Looking to support Black authors of queer lit and Black-owned bookstores? Here’s some assistance with that:
Ashay By the Bay, Vallejo, CA
- The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson (MG/YA Contemporary)
Mahogany Books, Washington, DC
- The Tradition by Jericho Brown (Poetry)
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (YA Speculative)
- The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode (YA Fantasy)
- If it Makes You Happy by Claire Kann (YA Contemporary)
- Odd One Out by Nic Stone (YA Contemporary)
Semicolon Bookstore, Chicago, IL
- Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn (Contemporary Fiction)
- Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde (Biomythography)
Brain Lair Books, South Bend, IN
- The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum (YA Speculative)
- The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (YA Contemporary)
- Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron (YA Contemporary)
- Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn (Contemporary Fiction)
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James (Fantasy)
- How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones (Memoir)
- A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney (YA Fantasy)
- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (Sci-Fi)
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon (Sci-Fi)
- Date Me, Bryson Keller! by Kevin van Whye (YA Contemporary)
- Soul to Keep by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Paranormal Romance)
- How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters (YA Contemporary)
- The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters (YA Contemporary)
- The Beauty that Remains by Ashley Woodfolk (YA Contemporary)
The Lit Bar, Bronx, NY
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (YA Contemporary)
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (YA Contemporary)
- Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith (Poetry)
Harriett’s Bookshop, Philadelphia, PA
- Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (YA Contemporary)
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (YA, Essays/Memoir)
- Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement by Charlene A. Carruthers
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth, TX
- King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender (MG Contemporary)
- Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole (Contemporary F/F Romance)
- Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett (YA Contemporary)
- Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon (Contemporary M/M Romance)
- Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson (YA Historical)
- 37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order) by Kekla Magoon (YA Contemporary)
- The Black Veins by Ashia Monet (YA Fantasy)
- By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery (YA Contemporary)
- Real Life by Brandon Taylor ( Contemporary Fiction)
Definitely going to buy from some of these stores! Is there is a reason for which books you link to from which store? Is it just which stores have which book in stock?
Basically. Anything with less than 3 links means those were the only queer books by Black authors I could find on the site. Some stores’ sites access everything, so I particularly gravitate toward indie titles for those. And a book being highlighted by a particular store in some way (e.g. a staff pick) usually guarantees that’s the one it’s under. But obviously any of these stores are great for whatever!