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This week we have a slightly smaller issue, clocking in at 25 titles. Still, the variety is massive as usual, featuring sci-fi, fantasy, horror, litifc, memoirs, political fiction, romance, and more.
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Clumsy Kiss by Machi Suehiro - Out 20 Aug 26 UK/28 Jul 26 US
Tags: Manga, Achillean representation, Japanese representation, Japanese author, translated
Harbour of Hungry Ghosts by Eliza Chan - Out 28 Jul 26
Tags: Fantasy, Chinese Scottish Author, Chinese representation
When Mikan Road Was Ours by D.K. Furutani - Out 28 Jul 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Japanese American Author, Japanese American representation, debut author
The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs by Kojo Koram - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/28 Jul 26 US
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Ghanian author, anti-capitalism themes, anti-racism themes
The Demon Star by Jesse Aragon - Out 28 Jul 26
Tags: Science Fiction, Mental illness representation, anti-ableism themes, queer representation, Latin American author
You Only Live Twice by Autumn Allen - Out 28 Jul 26
Tags: Young Adult, Black Muslim representation, Black Muslim author
The Felicity Complex by August Clarke - Out 28 Jul 26
Tags: Science Fiction, Queer author, nonbinary author
Black Girls Don't Cry by Alex Travis - Out 28 Aug 26 UK/28 Jul 26 US
Tags: YA Thriller, Black American author, Black American representation, anti-racism themes, bisexual representation
The Winds of Maracaibo by Maria Elena Moran - Out 28 Jul 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Venezuelan author, Venezuelan representation
I Made You Up Inside My Head by Marta Perez-Carbonell - Out 02 Jul 26 UK/28 Jul 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Spanish author, debut author
The Red Earth by Morgana Kretzmann - Out 10 Sep 26 UK/28 Jul 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Brazilian author, Brazilian representation, environmental justice themes
City of Widows by Nadia Hashimi - Out 13 Aug 26 UK/28 Jul 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Afghan American author, Afghan representation, feminism themes
All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning by s.e. smith - Out 10 Sep 26 UK/28 Jul 26 US
Tags: Memoir, Disabled author, nonbinary author, debut author
The Harpy Knight by Sara Omer - Out 28 Jul 26
Tags: Fantasy, SWANA author
We Were Never Here by Sophia Hannan - Out 27 Aug 26 UK/28 Jul 26 US
Tags: YA Horror, Debut author, Canadian author, sapphic representation, queer author
Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli - Out 30 Jul 26 UK/28 Jul 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Mexican American author
Five by César Aira - Out 28 Jul 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Argentine author
Heart Eater: A Memoir of Immigration, Belonging, and How We Find Ourselves in Language by Sun Yung Shin - Out 28 Jul 26 US
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Tags: Memoir, Korean author, immigrant representation, anti-racism themes
Everything Happened At Once by Choi Jin-Young - Out 30 Jul 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Korean author
The Wedding Planner's Guide to Stealing the Bride by Jeevani Charika - Out 30 Jul 26
Tags: Romance, Sri Lankan author, Sri Lankan representation
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley: Collected Poems, 1998-2020 by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley - Out 01 Aug 26
Tags: Poetry, Liberian author, immigrant representation
Heir of Prophecy by Analeigh Sbrana - Out 30 Jul 26 UK/25 Aug 26 US
Tags: Romance, Black American author
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow by Luan Goldie - Out 30 Jul 26 UK/30 Mar 27 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Mixed race author, Scottish Nigerian author
The Art of Opposition: On Hope, Resilience, and Creative Expression Beyond the Mainstream by Courttia Newland - Out 30 Jul 26 UK
Info & Order - UK link
Tags: Essays, Black British author
Women Rent Men and Secrets Here by Damilare Kuku - Out 30 Jul 26 UK
Info & Order - UK link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Nigerian author, feminism themes
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