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Colorism: The Politics of Skin Tone and How We Get Free by Sarah L. Webb - Out 30 Jul 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Political Nonfiction , Black American author, anti-racism themes
I'm A Lot: Surviving Myself and All the People I've Been by Alison Leiby - Out 07 Jul 26 US
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Tags: Memoir, Jewish author, feminism themes
Heaven Official’s Blessing (The Comic), Vol. 2 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu - Out 07 Jul 26
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese author, Chinese characters, Translated
Blue Summer Haze 1 by Dondon - Out 07 Jul 26
Tags: Manga, Japanese author, Achillean representation
Tags: Romantasy, Korean American author, sapphic representation, debut author
Tree of Knowledge by Victoria Chang - Out 09 Jul 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Poetry, Taiwanese-Chinese author
The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders - Out 09 Jul 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Black American author, Black American representation
The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley - Out 07 Jul 26
Tags: Horror, Queer representation, queer author, debut author
The Simp by Roshan Sethi - Out 07 Jul 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer author, debut author, Indian American author
Every Version of You by Natalie Messier - Out 07 Jul 26
Tags: Romance, Latin American author, debut author
Matcha on Monday by Michiko Aoyama - Out 02 Jul 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Japanese author, Japanese representation
Someone to Cook For by Maiko Seo - Out 07 Jul 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Japanese author
Perverts by Mac Crane - Out 07 Jul 26 US
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Tags: Short Stories, Nonbinary author, queer representation
The Bird Tribe by Lucinda Roy - Out 07 Jul 26 US
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Tags: Science Fiction, Black American author, Black representation
Party Line by Kyle Carrero Lopez - Out 07 Jul 26 US
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Tags: Poetry, Queer author, Black Cuban American author, debut author, anti-racism themes
Free Girls by Kristen McCallum - Out 07 Jul 26 US
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Tags: Young Adult, Sapphic representation, Jamaican American author, Black American representation
Buried Feelings by Kit Rosewater - Out 07 Jul 26
Tags: YA Romance, Queer author, Queer representation, Trans man representation
Good Morning Means I Love You by Kendra Allen - Out 07 Jul 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Black American author, Black American representation
Hallie's Rules for a Recovering Romantic by Jessica Lewis - Out 27 Aug 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Sapphic representation, Black American author, Black American representation
Coming Out Perfect by Richard Mercado - Out 07 Jul 26 US
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Tags: YA Graphic Novel, Achillean representation, Filipino American author, Filipino representation
Lowly Creatures by Gaspard Koenig - Out 27 Aug 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, French author, pansexual representation
The Revenant of Surolifia by Florence Chien - Out 07 Jul 26
Tags: Fantasy, Chinese Canadian author
Daughter of the Mountains by Fatimah Asghar - Out 07 Jul 26
Tags: Poetry, South Asian author, nonbinary author
Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle - Out 11 Aug 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Horror, Queer author, autistic author
The Brides by Charlotte Cross - Out 19 Mar 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Horror, Sapphic representation, feminist themes, debut author
The Weight of One Pomegranate by Brynne Rebele-Henry - Out 07 Jul 26 US
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Tags: Young Adult, Sapphic representation, queer author
Kloud 9: The Star Soldier by AJ O. Mason, Dominic Bustamante - Out 07 Jul 26
Tags: YA Graphic Novel, Achillean representation, Jewish author, Filipino Canadian author
False Prophet by Afsheen Farhadi - Out 09 Jul 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Debut author, SWANA author
The Memory Bookshop by Song Yu-Jeong - Out 12 Mar 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Translated, Korean author, debut author
Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden - Out 16 Jul 26 UK/07 Jul 26 US
Tags: Thriller, Indigenous representation, Indigenous (Sicangu Lakota) author, Anti-colonialism themes
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