I have to admit, I had another rec list planned for today (one that I keep meaning to do but I still haven’t got the perfect ten books), so instead, I’m following Anna’s suggestion of translated LGBT lit. Some time last year, I decided to challenge myself to read a book from every country in the world and, in part, this is a result of that. So, let’s make 2024 the year of opening horizons and reading in translation! In making this list, I’ve tried to keep from adding books that I had on the classics rec list (which was only a few anyway) from some years back. There is, however, more overlap be ..read more

It’s been a while since we did one of these, right? What with our beginning of the year focus on releases lists, plus work taking up a lot of time (and energy!), rec lists have been sort of on the backburner. But not any longer! Since there’s been so much incredible sci fi being released in the past few years, what better time to do a part two to an adult sci fi rec list I first made, oh, only 4 years ago now. Part one of this rec list be found here. But before we start, I’m sure everyone is aware of the genocidal campaign that’s been conducted on Gaza for the past 6 months. If you have a bit ..read more

It’s that time of the month! Today we’re bringing you a quick look at the 2024 middle grade and picture book releases we know about so far. Obviously, this will be updated as the year goes on, so it’s far from exhaustive, but! Something to look forward to nevertheless. And, if you’re looking, you can find the releases posts for 2023, 2022, and 2021 here, here, and here! MIDDLE GRADE Emma & the Love Spell by Meredith Ireland (sapphic mc) The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling (sapphic mc) Lulu Sinagtala and the City of Noble Warriors by Gail D. Villanueva (bi mc) Night of the Living Z ..read more

January means I tell you about all the LGBT YA books that we know of for this year. Well, this half of the year. So let’s do that. Have fun browsing through about 140 titles. Enjoy and preorder! And hey, a lot of those titles are (or will be) available on Scribd (I refuse to remember the new name), so if you want to check out that service but don’t have an account yet, use my invite code to get 2 months for free! (This also gives me one free month.) See also: LGBT YA books of 2023 – January-June & July-December; 2019-2024 releases by rep and genre JANUARY Out of Our League ed. by Dahlia ..read more

First stab at this post brings us 390 sapphic releases for the first half of 2024, which here are split into genres like last year to make your next read easier to find! This is all I really have to say about the post itself because it feels very strange to me to be going about business as usual in the midst of a genocide (which, by the by, several Western countries are now enabling even more than they already were by withholding aid to UNRWA, based on the dubious claims by the occupying state that 12 of its members (0.04%!) were involved in the events of 7th October. Collective punishment, an ..read more

New year, new LGBT books! Hopefully the way our releases posts work is clear, but just to reiterate: we have 8 of these posts, for the genres listed below, and we update each one every month with new books coming out (that we know about). Every post covers half a year. In this one, you can browse the contemporary books from January to June of 2024! Looking for the other genres? Fantasy | Historical | Mystery/Thriller | Nonfiction | Paranormal/Horror | Poetry | Science Fiction JANUARY Appalachian Awakening by Nance Sparks (f/f relationship) Dreamer by Kris Bryant (f/f relationship) Letters fr ..read more

New year, new LGBT books! Hopefully the rules of our releases posts are clear, but just to reiterate: we have 8 of these posts, for the genres listed below, and we update each one every month with new books coming out (that we know about). Every post covers half a year. In this one, you can browse the fantasy books from January to June of 2024! Looking for the other genres? Contemporary | Historical | Mystery/Thriller | Nonfiction | Paranormal/Horror | Poetry | Science Fiction JANUARY The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake (bi mcs) The Slain Divine by David Dalglish (f/f relationship) Faebound by ..read more

New year, new LGBT books! Hopefully the way our releases posts work is clear, but just to reiterate: we have 8 of these posts, for the genres listed below, and we update each one every month with new books coming out (that we know about). Every post covers half a year. In this one, you can browse the historical books from January to June of 2024! Looking for the other genres? Contemporary | Fantasy | Mystery/Thriller | Nonfiction | Paranormal/Horror | Poetry | Science Fiction JANUARY Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban (f/f relationship) The Knowing by Emma Hinds (f/f relation ..read more

New year, new LGBT books! Hopefully the way our releases posts work is clear, but just to reiterate: we have 8 of these posts, for the genres listed below, and we update each one every month with new books coming out (that we know about). Every post covers half a year. In this one, you can browse the mystery and thriller books from January to June of 2024! Looking for the other genres? Contemporary | Fantasy | Historical | Nonfiction | Paranormal/Horror | Poetry | Science Fiction JANUARY Lost in the Wild by Kadyan (f/f relationship) Murder on Castaway Island by Alicia Gael (f/f relationship ..read more

New year, new LGBT books! Hopefully the way our releases posts work is clear, but just to reiterate: we have 8 of these posts, for the genres listed below, and we update each one every month with new books coming out (that we know about). Every post covers half a year. In this one, you can browse the nonfiction books from January to June of 2024! Looking for the other genres? Contemporary | Fantasy | Historical | Mystery/Thriller | Paranormal/Horror | Poetry | Science Fiction JANUARY Sex with a Brain Injury by Annie Liontas (memoir) I Sing to Use the Waiting by Zachary Pace (memoir) Greasepa ..read more