Temperatures Continue To Rise Along With New Books: August Releases

Ok, so this isn’t my most witty post title but roll with me here y’all! Hey Hello there! Pardon my silence, I promise I haven’t forgotten about y’all but I do hope that you all have been reading and enjoying the [extra] hot weather or chilling somewhere cool! I can’t believe that we are so close to a new month! Time really doesn’t feel real most days!

August has quite a few books coming out and I didn’t realize this until I worked on compiling the list (as well as for the rest of the year). Now, as usual, please do double check about books you are excited about because supply chain and publishing sometimes decides to switch things up on us (most of these titles, I’ve looked on the publisher’s website but things change all the time)!

So let’s get to this list!

• Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma *adult Series* 8/1
• Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo *adult* 8/1
• The Boy You Always Wanted by Michelle Quach 8/1
• My Teacher Has Tattoos by Darren Lopez, ill. Bhagya Madanasinghe *PB* 8/1
• Kiss The Girl by Zoraida Cordova *adult series* 8/1
• The Art Of Scandal by Regina Black *adult* 8/1
• True True By Don P. Hooper 8/1
• We Still Belong by Christine Day *MG* 8/1
• Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara *adult* 8/1
• Sipping Dom Perignon Through A Straw by Eddie Ndopu *adult* 8/1
• Fury Of The Dragon Goddess by Sarwat Chadda *MG* 8/1
• Saving Chupie by Amparo Ortiz *MG* 8/1
• Guardians Of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones 8/1
• The Hundred Loves Of Juliet by Evelyn Skye *adult* 8/1
• Las Madres by Esmeralda Santiago *adult* 8/1
• Fit For The Gods edited by Jenn Northington & S. Zainab Williams *adult* 8/1
• Ali The Great And The Paper Airplane Flop by Saadia Faruqi *ER* 8/1
• Mexikid by Pedro Martin *MG* 8/1
• The Hoop And the Harm by Jawara Pedican 8/1
• Good Things by Maryah Greene, ill. Alleanna Harris *PB* 8/1
• The Boo Crew Needs You! by Vicky Fang, ill. Saoirse Lou *PB* 8/1
• The Dark Place by Britney S. Lewis 8/8
• Accidentally In Love by Danielle Jackson *adult companion* 8/8
• No Place Like Home by James Bird *MG* 8/8
• Forged By Blood by Ehigbor Okosun *adult* 8/8
• Vision: My Story of Strength by Precious Perez 8/8
• Only a Trenza Away: A Tale of Trust and Strength by Nadine Fonseca; ill. By Camile Carrossine *PB* 8/8
• Shigidi And The Brass Head Of Obalufon by Wole Talabi *adult* 8/8
• Slime Shop by Karina Garcia and Kevin Panetta *MG* 8/8
• The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride *adult* 8/8
• Girls On Wheels by Srividhya Venkat, ill. Kate Wadsworth *PB* 8/8
• A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama by Ray Anthony Shepard, Ill. R. Gregory Christie 8/8
• Bing, Bop, Bam Time To Jam! by Valerie Bolling, ill. Sabrena Khadija *PB* 8/8
• Make A Move, Sunny Park by Jessica Kim 8/15
• No Meat Required by Alicia Kennedy *adult* 8/15
• The Secret to a Southern Wedding By Synithia Williams *adult* 8/15
• Ghost Book by Remy Lai *MG* 8/15
• Forgive Me Not by Jennifer Baker 8/15
• Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen *MG* 8/15
• Vampires Of El Norte by Isabel Canas *adult* 8/15
• Chilling With Ghosts: A Totally Factual Field Guide To The Supernatural by Insha Fitzpatrick *MG* 8/15
• Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim *MG* 8/15
• Your One And Only Heart by Rajani LaRocca, MD; ill. Lauren Paige Conrad *PB* 8/15
• Together We Swim by Valerie Bolling, ill. Kaylani Juanita *PB* 8/15
• I’m Not Done with You Yet by Jesse Q. Sutanto *adult* 8/22
• Tessa Miyata Is No Hero by Julie Abe *MG* 8/22
• Daughter Of The Dragon by Yunte Huang *adult* 8/22
• Forty Words For Love by Aisha Saeed 8/22
• Writing In Color edited by Nafiza Azad & Melody Simpson 8/22
• Live To See The Day by Nikhil Goyal *adult* 8/22
• The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang 8/22
• I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times by Taylor Byas *adult* 8/22
• The Secret Of The Dragon Gems by Rajani LaRocca & Chris Baron *MG* 8/22
• The Blind Date With A Book Boyfriend Collection by Lucy Eden *adult reprint* 8/25
• Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera *MG* 8/29
• House Of Marionne by J. Elle 8/29
• I Feed Her To The Beasts And The Beast Is Me by Jemison Shea 8/29
• Night Of The Living Queers: 13 Tales Of Terror & Delight edited by Shelly Page and Alex Brown 8/29
• Neverwraith by Shakir Rashaan 8/29
• All You Have To Do by Autumn Allen 8/29
• The Hills Of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin 8/29
• More Than A Dream by Yohuru Williams & Michael G. Long *MG* 8/29
• My Father, The Panda Killer by Jamie Jo Hoang 8/29
• Every Drop Is A Man’s Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto *adult* 8/29
• Dialogue With A Somnambulist by Chloe Aridjis *adult* 8/29
• Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim *sequel* 8/29
• The Double Life Of Trina Ross by Michelle Richards-Graham 8/29
• There’s Always Room For One More by Robyn McGrath, ill. Ishaa Lobo *PB* 8/29
• Remembering by Xelena Gonzalez, ill. Adriana M. Garcia *PB* 8/29
• A Toni Morrison Treasury by Toni Morrison, ill. Joe Cepeda *PB* 8/29
• Jerry Changed The Game! By Don Tate, ill. Cherise Harris *PB* 8/29
• One by Ruth Forman, ill. Katura Gaines *PB* 8/29
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time by Jason Reynolds, ill. Raul The Third *MG Series* 8/29
• Flashback To The…Chill 2000s! by Gloria Cruz, ill. Sarah Rebar *ER* 8/29
• Night Creatures! By Maria Le, ill. Alison Hawkins *ER* 8/29
• A Gift From Daniel by Marie Le, ill. Jason Fruchter *ER* 8/29
• Hair Love ABCs by Matthew A. Cherry; ill. Vashti Harrison *PB* 8/29
• Who Is Nathan Chen? By Joseph Liu & Who HQ, ill. Gregory Copeland *MG* 8/29
• That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Human by Kimberly Lemming *adult series audiobook* 8/29
• Never A Hero by Vanessa Len *sequel* 8/29
• The Man Or The Monster by Aamna Qureshi 8/30

Whew, that’s quite the list and so many titles to be excited about! The Publishing Deities were pretty kind to me so here are the ARCs I received:

• Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma *adult Series*
• Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo *adult*
• The Boy You Always Wanted by Michelle Quach
• My Teacher Has Tattoos by Darren Lopez, ill. Bhagya Madanasinghe *PB*
• The Dark Place by Britney S. Lewis
• Accidentally In Love by Danielle Jackson *adult companion*
• No Place Like Home by James Bird *MG*
• Make A Move, Sunny Park by Jessica Kim
• Ghost Book by Remy Lai *MG*
• Forgive Me Not by Jennifer Baker
• Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera *MG*
• House Of Marionne by J. Elle
• I Feed Her To The Beasts And The Beast Is Me by Jemison Shea
• Night Of The Living Queers: 13 Tales Of Terror & Delight edited by Shelly Page and Alex Brown

Of these titles, I’ve read:

• Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma *adult Series*
• Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo *adult*
• The Boy You Always Wanted by Michelle Quach
• The Dark Place by Britney S. Lewis
• Accidentally In Love by Danielle Jackson *adult companion*
• Currently Reading: No Place Like Home by James Bird *MG*

I feel like here is where I should insert a corny punny statement but my brain is failing to come up with one…so I owe y’all next time, lol! This is a great month for authors of color though and hopefully it will continue to be that way! Did I forget any titles? What are you excited about for this month? Let me know here in the comments or on social media on Instagram @bookishgirlmagic (you can look out for when I go live, which is sporadic but does happen), Twitter @bookishgrlmagic, Threads @bookishgirlmagic (I’m not on it like I am on twitter cause ya girl has social media fatigue) and Clubhouse @bookishgrlmagic where you can find me mostly in book centered clubs/rooms (mostly on Tuesdays and Fridays) to chat with me. Also subscribe to this blog if you haven’t already because it makes me feel like sitting under the shade with an ice cold bubble tea & a book on a hot day! And to those who are subscribed, thank you so much, I truly appreciate y’all! Sending y’all bookish love and wishing you happy reading!