Now I know what you’re thinking: hey Book Riot, aren’t your Riot Roundups usually a quarterly affair? Why yes, yes they are. So why is this one a six-month roundup? Because we’re all just doing out best out here and sometimes a ball gets dropped. Enjoy this extra special list of reads for readers of all stripes, and happy reading! —Steph Auteri —Liberty Hardy —Steph Auteri —Mara Franzen —Lucas Maxwell —Stacey Megally —Danika Ellis —Alison –R. Nassor —Lyndsie Manusos —Cassie Gutman —Leah von Essen —Margaret Kingsbury —Rachel Rosenberg —Sarah Nicolas —Sarah S. Davis —Margaret Kingsbury –Alice Nuttall —Nikki DeMarco —Susie Dumond —Mara Franzen —Tracy Shapley Towley —Elisa Shoenberger —Susie Dumond It is a book that questions several things, and it starts by questioning death (and, with it, life). But, at its core, it is also a story about the spaces in which (queer) love exists, and how it can break or make us, so often guided by circumstances outside of ourselves. Furthermore, it is a book about immigration, and about belonging, and about found family — especially when we allow said found family to find us. —Carina Pereira —Alison Doherty —Laura Sackton —Sarah S. Davis —Liberty Hardy —Jamie Canavés —Annika Barranti Klein —R. Nassor —Jamie Canavés —Mikkaka Overstreet —Emily Martin —Leah Rachel von Essen —Carina Pereira