Every week, I look at the biggest bestseller lists and note the overlap to see the bestselling books of the week, according to all the lists. It’s interesting to see the buzzy books of the moment, but the selection typically leaves something to be desired. That list is usually very predictable and anything but diverse. It points to just how monolithic (white, straight, cis, abled, etc) the biggest books are right now, representing only a very narrow range of voices.
That said, there are different ways to look at the bestseller lists. That weekly feature only looks at the top ten of each list. Today, I’ve gone through every one of the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, and Indie Bestseller lists in full to find the bestselling queer books of the week. With this broader scope, I’ve found eight queer books on one or more bestseller lists, from literary fiction to middle grade fantasy. Unfortunately, the queer selection of bestsellers is still disproportionately by white authors.
Can you guess the two queer books that appeared on both the USA Today
and Indie Bestseller lists this week?
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