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We have a grand total of 42 books (hehe) this week to present to you, but before we get started, I would like to remind you about the Diversishelf Nonfiction Book Club, which this month will be reading Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore by Char Adams. If you’re joining us for it, head on over to Storygraph to chat about it!
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore by Char Adams
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Night Breaks Apart, Like Pomegranate Seeds in My Palm by Aakriti Kuntal - Out 22 Jan 26
Tags: Poetry, Indian author, queer representation
Inharmonious by Tammye Huf - Out 02 Jul 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Historical Fiction, Black American author, Black American representation, anti-racism themes
Love Me Tomorrow by Emiko Jean - Out 12 Feb 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Japanese American author, AAPI representation
Skate It Till You Make It by Rufaro Faith Mazarura - Out 03 Feb 26
Tags: Romance, British Zimbabwean author, Black British representation
The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui - Out 03 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Horror, South Asian author, Indian representation
Every Exit Brings You Home by Naeem Murr - Out 03 Feb 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Lebanese author, Muslim representation
The Pohaku by Jasmin 'Iolani Hakes - Out 12 Mar 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Filipina Portuguese author
Wolf Hour by Jo Nesbø - Out 14 Aug 25 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Translated, Norweigan author
Every Happiness by Reena Shah - Out 03 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Indian American author, debut author, Indian representation, immigrant representation, class consciousness themes
The Shape of Dreams by April Reynolds - Out 03 Feb 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Black American author, Black American representation, abolition themes
The Exes by Leodora Darlington - Out 12 Feb 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Thriller, Ghanian author, debut author
Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire by Anastasiia Fedorova - Out 05 Jun 25 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Queer author, debut author, queer representation
He’s the Devil by Tobi Coventry - Out 12 Feb 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Horror, Queer author, queer representation, debut author
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura - Out 28 Aug 25 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Japanese author
The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle of All Time by Joshua Bennett - Out 26 Feb 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Black American author, anti-racism themes
Superfan by Jenny Tinghui Zhang - Out 19 Feb 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Chinese American author
Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play by Keza MacDonald - Out 12 Feb 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Historical Nonfiction, Queer author
Sibylline by Melissa de la Cruz - Out 03 Feb 26
Tags: YA Fantasy, Filipina-American author
Seven Heavens Away by Ashraf Zaghal - Out 19 Mar 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Palestinian Canadian author, debut author, anti-colonialism themes, Palestinian representation
Get Over It, April Evans by Ashley Herring Blake - Out 03 Feb 26
Tags: Romance, Sapphic representation, bisexual author
Diaspora-ish: Notes on Identities, Unbelonging, & Solidarities by Gayatri Sethi - Out 03 Feb 26 US
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Tags: Essays, South Asian author, immigrant representation, anti-racism themes, anti-imperialism themes
Greedy by Callie Kazumi - Out 05 Feb 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Horror, British-Japanese author, Japanese representation
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers - Out 03 Feb 26
Tags: Fantasy, Achillean representation, queer author, debut author,
Nightshade and Oak by Molly O'Neill - Out 03 Feb 26
Tags: Fantasy, Sapphic representation
According to Plan by Christen Randall - Out 12 Feb 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Queer representation, fat representation, neurodivergent representation (ADHD), nonbinary representation, queer author, neurodivergent author, nonbinary author
Queen of Faces by Petra Lord - Out 03 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: YA Fantasy, Biracial author, trans author, transfemme representation, debut author
The Hollow Dark by Toni Duarte - Out 03 Feb 26
Tags: YA Fantasy, Queer representation, pansexual author
The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet by Yi-Ling Liu - Out 05 Feb 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Chinese American author, Chinese representation, anti-fascism themes
Heart's Gambit by J.D. Myall - Out 03 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: YA Fantasy, Black American author, Black representation, debut author
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow - Out 03 Feb 26 US
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Tags: YA Fantasy, Black American author, queer representation
The Hospital at the End of the World by Justin C. Key - Out 03 Feb 26 US
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Tags: Science Fiction, Black American author
Night Terminus by Ellis Scott - Out 19 Mar 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer representation, HIV representation, Canadian author, debut author
The Darkness Greeted Her by Christina Ferko - Out 03 Mar 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: YA Horror, Sapphic representation, bisexual author, neurodivergent author, neurodivergent representation (OCD), debut author
The World After Rain by Canisia Lubrin - Out 14 Oct 25 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Poetry, Black American author, pro-Palestine author
The Secret of Snow by Tina Harnesk - Out 05 Feb 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Sámi author, Indigenous representation, debut author
Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon by Toni Morrison - Out 03 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Essays, Black American author, anti-racism themes
Cut Line by Carolina Pihelgas - Out 03 Mar 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Estonian author, climate justice themes, pro-survivor themes
Autobiography of Cotton by Cristina Rivera Garza - Out 05 May 26 UK/03 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Mexican author, environmental justice themes, anti-colonialism themes, immigrant representation, border abolition themes
Simple Heart by Cho Hae-jin - Out 03 Feb 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Korean author, Korean representation
Doppelbanger by W.H. Lockwood - Out 05 Feb 26 US
Tags: Science Fiction, Achillean representation
Lipstick by Eileen G'Sell - Out 05 Feb 26
Tags: Historical Nonfiction, Queer author, feminism themes, debut author
Breadwinner by Cass Morgan - Out 06 Feb 26 US
Tags: Romance, Sapphic representation, sapphic author
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