Recs if you like Death Card...

Representations of the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction. Recommendations welcome!

We should all be reading queer, all year, but this list is full of upcoming queer books of all makes and models coming out in 2026. If you have a rec to add, just please keep in mind we’re looking for 2026 releases!

collecting all 2026 releases featuring sapphic romance!!

YA fantasy novels written by Black authors featuring magic-wielding Black main characters. Suggestions welcome!

So many sapphic books are coming out this year, and I’m so excited to read every single one!

Here are some fantasy novels with black FMCs!

Horror books to read just for the aesthetic

Stories with a sapphic main character of color, across genres and age groups. 🔞

Recommendations welcome!

✦ I have not read all of these books - if you notice anything that seems to be mis-labeled/mis-placed on this list, please let me know! ✦

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.

books by black authors and/or with black characters

Book list for the Anti-Brain rot challenge with Boundless press

Be the trend setter of your book club or bookish friend group by getting to know the authors of next year’s publication cycle. These books are all by new talent in the publishing world from both the Big 5 and small, traditional publishers.

Be sure to also check out these authors on social media for ARC opportunities, and show these authors some love by requesting a purchase with your local library, or pre-ordering a copy yourself!

this list features upcoming books that feature sapphic MCs or romance and are releasing in 2026!

I got a request for a list of sapphic fiction/romances with ambiguous covers that wouldn't be flagged by their country's customs and subsequently tossed. Thought I'd post it here, in case it might benefit someone else!

wlw across genres

A deck of magical cards and books

queer? yes. fall? halloween? spooky? fantasy? mystical? all and more? yes probably?!

Books set to be released in 2026 or 2027. All genres welcomed. Books will be removed at end of release month.

--RELEASE DATES-- Appraisals: A Novel | RELEASED Kitten | RELEASED Queen Mab | RELEASED Soft Spots | RELEASED The Project: A Novel | RELEASED Death Card | 8/11/2026 Mia | 8/11/2026 The Responsible Party: A Novel | 8/11/2026 Bound By Fury | 8/18/2026 First Summer | 8/18/2026 The Secret Dinner: A Novel | 8/18/2026 Hellbound | 8/28/2026 I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell | 9/1/2026 Before We Burn | 9/9/2026 Daughter of the Dark (Daughters of Auquis, 1 | 9/15/2026 Dead Beat | 9/15/2026 Fallow | 9/15/2026 The Age of Blood and Magic: A Novel | 9/15/2026 The Fractured Life of Lucy Hughes | 9/22/2026 Reap & Sow | 10/6/2026 Strange Lights | 10/6/2026 Twisted Vows: An Immortal Consequences Story | 10/6/2026 Victorious (Villains, #3) | 10/6/2026 Ultan Academy | 10/6/2026 The Gods of Blood and Honey | 10/30/2026 This Wretched Alchemy | 11/10/2026 Nanny Nanny: A Novel | 11/17/2026 Tylor Whitlock Just Won't Die | 1/5/2027 The Divinity Thieves | 1/26/2027 Viper & Lilies | 2/2/2027 Milkiverse | 2/2/2027 Gutterwitch | 3/2/2027 To Burn a Kingdom | 4/6/2027 Dreams of Ruin | 6/24/2027