Anticipated books for April 2023

Happy National Poetry Month (and all the other months April is)! Here is a list of books I’m excited to come out this month, most of which come out on April 4th. Don’t judge me that this list doesn’t actually contain that many poetry books 😅

Blood Debts

by Terry J. Benton-Walker

Release Date: April 4

LGBTQ+, Sci-fi/fantasy

I just finished this one and it was so good! Savage, but good! And it seems like there will be a sequel 👀

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

No Sweet Without Brine: Poems

by Cynthia Manick

Release Date: April 4

Black poetry

No Sweet Without Brine: Poems by Cynthia Manick

The Do-Over

by Suzanne Park

Release Date: April 4

Korean American, Romance

The Do over by Suzanne Park

Carmen and Grace

by Melissa Coss Aquino

Release Date: April 4

Latine (Puerto Rican)

Just won this in a GoodReads giveaway, whoo!

Carmen and Grace by Melissa Coss Aquino

Queen Bee

by Amalie Howard

Release Date: April 4

BIPOC Romance

Queen Bee by Amalie Howard

Chain Gang All Stars

by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Release Date: April 4

Black Sci-fi/fantasy

Chain-gang all-stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Natural Beauty

by Ling Ling Huang

Release Date: April 4

Chinese American

I got an ARC for this 😎

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

by Lorraine Avila

Release Date: April 11

Latine YA

The Making of Yolanda la Bruja by Lorraine Avila

The Cuban Heiress

by Chanel Cleeton

Release Date: April 11

Cuban American

Next Year in Havana had me in a chokehold, and I’ve been meaning to read Chanel Cleeton ever since

The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton

Alondra

by Gina Femia

Release Date: April 18

LGBTQ+ Romance

Alondra by Gina Femia

The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants

by Orlando Ortega-Medina

Release Date: April 18

LGBTQ+ Latine

The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants by Orlando Ortega-Medina

Let’s talk! Are there any books coming out this month you are excited for?

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