Hey there, bookish people! Can you feel the summer vibes in the air? I certainly can. June is unofficially the beginning of summer here in Sweden and you know what’s just the best part about that? All of the free time, lovely weather and the big stack of amazing books you can *finally* devour. To celebrate all of this I thought I would write a blog post with all of the diverse books releasing this summer, in other words, all of the books releasing in June, July and August. There are so many of them and a lot of them are very anticipated reads for me. Do you have a book you’re dying to read this summer?

I’ve tried putting all of the diverse books I could find in this post, however, if I missed one please let me know so I can add it. The plan is to continuously update this post with any releases I might have missed. This summer is long and filled with so many diverse book releases. I can’t wait to read them all. In this list diverse books includes books with marginalized characters and books by marginalized authors, some who may not have diverse characters in their books.

The books releasing in June are listed below in the order of their release date. All of the Goodreads pages will be linked together with where you can buy/pre-order the book if that option exists.

• June 1 – The Story of Lizzy and Darcy by Grace Watson. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 2 – Mature Content by Megan Erickson & Santino Hassell. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 5 – North to You by Tif Marcelo. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 6 – Everything All At Once by Katrina Leno. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 6 – Follow Me Back by A.V. Geiger. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 6 – Perfect Ten by L. Philips. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 6 – Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 8 – Grrrls on the Side by Carrie Pack. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 13 – Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 13 – Saints and Misfits by S. K. Ali. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 13 – Want by Cindy Pon. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 27 – Girl on the Verge by Pintip Dunn. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 27 – If Birds Fly Back by Carlie Sorosiak. Add it on Goodreads & Amazon links.
• June 27 – The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee. Goodreads & Amazon links.

These are the diverse books set to be published in June. If I missed any, let me know so I can add them right away. If there is a title that doesn’t fit, let me know about that too.

Now onto July. The books releasing in July are listed below in the order of their release date. All of the Goodreads pages will be linked together with where you can buy/pre-order the book if that option exists.

• July 4 – The Tower of the Antilles by Achy Obejas. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 6 – After the Sunset by Lilah Suzanne. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 11 – Refuge by Dina Nayeri. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 11 – Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 11 – Fragile Chaos by Amber R. Duell. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 18 – The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 20 – Brush Strokes by E.S. Karlquist. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 25 – Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 25 – Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 25 – Lucky in Love by Kasie West. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 25 – The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 25 – Solo by Kwame Alexander & Mary Rand Hess. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 25 – Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• July 26 – Walking on Knives by Maya Chhabra. Goodreads link.

These are the diverse books set to be published in July. If I missed any, let me know so I can add them right away. If there is a title that doesn’t fit, let me know about that too.

Lastly, we have August. The books releasing in August are listed below in the order of their release date. All of the Goodreads pages will be linked together with where you can buy/pre-order the book if that option exists.

• August 1 – New People by Danzy Senna. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 1 – Sour Heart: Stories by Jenny Zhang. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 3 – Absolutely, Almost, Perfect by Lissa Reed. Goodreads and Amazon links.
• August 8 – Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 8 – The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 8 – The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 8 – The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 15 – Illegal Contact by Santino Hassell. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 15 – Home Fire: A Novel by Kamila Shamsie. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 17 – Blended Notes by Lilah Suzanne. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 22 – The Tiger’s Watch by Julia Ember. Goodreads link.
• August 22 – The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 29 – Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney C. Stevens. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 29 – Starswept by Mary Fan. Goodreads & Amazon links.
• August 29 – You Don’t Know Me But I Know You by Rebecca Barrow. Goodreads & Amazon links.

These are the diverse books set to be published in August. If I missed any, let me know so I can add them right away. If there is a title that doesn’t fit, let me know about that too.

Disclaimer: I haven’t read all of these books so I cannot speak for the representation present in them. However, if you know that any of these books are problematic please let me know so I can delete them from this list.

Do you have a specific book release you’re excited about this summer? Do you know of one I missed?