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)