Even outdoors of that, I’m continuously listening to about upcoming queer books: from my fellow E-book Rioters, from authors, from Netgalley and Edelweiss listings. And regardless of the resurgence of ebook bans and the anti-queer, anti-trans backlash lately, we’re dwelling within the golden age of queer lit: there are extra new LGBTQ books popping out each month than ever earlier than. All of that provides as much as a sprawling spreadsheet with a whole bunch and a whole bunch of recent queer books in each conceivable style.
Listed below are the 5 books of the summer time (up to now)! They embrace dystopia, thrillers, romance, and historic fiction. One fascinating growth is that #5 didn’t present up on any of the earlier “Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week” lists in June; it has been within the prime ten, however that is the primary time it’s cracked the highest 5.
There aren’t any new additions to this checklist from final week, however I’m comfortable to see that two of the largest bestsellers of the second are each by and about queer girls. The truth is, the highest three hardcovers on the Indie Bestsellers checklist this week are Ambiance by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Bury Our Bones within the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab, The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong: all queer books by queer authors.
Properly, associates, it’s that point once more: time to spherical up what’s been occurring within the World of Libraries. We’re leaping into the tough stuff, together with some important censorship updates from throughout the nation and world wide, after which ending with a little bit of a palate cleanser (aka actually the rest occurring proper now).