Hello and welcome back to Diversishelf!
There’s a lot of interesting titles in this 32-strong mid-August issue! We have political and historical nonfiction, several horror titles, romance AND romantasy, and as usual a healthy dose of literary fiction!
Every week, as I put the issue together, I am blown away by the sheer variety and number of new titles from so many different and diverse authors! And the fact that we are promoting a fraction of what is hitting the shelves (most of which isn’t by such a variety of authors, unfortunately!) is mind-boggling. Enough to fill several lifetimes of reading!
We hope that among new newsletters you will find your next favourite read! Enjoy!
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Dreamland by Olivie Blake - Out 13 Aug 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Bipolar author, AAPI author
Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block by Talitha L. LeFlouria - Out 11 Aug 26
Tags: Historical Nonfiction, Black American author, anti-racism themes, feminism themes, abolition themes
Leila and Khaled by Nyla Matuk - Out 24 Sep 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Lebanese Canadian author, Palestinian representation, anti-colonialism themes
My Person by Téa Mutonji - Out 13 Aug 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Congolese Canadian author, anti-racism themes
See You at the Sunset by Susan Lee - Out 27 Aug 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Romance, Korean American author, AAPI representation
Unsafe: The Carceral Roots of the Anti-Trans Backlash by Sarah Lamble - Out 11 Aug 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Nonbinary author, anti-transphobia themes, abolition themes, transgender representation, feminism themes
Heavensent and Hellbent by Sara Jafari - Out 06 Aug 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: YA Fantasy, British-Iranian author
Such Great Heights by Rajani LaRocca - Out 24 Sep 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Indian American author, Indian American representation
Hollow Magic by Mars Lauderbaugh - Out 01 Oct 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: YA Graphic Novel, Queer representation, nonbinary author, nonbinary representation
A Dance of Burning Blades by M.H. Ayinde - Out 07 Apr 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Black British author
Counting the Days by Laura Chinn - Out 11 Aug 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Romance, Biracial author, debut author
A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-Young - Out 11 Aug 26
Tags: Horror, Translated, Korean author, Korean representation
Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon - Out 11 Aug 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Horror, Sapphic author, queer representation, queer author
Death Card by Jasmine Smith - Out 11 Aug 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: YA Romantasy, Black American author, sapphic representation, debut author
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Gay by Eliot Glazer - Out 11 Aug 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Memoir, Queer representation, queer author, anti-queerphobia themes
Three Tenses by Ed Park - Out 11 Aug 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Memoir, Korean American author, Korean American representation
She Haunts Me Still by De Elizabeth - Out 27 Aug 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Horror, Sapphic representation, bisexual author
A Tender Age by Chang-rae Lee - Out 14 Jan 27 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Korean American author, immigrant representation, Korean American representation
Hocus Pocus by Brinda Charry - Out 11 Aug 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Historical Fiction, Indian American author
In What World by Bridget Morrissey - Out 11 Aug 26
Tags: Romance, Queer representation, queer author
Don't Cross Mo Ellery by Birdie Horne - Out 10 Sep 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Bisexual representation
Spellfire by Agatha Willow - Out 23 Oct 25 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Romantasy, Sapphic representation, Genderqueer author
Legend of Exorcism (Novel), Vol. 6 by Fei Tian Ye Xiang - Out 11 Aug 26
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese representation, Chinese author, translated
Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay by Lex Croucher - Out 11 Aug 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: YA Romantasy, Achillean representation, Sapphic representation, Nonbinary author, Queer author
Ballad of Sword & Wine, Vol. 8 by Tang Jiu Qing - Out 11 Aug 26
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese representation, Chinese author, translated
The Witch Queen by Heather Walter - Out 11 Aug 26
Tags: Fantasy, Queer representation, queer author
Plant Teachings from My Auntie: Gathering Coast Salish Plants for Medicine, Textiles, Nourishment, and Ceremony by Geraldine Manson and Nancy J Turner - Out 03 Sep 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Nature Nonfiction, Indigenous American author, Indigenous American representation, environmental justice themes
Piñen by Daniela Catrileo - Out 21 Apr 26 UK/11 Aug 26 US
Tags: Short Stories, Translated, Chilean author, Chilean representation
Silencio by Clyo Mendoza - Out 13 Aug 26 UK/08 Sep 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Mexican representation, feminism themes, Mexican author
An Edge Sharp Enough by Jesse Q. Sutanto - Out 11 Aug 26 UK/17 Nov 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Chinese-Indonesian author, neurodivergent author
Crownsville by Rodney Barnes, Elia Bonetti - Out 11 Aug 26 UK
Info & Order - UK link
Tags: Graphic Novel, Black American authors, Black American representation, anti-racism themes
A Bloody Scandal by Evelyn Scott - Out 13 Aug 26 UK
Info & Order - UK link
Tags: Health Nonfiction , Disabled author, endometriosis representation
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