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Before I leave you with the books today, we have the title for the August Nonfiction Book Club: Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk. This book is a groundbreaking exploration of the ways disability has always been central to Black activism, liberation movements, and struggles for collective freedom.
Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk
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Smells Like Green Spirit by Saburo Nagai - Out 21 Jul 26
Tags: Manga, Achillean representation, Crossdressing representation, Japanese representation, Japanese author, translated
The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert - Out 21 Jul 26
Tags: Romance, Black British author, bisexual representation, disabled author (EDS), queer author, autistic author
Just a Highland Fling by Naina Kumar - Out 23 Jul 26 UK/21 Jul 26 US
Tags: Romance, Indian American Author, Indian American representation
The Winter Folk by Jen Julian - Out 21 Jul 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Horror, Queer representation
Fire on Fire by Lukas Gaines - Out 21 Jul 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Romance, Debut author, achillean representation, achillean author
A Fate Worse Than Drowning by Sarah L. Hawthorn - Out 21 Jul 26
Tags: Fantasy, Sapphic representation, nonbinary author, Canadian author
Savvy Summers and the Po'boy Perils by Sandra Jackson-Opoku - Out 24 Aug 26 UK/21 Jul 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Black American author, Black American representation
Funerals Are for the Living by Sami Ellis - Out 20 Aug 26 UK/21 Jul 26 US
Tags: YA Horror, Queer author, Black American author, anti-racism themes, Black American representation
The Revenge Playbook by Rimma Onoseta - Out 13 Aug 26 UK/21 Jul 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Nigerian author, Black representation
The Masala Chai Mystery Club by MJ Soni - Out 21 Jul 26
Tags: Mystery, Indian South African author, Indian representation
Take It to Your Grave by Louangie Bou-Montes - Out 24 Aug 26 UK/21 Jul 26 US
Tags: YA Thriller, Black Puerto Rican author, Black American representation, Latin American representation
I Didn't Do It by Elle Gonzalez Rose - Out 21 Jul 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: YA Thriller, Latin American author, queer author
Harm and Punishment: Incarcerated Writers on Violence and the US Prison by Elizabeth Hinton and Elsa Julien Lora - Out 21 Jul 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Black American author, abolition themes, anti-racism themes, anti-queerphobia themes
Tending to Our Wounds: A Diasporic Memoir by Edna Bonhomme - Out 21 Jul 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Black American author, anti-racism themes, anti-colonialism themes
The Lord of the Wood by E.M. Anderson - Out 21 Jul 26
Tags: Fantasy, Queer author, neurodivergent author, nonbinary author, pro-Palestine author
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead - Out 21 Jul 26
Tags: Historical Fiction, Black American author
The Flayed Man by Chloe Lauter - Out 21 Jul 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Horror, Sapphic representation, debut author
Song for Another Home by Bora Lee Reed - Out 06 Aug 26 UK/21 Jul 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Korean American author, Korean representation, immigrant representation
The Wife Comes First, Vol. 3 by Lv Ye Qian He - Out 21 Jul 26 US
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese author, Chinese characters, Translated
Seven Sundays, Vol. 1 by Charyeok - Out 21 Jul 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Manhwa, Achillean representation, Korean author, Korean characters, Translated
Capital From Zero: Reading Marx in the Age of Climate Catastrophe by Kohei Saito - Out 21 Jul 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Translated, anti-capitalism themes, climate justice themes, Japanese author
Long Hot Summer by Esha Patel - Out 21 May 26 UK/21 Jul 26 US
Tags: Romance, Indian author
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