All the (More!) Books! August 22, 2025

All the Books!

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

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This week, Danika talks about their most-anticipated queer books out in the rest of 2025. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist! If you love books and know the ins and outs of social media strategy, and especially social video, consider joining the team. Find details and apply by August 22, 2025, at riotnewmedia.com/careers. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color by Denne Michele Norris with Electric Literature So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro De Robertis A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May (August 26) Three Parties by Ziyad Saadi (August 26) Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games by Kawika Guillermo (September 2) You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White (September 9) The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark (September 30) The Sovereign (Magic of the Lost #3) by C.L. Clark (September 30) The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost #1) by C.L. Clark The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong (October 14) The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri (October 21) The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to All the More Books, a weekly show about books of all kinds.
0:15.0	I'm your host, Danica Ellis, and today I'm talking about some of my most anticipated queer books out in the rest of 2025.
0:24.9	So I write the Our Queer Shelf's newsletter for Book Riot.
0:29.6	I also have my own Sapphic book blog called The Lesbury.
0:33.5	So I am always taking a look at what queer books are coming up.
0:39.4	And there are some very exciting ones that are coming out in the last half of the year.
0:45.4	Fall is usually the biggest publishing season.
0:49.8	And that's true of queer books as well.
0:52.6	It's kind of funny because we get a little bit of a bump around Pride and then also in the fall.
0:58.8	So there's kind of two seasons to watch.
1:02.6	But I want to talk about nine of the books that I am really counting down the release dates for.
1:10.8	There are several really exciting sapphic
1:14.1	fantasy books coming out. There's also a queer video game memoir, some trans essays, and a gay
1:23.3	Palestinian-American take on Mrs. Dalloway. But before I get into the books, I want to talk to you
1:30.5	about a job opening we have. Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist. So if you love
1:37.8	books and you know the ins and outs of social media strategy, especially social video,
1:43.2	consider joining the team. If you are a passionate
1:46.6	booktoker, this is the job for you. We are committed to building an inclusive workforce
1:52.6	and strongly encourage applications from women, individuals with disabilities, and people of
1:57.6	color. This is, if you are listening to this on the day it comes out, this is the
2:02.0	last day to apply. You can find details and apply by the end of the day, August 22nd, 2025,
2:09.2	at riotnewmedia.com slash careers. That is riotnewmedia.com slash careers.
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