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With the end of the month, the Diversishelf Non Fiction Book Club is wrapping the reading of Black Owned by Char Adams! Did you join us for it?
The next book club will be in May, so stay tuned! Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy this week's large selection of titles!
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The Half That Runs by Luz Schweig - Out 01 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Poetry, Mexican American author, anti-imperialism themes, immigrant representation, debut author
Slow Guillotine by Teo Rivera-Dundas - Out 13 Feb 26 UK/01 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer author, queer representation, debut author
Olive Growing in Palestine: Stories of Everyday Forms of Resistance by Juman Simaan - Out 01 Mar 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Palestinian author, Palestinian represntation, anti-imperalism themes
I Have a Home, There Is a We: Voice of a Stranger in a Strange Land by Mohammed Khelef Ghassani - Out 13 Feb 26 UK/01 Mar 26 US
Tags: Poetry, Translated, Zanzibari author, immigrant representation
All That Refuses to Die by Michael Imossan - Out 01 Mar 26
Tags: Poetry, Nigerian author, anti-racism themes
Our Funny Love Story by Byrd Koto - Out 02 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Romance, Southeast Asian author, Achillean representation, debut author, Japanese representation
Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian - Out 23 Apr 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Romance, Achillean representation, neurodivergent representation (OCD, anxiety), neurodivergent author
Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions by Ahmad Saber - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: YA Contemporary, Achillean representation, Muslim representation, Pakistani-Canadian author, Achillean author, Muslim author
I Was a Teenage Death God by M.J. Beasi - Out 20 Apr 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: YA Fantasy, Nonbinary author, nonbinary representation, debut author
Gunk by Saba Sams - Out 08 May 25 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Syrian author, debut author
Delusions by Cazzie David - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Memoir, Jewish author
Beast Becomes Her by Crystal Seitz - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: YA Fantasy, Disabled author
When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson - Out 12 Mar 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Black American author
X is Where I Am by Sara Torres - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Spanish author, sapphic representation, queer author
Wītāmōwik / Tell Them!: Essays and Poems on a Life of Inspiration by Louise Bernice Halfe - Sky Dancer - Out 01 Jun 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Poetry, Indigenous American author, Indigenous American representation, anti-colonialism themes
Wild People Quiet by Tara Gereaux - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Indigenous American author, Indigenous American representation, anti-colonialism themes
Where the Girls Were by Kate Schatz - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Historical Fiction, Queer author, reproductive justice themes, feminism themes
When We're Born We Forget Everything: A Memoir by Alicia Jo Rabins - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Memoir, Queer author, Jewish author, feminism themes
The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts by Kim Fu - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Chinese Canadian author, agender author, pansexual author
The Star From Calcutta by Sujata Massey - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Mystery, Indian-German author, Indian representation
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Chinese American author
The Disappointment by Scott Broker - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer author, queer representation, debut author
The Citizen of Eastport by VB Ruth - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Science Fiction, Queer representation, queer author, debut author
That's What Friends Are For by Wade Rouse - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer author, queer representation
Strange Buildings by Uketsu - Out 26 Feb 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Translated, Japanese author
Staying Power: On Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose by Zena Sharman - Out 25 Jun 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Memoir, Queer author, queer representation, anti-queerphobia themes, debut author, community care themes
She Drinks the Light by Yasmin Angoe - Out 20 Apr 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Ghanian American author, Black American representation,
Seeking Sexual Freedom: African Rites, Rituals, and Sankofa in the Bedroom by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah - Out 12 Mar 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Ghanian author, African representation, anti-colonialism themes, anti-patriarchy themes
Sakura by Kanako Nishi - Out 09 Apr 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Japanese author, Japanese representation
River of Bones and Other Stories by Rebecca Roanhorse - Out 09 Apr 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Short Stories, Indigenous American author, Indigenous American representation
Repetition by Vigdis Hjorth - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Norwegian author
Now I Surrender by Álvaro Enrigue - Out 05 Mar 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Historical Fiction, Translated, Mexican author, Mexican representation
Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Trans author, transmasc representation
Hide by Carolina Ebeid - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Poetry, Palestinian-Cuban Author
Gravitation by Milan Děžinský - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Poetry, Translated, Czech author
Good Young Men by Gary Lonesborough - Out 04 Jun 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Aboriginal representation, anti-rascism themes, Achillean representation, First Nations Australian author, queer author
Good Woman: A Reckoning by Savala Nolan - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Black-Mexican author, anti-misogyny themes
Freezing Point by Anders Bodelsen - Out 06 Nov 25 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Science Fiction, Translated, Danish author
Estela, Undrowning by René Peña-Govea - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Young Adult, Latin American author, debut author, Latin American representation
El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race and Memory by Jazmine Ulloa - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Latin American author, anti-racism themes, debut author
Diorama by Carol Bensimon - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Thriller, Translated, immigrant representation, Brazilian representation, Brazilian author, sapphic author
Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Revolution by Anand Gopal - Out 02 Mar 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Historical Fiction, SWANA American author, Syrian representation, anti-patriarchy themes,
City Like Water by Dorothy Tse - Out 12 Mar 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Translated, Chinese author
Bloom by Robbie Couch - Out 09 Apr 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Achillean representation, Achillean author
Black Evidence: A History and a Warning by Candis Watts Smith - Out 03 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Political Nonfiction, Black American author, anti-racism themes
Black as Diamond by U.M. Agoawike - Out 16 Apr 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Nigerian Canadian author, debut author, queer representation, nonbinary author
Anderson in Bloom by Jennifer Dugan - Out 26 Mar 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: Romance, Sapphic representation, bisexual author
A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Romance, Black British author, autistic author, autistic representation
A Change of Pace by J.A. Stevens - Out 03 Mar 26
Tags: Romance, Sapphic representation, autistic author, sapphic author, debut author
The Dragon and the Sun Lotus by Amélie Wen Zhao - Out 26 Feb 26 UK/03 Mar 26 US
Tags: YA Fantasy, Chinese author
Much Obliged by D.P. Clarence - Out 05 Mar 26
Tags: Romance, Achillean representation, bisexual representation, queer author
Fangs and Follies by Anne Willoughby - Out 06 Mar 26 US
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Tags: Romantasy, Sapphic representation, bisexual author, disabled author
Things That Go Unspoken by Antonella Lattanzi - Out 05 Mar 26 UK
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Italian author, reproductive justice themes
The Darkest Duet by Connie Glynn - Out 05 Mar 26 UK
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Tags: YA Romantasy, Bisexual author, nonbinary author, disabled author, sapphic representation
Minbak by Ela Lee - Out 05 Mar 26 UK
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Turkish-Korean author, Korean representation
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