Hey Y’all! I hope you all are doing well! I don’t know about y’all but it feels like this month seemingly snuck up on us and my work has been kicking my tail (the school year is alllllllmost over)! My apologies on yet another late post but I also didn’t want to post a lack luster pub month list.

truly y’all!

So I’m not keeping y’all waiting, here is the list (and definitely double check dates, just in case any of them could’ve possibly changed):

  • Chaotic Aperitifs by Tao Wong *audio* 5/1
  • The Letters We Keep by Nisha Sharma *NA* 5/1
  • Lavash At First Sight by Taleen Voskuni *adult* 5/7
  • Blood At The Root by LaDarrion Williams 5/7
  • Spin Of Fate by A.A. Vora 5/7
  • Anzu And The Realm Of Darkness by Mai K. Nguyen *MG* 5/7
  • Daughters Of Shandong by Eve J. Chung *adult* 5/7
  • Bite Me, Royce Taslim by Lauren Ho 5/7
  • The Davenports: More Than This by Krystal Marquis *sequel* 5/7
  • This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed 5/7
  • Perfect Little Monsters by Cindy R.X. He 5/7
  • The Light At The End Of The World by Siddhartha Deb *adult* 5/7
  • Summer Is Here by Renee Watson, ill. By Bea Jackson *PB* 5/7
  • Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang *adult* 5/7
  • Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau *adult* 5/7
  • Behind My Doors by Hena Khan, ill. By Nabila Adani *PB* 5/7
  • Sunhead by Alex Assan 5/7
  • Five Broken Blades by Mai Cortland *adult* 5/7
  • Being Home by Traci Sorell *PB* 5/7
  • Small Acts Of Courage: A Legacy Of Endurance And The Fight For Democracy by Ali Velshi*adult* 5/7
  • Black Shield Maiden by Willow Smith & Jess Hendel 5/7
  • Monkey King: Journey To The West by Wu Cheng’en, trans. By Julia Lovell *adult* 5/7
  • Better Must Come by Desmond Hall 5/7
  • Hot Boy Summer by Joe Jimenez 5/7
  • Skin & Bones by Renee Watson *adult* 5/7
  • The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon *MG* 5/7
  • Barkham Asylum by Yehudi Mercado *MG* 5/7
  • America del Norte by Nicolas Medina Mora *adult* 5/7
  • Throttled by Lauren Asher *adult reprint* 5/7
  • May You Love And Be by Cleo Wade *PB* 5/7
  • It’s Pride, Baby! By Allen R. Wells, ill. By Dia Valle *PB* 5/7
  • An Intrigue Of Witches: A Secret Society Mystery by Esme Addison *adult* 5/7
  • The Driver’s Story by Randy M. Browne *adult* 5/7
  • The Return Of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean *adult* 5/7
  • Ghostroots: Stories by ‘Pemi Aguda *adult* 5/7
  • Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and The Making Of Modern Chinese Food by Michelle T. King *adult* 5/7
  • Blood Rubies by Mailan Doquang *adult* 5/7
  • One Year In Uvalde: A Story Of Hope And Resilience by John Quinones & Maria Elena Salinas *adult* 5/7
  • Big Moe’s Big Book Of BBQ by Moe Cason & Jody Horton *adult* 5/7
  • The Deepest Lake by Andromeda Romano-Lax *adult* 5/7
  • Breathe by Maia Kobabe & Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier 5/7
  • Los Monstrous: Rooster And The Dancing Diablo by Diana Lopez *MG Series* 5/7
  • Troubled Waters by Mary Annaise Heglar *adult* 5/7
  • The Library Thief by Kuchenga Shenje *adult* 5/7
  • Frankie And Friends: The Big Protest by Christine Platt, ill. By Alea Marley *MG* 5/7
  • Violet Spring by Gary Phillips *adult* 5/7
  • A Disappearance In Fiji by Nilima Rao *adult* 5/7
  • Coming Home by Brittney Griner with Michelle Burford *adult* 5/7
  • Bits And Pieces: My Mother, My Brother And Me by Whoopi Goldberg *adult* 5/7
  • I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish *adult* 5/7
  • Farewell, Amethystine by Walter Mosley *adult* 5/7
  • Hunter by Abir Mukherjee *adult* 5/7
  • The Dead Don’t Need Reminding by Julian Randall *adult* 5/7
  • Shanghailanders by Juli Min *adult* 5/7
  • Simone by Viet Thanh Nguyen, ill. By Minnie Phan *PB* 5/7
  • Death’s Country by R.M. Romero 5/7
  • Insha’allah, No, Maybe So by Rhonda Roumani & Nadia Roumani, ill. By Olivia Aserr *PB* 5/14
  • With Just One Wing by Brenda Woods *MG* 5/14
  • 10 Things I Hate About Prom by Elle Gonzalez Rose 5/14
  • Star Signs by Saladin Ahmed, ill. By Megan Levens 5/14
  • The Literature Of Japanese American Incarceration edited by Frank Abe & Floyd Cheung *adult* 5/14
  • True Love And Other Impossible Odds by Christina Li 5/14
  • It Waits In The Forest by Sarah Dass 5/14
  • A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur 5/14
  • The Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood 5/14
  • Blood & Fury by Justina Ireland & Tessa Gratton *sequel* 5/14
  • Waiting For Friday Night by Synithia Williams *adult series* 5/14
  • Thirsty by Jas Hammonds 5/14
  • This Night Is Ours by Ronni Davis 5/14
  • Oye by Melissa Mogollon *adult* 5/14
  • The Last Rhee Witch by Jenna Lee-Yun *MG* 5/14
  • Road To Ruin by Hana Lee 5/14
  • Anh’s New Word: A Story About Learning A New Language by Hanh Bui, ill. By Bao Luu *PB* 5/14
  • Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris *adult* 5/14
  • The Gardening Dog by Cindy Wume *PB* 5/14
  • Summer Vamp by Violet Chan Karim *MG* 5/14
  • I Wish You Would by Eva Des Lauriers 5/21
  • Looking For Love In All The Haunted Places by Claire Kann *adult* 5/21
  • Lies And Weddings by Kevin Kwan *adult* 5/21
  • Second Night Stand by Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters *adult* 5/21
  • In The Shadows by Tanya Byrne 5/21
  • Undue Burden: Life And Death Decisions In Post-Roe America by Shefali Luthra *adult* 5/21
  • Pack Light: A Black Queer Journey To Find Myself by Shilletha Curtis *adult* 5/21
  • Goddess Of The River by Vaishnavi Patel *adult* 5/21
  • The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, art by Faith Schaffer 5/21
  • Minecraft: The Tournament by Davaun Sanders *MG* 5/21
  • The Magic Paintbrush by Kat Zhang & Eric Darnell, ill. By Phoebe Zhong *PB* 5/21
  • How Lucky Am I? by Scott & Mark Hoying, ill. By Steph Lew *PB* 5/21
  • The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee *adult* 5/21
  • Abuelo, The Sea And Me by Ismee Williams, ill. By Tatiana Gardel *PB* 5/21
  • A Terrible Place For A Nest by Sara Levine, ill. By Erika Meza *PB* 5/21
  • A Little Bit Of Love by Synithia Williams *adult* 5/21
  • Control by Omar Tyree 5/21
  • A Summer Of Dandelions by Whitney Amazeen *adult series* 5/21
  • We Mostly Come Out At Night: 15 Queer Tales Of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures edited by Rob Costello 5/21
  • The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert *adult audiobook re-release* 5/21
  • Leo And The Pink Marker by Mariyka Foster *PB* 5/21
  • Here For The Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen & Lydia Wang *adult* 5/21
  • Prohibido llorar by Gama Valle Rosa, ill. By Lorenzo Sangiï *PB* 5/24
  • I Accidentally Summoned A Demon Boyfriend by Jessica Cage *adult* 5/24
  • An Abolitionist’s Handbook by Patrisse Cullors *adult* 5/28
  • The Quince Project by Jessica Parra 5/28
  • Flawless Girls by Anna-Marie McLemore 5/28
  • Hurdles In The Dark by Elvira K. Gonzalez 5/28
  • The Intuitive Tarot Workbook by Kathleen Medina *adult* 5/28
  • A Last Supper Of Queer Apostles: Selected Essays edited by Pedro Lemebel & Gwendolyn Harper *adult* 5/28
  • Loaf The Cat Goes To The Powwow by Nicholas DeShaw, ill. By Tara Audibert *PB* 5/28
  • Freedom On The Sea by Michael Boulware Moore, ill. By Bryan Collier *PB* 5/28
  • The Dawn Of The Cursed Queen by Amber V. Nicole *adult sequel* 5/28
  • Pretty: A Memoir by KB Brookins *adult* 5/28
  • In The Garden Behind The Moon by Alexandra A. Chan *adult* 5/28
  • The Books Of Clash Volume 3: Achievery by Gene Luen Yang, Kendall Goode, Alison Acton 5/28
  • Oddbird’s Chosen Family by Derek Desierto *PB* 5/28
  • Twelfth Night by Alexene Farol Follmuth 5/28
  • The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco by Talia Hibbert *adult audio rerelease* 5/28
  • The Legendary Master’s Wife Vol. I by Yin Ya 5/30
That’s a lottttt of books!

Woy! This month has sooooooooooo many books coming out and I don’t know if I should feel excited or overwhelmed by this list! I did get quite a few ARCs for this month and they are:

  • The Letters We Keep by Nisha Sharma *NA*
  • Lavash At First Sight by Taleen Voskuni *adult*
  • Blood At The Root by LaDarrion Williams
  • Spin Of Fate by A.A. Vora
  • Anzu And The Realm Of Darkness by Mai K. Nguyen *MG*
  • A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur
  • The Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood
  • Blood & Fury by Justina Ireland & Tessa Gratton *sequel*
  • Waiting For Friday Night by Synithia Williams *adult series*
  • Thirsty by Jas Hammonds
  • Looking For Love In All The Haunted Places by Claire Kann *adult*
  • Lies And Weddings by Kevin Kwan *adult*
  • Second Night Stand by Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters *adult*
  • The Quince Project by Jessica Parra
  • Flawless Girls by Anna-Marie McLemore

Of these titles, I have read:

  • The Letters We Keep by Nisha Sharma *NA*
  • Currently Reading: Blood At The Root by LaDarrion Williams
*sigh* it’s all I can do!

I know that I’m really behind on my ARC reading and I’m trying to fix that though work is doing it’s best to try to keep me from it.

I can at least try to!

This month is seriously bringing us so many amazing titles and I’m over the moon about it! I very well may have missed some Authors Of Color’s titles so please let me know which ones here in the comments or on social media on Instagram @bookishgirlmagic (look out for lives and the occasional post), Twitter @bookishgrlmagic, Threads @bookishgirlmagic (I’m trying to do a little more posting there) and Clubhouse @bookishgrlmagic where you can find me mostly in book centered clubs/rooms (mostly on Tuesdays and Fridays) to chat with me. Also let me know if there are any books that YOU are excited about! I most certainly wanna know! Oh and please subscribe to this blog if you haven’t already because it makes me feel like my TBR has blossomed in the best way! And to those who are subscribed, you have my continued thanks, I really truly appreciate y’all! I’m sending bookish love and wishing you happy reading always!

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I’m reader who has a fierce love for books written by authors of color & belief in the importance of supporting them! My mission is to amplify their voices and work so this generation and all the others after them will have literature that will reflect them.

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