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It’s less than a month until we come out with our hundredth issue! How time flies. We’re considering a few options to celebrate with, so stay tuned.
We have another large issue this week - not as much as last week, only 41 titles, but still it’s quite something! My brain sometimes really struggles to wrap itself around just HOW MANY new titles are coming out every single week!
There’s some familiar faces this week, for example Sarah Gailey with their new horror book make me better, some new faces sporting excellent puns - I’m looking at you, Femme Feral by Sam Beckbessinger -. and some eye-catching titles, such as Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffman.
Have a look and let us know what you think!
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Three Hundred Years of Longing (Novel), Vol. 3 by Mu Su Li - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese author & characters, Translated fiction
There's Something Wrong with the Chief, Vol. 3 by Yang Su - Out 05 May 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Danmei, Achillean representation, Chinese author & characters, Translated fiction
Three Days Grace by Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Literary Fiction , Queer representation
This Is Why I Need You by Alecsandra Kakon - Out 16 Jun 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction , Queer representation, queer author, HIV/AIDS representation
The Hanging Bones by Elle Tesch - Out 15 Jun 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Young Adult , Aromantic representation, aromantic author
The Comeback Era: From Limiting Beliefs to Living Without Limits by Yasmine Cheyenne - Out 02 Jul 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Psychology, Black American author
Coyoteland by Vanessa Hua - Out 15 Jun 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Chinese American author, Chinese American representation
Tags: Fantasy, Indian author, reproductive justice themes
A Siege of Owls by Uchenna Awoke - Out 12 May 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Nigerian author, Nigerian representation
Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Swati Hegde - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Romance, Indian author, bisexual representation, Desi representation
New Skin by Sarah Wang - Out 11 Jun 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, AAPI author, debut author, AAPI representation
Make Me Better by Sarah Gailey - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Horror, Nonbinary author
It's Never Going to Happen by Sarah G. Levine - Out 12 May 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Romance, Queer author, sapphic representation, sober living representation
Femme Feral by Sam Beckbessinger - Out 09 Apr 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Horror, Neurodivergent author, feminism themes, debut author, South African author
Migrant Heart: Essays on Things I Can't Forget by Reyna Grande - Out 12 May 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Memoir, Mexican American author, border abolition themes, anti-racism themes, immigrant representation
Chitra Demands to Go Home by Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Indian author, Bengali representation, disability representation, immigrant representation
Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Mónica Ojeda - Out 25 Jun 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Horror, Translated, Ecuadorian author, Latin American representation
Beloved Disciples by Mario Elías - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Queer author, queer representation, Cuban-Syrian author, Latin American representation, debut author
One Moment by Luis Muñoz - Out 12 May 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Poetry, Translated, Spanish author
Mixed Up: An Irish Boy's Journey to Belonging by Leon Diop - Out 30 Oct 25 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Memoir, Senegalese-Irish author, anti-racism themes
Accidental Devotions by Kelli Russell Agodon - Out 25 Jun 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Poetry, Bisexual author, bisexual representation
Love Among Thieves by Katrina Kwan - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Romance, AAPI author, AAPI representation
The Lost Book of Lancelot by John Glynn - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Romantasy, Achillean author, Achillean representation
How to Find a Guy in Five Weddings by Cynthia Timoti - Out 23 Jul 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Romance, Chinese-Indonesian author
They Marched Under the Sun by Cris Judar - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Literary Fiction, Brazilian author, translated, nonbinary author
The Instrument Must Not Matter by Christine Fischer Guy - Out 12 May 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Canadian author, sapphic representation
Hunger by Choi Jin-Young - Out 09 Apr 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Layaway Child: Stories by Chanel Sutherland - Out 12 May 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Short Stories, Vincentian Canadian author, Caribbean representation, immigrant representation, debut author, feminism themes, anti-racism themes
In Between Days by Camryn Garrett - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Young Adult, Queer representation, bisexual author, Black American author
The Saw Mouth by Cale Plett - Out 12 May 26
Tags: YA Horror, Nonbinary author, queer representation, genderqueer representation
Smash or Pass by Birdie Schae - Out 12 May 26
Tags: YA Romance, Autistic author, debut author, queer author, sapphic representation, autistic representation
Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000 by Barry Walters - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Historical Nonfiction, Queer representation, anti-queerphobia themes
Out of Her League by Ava Rani - Out 18 Jun 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Romance, Indian American author, interracial relationship representation
Again, Harder by Alice Stoehr - Out 25 Jun 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Short Stories, Trans author, transfeminine representation, anti-transphobia themes, polyamory representation
Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffman - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Science Fiction, Autistic author, queer author, autistic representation, queer representation, transmasculine representation
Binary Star by Sarah Gerard - Out 12 May 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Eating disorder representation, substance abuse representation, anti-capitalism themes, queer author
Wrong Order by Alice Li - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Romance, AAPI author, AAPI representation, debut author
The Afterlife of a Threadbare Jester by Khanh Ha - Out 12 May 26
Tags: Historical Fiction, Vietnamese American author
Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou - Out 02 Apr 26 UK/12 May 26 US
Tags: Fantasy, Sapphic representation, nonbinary author, debut author
Suldric's King by Brom Geistman - Out 16 May 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Fantasy, Achillean representation
Discomania by Jennifer Gibbons - Out 12 May 26 UK/26 May 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Caribbean author, neurodivergent author
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