A BODY MADE HOME by Kai Marshall Green RAMIN ABBAS HAS MAJOR QUESTIONS by Ahmad Saber ESPÍRITU by Aiden Thomas BOUND BY FURY by Noelle Monét BROWN/TRANS/LES by Talia Bhatt MORE LIKE ENEMIGAS by Stephanie Hope CLOTHES TO MAKE YOU SMILE by Eric Darnell Pritchard & Shannon Wright WORST-CASE SCENARIO by Ray Stoeve CHAPAL RANI, THE LAST QUEEN OF BENGAL by Sandip Roy ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS by Adib Khorram THE PERFECT MATCH by Adiba Jaigirdar JACKSON ALONE by Hose Ando THE WEIGHT OF ONE POMEGRANATE by Brynne Rebele-Henry LAST FIRST KISS by Julian Winters JUST BETWEEN US by Adeline Kon FIRE SWORD & SEA by Vanessa Riley A BLACK QUEER HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES by C. Riley Snorton & Darius Bost OUR EX'S WEDDING by Taleen Voskuni BURN DOWN MASTER'S HOUSE by Clay Cane BETTER CATCH UP, KRISHNA KUMAR by Anahita Karthik THE GREAT DISILLUSIONMENT OF NICK AND JAY by Ryan Douglass THE WAY LOVE GOES by DaBrat & Judy DAYBREAK VOL 2 by Moosopp THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF REED PEGGRAM by Ethelene Whitmire I DON'T WISH YOU WELL by Jumata Emill

SWEET CLARITY by Rhiannon Richardson THE OBAKE CODE by Makana Yamamoto SUNFLOWERS AND LAVENDER by Maisy Valais BYTCHCRAFT by Aaron Reese & Lema Carril CONVERSION THERAPY DROPOUT by Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS by Yah Yah Scholfield OLIVIA GRAY WILL NOT FADE AWAY by Ciera Burch CHOIR GRRRL by Ashley Granillo LOVE MAKES MOCHI by Stefany Valentine YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO MY MOM by Vincent Tirado I LOVE YOU DON'T DIE by Jade Song STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE by K-Ming Chang CHARMED AND DANGEROUS by Shelly Pace BLACK AS DIAMOND by U.M. Agoawike SEASON OF THE SERPENT by Suyi Davies Okungbowa TAKE IT TO YOUR GRAVE by LoUangie Bou-Montes WHEN WE ALMOST CAME UNDONE by Erika Turner HOLLOW MAGIC by Mars Lauderbaugh AS LONG AS YOU LOATHE ME by Swati Hegde HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE by Celine Ong THE CELESTIAL SEAS by T.A. Chan THE TIES BETWEEN US by Chencia C. Higgins SUMMER OFFICIAL by Rebekah Weatherspoon CLOCK HANDS by Marieke Nijkamp & Sylvia Bi PLASTIC, PRISM, VOID by Violet Allen

SOULMATE AS A VERB by Kelsey L. Smoot COMING OUT PERFECT by Richard Mercado OPTING OUT by Maia Kobabe & Swati Srikumar ALEX WISE VS THE GODS OF THE APOCALYPSE by Terry J. Benton-Walter GOOD LUCK, BABE by Erin Baldwin MAKING TROUBLE by Brooke Blurton & Melanie Saward FIRST TO FINISH by Rebecca J. Caffery OUR FUNNY LOVE STORY by Byrd Koto WHAT KIND OF QUEEN? by Kyle Casey Chu & Andrew W. Shaffer BUUZA: GOOD MORNING, SALWA VOL 1 by Shazleen Khan FUNERALS ARE THE LIVING by Sami Ellis MEET ME IN THE GARDEN by Nina LaCour THERE'S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD by Rasheed Newson PURE MEN by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr FREE GIRLS by Kristen McCallum IN BETWEEN DAYS by Camryn Garrett THE MARRIAGE REBOUND by Meka James THEIR SUMMER RESCUE by Sera Taíno ANDROMEDA by E.S. McLeod MARIAM, IT'S ARWA by Areej Gamal BUT I HATE HIM by Page Powars WILLI NINJA by Joy Michael Ellison & Nabi H. Ali THE DOUBLE DUTCH FUSS by Phill Branch LAKE LIFE by Tanya Boteju MEET ME AT THE PICKET LINE by Jasper Sanchez

We Need Diverse Books Day was created to highlight the importance of reading books that reflect our beautifully diverse world. Here are BIPOC LGBTQIA2S+ books published in 2026.
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