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Spotlight on: 2024 Lammy Finalists for Best Anthology

Today on the site we’re shining the spotlight on the 2024 finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Anthology! Anthologies are pretty near and dear to my heart, having edited five of them, and I’m thrilled to help showcase these editors, contributors, and volumes before the Lammy Awards take place on June 11th! 2 Trans 2 Furious: An Extremely Serious Journal of Transgender Street Racing…

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Pride Month Spotlight: Graphic Novels

Early Reader Batcat by Meggie Ramm First in a full-color graphic novel series for emerging readers about accepting yourself and others from up-and-coming author-illustrator Meggie Ramm, creator of the comic strip The Littlest Dungeon Guard and cohost of the Pop! Whiz! Bang! comics podcast. Batcat loves being all alone in their home on Spooky Island. Up in their tree house, they pass the time…

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#Alex Assan #Bloom #Christine Suggs #Coven #Full Shift #Jennifer Dugan #Kevin Panetta #Kit Seaton #Sunhead #The Marble Queen

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Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Fiction: July-December 2024

Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton (July 2nd) Benji Zeb has a lot going on. He has a lot of studying to do, not only for school but also for his upcoming bar mitzvah. He’s nervous about Mr. Rutherford, the aggressive local rancher who hates Benji’s family’s kibbutz and wolf sanctuary. And he hasn’t figured out what to do about Caleb, Mr. Rutherford’s stepson, who has been bullying…

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#Cool Cat #Crushing It #Elisa Stone Leahy #Erin Becker #Esme Symes-Smith #Ethan M. Aldridge #Jazz Taylor #Kathryn Ormsbee #Mallory in Full Color #Marieke Nijkamp #Molly Brooks #Rebecca Mix #Sir Callie #Splinter & Ash #Turning Twelve

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New Releases: June 4, 2024

Middle Grade Asking for a Friend by Ronnie Riley Why go through the stress of making friends when you can just pretend? It works for Eden and their social anxiety… until their mom announces she’s throwing them a birthday party and all their friends are invited. Eden’s “friends,” Duke, Ramona, and Tabitha, are all real kids from school… but Eden’s never actually spoken to them before. Now Eden…

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#Briony Cameron #Casey McQuiston #Chloe Caldwell #Ella Dawson #Erin Baldwin #featured #Henry Hoke #I Kissed Shara Wheeler #Jarius Joseph #Lady Eve&039;s Last Con #Leah Johnson #Lev A.C. Rosen #Love Out Loud: Building a Relationship and Family from Scratch #Open Throat #Rise to the Sun #Terrell Joseph #The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye #The Bell in the Fog #Wish You Weren&039;t Here

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hi! i'm the friend who asked for recs. we love reading books with queer characters whose love for each other destroys us and music! but anything's fine so i didn't mention anything specific and your recs sound great <3

Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min! It is SO good! Get it get it!

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Happy Caribbean American Heritage Month

Happy Caribbean American Heritage Month! We’re celebrating as we do, with queer Caribbean fiction! Middle Grade Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender Being born during a hurricane is considered unlucky where twelve-year-old Caroline Murphy lives, and she has had her share of bad luck lately. She’s hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands. A spirit only…

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Hi! Do you or any of your followers have suggestions for literary fiction featuring polyamory? Or just any contemp/historical novel that is not a romance novel (there can be romance for sure, I'd just rather it not be the main genre)? Most of what I can find in terms of polyamory is either SFF, romance, or YA (or all three at the same time haha). Thanks for maintaining the blog & website! :)

How about a suspense novel? The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz could fit the bill. Anyone else have recs? Everything else I've got is, yep, SFF, Romance, and/or YA.

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hey. i'm meeting my friend in person after a long time and i wanted to gift her a book and i wondering if i could get her something meaningful. me, my twin sister and her are best friends. do you have any suggestions?

Oh I love this! It would help to know your common tastes/interests, but without that, you could do something queer friend group-ish like Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen, or if y'all love music, It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland, of if fandom, The One True Me and You by MK England or How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis. Any insight you can give would be helpful!

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May 2024 Deal Announcements

Adult Fiction Sasha Laurens‘s IT’S A LOVE STORY, the author’s adult debut, a sapphic rom-com about a closeted female popstar who, after a hookup with her childhood crush, convinces her team to hire her should-be one-night-stand to direct a documentary about the making of her next album, to Ariana Sinclair at Avon, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Allison Hunter at Trellis Literary…

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Fave Five: Asexual Adult Romances

For demisexual romances, click here. For Asexual YA Romances, click here. How to Be a Normal Person by TJ Klune (m/m) Perfect Rhythm by Jae (f/f) The Romantic Agenda and Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places by Claire Kann (m/f) It’s Always Been You by Elin Annaliese (f/f) Upside Down by N.R. Walker (m/m)

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#Ace #Asexual #Claire Kann #Elin Annaliese #How to Be a Normal Person #Jae #Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places #N.R. Walker #Perfect Rhythm #The Romantic Agenda #TJ Klune #Upside Down

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Audiobooks on Sale for Under $4

All sales are currently on (and links directing to) Chirp. $2.99 Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (YA Romance) The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio (Contemporary) The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang (Fantasy) The Weight of it All by N.R. Walker (Contemporary) $3.99 Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler (YA Rom-Com) At Midnight ed. by Dahlia Adler (YA Anthology) A Rulebook for Restless Rogues by…

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Hi! I would love to hear some of your all time favourties :)

Okay, but as long as we acknowledge it’s just some. I always accidentally leave out huge favorites! (All links are to Bookshop, except where they don’t carry said book, because may as well treat yourself and support LGBTQReads and independent bookstores at the same time, right?)

YA Thriller:

Female protag: Sadie by Courtney Summers

Male protag: Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig

Contemporary YA Romance

m/m: Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min

f/f: She Gets the Girl by Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott

m/f: Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

Heavier contemporary YA, all of which totally coincidentally have bi protags:

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake

Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake

Every Time You Hear That Song by Jenna Voris

History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland (Please read it if you’re a fan of stuff like Daisy Jones and the Six, pleeeease)

Paranormal YA: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

YA Sci-fi: The Disasters by MK England

YA Fantasy:

Standalone: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Duology: The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

Trilogy: Black Wings Beating by Alex London

YA Horror: The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

YA Magical Realism: Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore

YA Fabulism: This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke

Historical YA: The above two titles and Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore

YA Graphic Novels:

Male protag: Flamer by Mike Curato

Female protag: Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu (but truly, The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz is right behind it)

New Adult Romance:

m/m: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

f/f: Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon

m/f: Hold Me by Courtney Milan

Adult Contemporary Romance:

m/m: The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

f/f: Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

m/f: The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan

polyam: Triple Sec by TJ Alexander (f/f/gq)

Adult Historical Romance:

m/m: We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

f/f: The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Adult Contemporary Fiction:

In at the Deep End by Kate Davies

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly

Body Grammar by Jules Ohman

Adult Mystery Series:

Contemporary: Roxane Weary by Kristen Lepionka

Historical: Evander Mills by Lev A.C. Rosen

Adult Thriller:

Male protag: Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage

Female protag: Temper by Layne Fargo

Adult Horror: Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist

Adult Science Fantasy: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (adult science fantasy)

Adult Fantasy:

Standalone: The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Series: The Unspoken Name by AK Larkwood (please for the love of god at least try this if you’re a huge fan of Gideon already)

Adult Sci-Fi: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

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Any recs for w|w set in the restaurant/culinary world? I just finished "The Romance Recipe" and am looking for other books with a similar setting. Thank you!

Sure! Check out Fake It by Lily Seabrooke (she actually has a few, but this is the first in a series), Chef’s Kiss by Stephanie Shea, and Perfect Pairing by Rachel Spangler.

And though it’s not that world because it’s a reality baking show, I have to shout out Love at 350 by Lisa Peers, which is actually lighter on romance and heavier on baking than you’d think.

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New Releases: May 28, 2024

Middle Grade Noah Frye Gets Crushed by Maggie Horne Noah Frye just had the Best Summer Ever. Not only did she have an epic time at science camp, but her new camp friend Jessa is going to Noah’s school in the fall. Noah can’t wait to introduce Jessa to her best friends Zoey and Luna when classes start. But when the friend group is reunited after their summer apart, something seems to have changed:…

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Fave Five: Queer Historical Military Fiction

In Memoriam by Alice Winn Regeneration by Pat Barker As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann The Charioteer by Mary Renault The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

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#Alice Winn #As Meat Loves Salt #Historical Fiction #In Memoriam #Maria McCann #Military Fiction #Pat Barker #Regeneration #Sarah Waters #The Charioteer #The Night Watch #Wartime #WWI #WWII

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Happy Pan Visibility Day 2024!

Today is Pan Visibility Day, and as usual, we’re celebrating with a bunch of books that have pansexual leads! Today is Pan Visibility Day, and as usual, we’re celebrating with a bunch of books that have pansexual leads! Please note that this post only includes books that weren’t featured in full in previous posts; you can find more pansexual books in posts from past years! Court of the Undying…

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#A Shot in the Dark #A.M. Strickland #Back in a Spell #Diane Billas #Lana Harper #Pan Day of Visibility #Pan Visibility Day #Pansexual #Rachel Bowdler #Sammy Espinoza&039;s Last Review #Summer at the Scottish Castle #Superficial #Tehlor Kay Mejia #Victoria Lee

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New Releases: May 21, 2024

Picture Books The Rainbow Parade by Shane Jordan & Rick Hendrix (text) and Jieting Chen (illustration) Join the celebration at the Rainbow Parade and witness a heartwarming story of acceptance and friendship. In this joyful picture book, LGBTQ+ advocates Shane Jordan and Rick Hendrix take young readers on a colorful journey of self-expression and acceptance. Set at a stormy pride parade, the…

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