Hello and welcome back to Diversishelf!
As June moves into July and rainbow stacks start disappearing from our feeds, our team here at Diversishelf is committed to sharing books that will help you read queer all year. We’ve already found so many exciting new releases to share with you during the coming months, so keep checking those inboxes every Monday.
This week’s issue is on the smaller side, but there is so much variety across genre and representation. We hope you’ll find something new to enjoy!
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The River She Became by Emily Varga - Out 02 Jul 26 UK/30 Jun 26 US
Tags: Young Adult Romantasy, Pakistani-Canadian author
Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne - Out 09 Jul 26 UK/30 Jun 26 US
Tags: Science Fiction, Sapphic representation, Queer author, neurodivergent author
All You Need Is Flights: How Kintsugi, Moai, and Volcano Pizza Helped Me Make More Solo Travel Magic by Jen Ruiz - Out 30 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Memoir, Puerto Rican author
Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain - Out 19 Jun 25 UK/30 Jun 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Sapphic representation, debut author, queer author
Dream the Deep by Clara Ward - Out 30 Jun 26
Tags: Science Fiction, Queer representation, nonbinary author, nonbinary representation
Red X by David Demchuk - Out 30 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Horror, Gay author, gay representation
Silent Surrender by Netra Antionette - Out 30 Jun 26
Tags: Thriller, Black American author, Black American representation
Tangled Roots by Maria Turtschaninoff - Out 07 May 26 UK/30 Jun 26 US
Tags: Historical Fiction, Translated, Finnish author, Finnish representation
The Revelation of Dionne Daphne by Mara Brock Akil - Out 30 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Black American author, debut author
The Summer of the Serpent by Cecilia Eudave - Out 30 Jun 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Latin American representation, Mexican author
This Blade of Ours by Shalini Abeysekara - Out 02 Jul 26 UK/30 Jun 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Sri Lankan American author, neurodivergent author
Veil of Silence by Danielle Abi-Saab - Out 30 Jun 26
Tags: Historical Fiction, Lebanese representation, Lebanese American author, debut author
Wasp's Nest by Kat Stoddard - Out 24 Aug 26 UK/30 Jun 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer representation, debut author, queer author
What Happened to Those Girls by Carlyn Greenwald - Out 30 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: YA Thriller, Sapphic representation, bisexual author, Jewish author
Mistakenly Saving the Villain (Novel), Vol. 3 by Feng Yu Nie - Out 01 Jul 26 UK/30 Jun 26 US
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese representation, Chinese author, Translated
Our Not-So-Lonely Planet Travel Guide, Vol. 7 by Mone Sorai - Out 30 Jun 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Manga, Achillean representation, Japanese representation, Japanese author, Translated
Winners and Liars by Aleema Omotoni - Out 18 Jun 26 UK/30 Jun 26 US
Tags: YA Mystery, British-Nigerian author, anti-racism themes, class consciousness themes
Horizon Hong Kong by Xu Xi - Out 01 Jul 26
Tags: Short Stories, Indonesian-Chinese-American author, Chinese representation, immigrant representation
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