s just the titles that I’m aware of and that peaked my interest.
January
07
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
- f/f
- trans boy
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab (PB release)
- ace MC
09
Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton
- sapphic
14
The Better Liar by Tanen Jones
- disaster bisexuals
The Broken Heavens (The Worldbreaker Saga #3) by Kameron Hurley
- queernorm world
- poly relationships
21
The Seep
- trans WOC
- sapphic
The Serpent Sea (Books of the Raksura #2) by Martha Wells (rerelease)
- poly relationships
- bisexuals
February
04
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
- sapphic
- queer women
06
Gravity’s Heir by Sara Bond
- bi MC
11
DIE, Vol. 2: Split the Party by Kieron Gillen
- queer
- genderqueer
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
- pansexual WOC
The Siren Depth (Books of the Raksura #3) by Martha Wells (rerelease)
- poly
- bisexuals
Stormsong by C.L. Polk
- sapphic
- f/f
17
Behind the Sun, Above the Moon (anthology)
- non-binar
- trans characters
- by non-binary and trans authors
18
Gravity of a Distant Sun (Shieldrunner Pirates #3) by R.E. Stearns
- sapphic
- f/f
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street #2) by Natasha Pulley
- m/m
25
Finna by Nino Cipri
- pan-sexual (f)
- her non-binary ex
March
03
Docile by K.M. Szpara
- so very gay
A Pale Light in the Black (NeoG #1) by K.B. Wagers
- lesbian (married mum)
- pan-sexual (f)
- ace (f)
05
The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey
- sapphic
- f/f
17
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
- gay MC
- m/m
24
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
- nb MC
- bi/pan MC
- sapphic
26
The City We Became (Great Cities #1) by N.K. Jemisin
- lesbian
- gay
April
05
Queens of Noise by Leigh Harlen
- nb MC
- nb/f
Cradle and Grave by Anya Ow
- ace
- m/m
06
The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater
- lesbian MC
07
Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie
- disaster bisexuals
- m/m
14
The Last Emperox (The Interdependency #3) by John Scalzi
- queer (bi/pan)
21
Repo Virtual by Corey J. White
- gay man
- non-binary
- queer (sapphic) woman
Shorefall (Founders #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett
- lesbian MC
MAY
12
Stealing Thunder (Stealing Thunder #1) by Alina Boyden
- trans MC
June
04
The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin #1) by Melissa Caruso
- bi MC
08
No Man’s Land by A.J. Fitzwater
- sapphic
- lesbian
16
The Unconquered City (The Chronicles of Ghadid #3) by K.A. Doore
- pan MC
23
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
- everyone is queer
July
07
Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles #1) by Kate Elliott
- sapphic MC
- f/f
Of Dragons, Feast and Murder (Dominion of the Fallen #3.5) by Aliette de Bodard
- gay MC
- m/m
14
Gideon the Ninth (Locked Tomb #1) by Tamsyn Muir (PB release)
- lesbian MC
When Jackals Storm the Walls (The Song of the Shattered Sands #5) by Bradley P. Beaulieu
- bisexual MC
21
Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis
- bisexual MC
Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler
- lesbian MC
28
Chaos Vector (The Protectorate #2) by Megan E. O’Keefe
- bisexual MC
- non-binary MC
- m/m
- f/m
The Worst of All Possible Worlds (The Salvagers #3) by Alex White
- bisexual MC
- f/f
Deal with the Devil by By Kit Rocha
- bisexual MC
August
04
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
- f/f
Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir
- lesbian MC
The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis
- sapphic MC
- non-binary MC
- f/f
Seven Devils by Laura Lam, Elizabeth May
- sapphic MC
- f/f
11
The Tyrant Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade #3) by Seth Dickinson
- f/f
18
Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology #2) by Emily Tesh
- m/m
The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell
- bisexual MC
25
Architects of Memory (The Memory War #1) by Karen Osborne
- (disaster) bisexual MC
The Memory of Souls (A Chorus of Dragons #3) by Jenn Lyons
- bisexual MC
September
01
The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg
- trans masc
- trans fem
08
The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire #1) by Andrea Stewart
- sapphic
- f/f
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
15
The Hellion (Malus Domestica #3) by S.A. Hunt
- queer MC
- (trans author)
Prime Deceptions (Chilling Effect #2) by Valerie Valdes
- pan MC
22
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
29
Burning Roses by S.L. Huang
- queer MC
- trans MC
- f/f
October
06
The Archive of the Forgotten (Hell’s Library #2) by A.J. Hackwith
- pan MC
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
- pan MC
13
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
- bi MC
- f/m
20
Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
- non-binary MC
27
Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross
- all queer cast
31
Seven of Infinities (Xuya Universe) by Aliette de Bodard
- f/f
November
10
The Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich
- f/f
28
Silk & Steel: A Queer Speculative Adventure Anthology
December
08
Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol #2) by Krystin Merbeth
- bi MC
- demi MC
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle #2) by Nghi Vo
- non-binary MC
29
Give Way to Night (Aven Cycle #2) by Cass Morris
- demi MC
- sapphic MC
- f/f