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• Mothers and Sons

  a Novel

  Haslett, Adam,

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  At forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated. He spends his days immersed in the struggles of immigrants only to return to an empty apartment and occasional hook-ups with a man who wants more than Peter can give.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Could Be Rats

  Austin, Emily (Emily R.),

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  A moving story about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination.

• Stag Dance

  a Novel & Stories

  Peters, Torrey,

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  In this collection of one novel and three stories, bestselling author Torrey Peters's keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing.

• Girl Falling

  a Novel

  Scrivenor, Hayley,

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  Torn between her girlfriend, Magdu, and her best friend, Daphne, Finn is looking forward to a day of rock climbing. But nothing goes as she planned, and Magdu falls to her death. When the police suspect foul play in Magdu's death, Finn begins to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flirting Lessons

  Guillory, Jasmine,

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  Avery Jensen is almost thirty, fresh off a breakup, and she wants to date but doesn't know where to start. Enter Taylor Cameron, Napa Valley's biggest flirt and champion heartbreaker. With Taylor's help, Avery finally has the life she always wanted.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unworthy

  a Novel

  Bazterrica, Agustina María, 1974-

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  From her cell in a mysterious convent, a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find--discarded ink, dirt, and even her own blood.

• Stop Me If You've Heard This One

  a Novel

  Arnett, Kristen,

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  Cherry Hendricks might be down on her luck, but she can write the book on what makes something funny: she's a professional clown. Between her clowning and her shifts at an aquarium store for extra cash, she's always hustling. Things start looking up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boxcar Librarian

  a Novel

  Labuskes, Brianna,

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  When Works Progress Administration (WPA) editor Millie Lang finds herself on the wrong end of a potential political scandal, she's shipped off to Montana to work on the state's American Guide Series--travel books intended to put the nation's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Leave It Up to You

  a Novel

  Chong, Jinwoo,

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  A coma can change a man, but the world Jack Jr. awakens to is one he barely recognizes. His advertising job is history, his apartment is gone and the love of his life has left him behind. He's been asleep for two years; lost and disoriented, he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The River Has Roots

  El-Mohtar, Amal,

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  In the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, dwells the mysterious Hawthorn family. There, they tend and harvest the enchanted willows and honour an ancient compact to sing to them in thanks for their magic.

• The Usual Family Mayhem

  a Novel

  Dimon, HelenKay

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  Kasey Nottingham needs a splashy idea at her company. Impulsively, she pitches Mags' Desserts, a beloved small-town business run by her grandma Mags and live-in "best friend" Celia, two women who overcame deadbeat husbands and financial ruin to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grey Dog

  Gish, Elliott,

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  A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women's historical fiction with delusions, wild beasts, and the uncontainable power of female rage.

• The Cure for Drowning

  Paylor, Loghan,

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  Evocative, magical and luminously written, The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-pushing love story but a Canadian historical novel that boldly centres queer and non-binary characters in unprecedented ways.

• Some Strange Music Draws Me in

  a Novel

  Hansbury, Griffin, 1971-

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  It's the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) meets Sylvia, a tough-as-nails trans woman whose shameless swagger inspires Mel's dawning self-awareness. Decades later, in 2019, Max (formerly Mel) is on probation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• City of Laughter

  a Novel

  Fruchter, Temim,

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  Ropshitz, Poland, was once known as the City of Laughter. As this story opens, an eighteenth century badchan, a holy jester whose job is to bring laughter to the celebrants at a Jewish wedding, receives a visitation from a mysterious stranger,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

  a Novel

  Cameron, Briony,

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  This thrilling, swashbuckling story based on true events illuminates a woman of color’s rise to power as one of the few female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and a forbidden love story that will shape the course of history.

• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. Book Two

  Ferris, Emil,

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  Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters is told is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of B-movie horror imagery. As the precocious Karen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Only Call When You're in Trouble

  a Novel

  McCauley, Stephen,

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  Warm, funny, and deeply moving, You Only Call When You’re in Trouble is an unforgettable showcase for Stephen McCauley’s distinctive voice and unique ability to create complex characters that jump off the page and straight into your heart.

• Dead in Long Beach, California

  Blackburn, Venita,

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  A gut-busting and heartbreaking descent into one woman's fraying connection to reality, from a soon-to-be superstar.

• Broughtupsy

  a Novel

  Cooke, Christina,

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  By turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, Broughtupsy is a profoundly moving debut novel that what do we truly owe our family, and what are we willing to do to savor the feeling of home?