Hello and welcome back to Diversishelf!
Pride month is now well underway and we love seeing all the diverse book stacks on our feed. This week we bring you even more titles to add to your TBR, for both Pride and beyond!
Also be sure to join us this month in reading the Diversishelf June Nonfiction Book Club pick Before We Were Trans by Dr Kit Heyam. This expansive work will teach you about trans history, while also looking forward to what trans futures might hold.
Lastly, the results for our Issue 100 gift card giveaway will be announced this week. Keep an eye on your Instagram inbox and we’ll contact you if you won.
Now to the books…
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The Missed Connection by Tia Williams - Out 04 Aug 26 UK/09 Jun 26 US
Tags: Romance, Black American author, Black American representation, disabled author
We Hexed The Moon by Mollyhall Seeley - Out 24 Apr 25 UK/09 Jun 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Sapphic author, sapphic representation, debut author
What I Made for Dinner by Krys Malcolm Belc - Out 09 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Memoir, Transmasculine author
Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst - Out 07 May 26 UK/09 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, sapphic representation, debut author, queer author, Danish author, transmasculine representation
Wade and Felix Forever by Dalton Lyle - Out 09 Jun 26
Tags: Young Adult, Queer author, achillean representation, anti-queerphobia themes
Vamoose by Kathy Anderson - Out 09 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Short Stories, Lesbian representation, Lesbian author
Tulsa Speaks: A City Council, Reparations, and Race in America Today by Kristal Brent Zook - Out 09 Jun 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Biracial author, anti-racism themes
The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher - Out 09 Jun 26
Tags: Romantasy, Nonbinary author, nonbinary representation
The Summer Girlfriend by Kristina Forest - Out 09 Jun 26
Tags: Romance, Black American author, Black American representation
The Last Death Poet by Stephen Daly - Out 02 Apr 26 UK/09 Jun 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Queer author, Queer representation, Irish author, pro-Palestine author
The Fervent Whites by De'Shawn Charles Winslow - Out 09 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Mystery, Black American author
Swell by Son Bo-Mi - Out 09 Jun 26
Tags: Short Stories, Translated, Korean author
Strangers Behind Closed Doors by Catherine Adel West - Out 30 Jul 26 UK/09 Jun 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Black American author, Black American representation, anti-racism themes
Restrung: A Memoir of Music and Transformation by Vijay Gupta - Out 10 Sep 26 UK/09 Jun 26 US
Tags: Memoir, Indian American author, substance abuse representation
Pool House by Mary H.K. Choi - Out 11 Jun 26 UK/09 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Korean American author, substance abuse recovery representation, class consciousness themes, auDHD author
Nymph by Sofia Montrone - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/09 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Sapphic representation, debut author
It Came From Neverland by Cynthia Pelayo - Out 09 Jun 26
Tags: Horror, Puerto Rican author
I'll Take the Fire by Leila Slimani - Out 23 Apr 26 UK/09 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, French-Moroccan author, Arab representation, feminism themes
Her Sharp Embrace by Kate Koenig - Out 09 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: YA Romantasy, Sapphic representation, queer author, neurodivergent author
Freedom: Essays by Zinzi Clemmons - Out 09 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Black American author, anti-racism themes, pro-Palestine author
Fairfield County by DéLana R. A. Dameron - Out 09 Jun 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Black American author, Black American representation
Cat Love by Tomás Q. Morín - Out 09 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Mexican American author
Cages by Chantel Acevedo - Out 09 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Cuban American author, HIV representation, achillean representation, Cuban representation
A Voice Like Mine by Deb Haaland - Out 09 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Memoir, Indigenous American author, class consciousness themes
You Won't Forget Me by Mazey Eddings - Out 09 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Romance, Sapphic representation, auDHD author
Silent Reading: Mo Du, Vol. 3 by priest - Out 09 Jun 26
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese representation, Chinese author, Translated
The Problem with Personalization: How Advertisers Learned to Make and Break Us from Ancient Times to the AI Age by Joseph Turow - Out 11 Jun 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Jewish author, anti-capitalism themes
Mother Tongue: A Memoir of Family, Deafness, and Identity by Sara Nović - Out 11 Jun 26 UK
Info & Order - UK link
Tags: Memoir, Disabled/Deaf author, disabled/Deaf representation
Love, Gods, and Sinners by Camille Chong - Out 11 Jun 26 UK
Info & Order - UK link
Tags: Romantasy, Sapphic representation, debut author, Singaporean author, Singaporean representation
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