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This week we’re wrapping up the April Nonfiction Book Club with the final section of It's Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World by Mikaela Loach. If you have a hankering for more nonfiction, especially relating to themes of radical societal change, scroll down for newly released titles on housing justice, border abolition, anti-ableism and more.
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The White Cat's Divine Scratching Post, Vol. 2 by Lv Ye Qian He - Out 28 Apr 26
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese characters & author, Translated fiction
The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 7 by Mokumokuren - Out 28 Apr 26 US
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Tags: Manga, Japanese author and characters, Translated fiction
Legend of Exorcism (Novel), Vol. 5 by Fei Tian Ye Xiang - Out 21 Apr 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese characters & author, Translated fiction
Hirano and Kagiura, Vol. 5 by Shou Harusono - Out 21 May 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Manga, Achillean representation, Japanese author and characters
Dinghai Fusheng Records (novel), Vol. 4 by Fei Tian Ye Xiang - Out 28 Apr 26
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese characters & author, Translated fiction
I Didn't Ask For This by Jennie Wood - Out 28 Apr 26
Tags: Graphic Novel, Asexual representation, Non-binary representation, nonbinary author
No Contact: Writers on Estrangement by Jenny Bartoy - Out 28 Apr 26 US
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Tags: Essays, AAPI author, trans author, queer author, Indian American author, Latin American author, Black American author
Divinations on Survival by Natalie Linh Bolderston - Out 28 Apr 26
Tags: Poetry, Vietnamese-Chinese-British author, debut author, immigrant representation, anti-imperialism themes
To Compare by Xuela Zhang - Out 28 Apr 26
Tags: Poetry, Chinese American author, debut author
The Night King's Court by Elisa A. Bonnin - Out 28 Apr 26 US
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Tags: YA Fantasy, Filipina author, sapphic representation
The Life of a Creature by Nadja Lubiw-Hazard - Out 28 Apr 26 US
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Tags: Short Stories, Queer author, lesbian representation
The Divination of Salmon by Vivian Faith Prescott - Out 28 Apr 26 US
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Tags: Poetry, Indigenous American author, bisexual author, climate justice themes
The Boyfriend Academy by J.S. Strange - Out 09 Apr 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Achillean representation, Achillean author
Sunset Over Napa Valley by Monica Garner - Out 28 Apr 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Black American author, Black American representation
Save Your Prayers, Send Money by Jónína Kirton - Out 11 Jun 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Poetry, Indigenous American author, disability justice themes, chronic pain representation
Questions 27 and 28 by Karen Tei Yamashita - Out 15 Jun 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, AAPI author, Japanese American representation, anti-imperialism themes
Our Rogue Fates by Sarah Glenn Marsh - Out 28 Apr 26
Tags: Romantasy, Queer author, disabled author, Achillean representation
Murderous Feeling: Gender and Retribution in Black and Indigenous Literature by Chad Benilo Infante - Out 28 Apr 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Black American author, feminism themes, anti-colonialism themes, anti-white supremacy themes, queer representation
Molka by Monika Kim - Out 30 Apr 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Horror, Korean American author, feminism themes
Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability by Therese Estacion - Out 28 Apr 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Memoir, Disabled author, anti-ableism themes, Filipina author
If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light by Kim Choyeop - Out 07 May 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Short Stories, Translated, Korean author, disabled author
Dreamt I Found You by Jimin Han - Out 21 May 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Korean American author, Korean American representation, class consciousness themes
Deadly Divide: How Insects, Pathogens, and People Defied the US-Mexico Border by Mary E. Mendoza - Out 28 Apr 26
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Latin American author, anti-racism themes, border abolition themes, Mexican representation, immigrant representation
Boring Asian Female by Canwen Xu - Out 07 May 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Chinese American author, debut author, anti-racism themes
An Accident of Dragons by Cheri Radke - Out 28 Apr 26
Tags: Fantasy, Queer author, queer representation, debut author
All Flesh by Ananda Devi - Out 15 Jun 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Indo-Mauritian author, fat representation, feminism themes, translated
A Murder Most Camp by Nicolas DiDomizio - Out 05 Jun 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Queer representation, queer author
Yes, It's Possible! A Handbook for Building Power From Below by João França - Out 30 Sep 26 UK/28 Apr 26 US
Tags: Political Nonfiction, Spanish author, housing justice themes
Project V by Park Seolyeon - Out 28 Apr 26 US
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Tags: Science Fiction, Translated, Korean representation, feminism themes, Korean author
Hell in a Handbag by Jibz Cameron - Out 28 Apr 26 UK/05 May 26 US
Tags: Memoir, Queer author, debut author, anti-misogyny themes
Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? by Martina Hefter - Out 30 Apr 26 UK
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Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, German author
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