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It is the last week of February. How time flies! Did you join us this month for our Non Fiction book club? Did you manage to finish the book already or are you taking your time with it? Wherever you are with it, make sure to join us over on Storygraph to chat about it!
Without further ado, this week’s books!
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And Then He Pressed Play by Robert J. Halliwell - Out 23 Feb 26
Tags: Young Adult, Bisexual representation, Canadian author, queer author, Achillean representation
The Faithful Dark by Cate Baumer - Out 19 Feb 26 UK/24 Feb 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Queer author, asexual representation, trans representation, bisexual representation, debut author
Crown City by Naomi Hirahara - Out 24 Feb 26
Tags: Mystery, Japanese American author, Japanese American representation, anti-racism themes
The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi - Out 05 Jun 25 UK/24 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Japanese author, Japanese representation
The Silent Period by Francesca Manfredi - Out 24 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Italian author
Kin by Tayari Jones - Out 26 Mar 26 UK/24 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Black American author, Black American representation
Antediluvian by Kameryn Alexa Carter - Out 24 Feb 26
Tags: Poetry, Black American author, neurodivergent representation
Maybe the Body by Asa Drake - Out 24 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Poetry, Filipina American author, debut author
I Am the Ghost Here by Kim Samek - Out 24 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Short Stories, Thai author, immigrant representation, chronic illness representation, debut author
Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity - Out 26 Feb 26 UK/24 Feb 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, SWANA author, debut author, SWANA representation
Within These County Lines by Brian Zepka - Out 24 Feb 26
Tags: Young Adult, Queer author, queer representation
Limelight by Andrew Keenan-Bolger - Out 24 Feb 26
Tags: Young Adult, Queer author, queer representation
Daughter of the Cursed Kingdom by Jasmine Skye - Out 16 Mar 26 UK/24 Feb 26 US
Tags: YA Romantasy, Queer author, asexual author, bigender author, sapphic representation
Just Between Us by Adeline Kon - Out 24 Feb 26
Tags: YA Graphic Novel, Debut author, nonbinary author, queer author, Japanese American author
The Iron Garden Sutra by A.D. Sui - Out 24 Feb 26
Tags: Science Fiction, Ukrainian author, nonbinary author, queer author, disabled author
Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria by Loubna Mrie - Out 24 Feb 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Syrian author, Muslim representation, anti-fascism themes, debut author
Soulmate as a Verb by Kelsey L. Smoot - Out 24 Feb 26
Tags: Poetry, Black American author, trans author, abolition themes, pro-Palestine author, anti-racism themes
Worth Burning by Mickie Kennedy - Out 24 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Poetry, Queer author, queer representation, pro-survivor themes, debut author
Blood Relay by Devon Mihesuah - Out 24 Feb 26
Tags: Mystery, Indigenous American author, debut author, Indigenous American representation, anti-colonialism themes, queer representation
Dreams: Visions from the Fire by Wanda John-Kehewin - Out 09 Apr 26 UK/24 Feb 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Indigenous American author, Indigenous American representation
Talk Treaty to Me: Understanding the Basics of Treaties and Land in Canada by Crystal Gail Fraser and Sara Komarnisky - Out 24 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
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Tags: Political Nonfiction, Indigenous American author, Ukrainian author, anti-colonialism themes
Love in Ruins by Auriane Desombre - Out 24 Feb 26
Tags: YA Romance, Sapphic author, neurodivergent representation (OCD), sapphic representation
The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan - Out 26 Feb 26 UK/24 Feb 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Queer representation, debut author, Australian author
The Legend of the Nine-Tailed Fox by Katrina Kwan - Out 26 Mar 26 UK/24 Feb 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Chinese Canadian author
Technology and Barbarism, or How Billionaires Will Save Us from the End of the World by Michel Nieva - Out 24 Feb 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Essays, Translated, Argentine author, anti-capitalism themes, anti-colonial themes
Floodlines by Saleem Haddad - Out 12 Feb 26 UK/24 Feb 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, SWANA author, Iraqi representation, anti-imperialism themes
Saltswept by Katalina Watt - Out 26 Feb 26 UK
Info & Order - UK link
Tags: Fantasy, Filipino-British author, Southeast Asian representation, debut author
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