by Kaitlin Mitchell Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, readers! Just as with our 2019 Black History Month book list, I am so happy to share that the number of books on our list of LGBTQIAP+ YA books by Asian authors has grown incredibly since last year! Here are 17 books you can pick up, preorder, or add to your 2020 tbr today! Out Now: The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali tries her hardest to live up to her conservative Muslim parents’ expectations, but lately she’s finding that harder [...]

By Kaitlin Mitchell Happy Women's History Month, readers! This list is a celebration of the strength of women. Of all women. Women of color. Women of different sexual and romantic orientations. Trans women. Women with mental illnesses and disabilities. Queer teen girls who are reading this list--this is a celebration of your strength. Here are 20 LGBTQIAP+ YA books to celebrate Women's History Month with. Happy reading! Out now: We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their polarized [...]

by Kaitlin Mitchell Happy Black History Month, readers! When I wrote our February book list in 2018, it was disheartening to see how few recent LGBTQIAP+ YA books by Black authors there were. Writing this list now, I am overjoyed to see how much progress has been made in the past year. There are also several books coming out later in 2019 and 2020 that you need to add to your tbr lists and preorder ASAP. While there is still so much work to be done to improve intersectionality in publishing, I am so happy to be able [...]