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Last week, I asked you which 2024 queer book I should read next, and the results are in. The book that got the highest votes was Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo, which was very convenient for me, because I already had it out from the library! (Though, it is already overdue…) I’m a few chapters in and am intrigued, though I can see how the writing style is controversial: it’s quite matter-of-fact and sometimes feels abrupt. The concept is strong, though, so I’m on board to see what happens next.
Now, I have a few of the most exciting new queer books out this week to share with you. It’s the fifth Tuesday in a month, which generally means there are fewer new releases — the biggest releases tend to be on the first Tuesday of the month. While there aren’t a ton of queer books out today (there isn’t a bonus list of more like I usually have), the titles that are out are top-notch, from queer love in Iran to a sapphic historical mystery set during the Harlem Renaissance to an F/F space opera, essays by a renowned trans writer, queer YA horror, and more.
New LGBTQ Releases This Week
Boys of Love by Ghazi Rabihavi, translated by Poupeh Missaghi (Gay Fiction)
This book was originally published in Farsi in the UK, and it was banned in Iran. It was then translated into French, and now it’s available in English. It follows two men falling in love during the Iranian Cultural Revolution and the Iran-Iraq war. They leave their village to look for a place to be together safely in a country where homosexuality is punishable by death.
A Lethal Lady (Harlem Renaissance #3) by Nekesa Afia (Sapphic Historical Mystery)
This is the third book in the Harlem Renaissance Mystery series, which started with Dead Dead Girls. The first book follows Louise as she tries to run from her past and enjoy her life with her girlfriend, but when young Black women are murdered outside the speakeasy she works for, she’s reluctantly pulled into the investigation. By book three, Louise thinks she’s escaped all that by living in Paris, but then she receives a letter from an old friend in Harlem who sends her on a search for a missing young woman.
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Peerless (Novel) Vol. 1 (Peerless: Wu Shuang) by Meng Xi Shi (M/M Historical Mystery)
This is a new danmei/Boys’ Love series from the author of the very popular Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu series — and they’re set in the same universe. Originally published in Chinese,