Today’s the Sea & Stars launch day! Our exclusive set in collaboration with SD Simper is officially on sale starting now! Scroll for the final cover reveal of the set: Death’s Abyss. Preorder links in story and bio.

This will be an open preorder with no limits. Sets will ship around October/November 2024.

DETAILS:

Customers can buy as many sets as they want, however they must all be purchased separately. Sets cannot be shipped together in the same box. We ship internationally and any exceptions can be found on our shipping FAQ.

We accept paypal, shop pay, google pay, as well as credit and debit cards. Orders over 50 USD are eligible for a pay in 4 payment plan through shop pay. This program splits the total cost (including shipping) into four bi-weekly, interest-free installment payments. Shop Pay is limited to US addresses. Paypal may also offer a payment plan option depending on user settings and country. If you are not given a paypal option at checkout, please contact shopify support.

Discreet shipping is an option for this set; the custom box will be placed inside a plastic mailer. If you’d like discreet shipping, please select this option when adding the set to your cart.

Note: This is a digital mockup and finished copies may differ slightly. Design subject to change.

ID: A post of three slides. Slide 1: A graphic with a white brick wall background. Along the top it reads “Sea and Stars Trilogy”. Trilogy is in plain lavender font while the series name is in fancy script font with a bisexual ombre. The cover for Death’s Abyss is in the center while the other covers are covered by the 3D book mockups. The edges for each book are rendered in 3D in a row with slight overlaps. All edges have a pattern of mer scales: the first is purple-pink, the second is pink-white-blue, and the last is orange-pink. At the bottom of the image is a bulleted list that reads “Exclusive covers, hardcovers, endpages!” and “printed edges!” in lavender font. A bisexual ombre banner lays across the middle of the graphic. Text in the middle of the banner reads “On Sale Now!” in white font. 

Slide 2: A graphic with a white brick wall background. Along the top it reads “Sea and Stars Trilogy”. Trilogy is in plain lavender font while the series name is in fancy script font with a bisexual ombre. The cover for Death’s Abyss is in the center while the other covers are covered by the 3D book mockups. The edges for each book are rendered in 3D in a row with slight overlaps. All edges have a pattern of mer scales: the first is purple-pink, the second is pink-white-blue, and the last is orange-pink. At the bottom of the image text that reads “Cover 3 Reveal!” in lavender font.

Slide 3: A graphic with a white brick wall background. Along the top it reads “Sea and Stars Trilogy”. Trilogy is in plain lavender font while the series name is in fancy script font with a bisexual ombre. The covers of all three books are displayed in the center as 3D book mockups. The edges for each book are rendered in 3D in a row with slight overlaps. All edges have a pattern of mer scales: the first is purple-pink, the second is pink-white-blue, and the last is orange-pink. At the bottom of the image is a bulleted list that reads “Exclusive covers, hardcovers, endpages!” and “printed edges!” in lavender font. End ID.

🌈 Hey, Reading Rainbows! If you saw our shop updates, you’ll know we teased this photo challenge coming and here it is!! In June, we are hosting an Anniversary photo challenge and you can win one of three prizes!

Winners have the chance to be added to three different prize pools: A free future monthly box (specific month TBD), our exclusive All for the Game set, or our exclusive Court of Broken Bonds set!

If you plan to participate, comment on this post/thread with which prizes you’d like to be entered for. Participants can enter for all three, only two or even just one of the prizes. Anyone who doesn’t indicate their prize preference will ONLY be entered into the monthly RC box prize. 

🌈 The first prompt is a "free day" - this means that anyone can enter, even if you don’t currently subscribe! Reels and still photos will count towards this challenge! Post on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter (X), Tumblr, TikTok, BlueSky, Threads or our Facebook group for a chance to win! Make sure to tag us in the photo so we can find your entry!

SCHEDULE:

June 17: Free Day: Favorite book Rainbow Crate has introduced you to!

June 18: Queer Book Stack: Show us your favorite RC edges or spines!

June 19: Favorite Sapphic Book: Show us your favorite RC sapphic book: indie or trad!

June 20: Favorite Achillean Book: Show us your favorite RC achillean book: indie or trad!

June 21: Favorite Naked Cover: Show us your favorite RC hardcase!

June 22: RC Box spotlight: Show off our box outside, or among all your books!

You can enter on just your favorite days or post on them all! Each photo is a chance to win a future Rainbow Crate monthly box, an exclusive All for the Game set or an exclusive Court of Broken Bonds set!

Tag us in your photos and use these hashtags so we can find you: #RCAnniv2024 & #RainbowCrate! Winners selected on June 20th! Open internationally to anywhere we ship!

ID: A post of two slides. Slide 1: A rainbow background with three white boxes on it. The top has the Rainbow Crate logo inside it. Next to that it says “Anniversary Photo Challenge” in black font. The middle box has the schedule transcribed above. The bottom box has the last two paragraphs of text. Slide 2: A rainbow background with a white box at the top. In this box is the Rainbow Crate logo and text reading “you could win one of these:”. Below this is another white box with three images displayed: a mockup of a brown rainbow crate box, a 3D rendering of the Court of Broken Bonds set and a 3D rendering of the All for the Game set. End ID.

🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this May? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of?

Check out our post on tumblr for a fully linked version!

Note: Some dates may have changed. We haven’t read all of these books, so please check reviews for more details on queer identities represented and check StoryGraph for content warnings!

Books listed above their respective graphics. This is part 1 of two.

ID: A post of ten slides. Background is made up of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow for each slide. Slide one has a white square which reads "179 queer books coming out in May!". The 179 is in matching horizontal rainbow stripes and May is in yellow. Text between the number and month are all caps black font. Slides 2-8 feature a white grid outline with a column on the left that has the release date in black over a yellow rectangle and book covers in four rows of 6 book covers each. Slide 9: the same setup with only 11 book covers and the rest of the spaces are pale yellow rectangles. End ID.

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Part 2 of 2 for May 2024 Queer Releases!

🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this March? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of?

Note: Some dates may have changed. We haven’t read all of these books, so please check reviews for more details on queer identities represented and check StoryGraph for content warnings!

Books listed above their respective graphic and linked to a page with more information about them. Typically goodreads link but a couple are direct to author site pages.

ID: A post of ten slides. Background is made up of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow for each slide. Slide one has a white square which reads "132 queer books coming out in March!". The 132 is in matching horizontal rainbow stripes and March is in green. Text between the number and month are all caps black font. Slides 2-8 feature a white grid outline with a column on the left that has the release date in white over a green rectangle and book covers in three rows of 4 book covers each. Slides 9-10 feature a white grid outline with a column on the left that has the release date in white over a green rectangle and book covers in four rows of 6 book covers each. End ID.

🌈 March 1st

Road Song: Step One by Samuel Lediard

Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions by Penny Guisinger

Tempting Olivia by Clare Ashton

🌈 March 3rd

Guillaume by Aurora Dimitre

🌈 March 4th

Wizard’s Debt by Niranjan

Monilinia: A Dark MM Horror Romance (Hounding Prey Book 1) by Free Mints

🌈 March 5th

The Marble Queen by Anna Kopp & Gabrielle Kari

One Last Breath by Ginny Myers Sain

The Baker & the Bard: A Cozy Fantasy Adventure by Fern Haught

Rainbow! Vol. 1 by Sunny & Gloom

Change by Édouard LouisMona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin

Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

Pelican Girls by Julia Malye

Nothing Special, Vol. 1: Through the Elder Woods by Katie Cook

The Tower by Flora Carr

Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk

Ellipses by Vanessa Lawrence

I Feel Awful, Thanks by Lara Pickle

The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall

The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste

Heirs of Bone and Sea by Kay Adams

A Different Kind of Brave by Lee Wind

Be the Sea by Clara Ward

The Safe Zone by Amy Marsden

Remnants of Filth: Yuwu (#3) by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

Cirque du Slay by Rob Osler

What Grows in the Dark by Jaq Evans

Knife Skills (Shadows of Chicago #1) by Wendy Church

Saint, Sorrow, Sinner (The Gideon Testaments #3) by Freydís Moon

The Duke’s Cowboy (Cowboy Nobility #1) by Andrew Grey

Blood & Brujas (Fate of the Acna #1) by Mikayla D. Hornedo

Broken Parts Included by Alyson Root

🌈 March 6th

Enemy Colours (The Devil & the Dark #3) by R.M. Olson

The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir by RuPaulThe Secret Something by Emily Wright

Colstead & Andie by Olivia Janae

🌈 March 7th

Promised to the Queen by Barbara Winkes

A Conclave of Crimson: A Queer Vampire Romance by Nicole Eigener & Beverley Lee

Play It Again, Ma’am (Whitebridge #3) by Sienna Waters

🌈 March 8th

How Not to Date an Angel (Cautionary Tales #4) by Lana Kole

Love Is…? by K.J. Wrights

🌈 March 12th

Infinity Kings (Infinity Cycle #3) by Adam Silvera

Some Strange Music Draws Me In by Griffin Hansbury

Welcome to Forever by Nathan Tavares

New Release from Wednesday Books

Really Cute People by Markus Harwood-Jones

A Hunt of Blood and Iron by Cara Nox

The Fealty of Monsters Vol 1 by Ladz, Illustrated by Häxan

Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

How You Were Born by Kate Cayley

Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole

The Phoenix Bride by Natasha Siegel

These Bodies Between Us by Sarah Van Name

Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds #2) by Micaiah Johnson

Monster Crush by Erin Ellie Franey

These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere

Blessed Water (A Sister Holiday Mystery #2) by Margot Douaihy

These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein

Truly Home by J.J. Hale

Monster Mixer Vol. 1 by Robin Jo Margaret

Kiss of Seduction (Court of Chains #2) by Rawnie Sabor

Belega by Dianne Hartsock

Sunbringer (Fallen Gods #2) by Hannah Kaner

All This Time by Sage Donnell

Evacuation to Love by C.A. Popovich

Dancing Toward Stardust by Julia Underwood

Crossing Bridges by Chelsey Lynford

Lean in to Love by Catherine Lane

The Romance Lovers Book Club by MA Binfield

Searching for Someday by Renee Roman

View from the Top by Morgan Adams

Number Call by Nagisa Furuya

The Practical Man’s Guide to Cheating Death by Alice Scott

Toothache by Ozzy Welch

🌈 March 14th

Sin (Corrupt Me Book 2) by Brooke Matthews

Falls from Grace (Grace Notes #1) by Ruby Landers

🌈 March 15th

Heir to Dreams & Darkness (Court of Broken Bonds #3) by Ben Alderson

A Small Apocalypse: Stories by Laura Chow Reeve

Love the World Or Get Killed Trying by Alvina Chamberland

Synthetic Sea by Franklyn S. Newton

Comet Cruise by Niska Morrow

Price Slashers by Christo Healy, Michael R. Collins, and Erica Summers

Blackout (White Harbor #2) by Carlos E. Rivera

🌈 March 16th

The Prince & His Stolen Groom by J.E. Ridge

Chrysalis and Requiem by Quinton Li

Wednesday Nights by Donna Jay

🌈 March 19th

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

Cascade Failure (Ambit’s Run #1) by L.M. Sagas

Who's Afraid of Gender? By Judith Butler

The Mars House by Natasha Pulley

A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland

Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash

This Way to Change: A Gentle Guide to Personal Transformation and Collective Liberation―Poems, Prose, Practices by Jezz Chung

Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

Spirits & Sunflowers by A.D. Armistead & Austin Daniel

Far From Camelot (Far From #2) by Rylee Hale

Gifting a Dragon’s Heart by Mell Eight

🌈 March 21st

Rainbows, Unicorns, and Triangles: Queer Symbols Throughout History by Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Shared (Trophy Doms Social Club #5) by Kate Hawthorne

🌈 March 23rd

Mexican Bird: Brown Wings Through White Clouds by Luis Lopez-Maldonado

Android Affection, Book 2: Unveiling by Beau Van Dalen

🌈 March 24th

Welcome to the Damned by Astraea Long

🌈 March 25th

She Came for Blood by Darva Green

🌈 March 26th

Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman

The Feast Makers (Scapegracers #3) by H.A. Clarke

The Phantom Flame (Brimstone & Fire #2) by T.M. Ledvina

Cover Story by Rachel Lacey

All the World Beside by Garrard Conley

The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

A Deadly Walk in Devon by Nicholas George

New Release by Wednesday Books

Icarus by K. Ancrum

The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura

The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology #2) by Hadeer Elsbai

Guardian: Zhen Hun (#2) by Priest

Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis

The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore

In Walked Trouble by Dana Hawkins

A Hard Sell by Jennifer Moffatt

Lone Star on a Cowboy Heart by Marie S. Crosswell

🌈 March 27th

A Chronicle of Monsters: A Fantasy Anthology edited by Rita A. Rubin

Switcheroo by Cheyenne Blue

Living For You by Erica Lee

Never Leave, Never Lie by Thea Verdone

🌈 March 28th

All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny

🌈 March 30th

The Blood Curse (Gardens of War & Wasteland Book II) by Jessica A. McMinn

🌈 March 31st

Double Trouble (Backstage Pass Series #1) by Jennifer O’MalleyThe Last Caspian by Taryn J. Dallas

🌈 Happy Sunday Rainbow Readers! We have our next list for you. Wednesday Sept 6th in the USA is National Read a Book day and so we have 50 recommendations for you! Technically there’s even more if you count all of the books in the first slide! For this list we combined Staff favorites with reader favorites from our story responses.

Q: What other books besides these would you recommend for National Read a Book day? 

Books listed above their respective graphics.

📷: Thank you to @/LittleMissStar55 for the lovely photo of our books from Oct 2022!

Books present in the above photo:

Top shelf: The Restless Dark by Erica Waters, Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk, Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales, As You Walk on By by Julian Winters, My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron, Ravensong by Cayla Fay.

Middle shelf: Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa, The Sun & The Star by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro, The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson, Stars, Hide Your Fire by Jessica Mary Best, Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot, How to Bite Your Neighbor & Win A Wager by D.N. Bryn, The Rules & Regulations For Mediating Myths & Magic by F.T Lukens.

Bottom shelf: The Name Bearer by Natalia Hernandez, Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault, I Am Not Your Chosen One by Evelyn Benvie, The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia, The Fat of Stars by SD Simper, Prince of the Sorrows, Prince & Assassin by Tavia Lark.

ID: A post of six slides. Slide 1: A photo of white bookcases with three shelves displayed. The top shelf has 6 books while the two under it have 7 displayed. The books are angled into the shelf. Over the shelf is an opaque rainbow circle. On top of the circle it reads “5 Queer books to read for National Read a Book Day” in all caps with white font with a black outline. Slides 2-6 have the same background blurred with 10 book covers displayed on it in three rows with 4, 3 and 4 books respectively. End ID.

The Scourge Between the Stars by Ness Brown

I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu

The Left Hand of Dog by Si Clarke

The One True Me & You by Remi K. England

Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk

A Strange & Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

Elatsoe by Dr. Darcie Little Badger

Saint Juniper’s Folly by Alex Crespo

My Name is Magic by Xan van Rooyen

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Phantom & Rook by Aelina Isaacs

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Loveless by Alice Oseman

The Seep by Chana Porter

Heir to Thorn & Flame by Ben Alderson

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

Man O’War by Cory McCarthy

The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R Capetta

Cute Mutants by SJ Whitby

She Who Earned Her Wings by Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea

The Tale That Twines by Cedar McCloud

A Milky Way Home by Hsinju Chen

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell

Fake It by Lily Seabrooke

Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Season of Love by Helena Greer

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Compass Rose by Anna Burke

The Fate of Stars by SD Simper

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor

The Taking of Jake Livington by Ryan Douglass

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

Stake Sauce by RoAnna Sylver

Shade by Mere Joyce

I Hear the Sunspot by Yuki Fumino

Sasaki & Miyano by Shou Harusono

Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria

A Dark & Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth

Fake Dates & Mooncakes by Sher Lee

When Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

A Taste of Gold & Iron by Alexandra Rowland

I am so happy to be a part of the #QueerBookstagrammerTour again this year!

Leave it to me to wait until the last minute to get photos for this and then not be able to choose which to use. 😂 I picked a few of my favorite queer books to feature. Books that spoke to me on some level or were just incredibly fun reads. I'm happy to answer any questions!

Some facts about me:

• I'm panromantic asexual, but generally say I'm queer

• Rom-coms are my comfort genre, both books and movies

• I live in Texas with my partner of 8 years and our two cats, Obi and Winston (swipe to slide 4 to see Winston)

• I'm neurodivergent (most likely auDHD)

• I've gotten back into manga collecting after being bullied out of it in high school

• Audiobooks have absolutely CHANGED my reading game. The trauma of the pandemic sadly obliterated my attention span for most physical books

• Most of what I read these days is queer in some way

A huge thanks to @foreverinastory and @djreadsbooks for putting this together!

Remember: whether you are out or not, know you are greatly loved and my account is a safe space. 🌈✨️ Bigots can't and won't win.

I am now president of the Winston fan club thank you

🌈 Hey Rainbow Readers! Happy Pride! We have several fun genre lists heading your way this month. All of these lists will feature between 10-20 books and all books on it will have under 5,000 Goodreads ratings, with a handful on each being under 1,000! Our goal is to introduce you to new books you might have never seen otherwise. These will be a mix of indie and traditional books; and range in age category!

Our next list is queer dystopian novels! This is for readers who loved books like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao! For this list, we defined dystopian books as an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives. You’ll find themes of revolution and survival at all costs in these books!

Do you have any others you would add to this list? Authors please feel free to self-promote your queer dystopian books in the comments!

Books listed above their respective graphic below.

ID: A post of four slides. Slide 1: The background graphic is of a lone person walking through a deserted cityscape that is largely covered in smoke. They are walking towards the sun and the smoke/cloud cover gets progressively darker higher up in the background. In white font it reads “Queer dystopian books to read for pride”. At the bottom of the graphic it says @rainbowcratebookbox in all caps and gray font. Slides 2-4: the same background but in the place of the title text are five book covers in two rows, the top has two covers while the bottom has three covers. At the bottom of the graphic it says @rainbowcratebookbox in all caps and gray font. End ID. 

Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver

The Last 8 by Laura Pohl

Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz

Grievers by adrienne maree brown

The Membranes by Chi Ta-Wei

Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson

Unity by Elly Bangs

The Home I Find with You by Skye Kilaen

The Papercutter by Cindy Rizzo

Margins and Murmurations by Otter Lieffe

Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora

Charon Docks at Daylight by Zoe Reed

Ten Low by Stark Holborn

Trans Liberty Riot Brigade by L.M. Pierce

Killing Games by Reis Asher

🌈 Rainbow Crate is proud to present to you our July 2023 theme…

Hidden Identities! ✨

🌈 Our first book this month is Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best! It will come with signed bookplates and an exclusive dust jacket with spot gloss and both gold AND silver foiling!

SHYF AT-A-GLANCE: As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor’s ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew. But on the station, things quickly go awry. When the emperor is found dead, everyone in the palace is a suspect—and someone is setting Cass up to take the fall.

REP: Sapphic mcs, wlw, chronic illness, addiction, nonbinary scs, queernormative world, preferred pronouns presented in jewelry

🌈 Our second book this month is Prince and Assassin by Tavia Lark! Our exclusive edition comes with a beautiful new cover, foiled art hard case, foiled patterned endpages, printed edges, a bonus short story, and signed art bookplates!

PAA AT-A-GLANCE: Assassin Whisper has a new assignment: infiltrate Prince Julien’s court, protect him until the signal arrives, then kill him. Julien trusts nobody besides his brothers, and he certainly doesn’t trust the aloof, beautiful new stranger at court. But he doesn’t have to trust him to be drawn to him, especially when he saves Julien’s life. Then Julien saves Whisper too — and falling in love could ruin them both.

REP: mlm, Rep: Gay mcs, lesbian scs, trans w sc, Black sc, East Asian sc, South Asian sc, queer normative world

🌈 FEATURED FANDOMS:

🌈 Want to read queer all year? You can join the list through this link!

🌈 Happy Pride Month, we hope you’re ready, because this month is going to be PACKED with queer books! 

What's COMING OUT (pun intended) in June? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer June book releases you know of?

Note: Some dates may have changed. We haven’t read all of these books, so please check reviews for more details on queer identities represented and check StoryGraph for content warnings!

books listed above their respective graphic!

ID: A post of nine slides. Background is made up of a 6-stripe rainbow for each slide. Slide one has a white square which reads "130 queer books coming out in Pride Month!" Slides 2-6 features white grid outline with a column on the left that has the release date in green and book covers in four rows of six book covers each. End ID.

🌈 June 1

The Sundered Keep by J.A. Skald

Murder By Multiples by Rachel Ford

Green for Love by E.V. Bancroft

Priceless Treasure by Natalie Wish

The Way We Wind by Halli Starling

Truly Enough by J.J. Hale

If Found, Return to Hell by Em. X Liu

Paragon Seven by Phoenix Ning

Slight Foxing Around the Edges by Melissa Polk

Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella

Stronger Still by D.N. Bryn

Vivi Conway & the Sword of Legend by Lizzie Huxely-Jones

Tales from Beyond the Rainbow adapted by Pete Jordi Wood

We Can Be Heroes by Paul Burston

🌈 June 2

They Ain't Proper by M.B. Guel

How Not to Date a Griffin by Lana Kole

Coming Out in Ten Dates by Reba Bale

🌈 June 3

Medusa: Rise of a Goddess by H Dean Fisher

Counting Fireflies by Anna Katmore

Of Books & Paper Dragons by Micah Iannandrea & Vaela Denarr

🌈 June 5

The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott

Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire by Erica Hollis

🌈 June 6

A Spark in the Cinders by Jenny Moke 

Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

Will on the Inside by Andrew Eliopulos

Pedro & Daniel by Federico Erebia

Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See

When it All Syncs Up by Maya Ameyaw

The Grimoire of Grave Fates by Margaret Owen and Hanna Alkaf | 6th

The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar

Things I'll Never Say by Cassandra Newbould

Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

Farrell Covington & the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick

Open Throat by Henry Hoke

Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

Translation State by Ann Leckie

Pageboy by Elliot Page

Lesbian Love Story by Amelia Possanza

The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown

The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman

Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo

Basil & Oregano by Melissa Capriglione

Ride or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu

Countries of Origin by Javier Fuentes

All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim

Pride Not Prejudice by Ruby Dixon, Kerrigan Byrne, et al.

Destined by Jamie Fessenden

Shadows of the Lost by Maxym M. Martineau

Love’s Learning Curve by Lindsey Pennington

Magic, Monsters, and Me by Timothy Tong

Ollie Fitzgerald’s Heartbreak Anthems by Charlie Arrigo

This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne

The Color of Always Edited by Brent Fisher & Michele Abounader

Keep Your Witches Closer by Colette Rivera

And Then He Sang a Lullaby by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu

Killingly by Katharine Beutner

🌈 June 8

Cupid’s Revenge by Wibke Brueggemann

Mrs. S by K. Patrick

🌈 June 9

Marina in the Middle by Nicole Melleby

🌈 June 11

Queer Lives Across the Wall by Andrea Rottmann

🌈 June 13

Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson

A Talent Within by Suzanne Lenoir

Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine

From the Longing Orchard by Jessica Jopp

The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao

To Name the Bigger Lie by Sarah Viren

The Evergreen Heir by A.K. Mulford

Vivian Lantz’s Second Chances by Kathryn Ormsbee

Run Baby Run by Melissa Lenhardt

You Can Trust Me by Wendy Heard

Ponyboy by Eliot Duncan

The Gulf by Rachel Cochran

Cosmoknights Book Two by Hannah Templer

Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding

Our Satyr Prince by Dylan Drakes

Vintage and Vogue by Kelly Fireside and Tana Fireside

Our First Summer by Hana Xiong

Junker Seven (Twin Suns #1) by Olive J. Kelley

By Your Side by Margherita Scialla

Leg by Greg Marshall

🌈 June 15

Butterflies in the End Zone by Jacob Gelman

The Reason I’m Here by Jarod Campbell

🌈 June 16

Romancing the Gorgon by Tallie Rose

Tempt Me  by Michelle McCraw

Secrets Not To Be Kept  by A.W. Scott

A Chorus of Ashes & Shadows by Melissa Karibain 

We’re All Monsters Here by Amy Marsden

A Circle of Stars by Craig Montgomery

🌈 June 20

Ode to My First Car by Robin Gow

The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould

The Wicked Unseen by Gigi Griffis

Is She Lying? by Frances Lucas

Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 6 by James Tynion IV & Werther Dell’Edera (Illustrations)

Don’t Forget the Girl by Rebecca McKanna

The Infinite Miles by Hannah Fergesen

The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

Tar Hollow Trans: Essays by Stacey Jane Grover

Old Enough by Haley Jakobson

A Gentle Way to Love by Abrianna Denae

Scars & Secrets by J.E. Ridge

Can't Let Her Go by Kianna Alexander

Does Love Always Win? By  Diane Billas  

Just Like Heaven by Aila Glass

The Longest Summer by Alexandrine Ogundimu

Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

🌈 June 21

Better Latte Than Never by CC Bridges

Crossing Acheron  by HG Birde

The Honeymoon Mix-Up by Frankie Fyre

🌈 June 25

SUGARSNAP: A dark sapphic romance by I.S. Belle

🌈 June 27

Love on Page Six  by Claerie Kavanaugh

Echo by Chani Lynn Feener

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon

His Accidental Cowboy by A.M. Arthur

Starlings by Amanda Linsmeier

Hymn of Memory by S. Jean

Song of My Softening by Omotara James

Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue

🌈 June 28

Brick and Brass by Jennifer Cody

🌈 June 29

Of Knights & Books & Falling in Love by Rita A. Rubin

Checking Out by Jay Leigh

🌈 June 30

The Dragon King's Commander by Amy Sumida

Queer and Cute by Alexis C. Maness , Shannon Elliot, et al.

Tea and Antipathy by Meredith Spies

Brewed Awakenings by Bianca Gamble

🌈 Hey Rainbow Readers! You might have seen a tracking email in your inbox this morning and that’s because the May box is shipping! The center got a little backed up due to the holiday weekend, but all May boxes will be out by Friday! All tracking should update within the next twenty-four hours!

📷: Thank you to @foreverinastory for the lovely photo of our box!

ID: A white left hand holds up a brown Rainbow Crate box with their rainbow logo on the side in front of my 9 cube storage system. The four corners and center have colorful fabric drawers. The top middle cube has two bookends from RC in them. The left middle is an asexual rainbow and the right middle is a pansexual rainbow. The bottom middle cube is the seven stripe rainbow. Mini pride progress flags hang from the bottom drawer handles. End ID.

#RainbowCrate #BoxesAreShipping #BookBox #BookSubscription #BookMail #HappyMail #QueerBookBox

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🌈Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy Pansexual & Panromantic Visibility Day! We have 24 books to celebrate pan visibility day for your TBRs! To all the pan readers out there, we are wishing you a very happy visibility day! We love books starring pan MCs and hope to see even more books with pansexual and panromantic characters!

What’s your favorite pan book? Drop us the title and author in the comments! Authors please feel free to self-promote your pan books in the comments!

Books listed above their respective graphic.

ID: A post of six slides. The background of all slides is the pan flag. Three horizontal stripes in pink, yellow and blue. A white opaque slide is overlaid with a thin white outline. Slide 1 reads “24 pan books to celebrate pan visibility day”. The 24 is in pan colors and the three blocks of text follow in pan colors with a thin black outline. Slides 2-5 have the same background and each displays six book covers in two rows of three rows each. The top of the slides say “Panromantic”  for slide 2 and “pansexual” for 3-5 in white font with a black outline. End ID. 

Panromantic: All Or None by Aurora Lee Thorton (Royiora), The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor, Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland, A Milky Way Home by Hsinju Chen (Yen-Chen),You Don’t Have a Shot By Racquel Marie

Pansexual: Cute Mutants Volume 1: Mutant Pride by SJ Whitby, The UnPopular Vote by Jasper Sanchez, Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly (London), This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron, Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min (Santi), Fight +Flight by Jules Machias.

Pansexual: The Kindred by Alechia Dow (Felix), The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis (Hiro, additionally Lito is demi-panromantic), Human Enough by E.S. Yu, Crownchasers by Becca Coffindaffer, Eight Kinky Nights by Xan West, Who Could Love You, Astor Price? By Amy Jane Lehan. 

Pansexual: Once & Future by Cory McCarthy & A.R. Capetta (Ari), Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues (Persephone), Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia & A.M. McLemore (Chicky), A Dark & Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth (Arlo), We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds, The Oracle Stone by Talli L. Morgan (Lilya).

🌈 Happy Jewish American Heritage Month! We gathered a handful of book recommendations for you to add to your TBR. All of these books feature queer Jewish American protagonists by Jewish American authors. We hope to continue to see queer Jewish books published both by traditional publishing and in indie publishing! 

Have you read any of these? Do you have any others we missed? Add the title & author in the comments so we can find new favorites too! If you enjoy this type of list let us know what others we should do in the comments!

As always, authors are welcome to self-promo any of their books that fit this list in the comments! If you have multiple books and would like to mention any other books already out or coming out not already on this list, please do! 

Books listed above their respective graphic.

ID: A post of four slides. Slide 1: A pale blue background with floral bouquets with multiple Star of Davids decorate the top left and bottom right corners. The text reads “15 Queer Jewish Books to Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month”. Slide 2-4: The same background and floral decorations but this time each slide displays five book covers: two in the top row and three on the bottom. End ID.

Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass

Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell

Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

The Seep by Chana Porter

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum

Season of Love by Helena Greer

Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly

Ring Of Solomon by Aden Polydoros

Matzo Match by Roz Alexander

The Fever King by Victoria Lee

The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Arlow

His for Hanukkah by Reese Morrison

From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos

The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson

When Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) in May? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer May book releases you know of?

Note: Some dates may have changed. We haven’t read all of these books, so please check reviews for more details on queer identities represented and check StoryGraph for content warnings!

Books listed above their specific graphic.

ID: A post of nine slides. Background is made up of a 6-stripe rainbow for each slide. Slide one has a white square which reads "103 queer books coming out in May!" Slides 2-8 features white grid outline with a column on the left that has the release date in purple and book covers in three rows of four. Slide 9 has 7 books pictured, where the rest of the covers would go are empty purple rectangles. End ID.

🌈 May 2

Changing Spaces by Karmen Lee

Stars Collide by Rachel Lacey

Queried Sick by Dallas Smith

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Vol. 5 (Special Edition) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu 

Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Northranger by Rey Terciero & Bre Indigo

The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley by Melissa Marr

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Best Men by Sidney Karger 

Dragonfall by Laura Lam

Gay Club! by Simon James Green

I Like Me Better by Robby Weber

The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom by Allison L. Bitz

Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Sara Waxelbaum and Brianna R. Shrum

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan

The Humble Lover by Edmund White 

Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson

Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst

We Don't Swim Here by Vincent Tirado

Chasing Pacquiao by Rod A. Pulido

🌈 May 3 

The Hex Next Door by Lou Wilham 

A Shadow Crown by  Melissa Blair

🌈 May 5

Alpha Of Mortal Flesh by Ben Alderson 

🌈 May 7

At 30, I Realized I Had No Gender: Life Lessons From a 50-Year-Old After Two Decades of Self-Discovery by Shou Arai

🌈 May 9

Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell

This Will Hurt I by Cara Dee

Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

Boyslut: A Memoir & Manifesto by Zachary Zane

Joy, to the World by Kai Shappley & Lisa Bunker

The Rules of Us by Jennifer Nissley

Breakup, Makeup by Stacey Anthony

You Don't Have a Shot by Racquel Marie

This Is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde

They Hate Each Other by Amanda Woody

If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

🌈 May 11

Bleeding Heart by Brittany M. Willows

A Second Story by J.A. Collignon

The Problem With Perfect by Philip William Stover

🌈 May 16

Starting Over by Nance Sparks

Paper Planes by Jennie Wood

A Long Time Dead by Samara Breger

Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee

All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley

Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic by anthology

The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

Killing Me by Michelle Gagnon

Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis

Painted Devils (Little Thieves #2) by Margaret Owen

The Meadows by Stephanie Oakes

The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van Otterloo 

The Dog Knight by Jeremy Whiteley

As Long As We’re Together by Brianna Peppins.

Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore

We'll Never Tell by Wendy Heard 

Court of the Undying Seasons by A.M. Strickland

From Here by Luma Mufleh

🌈 May 17

Roux for Two by Aurora Rey

🌈 May 23

Sasaki and Miyano, Vol. 8 by Shou Harusono

Rehearsed to Death by Frank Anthony Polito 

Always Emilie by  Alyson Root

Love at First Set by Jennifer Dugan

If You Still Recognize Me by Cynthia So

Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June

The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes.

The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

City of Vicious Night by Claire Winn

Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington

Something Like Possible by Miel Moreland

🌈 May 24

Kill Your Darlings by L.E. Harper

🌈 May 30

Heaven Official's Blessing Vol. 6 by  Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

The Follower of Flowers by Natalia Hernandez

Skating on Mars by Caroline Huntoon

An Island Princess Starts A Scandal by Adrianna Herrera

The Song of Us by Kate Fussner

The Girl Next Door by Cecilia Vinesse

The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin

Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander

The Alchemy of Moonlight by David Ferraro

No Perfect Places by Steven Salvatore

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

Who Needs Gay Bars? By Greggor Mattson

Time Out by Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, et al.

🌈 Hello Rainbow Readers!

We have good news! Due to unexpected demand we have been given the okay from the publisher to sell copies of The Sun and the Star with the exclusive dust jacket and book plate outside of the box!This is something that we don’t anticipate happening again in the future, so if you are interested in future boxes, you’re best bet is to keep your waitlist spot. 

We’re sorry we weren’t able to give more notice, but the presale starts now and will run until Saturday, April 29th @ 11:59 PM EDT, after that we will determine a cap and our remaining stock will be for purchase until sold out.

🌈 Some important information:

-This is a preorder and will not be shipped immediately. We will give an exact shipping date closer to time, but the extra dust jackets have to be ordered separate from the ones for the box so they will be slightly behind. Projected ship date is early June. 

-The purchase will only include the hardcover book, the secondary exclusive dust jacket with art by @alessiajontrunfio, and the digitally signed bookplate with art by @velinxi. 

-The purchase will not include the spoiler card art by @ace-artemis-fanartist or the author letter from both authors. Those are exclusive to the box. 

-The price will be $24.99 USD plus shipping and handling. We are not responsible for any customs or import charges. Payment will be taken at checkout!

We’re so thankful to both the artists who have created art for this book and being able to support @/MarkDoesStuff and Rick Riordan!

To purchase TSATS: https://rainbowcratebookbox.com/products/the-sun-and-the-star-by-mark-oshiro-and-rick-riordan

🌈 For those on the waitlist hoping to get a full box:If you purchase the book to not miss out and get invited off the waitlist we will apply the price of the total order to your subscription box and cancel your book only order. Instructions on this will be included in your waitlist invitation purchase email. 

If you are already on the waitlist and only interested in TSATS and not in a subscription spot or the full May box and would like to surrender your waitlist spot please email us [email protected] with the email address you signed up with. 

🌈Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy Lesbian Visibility Day! We have 26 books to celebrate lesbians for your TBRs! To all the lesbian readers out there, we are wishing you a very happy day and lesbian visibility week! We love books starring lesbians and hope to see even more books with lesbian MCs, including books that use the label in the text!

What’s your favorite lesbian book? Drop us the title and author in the comments! Authors please feel free to self-promote your lesbian books in the comments!

Lesbians come from all backgrounds and we hope this list shows you even a sliver of the diversity of the lesbian community. Trans and nonbinary lesbians, BIPOC lesbians, disabled lesbians, neurodivergent lesbians, aromantic lesbians, asexual lesbians, fat lesbians, polyamorous lesbians: we see you and we hope to continue celebrating your stories 365 days a year!

Books listed below above their respective graphic.

ID: A post of six slides. All slides have the same background of a lesbian flag with five stripes (dark orange, orange, white, pink, dark pink). Overlaid is an opaque white square with a thin white outline. Slide 1: In the white square the text reads “26 books to celebrate lesbian visibility day”. The 26 is in the stripes of the lesbian flag. The next three lines are dark orange, orange and white. The last line has the first word in pink and the last in dark pink. Slides 2 and 3 have “adult” at the top of the slide in black font and all caps with six book covers displayed. Slides 4 and 5 have “young adult” at the top of the slide in black font and all caps with five book covers displayed. Slide 6 has “young adult” at the top of the slide in black font and all caps with four book covers displayed. End ID. 

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Season of Love by Helena Greer

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

Survival Kit by A.H. Haga

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Catnip by Vyria Durav

The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz

Dead Dead Girls by Nefesa Afia

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard

D’Vaughn & Kris Plan a Wedding by Chenica C. Higgins

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

Forward March by Skye Quinlan

Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

Love & Other Natural Disasters by Misa Sigura

The Stars & the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick

Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

Tell Me How it Ends by Quinton Li

The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

Margo Zimmerman gets the Girl by Brianna R. Shrum & Sara Waxelbaum

Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey 

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🌈 Happy Arab-American Heritage Month, Rainbow Readers! We gathered a handful of book recommendations for you to add to your TBR! All of these books feature an Arab-American protagonist by Arab authors. 

In making this list, we used a list of Arab countries explained in a recent post by @/Sages_Books on IG. Many thanks to Sage for her incredible posts explaining diaspora countries as well as her updated guide of Arab books.

Have you read any of these? Do you have any others we missed? Add the title & author in the comments so we can find new favorites too! If you enjoy this type of list let us know what others we should do in the comments!

Books listed before each photo along with a slide transcription.

A post of four slides. Slide 1: Man O’War by Cory McCarthy sits on a cement ledge overlooking a pond with tall grasses behind it bordering the photo. Behind the pond is a green field and green trees. The sky is blue and mostly clear, a couple whispy clouds are present in the bottom left of the sky.Overlaid on the photo is a circle with a purple-blue gradient fill. White text with a black outline in the circle reads “6 queer books to celebrate Arab-American Heritage Month”. Slides 2-4 all have the same background which is a rainbow oriented from the bottom to the right of the graphic. Overlaid is a white square with a thin white outline. For each slide two book covers are displayed in opposite corners: top right and bottom left. Next to each book is the title and author. Listed underneath is a bulleted list containing the age category, genre and rep of the MC.

Man O’War by Cory McCarthy

YA Contemporary

Trans-nonbinary pansexual questioning MC

A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui

YA Horror

Bisexual Muslim MC

Sapphic Muslim MC

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

Adult Literary Fiction

Trans man MC

Love is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar

Adult Memoir

Fat Queer Muslim woman MC

The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher

Adult Literary Fiction

Queer woman MC

The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine

Adult Literary Fiction

Queer Trans woman MC

Man O'war is one of my fave ever books. It changed me as a person 🥺