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LGBTQIA+ Book Club in December
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Every heart a doorway
by Seanan McGuire
Sent away to a home for children who have tumbled into fantastical other worlds and are looking for ways to return, Nancy triggers dark changes among her fellow schoolmates and resolves to expose the truth when a child dies under suspicious magical circumstances.
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Seven Suspects
by Renee James
Bobbi Logan is a successful businesswoman and a celebrated hairdresser. She is a witty, articulate woman who has survived rape, gender transition, a murder investigation, and countless acts of bullying and bigotry to get where she is--and she's made enemies along the way. Now one of them is stalking her. With each passing day, the threats become more brazen, more violent, and more personal. No one knows who her stalker is or why he's after her, but he's getting closer every day.
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My house gathers desires
by Adam McOmber
Adam McOmber's lush, hallucinatory stories are both familiar and wholly original. Drawn from the historical record, Biblical lore, fairy tales, science fiction, and nightmares, these offbeat and fantastical works explore gender and sexuality in their darkest and most beautiful manifestations. In the tradition of Angela Carter or Kelly Link, My House Gathers Desires is covertly funny and haunting, seeking fresh ways to consider sexual identity and its relation to history.
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The tiger's daughter
by Arsenault K. Rivera
As the border walls of the Hokkaran empire begin to crumble, two young warriors, having grown up across borders since their prophesied birth and using a power that can reach through time and space, must save the world from the encroaching demons.
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Logical Family : A Memoir
by Armistead Maupin
The best-selling author of the Tales of the City series chronicles his odyssey from the old South to freewheeling San Francisco, a personal journey that shaped his evolution from a curious youth to a ground-breaking writer and gay rights pioneer.
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Spinning
by Tillie Walden
Unable to conceive of a life beyond her competitive training regimen, a teen figure skater begins to question her unrelenting lifestyle in the wake of a growing passion for art and a first love with a new girlfriend.
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Don't Call Us Dead : Poems
by Danez Smith
Smith's unflinching poetry addresses race, class, sexuality, faith, social justice, mortality, and the challenges of living HIV positive at the intersection of black and queer identity. The collection opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men shot by police, a place where suspicion, violence, and grief are forgotten and replaced with the safety, love, and longevity they deserved on earth. "Dear White America," which Smith performed at the 2014 Rustbelt Midwest Region Poetry Slam, has as strong an impact on the page as it did on the spoken word stage. Smith's courage and hope amidst the struggle for unity in America will humble and uplift you.
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Release
by Patrick Ness
Struggling with his family's religious beliefs, an employer's ultimatum and his unrequited love for his ex, Adam struggles to move on with a best friend and a new relationship while trying to find the courage to stay true to himself.
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27 hours
by Tristina Wright
During one twenty-seven-hour night, four youths from very different backgrounds must stop the war between the colonies and an army of monsters while handling their own worst fears and secret desires.
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That inevitable Victorian thing
by E. K Johnston
Preparing for her arranged marriage and coronation in an alternate-universe near-future where the British Empire never fell, crown princess Victoria-Margaret, a descendent of Victoria I, embarks on a final summer filled with balls and freedom before forging an unusual bond with a geneticist's daughter and a shipping heir.
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Echo After Echo
by Amy Rose Capetta
Brought to the Aurelia Theater to play her dream role in a Greek tragedy under the watchful eye of an exacting director, Zara is repeatedly distracted by a series of suspicious accidents and an alluring rebel who brings light and laughter into Zara's life.
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Vanilla
by Billy Merrell
Told in a series of blank verse poems two boys, Van (called Vanilla) and Hunter, tell of their relationship which began before they were teenagers, but floundered in high school, mostly because Hunter thinks they should be having sex and Vanilla is not so sure.
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Wild beauty
by Anna-Marie McLemore
For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, hiding a terrible legacy, until mysterious Fel arrives and Estrella helps him explore his dangerous past.
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