Over 500 new LGBTQ books will be released in 2024 so far
Every week for the Tuesday edition of Our Queerest Shelves, I make a list of the most exciting new LGBTQ books coming out that week. The list has been growing ever since I first started tracking upcoming new LGBTQ releases. I follow lots of different queer book blogs, as well as Bookstagram, BookTok and BookTube accounts, and note the queer books coming out on them. I also search for upcoming LGBTQ releases on Amazon the week before – I have to filter out a lot of irrelevant books, but I always find some I didn’t know about before. In addition, I constantly hear about upcoming queer books: from my fellow Book Rioters, from authors, from Netgalley and Edelweiss listings. And despite the resurgence of book bans and anti-queer, anti-trans backlash in recent years, we’re living in a golden age of queer literature: there are more new LGBTQ books coming out every month than ever before.

All of this adds up to a giant spreadsheet with hundreds upon hundreds of new gay books in every possible genre. Strangely, it only occurred to me this year to keep a copy of the new books that had already come out; before that, I would delete them after selecting the books that would appear in the newsletter that week.

So, now that we’re halfway through the year, I thought it was the perfect time to share my list of LGBTQ books that came out from January to June as bonus content for paying subscribers. Incredibly, over 600 titles have come out in the first half of 2024 alone! This isn’t a complete list; I try to note all the biggest traditionally published releases, but there’s always a chance I’m leaving some out, especially when the description doesn’t mention queer representation. Self-published books are tough: so many come out every day that it’s impossible to include them all, so I only include the ones whose author I recognize… or I really like the cover. All of this is to say that there have actually been over 600 LGBTQ books published so far this year

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Let me know in the comments: What is your favorite LGBTQ book so far in 2024?

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All the news covered this week: July 6, 2024
a bookstore in San Francisco Sending LGBTQ titles to places where they are banned. Don’t forget our blog Survey about attempts at censorship and banning during Pride.

Can you guess the authors? What is most often mentioned in crossword puzzles?

The Millions is one of the best book lists on the internet, and their Spectacular Summer 2024 Preview There are no exceptions.

Author and playwright Shay Youngblood has died at the age of 64.

Check it out Most Read Books on Goodreads This week.

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Book Riot’s most popular stories of the week
If you’re in the US and you don’t know what day of the week it is because Thursday being a holiday makes everything weird, you’re not alone! Start your Saturday by watching the highlight reel, and if you’re looking for something to read, don’t forget these sweet stories Young Adult Book Deals,

Girls coming of age in 1950s Iran, a life-changing summer in London in 2019, chaotic socialites in 1960s Rome, and so much more. Nonfiction New Releases? we’ve got you covered.

Did you know that July is National Anti-Boredom Month? I thought we should read new exciting horror books to fight boredom.

For scary and thrilling stories that aren’t scary, check out these 12 New Mystery and Thriller Books.

This variety pack includes girls coming of age in the 50s in Iran, a wealthy family whose children disappear from summer camp, noisy women, and more.

After the last three months, it’s time for the Riot Roundup, where we share the best books our Book Riot staff and contributors read over the past quarter. We’re not just talking about new books here: the Riot Roundup includes frontlist, backlist, upcoming releases, and spans a range of genres and age groups. We just want to know which books our people read and which ones they loved. Spoiler: we read some pretty good books.

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The most popular book genres right now
If you’re reading your email on the Friday of a holiday weekend in the US, we know we have to make it worthwhile for you. Today’s list is great.

Last year, after Pride, I prepared an article that covered all the issues Anti-LGBTQ+ attacks on schools, libraries, and bookstores In a month. Now it’s time to do it again, and just like last year, I’m asking for your help…

If you’re like me, you might be a bit of a nerd when it comes to numbers and statistics. Math doesn’t lie, although one should always question where the statistics come from. When that math is applied to something I love, my nerd flag flies even higher. So math about the most popular book genres? Yes, please. Let’s dive into some numbers.

If you want to jump straight to recommendations, here we have 12 thrilling stories to read this summer and a round-up Non-fiction recommendations,

One interesting thing about the world of millennials this year is that there has been a slight increase in the number of books being published simultaneously in both hardcover and paperback. This is a trend that is not only good, but I hope will continue. Paperback books, despite being sometimes overly popular, are still a trend. Priced over $16^, is a far more accessible format, not just for teen readers but also for adult readers on a budget. Hardcover is a bit more of an investment and more appealing to institutions like libraries and schools, where the format is more durable for use by many people. Personally, for me it’s less about cost and more about being able to put a paperback in my bag or take it with me somewhere. Paperbacks are the better format. For readers like me, who are eager to find out what’s coming to shelves in this format, we’re in luck. The Summer 2024 YA paperbacks have something for everyone, genre-wise and style-wise.

Check out some of the most exciting YA paperbacks hitting shelves this summer between July and September, below.

In picture book releases coming out in July, I review five great books about the Summer Olympics, rocks, grief, birds, and Colombian buses. In middle grade releases coming out in July, I review four great books about con artists, autism, genies, and climate change activism. From richly detailed fantasies to silly early reader graphic novels that will make kids laugh, this list of children’s books coming out in July has something for every reader.

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Hello, mystery fans! Welcome to another edition of the Unusual Suspects newsletter! While I’m not the biggest fan of remaking old properties – *points to all the incredible new writers waiting for a shot* – I am a huge fan of everything-goes-bang action comedy movies and a big fan of Eddie Murphy, so I’m definitely going to be watching Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F this weekend.

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If you sat in history class during the scary/unprecedented times lessons and wondered how and why no one did anything, it seems we are all in the same times now. Here’s a t-shirt! Now, find an organization you can support in any way you can and make sure you are registered to vote, make a plan and make sure everyone you know does so too. These may be uncomfortable conversations, but don’t Living under Project 2025 is equally inconvenient The shirts will cost $20, with multiple styles and color options, unisex up to 5XL.

new releases

What does fire bring? by Rachel Howzel Hall

For fans of remote mysteries, suspense, missing persons, and covert investigations!

Bailey Meadows has landed a coveted writing job with author Jack Beckham as his writer-in-residence. She’s a famous author, and she’ll be living at his Topanga Canyon estate. But no one except Bailey and her real boss knows that Bailey is really there to find out what happened to Sam Morris, who disappeared months before, presumably in another missing person’s case. Now Bailey is trying to play the role of a writer while looking for clues, and she’s finding herself weirded out by a lot of things on the estate, including a history of women going missing in the area.

god of the forest by Liz Moore

For fans of missing person cases, family drama, different perspectives, and non-linear narratives!

It’s 1975, and teenager Barbara Van Laar has gone missing from her summer camp. The Van Laar family is famous: not only do they own the camp, but their eight-year-old son Bear disappeared a year before Barbara was born. She’s the daughter her parents didn’t know how to control, who never lived up to Bear, and now no one can find her.

For a more comprehensive list of new releases, check out our website New Books Newsletter,

Riot-related recommendations

I’m a big fan of choosing books based on the cover or title alone and not knowing anything about the book before reading. So I loved seeing this year’s #16 Read Harder prompt “Read a book based on the title alone.” Here are two backlist titles I read based on the title alone.

the man who lives in my basement by Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley had one Comprehensive The list of books he has written is vast (and he writes in every genre!), so when I was searching for which of his books to read it was a little daunting. Debbie doesn’t do that anymore.-Which I obviously chose because of the title as well. As soon as I saw the title The man who lives in my basement, I needed to know the who, why and how of it all. This book had really interesting, weird and strange answers about how a black man ends up with a white man and has a cage in his basement.

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I woke up dead at the mall by Judy Sheehan

I immediately had to know if the title really meant death (yes, it does!) and if it meant they were ghosts? (Not yet!)

16-year-old Sarah has to solve the mystery of her own murder. She’s at the Mall of America and has a death coach who tells her that, yes, she is dead because she was murdered; the mall is a place of torture; and if she doesn’t want to spend eternity as a mall walker, she has to figure out what happened to her and make peace with it.

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It’s never too late to become a magical girl!


A magical girl retires Written by Park Seolyeon, translated by Anton Hur

Millennials grew up watching sailor Moon. Sure, many of us grew up watching it Heavy censorship aired on American television, but the magic was still there. sailor Moon That leads many of us to manga and other magical girl series. For kids and teens, the magical girl was almost aspirational. We saw young girls who showed femininity to be powerful. We learned that you don’t have to be old to make a difference in the world. That you can be cute and silly and still be important. With the right accessories, we can all transform into the most impressive, most authentic, most awe-inspiring versions of ourselves.

But that was years ago. Now millennials are entering their 30s and 40s. Many of us are drowning in debt, working jobs that don’t pay us what we’re worth. We’re scared of the direction our world is headed, but we feel completely powerless and incapable of doing anything about it. And we don’t do all of this while wearing some cute sailor outfit. If there was ever a time to be a magical girl, we’ve definitely lost our chance. Our window of opportunity is over. The only way to experience magical girl life is through memories of the anime and manga we read in the 90s, right?

Wrong! It’s never too late to become a magical girl. See photo of Park Seol-yeon A magical girl retiresThe story of a 29-year-old millennial woman who feels completely trapped in her life. Having recently lost her job and drowned in debt, she is on the verge of jumping off Seoul’s Mapo Bridge when a woman drives up next to her and tells her that it’s not time for her to die yet. In fact, her life has just begun.

That woman turns out to be Ah Roa, a magical girl who is a pretty big woman. She’s looking for the greatest magical girl of all time, and she thinks our protagonist might be the one. Yep, turns out it’s never too late to find your magic. Even when you’re in credit card debt. Our protagonist becomes a magical girl who uses her magical credit card to fight the evils of climate change. But this whole ordeal is a lot harder than it looks in the manga! After all, being a magical girl is a full-time job, and our protagonist is definitely hired.

As a millennial and lover of all things magical girls, I fell in love with this celebration of all things magical girls and the way they play out in the real world. Kim Sanho’s illustrations reminded me of all my favorite manga I read as a kid. This was a lot of fun to read.

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Kendra Winchester is a contributing editor at Book Riot, where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the founder of Read Appalachiawhich celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive Director of the women readinga podcast that gained international popularity during its six-season run. In his spare time, you can find him writing on his Substack, Winchester Avenueand posting pictures of her corgis Instagram And Twitter @kadewinchester.

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The heat wave in the Southeast has most of us sweltering. Walking outside is like you have a hot, humid blanket wrapped around you. My glasses also fog up in the humidity. So I’m holed up inside, dreaming of cooler days and eagerly awaiting fall. It’s still a while, but while we wait, we might as well keep reading, right?

I have more titles for you today in honor of Disability Pride, but first, bookish topics!

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new releases

The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

Frederica Mandelbaum arrived in America with nothing, but in just a few years she became a wealthy member of respectable society. But behind that façade lay the truth behind Mandelbaum’s wealth: she was a criminal mastermind.

The house I worked to build: voices of new Syrian immigrants by Wendy Perlman

Through hundreds of interviews with Syrians and Syrian immigrants, Wendy Pearlman examines ideas What is home? How do you build a new home after losing one? Can you ever find a home again? The home I worked hard to build It is a testament to the resilience of war survivors despite their unspeakable losses.

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Riot-related recommendations

Nanette’s Ten Steps: A Memoir of a Situation by Hannah Gadsby

Hannah Gadsby, of course. Ten Steps to Reaching Nanette It was my favorite memoir the year it was published. In it, Gadsby describes what it was like to grow up as a quirky, autistic child in Tasmania, Australia. Gadsby is famous for her comedy specials Nannettewhich you can still watch on Netflix. His memoir elaborates on the ideas Nannette And gives us a closer look at how Gadbusi’s life inspired her to create this incredible one-woman show. The audiobook is out of this world. It’s funny and heartbreaking all rolled into one book.

dangerously high pain threshold Written by Imani Perry, read by Imani Perry

Earlier this year, I listened to the audio version of Imani Perry’s essay, dangerously high pain threshold. You may know Perry from his National Book Award-winning book from the south to the americaswhich was my favorite book of the year it came out.

In this essay, Perry writes about her experiences living with chronic illness and the pressure to excel at everything. But the truth is, she can’t do everything. Eventually, Imani is diagnosed with lupus and Graves’ disease, and her doctor warns her that her dangerously high threshold for pain often causes her to ignore her body’s need for rest. Perry narrates the audio version, and her performance has stayed with me since I first heard it.

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That’s it for this week! You can find me on my Substack Winchester AvenueOn Instagram @kdwinchesterOn TikTok @kendrawinchesteror on my podcast Read Appalachia. As always, feel free to drop me a line at kendra.d.winchester@gmail.com. For even more book content, You can find my articles on Book Riot,

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