#A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell

[betterbooksandthings]

"Radically reimagining queer joy is the project of the best queer historical romance books.

Historical research and fantasy are the founding pillars of historical romance. There are certain things about the past that any historical romance is willing to hand-wave away. In return, readers of the genre buy into that imagined past.

Queer historical romance is perhaps more radical in its approach. Not because it is less historically accurate than any other historical romance but because it works against the myth that queer people never existed in the past.

Patriarchy, Teleology, and Queer Historical Romance

Patriarchy and teleology undoubtedly work against queer historical romance. The teleological view of history is the idea that history works in a forward march of progress to a single unified goal. Teleology works against historical romance’s aim to humanize people from the past. The genre gives characters access to joy and agency that often feels anachronistic, especially to readers unfamiliar with the periods.

Pair teleology with a frankly overwhelming body of historians using patriarchal lenses to interpret history, and many dismiss all historical romance as entirely inaccurate. Not to mention, a general de-prioritization of joy and the humanization of people throughout history complicates the idea that everyone should view the past one way.

As historical romance books continue to include queer and BIPOC characters, arguments of historical inaccuracy continue to pile onto the genre. Queer historical romance rejects the claim, “In the before times, things were bad, everyone was horrible, and queer people or non-white people didn’t have power.”

So, while all historical fiction will include fiction by its genre category alone, diverse historical romance bears the brunt of historical inaccuracy claims.

What Makes a Great Queer Historical Romance?

So maybe it is unsurprising that I love queer historical romance quite so much. It’s radical, fun, engrossing, and sometimes downright silly.

Selecting just a dozen books to feature in this list was difficult, especially when so many queer historical romance authors have excellent backlists. If I were you, I would start with the twelve best queer historical romance books here and then go into each other’s backlist for an even better time."

[transbookoftheday]

Hi, do you know of any trans m/f romances? I feel like the majority of them are m/m, which I enjoy, but I want some variety sometimes!

Yes! Here are some of my favorites:

Book Titles:

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell

A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee

Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues

Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Historical Romance with Trans Men

The Doctor’s Discretion by EE Ottoman (m/m) A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell (m/f) A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander (m/m) The Companion by EE Ottoman (t4t4t f/f/m) A Bloomy Head by J. Winifred Butterworth (m/f)

[libraryleopard]

reading a shore thing by joanna lowell (victorian romance novel about a trans painter and a female botanist bicycling around cornwall) and hello olivia cooke and misia butler i have an important proposal

[the-forest-library]

August 2024 Reads

The Pairing - Casey McQuiston

Slow Dance - Rainbow Rowell

The Break-Up Pact - Emma Lord

Last Seen Online - Lauren James

All's Fair in Love and War - Virginia Heath

A Shore Thing - Joanna Lowell

You Should Be So Lucky - Cat Sebastian

This Spells Love - Kate Robb

Where Are You, Echo Blue? - Hayley Krischer

My Antonia - Willa Cather

The Girl in Question - Tess Sharpe

The Only Light Left Burning - Erik J. Brown

Death at Morning House - Maureen Johnson

Hawkeye: Bishop Takes King - Ashley Poston

Across a Field of Starlight - Blue Delliquanti

Show Up and Vote - Ani DiFranco

A Product of Genetics and Day Drinking - Jess H. Gutierrez

The Hard Parts - Oksana Masters

Rage Becomes Her - Soraya Chemaly

The Genius of Judy - Rachelle Bergstein

Me Vs Brain - Hayley Morris

Forever Barbie - M.G. Lord

It's Not Hysteria - Karen Tang

The New Menopause - Mary Claire Haver

The Nervous System Reset - Jessica Maguire

The Modern Trauma Toolkit - Christy Gibson

Small Talk - Richard Pink

Girls Just Wanna Have Funds - Emma Due Bitz

Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! - Julio Vincent Gambit

Work Won't Love You Back - Sarah Jaffe

The Tree Collectors - Amy Stewart

Cowpuppy - Gregory Berns

Bold = Highly Recommend

Italics = Worth It

Crossed Out = Nope

Thoughts:  Unfortunately this month was marked by some disappointments (eagerly anticipated reads: Slow Dance, Last Seen Online) and (sequels to books I loved: The Girl in Question, The Only Light Left Burning), but The Pairing restored my faith in Casey McQuiston and left me desperate for a European food and wine tour.

Goodreads Goal: 289/300 2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads| 2022 Reads | 2023 Reads | 2024 Reads

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in June 2024 🌈

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats, and happy Pride Month!! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ The Shadow of Summer - Marlon Yelich 🧡 Of Stardust - (ed) Avrah C. Baren 💛 The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye - Briony Cameron 💚 Triple Sec - T.J. Alexander 💙 Same Difference - E.J. Copperman 💜 The Pull of the Tide - Various ❤️ The Misadventures of Getting Lainey a Date - Eija Jimenez 🧡 Surface Pressure - Adrian J. Smith & Neen Cohen 💛 Mirrored Heavens - Rebecca Roanhorse 💙 The Fire Within Them - Matthew Ward 💜 One and Done - Frederick Smith 🌈 Digging for Destiny - Jenna Jarvis

❤️ She Who Brought the Storm - Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea 🧡 Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights - James Persichetti & L.S. Biehler 💛 London on My Mind - Clara Alves (translated by Nina Perrotta) 💚 The Deep Dark - Molly Knox Ostertag 💙 Furious - Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos 💜 Gay the Pray Away - Natalie Naudus ❤️ Such A Small World - Jordan Clayden-Lewis 🧡 Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner - CeCé Telfer 💛 Cicada Summer - Erica McKeen 💙 We Used to Live Here - Marcus Kliewer 💜 Dandelion - Merlina Garance 🌈 The Curse of the Goddess - C.C. González

❤️ The Schoolmaster - Jessica Tvordi 🧡 Cigarette Lemonade - Connor de Bruler 💛 Coil of Boughs - Penny Moss 💚 Ballad for Jasmine Town - Molly Ringle 💙 Asking for a Friend - Ronnie Riley 💜 Pleasure Principle - Madeleine Cravens ❤️ Perfect Revenge - Jessica Burkhart 🧡 Lockjaw - Matteo L. Cerilli 💛 Markless - C.G. Malburi 💙 Queer Art - Gemma Rolls-Bentley 💜 Morally Straight - Mike De Socio 🌈 Our Bodies Electric - Zackary Vernon

❤️ Love Is All - Various 🧡 Becoming Ted - Matt Cain 💛 Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet - Molly Morris 💚 Dear Cisgender People: A Guide to Trans Allyship and Empathy - Kenny Ethan Jones 💙 Pole Position - Rebecca J. Caffery 💜 Something to be Proud Of - Anna Zoe Quirke ❤️ Hot Hires - Nan Campbell, Alaina Erdell, Jesse J. Thoma 🧡 Lord of the Empty Isles - Jules Arbeaux 💛 Kissing Girls on Shabbat - Sara Glass 💙 When You Smile - Melissa Brayden 💜 We Could Be Heroes - Philip Ellis 🌈 But How Are You, Really - Ella Dawson

❤️ A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence - Jess Everlee 🧡 Take All of Us - Natalie Leif 💛 One Killer Problem - Justine Pucella Winans 💚 Why Are People Into That? - Tina Horn 💙 Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity - Jack Turban 💜 Lady Eve's Last Con - Rebecca Fraimow ❤️ Sea of Broken Glass - Jenna Pine 🧡 Rapunzella, Or, Don't Touch My Hair - Ella McLeod 💛 Wolfpitch - Balazs Lorinczi 💙 Looking for a Sign - Susie Dumond 💜 Director's Cut - Carlyn Greenwald 🌈 Wish You Weren't Here - Erin Baldwin

❤️ Act Two - Rochelle Wolf 🧡 Unexploded Remnants - Elaine Gallagher 💛 The Stars Want Blood - Morgan Lawson 💚 Shadows Dark and Deadly - Andrea Marie Johnson 💙 Design of Darkness - R.D. Pires 💜 Two Sides to Every Murder - Danielle Valentine ❤️ Meet Me in the Sky - Jeffrey K. Davenport 🧡 A Shore Thing - Joanna Lowell 💛 The Lions' Den - Iris Mwanza 💙 Under the Dragon Moon - Mawce Hanlin 💜 A Sea of Wolves - Sarah Street 🌈 Saints of Storm and Sorrow - Gabriella Buba

❤️ Private Rites - Julia Armfield 🧡 Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous - Mae Marvel 💛 The Stars Too Fondly - Emily Hamilton 💚 Keeping Carmen Ruiz - Alyson Root 💙 Cuckoo - Gretchen Felker-Martin 💜 Heartwaves - Anita Kelly ❤️ Bound to the Wild Fae - Tavia Lark 🧡 Four Squares - Bobby Finger 💛 The Ghost of Us - James L. Sutter 💙 Poison in Their Hearts - Laura Sebastian 💜 Puppy Love - Elle Sprinkle 🌈 Hot Summer - Elle Everhart

❤️ Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen and the Matchmaking Scheme - Mari SanGiovanni 🧡 All Friends Are Necessary - Tomas Moniz 💛 Six of Sorrow - Amanda Linsmeier 💚 Shanghai Murder - Jessie Chandler 💙 PROUD - Anthology 💜 Little Rot - Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ Fling - Deja Elise 🧡 Too Many Stars to Count - Frances M. Thompson 💛 Rakesfall - Vajra Chandrasekera 💙 The Unrelenting Earth - Kritika H. Rao 💜 Freakslaw - Jane Flett 🌈 Please Stop Trying to Leave Me - Alana Saab

❤️ A Sense of Shifting - Coco Romack, Yael Malka 🧡 Moonstorm - Yoon Ha Lee 💛 Now, Conjurers - Freddie Kölsch 💚 Hide No More - Rita Potter 💙 Running Close to the Wind - Alexandra Rowland 💜 The Afterlife of Mal Caldera - Nadi Reed Perez ❤️ Her, Him & I - Christian Weissmann 🧡 The Sons of El Rey - Alex Espinoza 💛 Show Me Your Teeth - Amy Marsden 💙 Defeating Demons and Breaking Up With My Boyfriend - Dylan James 💜 For Real - Alexis Hall 🌈 The Clarity of Light - Jade Church

[mermaidsirennikita]

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell is a historical romance with a trans rake hero

I repeat A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell is a historical romance with a trans rake hero

(and also they meet cute when she throws him off balance on his high speed bicycle ride and he crashes and is woozy after and keeps mistaking her for all these other ladies while she gets increasingly offended while also being like "that DOES sound interesting" internally)

[hopedflightarc]

𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑

𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐒 / 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄: bee / harper

𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘: may 1

𝐙𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍:  taurus

𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓: 5’0"

𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒:  gaming, reading, sewing / crafting.

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑: yellow!

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊: currently the dungeon crawler carl series by matt dinniman; historically it's the enchanted forest chronicles series by patricia c wrede

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆: joyride by kesha

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄 / 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖: relative strangers (2006)

𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃: just finished "eye of the bedlam bride" by matt dinniman (book 6 of the dungeon crawler carl series). also just started reading "a shore thing" by joanna lowell (queer victorian romance novel with ftm love interest!)

𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: i could write u essays about the characters that inspired fel's story (biggest ones are anne shirley, wendy darling, alice liddel, and coraline). she is also based off of a character in a dnd campaign i am in!

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐔𝐑𝐋: eilistraee is associated with the moon, as is lurue. also cleric! she prayed for someone to answer her and the moon did, so she keeps praying.

𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓: in the spring i am going back to school (online) to start my master's degree in library science, school not fully decided yet but i have 3 offers!

tagged by: stole it from @maestrojax tagging: yes! :D

[appropriatelystupid]

For the book asks:

1, 3, 9

1. How many books did you read this year?

as of today, 108… i have a bunch with me and wanted to knock out a couple more but idk if i’ll get them in

3. What were your top five (6) books of the year?

my 5-stars this year were:

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

You, with a View by Jessica Joyce

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

The Good Part by Sophie Cousens

A Bluestocking’s Guide to Decadence by Jess Everlee

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell

9. Did you get into any new genres?

it’s not really a new genre per se but i’m getting back into fantasy stuff again

book asks

[burnlikeme]

January 2025 reading wrap-up

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (trans. Oliver Ready), reread no. eight (est.) 5/5 per usual no notes

Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams 2/5 literally go fuck yourself "god gave you your diabetes to make you more you" I'm going to rip your pancreas out with my bare hands and consume it in front of you while you scream and bleed out die die die die die

If the Tide Turns by Rachel Rueckert 2/5 how do you fuck up historical fiction about witches and pirates this badly holy shit

Ashes of Gold by J. Elle 3.5/5 better than book one, don't recommend the series though.

Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland 5/5 middle grade historical fiction with a murder mystery ft. some ghosts, ABSOLUTELY check this out.

A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga 5/5 little middle grade novel that dealt with more heavy themes than I expected

Prelude for Lost Souls by Helene Dunbar DNF, a hot mess

The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin 5/5 Ruta can do no real wrong

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell 3.5/5 meh, too meandering

The Alchemists of Loom by Elise Kova 4.5/5 INSTANTLY hooked hello?????

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill 3/5 ehh little too on the nose as a 2016 election metaphor, soz. you can't fix trvmp with pie and kindness I fear. (or letting him get eaten)

The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee 5/5 "We deserve to dream of beautiful things again."

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones 3/5 aw man. :/

Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman 2/5 DNF at 60% shut up bird box man

The Gathering Dark ed. Tori Bovalino 3.5/5 anthology, individual story ratings on my GR.

The Gentleman's Book of Vices by Jess Everlee 4/5 tee hee

The Dragons of Nova by Elise Kova 5/5 instant obsession with this series continues

The Prospects by KT Hoffman 3/5 listen I can smell a flipped fanfic a MILE away

A Rulebook for Restless Rogues by Jess Everlee 4/5 hee hee

The Rebels of Gold by Elise Kova 5/5 can't believe it's over aaaaaaa

[smallboyonherbike]

i like to not read too much similar books one after the other tho to be fair i mainly read a lot of romance, but i'll go btw historical and contemporary and then throw in fantasy in btw, but also why did i just finish a really really sweet and lovely trans historical romance (a shore thing by joanna lowell, absolute recommend) and go okay it's time for a non fiction. i should finally read going clear about scientology

[genius-species]

What I Read in 2024

I read 44 books in 2024.

I did not meet any of my 2023 goals - I read no Spanish language picture books, no poetry, no translated books, and did not finish any books by Sudanese, Ukranian, or Palestinian authors.

For 2025, my goal is to fall in love with reading again! I think downloading my library's SimplyE app is going to help--now I'm not locked into borrowing only Kindle books or hard copies.

Highlights of 2024 reading include the newest KJ Charles novel and T. Kingfisher's latest Paladin book (Shane, my beloved). A friend introduced my to Joanna Lowell's work (historical romance featuring lady fine artists! heck yes!). I also enjoyed learning more about Edith Hamilton (pour one out for when 'public intellectual' was an actual career path, seriously).

What did you read and enjoy this year?

My full list below the cut:

Romance

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles

The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

Diamond Ring by K. D. Casey

For Her Consideration by Amy Spaulding

The Hate Project by Kris Ripper

To Marry and To Meddle by Martha Waters

The Duke at Hazard by KJ Charles

The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian

The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian

10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall

Pansies by Alexis Hall

For Real by Alexis Hall

Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell

The Duke Undone by Joanna Lowell

Mystery

Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose

Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose

The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen

YA

Travelers Along the Way by Aminah Mae Safi

Fantasy / Sci Fi

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldtree

The Ladies of Mandrigyn by Barbara Hambly

Witchmark by C. L. Polk

Stormsong by C. L. Polk

Soulstar by C. L. Polk

Wolfsong by TJ Klune

Ravensong by TJ Klune

The Hopkins Manuscript by R. C. Sherriff

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher

Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher

Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

Historical Fiction

All the World Beside by Garrard Conley

Nonfiction

Ask a Queer Chick: A Guide to Sex, Love, and Life for Girls Who Dig Girls by Lindsay King-Miller

Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski

American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton by Victoria Houseman

A Year's Turning by Michael Viney

The Race to be Myself by Caster Semenya

A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm by Edwin Way Teale

Your House in the County by Henry and Eugenia Mins

[transbookoftheday]

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell

A delightfully queer Victorian love story, featuring a boldly brash trans hero, the beguiling botanist who captures his heart, and a buoyant bicycle race by the British seaside — from the author of The Duke Undone.

Former painter and unreformed rake Kit Griffith is forging a new life in Cornwall, choosing freedom over an identity that didn't fit. He knew that leaving his Sisterhood of women artists might mean forfeiting artistic community forever. He didn’t realize he would lose his ability to paint altogether. Luckily, he has other talents. Why not devote himself to selling bicycles and trysting with the holidaymakers?

Enter Muriel Pendrake, the feisty New-York-bound botanist who has come to St. Ives to commission Kit for illustrations of British seaweeds. Kit shouldn’t accept Muriel’s offer, but he must enlist her help to prove to an all-male cycling club that women can ride as well as men. And she won't agree unless he gives her what she wants. Maybe that's exactly the challenge he needs.

As Kit and Muriel spend their days cycling together, their desire begins to burn with the heat of the summer sun. But are they pedaling toward something impossible? The past is bound to catch up to them, and at the season’s end, their paths will diverge. With only their hearts as guides, Kit and Muriel must decide if they’re willing to race into the unknown for the adventure of a lifetime.

[lgbtqreads]

New Releases: June 18, 2024

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell Former painter and unreformed rake Kit Griffith is forging a new life in Cornwall, choosing freedom over an identity that didn’t fit. He knew that leaving his Sisterhood of women artists might mean forfeiting artistic community forever. He didn’t realize he would lose his ability to paint altogether. Luckily, he has other talents. Why not devote himself to selling…

[libraryleopard]

September reads

Tongues of Fire by Seán Hewitt

It Ain’t Over Till the Bisexual Speaks: An Anthology of Bisexual Voices edited by Lois Shearing and Vaneet Mehta

The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

Really Cute People by Markus Harwood-Jones

The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A. 

Summer Spirit by Elizabeth Holleville

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

Lost Places: Stories by Sarah Pinsker

The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj

The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy

Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

The Underwater Ballroom Society edited Tiffany Trent and Stephanie Burgis

The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports by Michael Waters

Daniel, Deconstructed by James Ramos

Sins of the Black Flamingo vol. 1 by Andrew Wheeler and Travis Moore

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell

The Tower by Flora Carr

Cosmoknights vol. 2 by Hannah Templer

True Love and Other Impossible Odds by Christina Li

Now We’re Getting Somewhere by Kim Addonizio

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women’s Culture by June Thomas

Smile and Be a Villain by Yves Donlon

Homebody by Theo Parish

[clinchcoverenthusiast]

Storygraph's new monthly wrap-up graphic is here! There's also a monthly view with ratings but I stuck with the cover only view since don't rate everything.

July was another mostly stellar reading month with many more of my anticipated new releases. Saga and The Hunger and the Dust returned! Chuck Tingle, Stephen Graham Jones, and Paul Tremblay knocked it out of the horror park. Cathy Yardley gave me more actual 40+ year old adults falling in love and Adriana Anders brought some serious both over 30 OWYM breeding kink heat. Once Bitten was so good that I forgive the cliffhanger ending and now I'll just have to read the rest of Heather's backlist while I (im)patiently wait for Twice Shy. Everything was from Hoopla or Libby except for Hot Blooded, Well Bred, Do Me a Favor, and Once Bitten, which were KU. Here's everything in chronological reading order:

A Shore Thing - Joanna Lowell

Hot Blooded (Tooth & Claw #2) - Heather Guerre

The Partner Plot (Greene Sisters #2) - Kristina Forest* **

The Hunger and the Dusk: Book Two #1 (The Hunger and the Dusk 2.1) - G. Willow Wilson

Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle

Well Bred - Adriana Anders

Pink Slime - Fernanda Trías

Do Me a Favor - Cathy Yardley* **

I Was a Teenage Slasher - Stephen Graham Jones*

Books & Broadswords Vol. 1 (Books & Broadswords #1) - Jessie Mihalik

Horror Movie - Paul Tremblay

Once Bitten (Tooth & Claw #3) - Heather Guerre

Roaming - Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki* **

Saga #67 - Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

This One Summer - Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki*

* = author(s) of color

** = main character(s) of color