“It’s gonna be MAY!”
Happy May! May is Mental Health Awareness month and Asian American and Pacific Islander Month! Keep an eye out for a list of books I recommend 😜
In the meantime, here are so many good books coming out this month 🌼
SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOKS
I’ve Got Your Back: The Indispensable Guide to Stopping Harassment When You See It
by Jorge Arteaga and Emily May
Released May 10th
The organization Hollaback (now Right to Be) has great trainings around bystander intervention. Now they have a book!
YA BOOKS
All Signs Point to Yes
edited by Cam Montgomery, g. haron davis, and Adrianne White
Released May 31st
A collection of astrology shorts? My astrology nerd heart sings!
LGBTQIA+ READS
Racism and the Making of Gay Rights: A Sexologist, His Student, and the Empire of Queer Love
by Laurie Marhoefer
Released May 26th
Historical Fiction
Our Last Days in Barcelona
by Chanel Cleeton
Released May 24th
I read Next Year in Havana years ago and fell in love with Cleeton’s writing
General Fiction
By the Book
by Jasmine Guillory
Released May 3rd
I’m a Jasmine Guillory stand, even though I have feelings about the way she write interracial romances. This one is Black love, though!
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