This week, Danika talks about their most-anticipated queer books out in the rest of 2025.

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Books Discussed:

Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color by Denne Michele Norris with Electric Literature

So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro De Robertis

A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper

This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May (August 26)

Three Parties by Ziyad Saadi (August 26)

Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games by Kawika Guillermo (September 2)

You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White (September 9)

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark (September 30)

The Sovereign (Magic of the Lost #3) by C.L. Clark (September 30)

The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost #1) by C.L. Clark

The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong (October 14)

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri (October 21)

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

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