Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast

Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast

Welcome to Rainbow Book Rats! Get ready for four Queer and quirky besties to unleash our love of LGBTQIA+ romance books (with an emphasis on MM Romance). Join us as we hype, discuss and breakdown the indie queer romance stories of every genre we consume like the feral reading BRats (Book Rats) we are. We are your next MM romance podcast obsession - we will introduce you to MX romance and some FF romance and queer MF romance too! In Rat Chat episodes expect fun adventures into books we read recently and what we loved about them, then get excited for upcoming book releases on our radars! In Digging Deeper episodes we burrow into the latest buddy read before one BRat dives into a favorite trope, series, author or topic. Expect lots of laughs along the way! If you're a reader of queer romance or think you'd like to be, if your To Be Read list is as long as your arm and still needs more, then join us every Thursday from 5am EST! https://www.rainbowbookrats.com/ for all the info you need.

Episodes

October 22, 2026 • 91 mins

The Rainbow Book Rats are absolutely thrilled to be joined by the magnificent indie author Nik Knight this week, here to tell us all about why Rusty is the underappreciated king of grumpy raccoons (you know it’s true), what is upsetting Lau the dreamwraith this week (it’s Nik’s opinions on who is the best dreamwraith), and whether they’re sorry for the emotional crimes against our hearts they committed in th...

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Wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read is the paranormal MM romance MateHub: Legend by Marie Reynard, chosen by Kit!

The paranormal adult film industry are not prepared for the heat that wolf shifter Richard Knotz is about to unleash when he temporarily mates human Hunter Savage for a series of delicious scenes that will have viewers - an...

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October 8, 2026 • 93 mins

Mai Name is Kit and Mai Book is Spooky Because… Spooky season continues here at Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast! Want to know what spooky books we are looking forward to checking out this month? How about the gay romance books we’ve been devouring recently like tiny little gremlins? You’ve come to the right place!

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to ...

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IT’S SPOOKY SEASON, Y’ALL! The zombies are rising, the ghosts are crooning, and the vampires are getting their most theatrical velvet cloaks out ready to get bitey! Over here at Rainbow Book Rats we are getting ready to hide beneath our blankets with our favourite spooky queer romance books and we hope you’ll join us as we take a journey through some of the amazing paranormal MM romance out there!

So wrap yourself ...

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September 28, 2026 • 96 mins

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their latest reading recommendations with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode of our queer podcast, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the lgbtq romance books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

JD i...

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September 17, 2026 • 85 mins

Wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read is brought to you by Acsquidentally in Love by KL Hiers, chosen by Caity.

Of course, no Digging Deeper episode would be complete without the BRats bringing us a deep dive into a bookish topic of their choice, and today we are getting cozy with our favourite Autumnal reads. JD is drinking in the vibes...

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September 10, 2026 • 92 mins

Nice to see you, to see you nice! The BRats are going feral over at Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast and that means an MM romance QUIZ! The BRats are building their own books out of our favourite tropes - How about a book round of BFFs, Marry, Push Off a Cliff? RIP to all the MCs we are pushing off cliffs. We are also talking our favourite omegaverse books, and giving our go-to book recommendations including our spiciest...

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September 2, 2026 • 62 mins

Wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read is brought to you by Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian, chosen by Caity!

Star shipped is an MM romance filled with banter, heart and a touch of heat. This dislike to lovers comedy sees Simon and Charlie, famous sci fi actors who have been working side by side for seven years in mutual lust and bickering ...

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August 27, 2026 • 99 mins

It’s a whole new week and we are here to help you let it go while we talk about the queer romance that moves us all, jumping, dancing and running laps around our favourite apple orchard for our latest faves. We’ve got the best MM romance recs and you got to hear it under the sea at Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast!

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by ...

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August 20, 2026 • 86 mins

Would you rather fall in love with your galactic enemy, the spirit haunting a giant trash can, or the polar bear shifter you’re forbidden to associate with? How about all of the above? You can do exactly that! All you have to do is listen to the latest episode of Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast today!

Wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode&...

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August 13, 2026 • 84 mins

It’s feral time again! Here at Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast we are doing what we do best - talking books - and this week that means an LGBTQ romance QUIZ! Are you ready to find out which books we want to be trapped in? How about a book speed round of Would You Rather? It's a BRat on BRat Smackdown so get your romance podcast ears ready because we are bringing it today!

We are burning our kindles, waiting for alie...

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We hope you're ready for some more wang wizardry because the spicy hot dog monarch KL Hiers is here to let loose! Prepare to get suckered into today's LGBTQ romance podcast episode because we are talking tentacles, knotty boys and mobster mayhem!

It’s our first author interview here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast and we are so excited! The four feral besties are joined by the amazing MM romance author KL Hiers, ...

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July 31, 2026 • 85 mins

It’s time for some wang wizardry! That’s right, it’s another episode of Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast! This week we are talking about sentient flower shops who have it out for dick devilry, ghosts who snuggle for warmth, and fauns who are all about summer camp.

We have a feast of LGBTQ romance for you this week on our little queer podcast, so wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats...

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July 23, 2026 • 95 mins

Two fired lawyers walk into a bar, each carrying a chicken and a cucumber. Inside, a double arranged marriage and an unplanned, spontaneous wedding are in full swing. If the fired lawyers are also normal-sized brats, how many…queer romance…podcast hosts…are in attendance? If your answer was four, then you must be ready for your next weekly dose of MM romance book recs!

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July 16, 2026 • 87 mins

Nice to see you, to see you nice! The BRats are going feral over at Rainbow Book Rats: A Queer Romance Podcast and that means an LGBTQ romance QUIZ! Are you ready to find out their favourite Grae Bryan books? How about a book speed round of Never Have I Ever? It's a BRat on BRat Smackdown so get your romance podcast ears ready because we are bringing it today!

JD is all about more MM romance books with darlin’ petnames, Kit is...

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July 9, 2026 • 71 mins

It’s Thursday, we are slightly sleep deprived queer romance lovers, and this is the Rainbow Book Rats Queer Romance Podcast! What is up with Britain’s paranormal activity? Why are the BRats crying over packed lunch? Did we suddenly become obsessed with the word dingle? All this and more in today’s episode of four queer book besties celebrating LGBTQ romance!

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July 2, 2026 • 79 mins

What’s fun, queer, and bad at idioms? It’s the Rainbow Book Rats podcast! We hope you are ready for confusion, hilarity and a week of excellent MM romance because that’s what we are bringing today!

It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their latest reading recommendations with you, and as ...

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June 25, 2026 • 89 mins

Wrap yourself up in your best blanket, grab your rat treats and get ready to burrow in! This Digging Deeper episode’s buddy read is brought to you by Their Boy by Cara Dee chosen by Megan.

Left all alone in the world—and in a very big house—after the loss of his parents, Kit Damien has struggled to find his place in society and in the kink community he longs to be a more active part of.Daddy Doms Colt and Lucas hav...

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June 18, 2026 • 65 mins

We’re one BRat down, but no less chaotic! Caity’s cuteness aggression is whispering in her ear to bite, shake, and chomp until the cows come home. Protect your spinal corn and get ready for a more free-form version of our usual Rat Chat! It’s a Feral Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourit...

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It’s a Rat Chat week here on Rainbow Book Rats: a Queer Romance Podcast. Brought to you by four feral besties who have left their book nests to nerd out about their favourite reads with you, and as always on a Rat Chat episode, we'll be discussing how our week went, how great the books we read this week were, and what's on our book radar of new and upcoming queer romance.

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