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Every time I say we have our biggest issue ever, another even bigger issue rears up its head. However, this week's, with its near 70 issues, breaks all of our records by a good margin, which feels very fitting considering that this is our 100th issue!
Given how many there are, I won't keep you long, but just a couple quick reminders:
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And now, onto the books!
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On Deck by Derek Wilks - Out 01 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Romance, Trans author, trans representation
How to Love a Prince by Hayden Stone - Out 01 Jun 26
Tags: Romance, Trans author, queer author, achillean representation
Grief Eater by Emma Osborne - Out 01 Jun 26
Tags: Horror, Queer author, nonbinary author, queer representation, Australian author
See-Me Street: My Indigenous Journey through Homelessness by DerRic Starlight - Out 01 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Memoir, Indigenous American author, Indigenous American representation, alcohol abuse recovery representation, housing justice themes
Midsummer Sisters by Niki Smith - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Middle Grade, Queer author
The Long Con by Jenna Voris - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Mystery, Sapphic representation
Golden Terrace, Vol. 1 by Cang Wu Bin Bai - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese representation, Chinese author, Translated
The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue by Zoulfa Katouh - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Young Adult, SWANA Author, Syrian-Canadian author
Without Terminus: Untraining an Archive by Chaun Webster - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Memoir, Black American author
Where You'll Find Us by Jen St. Jude - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Nonbinary author, queer author, queer representation
They All Fall in Love at the End by Haili Blassingame - Out 02 Jul 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer representation, Black American author
Their Will Undone by RJ Valldeperas - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Young Adult, Peruvian Venezuelan author, Latin American representation
The Typing Lady by Ruth Ozeki - Out 28 May 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Japanese American author
The Seduction by Sara Torres - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, lesbian author, Spanish author
The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Vietnamese-American author, queer author, Sapphic representation
The Open Era by Edward Schmit - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Romance, Debut author, Achillean representation
The Names We Buried by Mia Siegert - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Young Adult, Nonbinary author
The Last Time We Drowned by Saratoga Schaefer - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Mystery, Nonbinary author
The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, AAPI author, queer author, queer representation
The Home of the Drowned by Elin Anna Labba - Out 21 May 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Indigenous Sámi author, translated
The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - Out 02 Jul 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, British-Nigerian author, queer author, Muslim author
The Hair of the Pigeon by Mohammed Massoud Morsi - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Egyptian-Danish-Australian author
The Guest Book by Mae Marvel - Out 20 Jul 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Romance, Sapphic representation, sapphic author
The Double Dutch Fuss by Phill Branch - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Memoir, Black American author, queer author
Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim - Out 09 Jul 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Science Fiction, AAPI author, Korean American author and rep
Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran by Yeganeh Torbati; Bozorgmehr Sharafedin - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Historical Nonfiction, Iranian author, Iranian representation, anti colonial themes
Sisters of a Halved Heart by Nayantara Roy - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Indian American representation, Indian American author
Red Like Orange by Charles Akl - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Egyptian author, Egyptian representation
Rebel Fire by Ann Sei Lin - Out 06 Jul 23 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Singaporean-British author
Rabbit, Fox, Tar by P.C. Verrone - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer author, Black Indigenous American author, Black representation
Pure Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Senegalese author, queer representation, pro-Palestine author
Puck by Samantha Allen - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Romance, Queer representation, nonbinary representation, trans author
Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Horror, Mexican American author, Mexican American representation, Sapphic representation
Missing in Soho by Holly Stars - Out 05 Feb 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer representation, queer author
Meeting New People by Daniel M. Lavery - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Trans author
Medicine Wheels by Byron Graves - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Young Adult, Indigenous American author, two-spirit author, genderqueer author
Mad Eden by Morgan Thomas - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Genderqueer author, queer rep, autistic rep
Lovers XXX by Allie Rowbottom - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Sex work representation, sapphic representation
Let's Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry - Out 25 Jun 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer representation, debut author
I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side by J Brooke - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Poetry, Nonbinary author, anti-transphobia themes
Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology by George Abraham, Hannah Moushabeck - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Palestinian authors, queer authors
Goodbye Chinatown by Kit Fan - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Chinese author, Chinese representation
Girl's Girl by Sonia Feldman - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Sapphic representation, Latin American author
For the Bride by Becca Grischow - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Bisexual author, bisexual representation, lesbian representation
Encore! by Miles Toriko Burks - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Graphic Novel, Trans author, debut author, queer representation, Asian American author, achillean representation
Dreams In Which I Am Almost Human by Hannah Soyer - Out 16 Jul 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Memoir, Disabled author, queer author
Dawn Throne by Tara Sim - Out 02 Jun 26
Tags: Fantasy, Queer representation, queer author, Indian American author
Collapse by Édouard Louis - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, French author
Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: YA Thriller, Black American Authors
Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days by Blair LM Kelley - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Historical Nonfiction, Black American author, Black American representation
A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Memoir, Trans author, Jewish author
The Disaster Gay Detective Agency by Lev AC Rosen - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Mystery, Queer representation, queer author
Goldenborn by Ama Ofosua Lieb - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: YA Fantasy, Ghanian American author, Black American representation, debut author
Chain Reaction: A Journey into the Chemistry that Shapes Us and Our World by Ijeoma Uchegbu - Out 09 Apr 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Science Nonfiction, Nigerian author, debut author
Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan - Out 26 Mar 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Tamil author, debut author, nonbinary representation, nonbinary author, disabled author
Monique Escapes by Édouard Louis - Out 22 Jan 26 UK/02 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, French author, anti-misogyny themes
There's Only One Sin in Hollywood by Rasheed Newson - Out 02 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Historical Fiction, Black American author, Achillean author, Black American representation
The Ties Between Us by Chencia C. Higgins - Out 03 Jun 26 US
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Tags: Romance, Black American author, Black American representation, sapphic representation
The Return of the Nish by Tyson Stewart - Out 06 Jun 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Indigenous American author, Indigenous American representation, debut author
The Devoted by Catherine Cho - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/14 Jul 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Korean-American author
The Keeper of the Camphor Tree by Keigo Higashino - Out 04 Jun 26 UK
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Japanese author
The Forest Called You by Amil - Out 04 Jun 26 UK
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Tags: Science Fiction, Translated, South Korean author, South Korean representation
The Final Six by Akinari Asakura - Out 04 Jun 26 UK
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Japanese author
One Knight Stand by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner - Out 04 Jun 26 UK
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Tags: Young Adult, Sapphic representation
Mother Ghost Mango See by Natalie Gregory - Out 04 Jun 26 UK
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Tags: Literary Fiction, German Thai author, debut author
Literally: A Joyful Guide to the Ups and Downs of Being Autistic by Ella Willis - Out 04 Jun 26 UK
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Tags: Nonfiction, Autistic author, nonbinary author, debut author
Hello, Limerence by Momo Yamaguchi - Out 04 Jun 26 UK
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Japanese author, queer representation, debut author
Hard Place by Gab Torr - Out 04 Jun 26 UK
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer author, nonbinary author, debut author
Half Lives by Krystle Zara Appiah - Out 04 Jun 26 UK
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Tags: Literary Fiction, British-Ghanaian author, Ghanian representation
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