Hey, my loves! I know that Pride is almost over, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop living our queerest lives for the rest of 2018! I just wanted to write up a quick post about some upcoming LGBTQIAP+ books that are being published in the last half of 2018! And I think you should all have these on your radar! 🌈
JULY
➽ Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie
July 17th 2018 by Delacorte
➽ The Descent of Monsters (Tensorate #3) by J.Y. Yang
July 31st 2018 by Tor.com
➽ Fence Vol. 1 (Fence #1-5) by C.S. Pacat & Johanna the Mad
July 31st 2018 by BOOM! Box
AUGUST
➽ Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
August 28th 2018 by Dial Books
➽ Toil & Trouble edited by Tess Sharpe & Jessica Spotswood
August 28th 2018 by Harlequin Teen
➽ Bloody Rose (The Band #2) by Nicholas Eames
August 28th 2018 by Orbit
SEPTEMBER
➽ Rule (Rule #1) by Ellen Goodlett
September 11th 2018 by Little, Brown
OCTOBER
➽ Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1) by Alice Oseman
October 2018 by Self-Publishing
➽ Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
October 2nd 2018 by Katherine Tegen Books
➽ Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria
October 9th 2018 by Amulet
➽ What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
October 9th 2018 by HarperTeen
➽ Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
October 9th 2018 by Feiwel Friends
➽ The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta
October 30th 2018 by Viking
NOVEMBER
➽ Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
November 6th 2018 by Jimmy Patterson Books
And if you’d like more LGBTQIAP+ recommendations for books that I already love: click here! Also, these are obviously not all the LGBTQIAP+ books that are coming out in the last half of the year, these are just the ones that I plan on reading and that I’m super hyped for! But you all know how much I love book recommendations, especially queer book recommendations, so please let me know what your most anticipated LGBTQIAP+ book is for the rest of 2018! 🏳️🌈
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YAAAS MEL! So excited for these!!! October seems to be THE month for LGBTQIAP+ reads!!! I’m especially excited for What If It’s Us and Blanca & Roja. I also have an ARC of Hullmetal Girls and I can’t wait to read it! ♥♥
– Aimee @ Aimee, Always
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Yeah, October is going to be the biggest blessing to the book world! (Muse too, Lord, help me!) And I hope you love them all, love! Let me know if you want to buddy read anything! And happy reading, Aimee! 💗xx
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Great post as usual, Melanie!
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YOU are just too kind to me! Hehehe! But thank you, love! 💗xx
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I love Heartstopper and Fence, and I can’t wait to read What If It’s Us & Girls of Paper and Fire!! & I’m so excited to hear what you think of Fence! 😍
Wonderful post, Mel!! 💖
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Awh, thank you, Lily love! I need both of those graphic works… NOW! But I’m like “Don’t you dare read them now, Melanie… WAIT FOR THEM PHYSICALLY!” I’m just a mess! Hahaha! But happy reading, love! 💗xx
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I really enjoyed Hullmetal Girls. A highlight for me: One of the best descriptions of cyborg integration I’ve read.
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Oh wow! This… makes me even more damn excited, Paul! Thank you! I just read The Abyss Surrounds Us and fell so hard in love! So I’m ready for this! 💗xx
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I m excited for What if it’s us and Girls of paper and fire 😍
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I am too! I’m picking up GOPAF tonight! And hopefully What if it’s Us very soon after! 💗xx
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Wow, that’s great. Happy reading ❤
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Thank you, love! 💗xx
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This is a great list! A lot of those are on my TBR, too.
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Yayyyy! Thank you, love! I keep feeling like I’m going to forget a really anticipated one…. but so many good ones here! Now… I need more time to fit all these in! Hehe! 💗xx
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I definitely know how that is. There are just too many good books to read!
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I think we have already discussed a few of these but Sawkill Girls is defo hot on my radar thanks to you 💖🖤💖
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Awh, this warms my heart! The more I think about that book, the more I love it. Honestly. 💗xx
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We love October, the month of All The Good Queer Books (my money is definitely going to disappear). Also, I’m praying to all the book gods that you’ll love Girls of Paper and Fire!!!
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Hehehe! The biggest mood, May! And I truly think I will. Asian ladies falling in love? Like, that is the only song I want to hear for the rest of my life! 💗xx
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I read an ARC earlier this year of Toil & Trouble…omg it is so damn good! Every story in it is gold.
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Yesss! I loved it so much, too! Especially that last story! My heart, I can’t! Hehe! Perfect pick, love! 💕xx
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So many books….I need a vacation just to read. Preferably under an umbrella on the beach.
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Hahaha yes! And me right alongside you, because… my TBR can’t handle all this! Hehe! 💗xx
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Lovely post 💕 I’m so excited for Blanca & Roja and Toil & Trouble, and also for Fierce Like a Firestorm, cause I loved the first book.
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Oh! I’ll have to look into this now! But amazing picks, love! And thank you so much for your kind words always! 💗xx
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So many to read !!!!
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Yesss! My TBR is ridiculous, but so happy! Hahah! 💖xx
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live text the well exactly?? gc when you read gopaf pls and thank youuuuuu ❤
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YES! I’ll update you all… tomorrow with full on gushes! I hope you’re having the happiest of reading currently, Ju love! 💗xx
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LOVING this list Mel! I hadn’t heard of Hull Metal Girls, it looks like perfection! 💓I’ve been looking for some good reccs on web comics turned to graphic novels which is how I found Check! Please but just recently came across Heartstopper & I’m so glad to see it here! 😍 FAB list twin! 💜💜💜
P.S. RULE we have to read soon! 🤗
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Awh, thank you, love! I love being twins with you! ALL THE BOOKS! And I seriously need to pick up Check Please, because of youuu! RULE SOON! (So many books soon! Haha!) 💗xx
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Love this post! 💗 I’m really excited to read What If It’s Us and Girls of Paper and Fire, and I also can’t wait for The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (by Mackenzi Lee) to be released (also in October!). Wow, haha, there are so many amazing books coming in October; it’s so exciting! 😍
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Oh wow! That’s a good pick, love! I still need to read GGTVAV! Ahhh, so many books! But I hope you love all three, and I can’t wait to talk to you about them! Happy reading! 💗xx
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Aww thank you, you too! I hope you enjoy The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue when you get to read it; it’s such an incredible book! ☺️
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Great list!! I’m really excited for What If It’s Us, I hope it’s good!
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I hope so too! I have my fingers crossed, but I’m a little scared after not loving TBDATE! But I still have the highest of hopes! Happy reading, love! 💗xx
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Great list 😀 I definitely plan on picking up toil and trouble as well as Blanca & Roja.
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Yesss! I hope you love both! We have to do a buddy read before the end of the year, love! ❤ xx
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Thank you 😁 we definitely do I’ve never take part in a buddy read before and would love to 💜💜
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Great list, Mel! I hadn’t heard of Darius the Great Is Not Okay. I just added it to my Goodreads want-to-read. There’s a giveaway running for it right now too. Love Adam Silver and I have to read Blanca & Roja because Anna-Marie McLemore…
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Awh, this warms my heart, Ann Marie! And yes! I stan one queen, and it’s Anna-Marie Mclemore! Hahaha! I hope you have a wonderful July, babe! Happy reading! Also – we totally need to plan a buddy read together before the end of the year! 💛✨
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Thanks, Mel! Happy summer to you, too! I’d love to do a buddy read with you. You pick!
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I’m going to be drunk with power! 💗xx
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This is a great list, Melanie! I’m so glad to see Fence on this list! I love that series!
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This makes me even more excited, Raven! I have been dying not reading the single issues! Hahah! ❤ xx
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I am still waiting for Netgalley to approve me for Toil and Trouble! I will read anything with Tess Sharpe on it. I love her so much!
Awesome list! ❤
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They better approve you soon *shakes fist*! Because I really think you’re going to love it! And thank you, love! I hope life is treating you kindly because you deserve the universe! ❤ xx
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I will keep praying to the Netgalley gods in the hopes that they will! ❤
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