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Disappoint me : a novel
by Nicola Dinan
""Fell down the stairs and woke up a trad wife." Max is thirty, a published poet and grossly overpaid legal counsel for a tech company. With a lifetime of dysphoria and fuccbois rattling around in her head, Max is plagued with a deep dissatisfaction during what should be the best years of her life. After taking a spill down the stairs at a New Year's Eve party, she decides to make some changes. First things first: a stab at good old-fashioned heteronormativity. Max thinks she's found the answer in Vincent, a corporate lawyer and hobby baker, whose trad friendship group may as well speak a foreign language, and whose Chinese parents never pictured their son dating a trans woman. This uncharted territory may have rough terrain, but Vincent cares for Max ina way she'd long given up on as a foolish fantasy. Yet Vincent is carrying his own baggage from his gap year in Thailand a decade prior: an explosive entanglement with a mysterious, gorgeous traveler. Voice-driven, warm, and poignant, Disappoint Me is anexploration of millennial angst, race, trans panic, and the allure of bourgeois domesticity that asks if we are defined by our worst mistakes"
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The original : a novel
by Nell Stevens
Raised on the fringes of her uncle's crumbling Oxfordshire estate, gifted art forger Grace plots her escape until the arrival of a man claiming to be her long-lost cousin forces her to confront shifting boundaries of identity and truth.
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Girls girls girls : a novel
by Shoshana von Blanckensee
Emma Cline's THE GUEST meets Haley Jakobson's OLD ENOUGH in this vibrant and intoxicating queer Jewish coming-of-age debut, set in 1990s San Francisco, about a young woman who finds herself torn between her fraught relationships with her childhood best friend and first love, and with an older lesbian she works for. An achingly tender and resonant story of survival, first love, and growing up queer in the '90s, Girls Girls Girls is a piercing exploration of the choices we make in the thrilling and often confounding search for ourselves and home.
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A Rare Find
by Joanna Lowell
When an aspiring archaeologist teams up with her childhood enemy for a treasure hunt, they find it impossible to bury their growing feelings, in a charming queer historical romance from the author of A Shore Thing.
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Anywhere you go
by Bridget Morrissey
A small-town waitress and a big-city Broadway press agent swap homes to escape the messiness of their personal lives, only to find new purpose-and new love. Tatum Ward and Eleanor Chapman lead totally opposite lives. When both women's lives unexpectedly blow up at the exact same time, they each need an escape, and fast. In Tatum's hometown, Eleanor expects a quiet hideaway where she can recharge. Instead she gets wrapped up in the family drama that Tatum left town to avoid, pulled in by Tatum's charismatic older sibling, Carson, who charms Eleanor at every turn. Tatum ends up in Eleanor's New York high-rise apartment with June. One week together in the big city might make it impossible for Tatum to avoid not just her true feelings for June, but her real dreams for her life. Amid a friendship with a reclusive Hollywood actress and a complicated family reunion, Tatum and Eleanor each discover much more than they bargained for away from home. Their house swap won't last forever, but it might be just long enough for both women to surrender their defenses and finally fight for the life-and love-they deserve.
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Flirting lessons
by Jasmine Guillory
When shy, newly single Avery enlists flirty heartbreaker Taylor for flirting lessons, their playful arrangement ignites undeniable chemistry, forcing both women to confront their feelings and risk everything for the chance at something real.
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Stop me if you've heard this one : a novel
by Kristen Arnett
Cherry Hendricks, a struggling clown in Orlando, juggles work, family pressures, and a chaotic performer community while navigating mentorship and romance with an accomplished magician, Margot, as she strives to redefine her art, career and identity in a world of comedy and spectacle.
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Woodworking
by Emily St. James
In small-town South Dakota, newly divorced Erica, a closeted trans teacher, forms an unlikely bond with Abigail, a bold trans student navigating senior year, as their friendship withstands community scrutiny as it shapes their journeys toward self-acceptance and authenticity.
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Mutual Interest
by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
At the turn of the 20th century, Vivian Lesperance operates Clancey & Schmidt, a preeminent manufacturer of soap, perfume, and candles, from behind the image of Oscar Schmidt and Squire Clancey, and when Oscar and Squire fall in love, the trio form a new partnership, in this story of queer romance and power.
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Murder in the dressing room
by Holly Stars
When Misty Divine's drag mother, Lady Lady, is found dead in her dressing room beside a poisoned box of chocolates and the performers are suspected by police, Misty must solve the crime before the culprit strikes again.
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The three lives of Cate Kay
by Kate Fagan
Cate Kay, a reclusive bestselling author, has concealed her identity for years, but when a devastating tragedy from her past resurfaces, she's forced to confront the secrets that derailed her dreams and return to the place she's been running from.
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How to sleep at night : a novel
by Elizabeth Harris
Ethan and Gabe's marriage is tested when Ethan announces his congressional run as a Republican, while Nicole rekindles a romance with Ethan's sister Kate, a political reporter whose life spirals as family and career collide.
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I Might be in Trouble
by Daniel Aleman
A suspenseful dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead-and must now decide how far he's willing to go to spin the event into his next big book.
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How does that make you feel, Magda Eklund?
by Anna Montague
Magda, a therapist grieving her best friend, embarks on a cross-country road trip with her friend's ashes, confronting her past and discovering new possibilities for her life and identity in her seventies.
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The Shutouts
by Gabrielle Korn
A brilliant queer dystopian novel following a cast of characters on the margins of a strange and exclusive new society. The year is 2041, and it's a dangerous time to be a woman driving across the United States alone. Deadly storms and uncontrollable wildfires are pummeling the country while political tensions are rising. Set in the world of Gabrielle Korn's Yours for the Taking, The Shutouts tells the captivating story of those who have been shut out from Inside, their fight to survive, and an interconnectedness larger than all of them.
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April May June July
by Alison B. Hart
Four estranged siblings meet up at a family wedding and are shocked to discover the presence of their father, who went missing while serving overseas, leaving the family members to each confront their complicated pasts.
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Becoming Ted
by Matt Cain
A Lancaster man working at his family's ice cream company must reinvent himself and his life when his husband Giles sudden leaves him for another man, in the new novel by the author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle.
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Karaoke Queen
by Dominic Lim
When Rex Araneta finds out that his college sweetheart Aaron Berry is now living in the same town and needs help saving his karaoke bar, Rex dons his internet-famous drag queen alter ego to save the club and maybe get a second chance at love.
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Make the Season Bright
by Ashley Herring Blake
Two exes find themselves stuck at the same house for Christmas in this holiday romance.
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Swordcrossed
by Freya Marske
Mattinesh Jay, dutiful heir to his struggling family business, needs to hire an experienced swordsman to serve as best man for his arranged marriage.
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Whenever You're Ready
by Rachel Runya Katz
After reconnecting on a road trip, two friends must decide if love is the ultimate risk worth taking in this funny, emotional sapphic romance. Rachel Runya Katz's Whenever You're Ready is about family, friendship, and the kind of first love that could last a lifetime--if only you are willing to take a chance.
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Fall for Him
by Andie Burke
After a disastrous move-in mishap involving his irritable downstairs neighbor, Dylan Gallagher navigates a chaotic living situation exacerbated by a flood, a collapsed ceiling and a hidden dog, while struggling to resist an unexpected attraction.
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Here for the Wrong Reasons
by Annabel Paulsen
In this swoon-filled lesbian romcom, two dating show contestants vying for the affection of the leading man fall head over heels—for each other. Fans of Ashley Herring Blake and Alexandria Bellefleur, and readers who love The Bachelor, will adore this steamy, laugh-out-loud debut romance.
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I'll Get Back to You
by Becca Grischow
Murphy, stuck in her small town and failing college, sees a chance to escape when she reconnects with Ellie, a former classmate, leading them to fake a relationship to improve their futures and explore unexpected romantic sparks.
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The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean
by Ann Rose
As bisexual artist Amanda Dean gets ready on the day she's waited a lifetime for, her wedding day, memories of her past loves run through her mind, with one glaring red sign blinking above them—is this “the one”?
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Lavash at First Sight
by Taleen Voskuni
While at PakCon to promote her parents' food-packaging business and win an ad slot in the Superbowl, 27-year-old Nazeli meets Vanya, with whom she forms an instant connection, but when her parents recognize Vanya as the daughter of their greatest rival, the heat is on.
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The Guncle Abroad
by Steven Rowley
With his brother getting remarried in Italy, Patrick takes his niece and nephew back under his wing, and as they travel through Europe, he tries his best to help them understand love, while dealing with a groom with cold feet, his over-flirtatious sister and other disasters.
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The Pairing
by Casey Mcquiston
When they accidentally book the same European food and wine tour, estranged exes Theo and Kit, trapped with each other for three weeks in the most romantic cities of France, Spain and Italy, challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over each other.
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Bury Your Gays
by Chuck Tingle
An Oscar-nominated showrunner of a streaming series fights studio pressure to kill off the gay characters in the season finale while fighting real-life monsters from his horror movie days who are stalking him and his friends through the Hollywood Hills.
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Hot Summer
by Elle Everhart
Sparks fly when a young woman finds herself cast on a Love Island-inspired reality show and has to choose between her heart and her strategy in this sizzling new queer romantic comedy from the beloved author of Wanderlust.
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A Shore Thing
by Joanna Lowell
A former painter and unreformed rake working in bicycle sales in Victorian Cornwall accepts an illustration commission from a feisty botanist who enlists his help in convincing an all-male cycling club to allow women to join.
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Evocation
by S. T. Gibson
After the death of his oppressive occultist father, a psychic prodigy working as a high-powered Boston attorney turns to his ex-boyfriend, now married and in a secret society, when the Devil shows up to collect on an ancestral deal.
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Looking for a Sign
by Susie Dumond
Grey, a single queer woman determined to find her future spouse, consults with an astrologer who advises her to go on a date with someone of each zodiac sign before her 29th birthday to find her most compatible match, learning about her own needs, desires and sense of adventure along the way. Original.
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I Want You More by Swan HuntleyAn aspiring author accepts a job ghostwriting the memoir of a hit cooking show host and the pair grow close until an unexpected incident makes them question just how much they really know about each other.
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Late Bloomerby Mazey EddingsAfter winning the lottery, Opal buys a failing flower farm in North Carolina to start her painting business, but when Pepper Smith claims she's the rightful owner of the farm and refuses to move out, they strike up a cohabitation agreement that, despite their constant bickering, turns into something more.
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The Z Word by Lindsay King-MillerTrying to find her place in the queer community of San Lazara, Arizona, Wendy, when an infection turns people into violent, terrifying mindless husks, must team up with her friends and frenemies to stay alive, save Pride and track the zombie outbreak to its shocking source.
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Here We Go Againby Alison CochrunTwo former best friends, Logan and Rosemary, who went ten years without talking to each other, reunite when their beloved former English teacher and mentor tells them of his dying wish for a cross-country road trip.
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by Lex Croucher
The author of Reputation and Infamous presents a Regency-era romantic comedy with a deliciously feminist and queer twist. |
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The prospects : a novel
by KT Hoffman
The first openly trans player in professional baseball, Gene, when his current rival, Luis, comes back to the team, finds the tension between them turning into the visceral, terrifying desire he's never allowed himself and must reconcile the minor-league-sized life he once found fulfilling with the major-league dreams Luis makes feel possible. Original.
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The Mars House : a novel
by Natasha Pulley
A queer sci-fi novel about a marriage of convenience between a Mars politician and an Earth refugee.
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Like Happiness
by Ursula Villarreal-Moura
Explores the complexities of gender, power, race and fame, told through the story of a young woman's destructive relationship with a legendary writer.
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A Good Happy Girl : a novel
by Marissa Higgins
In this debut novel, a young professional woman with a self-destructive streak pursues an emotionally intense relationship with a married lesbian couple who intrigue her with their ever-increasing sexual and emotional intensity.
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How you get the girl
by Anita Kelly
High school basketball coach Julie Parker invites a team member's foster parent, a super-hot ex-WNBA star, to be her assistant coach and the pair begin to blur the lines between working together and dating.
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No one dies yet
by Kobby Ben Ben
Arriving from America to explore Ghana's colonial past, Elton, Vincent and Scott, hoping to experience the country's underground queer scene, find themselves in the grip of two very different people—Kobby, their guide to Accra's privileged queer circles and Nana, the voice of tradition and religious principle.
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Interesting facts about space
by Emily R. Austin
A woman obsessed with space and true crime podcasts begins a new relationship with her estranged half-sisters after the death of their absent father and begins to become increasingly paranoid that someone is following her.
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The (fake) dating game
by Timothy Janovsky
Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audition for his favorite game show, Madcap Market, should have been a moment of triumph...instead he's destroying the minibar in a grim Los Angeles hotel room...recently dumped, partnerless and sliding into misery...All Holden knows about Leo Min is that he's beautiful and unexpectedly sympathetic, and the chemistry between them is beyond. Maybe it's even enough to convince everyone, including the show's casting directors, that they're a real couple. All they'd have to do is crush the competition, win the huge cash prize and all of Holden's problems...will be fixed.
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Don't want you like a best friend : a novel
by Emma R. Alban
A...queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other.
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How we Named the Stars : a novel
by Andrâes N. Ordorica
Set between the United States and México, Andrés N. Ordorica's debut novel is a tender and lyrical exploration of belonging, grief and first love—a love story for those so often written off the page.
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Second chances in New Port Stephen : a novel
by T. J. Alexander
Returning home to New Port Stephen, Florida, for Christmas after his career goes south, trans TV writer and comedian Eli Ward reconnects with his high school ex and they must decide whether to leave the past in the past or move on together.
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Yours for the taking : a novel
by Gabrielle Korn
In 2050, behind the exclusive Inside Project—a series of weather-safe, city-sized structures around the world—three women, employees of the billionaire/women's rights advocate responsible for this strange new society, notice cracks in the system, in this thrilling story of queer love, betrayal and chosen family.
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One night in Hartswood
by Emma Denny
In 1360 Oxford, William de Foucart, fleeing the night before his arranged marriage, must trust the kindness of a stranger, Raff Barden, who, unbeknownst to him, has been tasked to return him home to restore his family's honor.
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A power unbound
by Freya Marske
Swearing off magic in the wake of his twin sister's death, Jack is lured back in with the threat of a dangerous ritual in the third and final novel of the trilogy following A Restless Truth.
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The manor house governess : a novel
by C. A. Castle
Accepting a position as live-in tutor for the Edwards family, Brontë Ellis arrives at Greenwood Manor where he is welcomed into the household with warmth until a tragic fire reveals dark secrets smoldering under the surface of this once elegant estate.
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10 things that never happened
by Alexis J. Hall
A chain-store owner attempts to fire the manager of the Leeds location, who bumps his head and appears to be faking amnesia, in the first novel of the new series by the author of Husband Material.
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Time to Shine by Rachel ReidFor Landon Stackhouse, being called up from the Calgary farm team is exciting and terrifying, even if, as the backup goalie, he rarely leaves the bench. A quiet loner by nature, Landon knows he gives off strong “don’t talk to me” vibes. The only player who doesn’t seem to notice is Calgary’s superstar young winger, Casey Hicks. Casey treats Landon like an old friend, even though they’ve only interacted briefly in the past. He’s endlessly charming and completely laid-back in a way that Landon absolutely can’t relate to. They couldn’t have less in common, but Landon needs a place to live that’s not a hotel room and Casey has just bought a massive house—and hates being alone. As roommates, Casey refuses to be defeated by Landon’s one-word answers. As friends, Landon comes to notice a few things about Casey, like his wide, easy smile and sparkling green-blue eyes. Spending the holidays together only intensifies their bromance-turned-romance. But as the new year approaches, the countdown to the end of Landon’s time in Calgary is on.
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Iris Kelly doesn't date
by Ashley Herring Blake
After a horrible one-night stand, Iris Kelly agreeing to pose as Stevie's girlfriend, which might provide her with some much-needed romantic content for her new book, but as they play the part of a happy couple and lines begin to blur, she wonders who will make the first real move.
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A shot in the dark : a novel
by Victoria Lee
Back in New York to study photography, an ex-Orthodox woman hooks up with a man who turns out to be her teacher, a legendary artist who was disowned by his family and discharged from the military for being transgender.
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Cleat cute : a novel
by Meryl Wilsner
Sidelined with an injury, 26-year-old Grace Henderson, a star of the US Women's National Team, falls for Phoebe Matthews, whom she considers her rival, and as the World Cup approaches and Grace gets back in the game, they must decide what's more important—being together or making the roster.
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Stars in your eyes
by Kacen Callender
To create positive buzz about their new romantic comedy, Hollywood bad boy Logan Gray, a talented but troubled actor who the public loves to hate, and Mattie Cole, an up-and-coming golden boy, are persuaded into a fake-dating scheme that soon becomes all too real, opening up old wounds and insecurities.
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Old enough
by Haley Jakobson
When her best friend from childhood gets engaged, college sophomore Savannah Henry is pulled back into a history she had just barely begun to heal from while falling in love with Wes, a sweet, nonbinary classmate.
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Lucky Red
by Claudia Cravens
In 1877, after her ne'er-do-well alcoholic father dies, 16-year-old flame-haired beauty Bridget arrives penniless in Dodge City where she's recruited by the Buffalo Queen, the only brothel in town run by women, and, after a devastating betrayal, finds her true calling as a revenge-seeking gunslinger.
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The sea elephants
by Shastri Akella
Set in 1990s India, Shagun, joining a traveling theater troupe, thrives and finds love with a handsome photographer, but is unable to free himself from his lingering shame and his father's threats to send him to a conversion center until he finds the strength to boldly claim his own happiness.
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Rosewater
by Liv Little
Evicted from her social housing in south London, 28-year-old Elsie turns to her childhood friend, Juliet, for help, and among Juliet's mismatched cushions and shelves lined with trinkets, Elsie is able to breathe for the first time in years, discovering what she's been searching for has been there all along.
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Farrell Covington and the limits of style : a novel
by Paul Rudnick
The son of one of the country's most powerful and conservative families falls for an aspiring writer from a nice Jewish family from New Jersey, resulting in passionate but catastrophic romance that spans decades of LGBTQ+ social changes.
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Sammy Espinoza's last review
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
With her life a raging dumpster fire, music critic Sammy Espinoza, to guarantee her professional comeback, arrives in Ridley Falls, Washington, to gain exclusive access to former rock god Max Ryan's first ever solo album—and get revenge on this man who ghosted her after an unforgettable night together.
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Big Gay Wedding
by Byron Lane
Barnette is getting married at his mother's farm in Louisiana with 200 fabulous guests from the “heathen coasts” despite the fact that she doesn't know it yet, in the new novel by the author of A Star is Bored.
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We Could Be So Good
by Cat Sebastian
In the late 1950s– a hostile time for gay men, reporter Nick Russo forms an unlikely friendship with Andy Fleming, the son of a newspaper-tycoon father, and as they work closely together, they fall in love and must decide if, for the first time, they're willing to fight.
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Wild Things
by Laura Kay
Giving up their big city apartments and moving out to a ramshackle house on the edge of an English country village, El, her best friend Ray and their two other closest friends transform the newly named Lavender House into a queer commune that forces El to confront her feelings for Ray.
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Best Men
by Sidney Karger
Max agrees to be the man of honor at his best friend Paige's wedding where he meets her fiancé's gay brother and the pair try to ignore the spark between them while not making the wedding all about themselves.
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The Humble Lover
by Edmund White
An 80-year-old modern-day aristocrat sets his sights on August Dupond, the soloist in the New York City Ballet, and as they start a relationship and August moves in, messy entanglements and fierce rivalries ensue, in this unforgettable, outrageous tragicomedy that explores the many layers or love and sexual desire.
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The Fiancee Farce
by Alexandria Bellefleur
Running her family's bookstore while fending off questions about her love life, Tansy Adams invents a girlfriend, Gemma, inspired by the cover model on a bestselling book, but when the real-life Gemma--who needs to marry in order to inherit her family's publishing company--discovers Tansy's charade, she takes things one step further and announces their engagement.
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The People who Report More Stress
by Alejandro Varela
The People Who Report More Stress is a collection of connected stories examining issues of parenting, systemic and interpersonal racism, and class conflict in gentrified Brooklyn.
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Just as You Are
by Camille Kellogg
Liz, a staffer at a queer magazine in New York, bristles at the changes being wrought by a new boss and investor who saves the publication from shutting down, but can't ignore the chemistry that ignites between them.
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Something Wild & Wonderful
by Anita Kelly
When he meets outgoing hiker Ben Caravalho on the Pacific Crest Trail, Alexei Lebedev falls in love on the biggest adventure of his life, but when their plans for the future are tuned upside down, he hopes they can hold on to something this wild and wonderful.
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In Memoriam
by Alice Winn
Henry Gaunt, a student at an idyllic boarding school in the English countryside is relieved to escape his feelings for Sidney Ellwood when he enlists to fight in World War I, but is horrified when all his classmates join him.
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The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen
by KJ Charles
The leader of the Doomsday smuggling clan, Joss Doomsday, to save his sister from a hanging offense, blackmails Sir Gareth with the secret of their relationship to force him to recant, but is unable to stay away from this well-mannered gentleman, and the danger and mystery he brings.
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Your driver is waiting : a novel
by Priya Guns
For the first time ever, Damani, who drives for an app, starts dating a white girl with money, but when their romance intensifies and she finally lets her guard down, her girlfriend does something unforgivable, setting off an explosive chain of events.
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Up with the Sun
by Thomas Mallon
The longtime acquaintance of a handsome could-have-been star in the 50s and 60s who faded from the spotlight until his sensational murder in 1980, pores over his life, in this part crime story, part showbiz history, part love story about personal demons and dangerously suppressed passions that span 30 years of gay life.
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Sorry, bro
by Taleen Voskuni
To appease her Armenian mother, Nar participates in a series of events in San Francisco where, instead of meeting a mom-approved man, she meets Erebuni, a woman who gives her the courage to come out as bisexual and proudly be herself for the first time in her life. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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Behind the Scenes
by Karelia Stetz-Waters
A business consultant with a series of popular and sexy mindfulness videos meets a rebounding director looking to finance her film.
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Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
by Bushra Rehman
While attending Stuyvesant, a prestigious high school in Manhattan, Razia Mirza, from a tight-knit Muslim-American community, falls in love with Angela, a fellow student, and must choose between her family and her own future when their relationship is discovered.
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The New Life
by Tom Crewe
In late 19th-century London, after Oscar Wilde is arrested, two men, who have collaborated on a book in defense of homosexuality, must decide if publishing their project is bravery or foolishness as they risk ostracism, imprisonment, their safety and the safety of the people they love.
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Lavender House
by Lev AC Rosen
While investigating the mysterious death of matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of a famous soap empire, Andy Mills is seduced by the safety and freedom found in Lavender House, where a queer family lives honestly and openly, until he becomes a pawn in their deadly game.
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At Certain Points We Touch
by Lauren John Joseph
From a new voice in fiction comes a novel of queer friendship, first love, and unbridled youth.
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Kiss Her Once for Me
by Alison Cochrun
A festive romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an engagement with her landlord...only to fall for his sister. One year ago, recent Portland transplant Ellie Oliver had her dream job in animation and a Christmas Eve meet-cute with a woman at a bookstore that led her to fall in love over the course of a single night. But after a betrayal the next morning and the loss of her job soon after, she finds herself adrift, alone, and desperate for money. Finding work at a local coffee shop, she's just getting through the days-until Andrew, the shop's landlord, proposes a shocking, drunken plan: a marriage of convenience that will give him his recent inheritance and alleviate Ellie's financial woes and isolation. They make a plan to spend the holidays together at his family cabin to keep up the ruse. But when Andrew introduces his new fiancée to his sister, Ellie is shocked to discover it's Jack-the mysterious woman she fell for over the course of one magical Christmas Eve the year before. Now, Ellie must choose between the safety of a fake relationship and the risk of something real. Perfect for fans of Written in the Stars and One Day in December, Kiss Her Once for Me is the queer holiday rom-com that you'll want to cozy up with next to the fire.
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Mistakes Were Made
by Meryl Wilsner
College senior Cassie Klein, after hooking up with a hot, older woman, discovers that she slept with her friends mom, and as this one-time fling turns into something more, they must decide if being honest about the love between them is worth risking everything.
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Less is Lost
by Andrew Sean Greer
In this highly anticipated follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Less: A Novel, Arthur Less, after the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis, sets out on a literary adventure across the U.S. during which he must finally face his personal demons.
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Didn't Nobody Give A Shit What Happened to Carlotta
by James Hannaham
After two decades in a mens prison, a free trans woman is surprised to see that New York City has changed as much as she has in the new novel by the award-winning author of Delicious Foods.
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My Government Means to Kill Me
by Rasheed Newson
In the 1980s, Trey Singleton III, a young gay black man, leaves his life of wealth and privilege behind, running away to NYC where he meets a cast of characters that changes his life as he navigates personal and political choices during the AIDS crisis.
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Ben and Beatriz
by Katalina Gamarra
Beatriz Herrera, a queer, biracial Harvard senior must put aside her dislike for rich, white playboy, Ben Montgomery, in order to save someones life in a reimagined version of Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing.
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The Death of Vivek Oji
by Akwaeke Emezi
In the wake of a southeastern Nigerian mother's discovery of her son's body on her doorstep, a family struggles to understand the enigmatic nature of a youth shaped by disorienting blackouts, diverse friendships and a cousin's worldly influence.
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Just by Looking at Him
by Ryan O'Connell
Unable to stop cheating on his boyfriend with various sex workers, and grappling with an intensifying alcohol addiction, a successful TV writer with cerebral palsy, Eliot, searches for redemption, but soon learns that facing his demons is easier said than done.
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The Kingdom of Sand
by Andrew Holleran
Moving to Florida during the height of the AIDS epidemic, a gay man, when his close friends health starts to decline, distracts himself with sexual encounters at the video porn store and visits to Walgreens as he shares reflections on illness and death.
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Young Mungo
by Douglas Stuart
In Glasgow, Mungo and James, who should be enemies due to their religious beliefs, fall in love, dreaming of finding somewhere they belong, while Mungo works hard to hide his true self from all those around him to protect them both from the danger their relationship brings.
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Sedating Elaine
by Dawn Winter
Introducing a cast of characters, this dark comedy focuses on Frances who, to appease her drug dealer, asks her new girlfriend, Elaine, to move in with her, but has no choice but to sedate Elaine when she becomes overly amorous and sex-crazed.
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Delilah Green Doesn't Care
by Ashley Herring Blake
Pressured into photographing her estranged step-sister’s wedding, Delilah Green reluctantly returns home to Bright Falls where she finds herself falling for one of the stuck-up bridesmaids after the pair are forced together during party preparations.
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A Previous Life
by Edmund White
A married couple who originally agreed to not speak of their past, failed prior relationships alternate reading from the memoirs they’ve written about their lives in a new novel that explores polyamory, bisexuality, ageing and love.
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To Paradise
by Hanya Yanagihara
Spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, an unforgettable cast of characters are united by their reckonings with the qualities that make us human—fear, love, shame, need and loneliness.
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Olga Dies Dreaming
by Xochitl Gonzalez
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Olga, the tony wedding planner for Manhattan’s power brokers, must confront the effects of long-held family secrets when she falls in love with Matteo, while other family members must weather their own storms.
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Battle of the Linguist Mages
by Scotto Moore
A strange resistance movement led by spellcasting anarchists target Isobel, the Queen of the medieval rave-themed VR game Sparkle Dungeon, when they realize she knows the secrets of “power morphemes” that warp perception when pronounced correctly.
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Unprotected
by Billy Porter
The incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner shares his life story of coming of age in a world where simply being himself was a constant struggle and how unbreakable determination led him through countless hard times to where he is now.
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Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual who wants too much
by Jen Winston
In this collection of provocative and humorous essays, the social media writer and creator reflects on her personal experiences with sexism and biphobia while trying to find stability and a sense of her own self.
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A Marvellous Light
by Freya Marske
Robin Blyth is accidentally named the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society and is forced to contend with the beauty and danger operating beneath normal reality while uncovering what happened to his predecessor.
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Payback's a Witch
by Lana Harper
Returning home to the magical town of Thistle Grove after a self-imposed exile, witch Emmy Harlow runs into badass Talia Avramov, who just broke up with Emmy’s crush Gareth and wants revenge, and Emmy finds herself drawn to Talia instead of Gareth when she agrees to help.
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The Charm Offensive
by Alison Cochrun
Successful producer on the long-running reality dating show Ever After, Dev Deshpande, with his own love life in complete disarray, falls for contestant Charlie Winshaw who has better chemistry with him than any of his female co-stars.
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Light From Uncommon Stars
by Ryka Aoki
To reclaim her damned soul, a gifted, but cursed violinist must take on seven students and try to entice each to trade their soul for fame while a starship captain races to stop the end of existence.
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Under the Whispering Door
by TJ Klune
After he dies, a curious and powerful being gives Wallace one week to cross over to the land of the dead, and Wallace, who finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life, sets about living a lifetime in seven days.
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Several People are Typing
by Calvin Kasulke
When his consciousness is uploaded into his company’s internal Slack channels, boosting his productivity, Gerald, who works for a PR firm, as his reality becomes more absurd, enlists the help of a co-worker to help him escape—and to find out what happened to his body.
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She Who Became the Sun
by Shelley Parker-Chan
When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongban, given the fate of greatness, dies during a brutal attack, his sister, escaping her own fated death, uses her brother’s identity to claim another future altogether—her brother’s abandoned greatness.
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Playing the Palace
by Paul Rudnick
After having his heart trampled on by his cheating ex, Carter Ogden is afraid love just isn't in the cards for him. He still holds out hope in a tiny corner of his heart, but even in his wildest dreams he never thought he'd meet the Crown Prince of England, much less do a lot more with him. This unlikely but meant-to-be romance sets off media fireworks on both sides of the Atlantic. With everyone having an opinion on their relationship and the intense pressure of being constantly in the spotlight, Carter finds ferocious obstacles to his Happily Ever After, including the tenacious disapproval of the Queen of England.
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Patsy
by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Receiving her long-coveted visa to America, Patsy leaves behind her family in Jamaica only to discover that life as an undocumented immigrant is not what her best friend had described.
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The Guncle
by Steven Rowley
When Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP) for short, takes on the role of primary guardian for his young niece and nephew, he sets “Guncle Rules,” but soon learns that parenting isn’t solved with treats or jokes as his eyes are opened to a new sense of responsibility.
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One Last Stop
by Casey McQuiston
Cynical August starts to believe in the impossible when meets Jane on the subway, a mysterious punk rocker she forms a crush on, who is literally displaced in time from the 1970s and is trying to find her way back.
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Bath Haus
by P. J. Vernon
Finally sober and with his life back on track, Oliver Park visits a gay bathhouse in a moment of weakness and races home to his partner, bruised and barely escaping with his life, to begin a web of ongoing lies.
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Rainbow Milk
by Paul Mendez
Seeking a fresh start in London after escaping a repressive religious community, Jesse finds himself at a lost for a new center of gravity and turns to sex work, music and art to create his own notions of love, masculinity and spirituality.
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Yes, Daddy
by Jonathan Parks-Ramage
Follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an older, successful playwright into a dizzying world of wealth and an idyllic Hamptons home where things take a nightmarish turn.
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Burn it All Down
by Nicolas DiDomizio
Eighteen-year-old aspiring comic Joey Rossi just found out his boyfriend has been cheating on him for the past ten months. But what did he expect? Joey was born with an addiction to toxic jerks--something he inherited from his lovably messy, wisecracking, Italian-American spitfire of a mom (and best friend): 34-year-old Gia Rossi. When Gia's latest non-relationship goes up in flames only a day later, the pair's Bayonne, New Jersey apartment can barely contain their rage. In a misguided attempt at revenge, Joey and Gia inadvertently commit a series of crimes and flee the state, running to the only good man either of them has ever known--Gia's ex, Marco. As they hide out from the law at Marco's secluded lake house, Joey and Gia must confront all the bad habits and mistakes they've made that have led them to this moment--and find a way to take responsibility for what they've done.
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Let's Get Back to the Party
by Zak Salih
Reconnecting with a childhood friend in the weeks after the Supreme Court marriage equality ruling, an art history teacher observes the contrast between his own closeted youth and the open relationships of a younger generation. 25,000 first printing.
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Detransition, Baby
by Torrey Peters
A trans woman, her detransitioned ex and his cisgender lover build an unconventional family together in the wake of heartbreak and an unplanned pregnancy, in a book by the author of the novella, Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones.
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Winter's Orbit
by Everina Maxwell
After being forced by his Emperor grandfather into a marriage of convenience to unite their planets, Prince Kiem discovers that his intended, Count Jainan, is a suspect in his late husband’s death despite it being ruled an accident.
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Honey Girl
by Morgan Rogers
After completing her Ph.D. in astronomy, a young, straightlaced, Type A personality black woman goes on a girls’ weekend to Vegas to celebrate and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t even know.
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Milk Fed
by Melissa Broder
Transitioning from her Jewish faith to dieting to maintain an illusion of existential control, Rachel bonds with an Orthodox woman at a frozen yogurt shop before embarking on a journey of food, desire and spiritual fulfillment.
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Lone Stars
by Justin Deabler
Invited by his husband to share his ancestral history with their son, Julian reflects on generations of his Texas family and how it was shaped by immigration, the Vietnam War and other historical events.
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Broken People
by Sam Lansky
A novel about coming to grips with the past and ourselves follows recovering alcoholic Sam as he, with his sponsor’s blessing, partakes in healing ceremony involving an ancient herbal medicine administered by a shaman over the course of three days.
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Swan Song: An Odyssey
by Lisa Alther
Working as a ship’s doctor after the sudden deaths of her parents and longtime partner, Jessica is swept up by ship romances before the disappearance of a former beauty queen reveals her former love’s darker nature.
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The Antidote for Everything
by Kimmery Martin
When her romantic prospects are hampered by perceptions about her work as a urologist, a doctor in a Charleston hospital faces a career-impacting choice when her employers direct staff to stop providing care to transgender patients.
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Under the Rainbow
by Celia Laskey
When a conservative Kansas community is labeled the country’s most homophobic town, a task force of queer social activists voluntarily moves into the community for two years in an attempt to broaden minds and hearts, with unexpected results.
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The Knockout Queen
by Rufi Thorpe
In a novel of love, violence, and friendship in the California suburbs, privileged teen Bunny Lampert befriends in-the-closet rebel Michael, who lives on the other side of the tracks.
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Black Sun
by Rebecca Roanhorse
A trilogy debut by the Nebula Award-winning author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn is inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and follows the unbalancing of the holy city of Tova amid a fateful solstice eclipse.
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Plain Bad Heroines
by Emily M. Danforth
A highly anticipated adult debut from the award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post follows the release of a best-selling book about an early 20th-century New England boarding school where gender-diverse students died under suspicious circumstances.
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Memorial
by Bryan Washington
A Japanese-American chef and a Black daycare teacher begin reevaluating their stale relationship in the wake of a father’s death and the arrival of an acerbic mother-in-law who becomes an unconventional roommate.
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Boyfriend Material
by Alexis J. Hall
Fabricating a respectable relationship with a man with whom he shares nothing in common when his rock-star father’s comeback leads to unwanted attention, Luc stages publicity-friendly dates that become complicated by all-too-real feelings.
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All Adults Here
by Emma Straub
A matriarch confronts the legacy of her parenting mistakes while her adult children navigate respective challenges in high standards and immaturity, before a teen granddaughter makes a courageous decision to tell the truth. By the best-selling author of Modern Lovers.
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Swimming in the Dark
by Tomasz Jedrowski
In early 1980s Poland during the violent decline of communism, two young men fall in love but eventually find themselves on opposite sides of the political divide.
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The Pull of the Stars
by Emma Donoghue
A novel set in 1918 Dublin offers a three-day look at a maternity ward during the height of the Great Flu pandemic. By the best-selling author of Room.
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Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
Raised in a hostile undead world where she would escape servitude and a zombie afterlife, a lesbian necromancer becomes a bodyguard to an emperor to secure her freedom in a solar system of swordplay and cutthroat politics.
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
by Rivers Solomon
In the lowerdeck of the HSS Matlida, a space vessel run like the antebellum South, Aster, a dark-skinned sharecropper, faces harsh restrictions and punishments from brutal overseers, but the seeds of civil war hold the key to her freedom.
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Long Black Veil
by Jennifer Finney Boylan
When the body of a college friend is discovered twenty years after her disappearance, Judith, the only witness who can testify to the innocence of the chief suspect, is forced to confront dark secrets from her past that compromise the healthy life she has built for her family.
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Meddling Kids
by Edgar Cantero
The surviving members of a forgotten teen detective club and their dog reunite as broken adults to embark on an effort to solve a terrifying cold case that ruined them all and sent the wrong man to prison.
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Cantoras
by Carolina De Robertis
Enduring the rampant violence against women and the LGBTQ community in the decades of the Uruguayan dictatorship, five women heartbreakingly unite as lovers, friends and family.
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Red, White & Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston
After an international incident affects U.S. and British relations, the president's son Alex and Prince Henry must pretend to be best friends, but as they spend time together, the two begin a secret romance that could derail a presidential campaign.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
When an aging and reclusive Hollywood icon selects an unknown magazine reporter to write her life story, the baffled journalist forges deep ties with the actress during a complicated interview process that exposes their tragic common history.
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Confessions of the Fox
by Jordy Rosenberg
Discovering a mysterious manuscript from the 18th century, a recently jilted academic uncovers the story of the London underworld's most notorious thief, escaped convict and lover, in a bold reimagining of Brecht's Threepenny Opera.
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
A first novel by the award-winning author of Night Sky with Exit Wounds is written in the form of a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read about the impact of the Vietnam war on their family.
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How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir
by Saeed Jones
Written from the crossroads of sex, race, and power in America, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir and a haunting reflection of the nation as a whole.
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The Best Bad Things
by Katrina Marie Carrasco
Dismissed from the Pinkerton Detective Agency for her penchant for going undercover as a man, 19th-century espionage agent Alma Rosales navigates multiple complex identities while tracking stolen opium for an alluring mastermind smuggler.
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