For Adult recs, check out this post.
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
Queen of Faces by Petra Lord
Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore
The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa
Devil’s Like Us by L.T. Thompson
New Releases: April 2026
Track Four is Not About You by L.M. Bennett (4th)
Bishop left without a word. Shiloh never knew why. Four years later, neither of them has recovered.
Now Bishop’s album is falling apart, and the only producer who understands her sound is the ex she ghosted. Shiloh doesn’t do chaos, second chances, or Bishop. But when she hears that dying demo, something cracks. Because the raw honesty on that track? That’s theirs. That’s what they used to make together. Before the fame. Before the silence.
Four months. One studio. Two people who used to be everything to each other, now barely able to share air.
The music is pulling them closer. The past is daring them to run.
And if track four isn’t about her…why does it sound like an apology?
Buy it: Amazon
Happy Asexual Visibility Day 2026!
Today on the site we’re celebrating Asexual Visibility Day (aka International Asexuality Day) as we do, with books starring asexual main characters or about asexuality! For even more recs, check out last year’s post.
Children’s
Love Looks Like Lola by Cody Daigle-Orians and
What does love look like? Is it holding hands? Sharing kisses? Getting married? When Claire spends the weekend with her amazing Aunt Lola, she discovers love can look like many things.
While watching her parents’ wedding video, Claire wonders why Aunt Lola never got married. Lola explains that she’s aroace – asexual and aromantic -which means she’s complete just as she is and loves people through friendship, care, and connection. Through their time together, Claire meets the friends, neighbours, and chosen family who make up Lola’s community and realises that love isn’t only about romance or marriage, but about kindness, respect, and belonging.
Love Looks Like Lola introduces asexual and aromantic identities and helps children see that love isn’t one-size-fits-all. With warmth, humour and heart, it invites readers to explore the many ways love can look and reminds us that every kind of love is worth celebrating.
Fave Five: Sapphic Sci-Fi
Teixcalaan by Arkady Martine
Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham
The Elysium Heist by Y.M. Resnik
The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton
Lady Eve’s Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow
Happy Arab American Heritage Month 2026!
It’s Arab American Heritage Month, and we’re celebrating with books starring protagonists of Arab descent, authored by writers of Arab descent, or both! For even more recs, check out last year’s post.
Middle Grade Fiction
Wallflower by Iasmin Omar Ata
For as long as Marlena can remember, she has seen flowers growing on everyone she meets: personalized poppies and daisies and roses of every color that give away what their owners truly feel. Invisible to the rest of the world, the flowers have always felt too overwhelming, too much for Marlena to take in when they don’t always match what their owner shows. She’s long since given up convincing anyone else that they’re there.
Until she meets Ashe, a charming transfer student who can somehow see these mysterious flowers, too. Unfortunately for Marlena, Ashe wants nothing to do with her. But as their thorny connection blooms, so do hidden secrets buried years ago. In this stunning graphic novel where dreams are woven into reality and not everything is as it seems, Marlena and Ashe must unfold the truth together, no matter where it may lead.
Happy National Poetry Month 2026!
Happy National Poetry Month! Join us in celebrating by checking out these poetry collections and books in verse! For even more recommendations, check out last year’s post.
Novels in Verse
Saber-Tooth by Robin Gow
Jasper’s favorite person is his older brother, Callan. They go on fossil-finding missions and stay up late while their parents work nights. Callan even helped Jasper pick out his new name when he came out as trans.
But Callan starts to grow distant and leaves for college without taking Jasper on a promised fossil dig. Jasper feels abandoned—and angry. Who needs Callan? He will dig by himself, in his backyard. As he digs, he hears a voice: the bones of a saber-toothed tiger. He’s buried deep, and he wants Jasper to DIG.
Jasper is sure a discovery like this could change the world, or at least get Callan to text him back. But as the saber-toothed tiger finds freedom, Jasper realizes he may have unleashed a monster that no one was ready for, and that anger can empower you—or destroy you.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility 2026!
Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and we’re celebrating as we do by highlighting a whole bunch of wonderful trans books! For even more recs, check out previous years’ posts.
Children’s Fiction
Sebastian Metzger Solves a Sticky Situation by Kyle Lukoff and Kat Fajardo
This is the 11th book in the The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class series
Meet the kids in Mrs. Z’s wacky and wonderful third grade class! Sebastian Metzger is overjoyed when he checks out a brand-new book on octopodes from the school library, but everything goes awry when the book gets ruined.
Sebastian Metzger loves learning new things, especially about animals. He’s actually been experiencing many new things recently: third grade marks his first year living as a boy. Some things don’t change, though. His imaginary friend, Jimothy the chipmunk, is always by his side!
When Sebastian spots a new book in the school library on octopodes, he just knows he has to check it out. The only problem is: this book is so new, the librarian hasn’t even prepared it to be checked out! Sebastian promises to take great care of it, and the librarian makes an exception.
But when his little sister accidentally ruins the book, Sebastian is devastated. Will Sebastian find a way to save the library book and redeem himself?
March 2026 Deal Announcements
Adult Fiction
‘s WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT, a queer Appalachian horror in which a recent graduate spurns all her inheritance—the penchant for pills, the blood-soaked family farm, and the ancient magic—until infectious iron rusts through the community and she must choose which monsters to slay and which to become, to Alexandra Aceves at Holiday House, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Alexander Slater while at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.
Fave Five: Queer Fiction with Bipolar Rep
Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner (YA)
The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar by Sonido Reyes (YA)
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow (YA)
Black Iris by Elliot Wake w/a Leah Raeder
Cursebreakers by Madeleine Nakamura
Bonus: For a short story, check out “The Ballad of Weary Daughters” by Kristine Wyllys in Unbroken, ed. by Marieke Nijkamp (YA)
Exclusive Cover Reveal: In Your Court by Kit Haley
Today on the site I’m delighted to help reveal the cover of In Your Court by Kit Haley, an m/m sports romance releasing May 21st! Here’s the story:
Australian Matteo Russo is the first and only openly gay tennis pro. Once a brilliant junior, he was slated for a bright future – until a freak accident derailed his career. Now, he’s fed up, he’s struggling to qualify for tournaments, and he’s not sure he can afford dinner tonight.
After losing to his old rival—the rich, arrogant, American superstar Miles Callahan—Mat throws the man’s privilege in his face and sets him a challenge – one he’s sure Miles would never accept. But he does. Determined to prove he’s earned his success, Miles travels to Wimbledon on a tight budget – no support team, no coach, no fancy hotel. And now the American needs a hitting partner, and someone to explain laundromats, and what started as a dare soon becomes a searing off-court fling.
Mat should be focussing on his career, not falling for a glamorous star. But Miles believes in his game in a way Mat hasn’t for a long time, and is fast becoming everything he’s ever wanted. Only… love and tennis just don’t mix, because one day soon they’ll have to face each other on the court.
And in tennis, someone always has to lose.
And here’s the sexy cover, with designed by Laura Thomas with art by Noah Dao!
Kit Haley is a queer author from Australia. A drinker of tea and a liker of dogs, they’re best understood as an obsessive tennis fan and an obsessive romance fan, which turned out to be a very happy pairing.