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61) Brother
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"A brilliant, powerful elegy from a living brother to a lost one, yet pulsing with rhythm, and beating with life." —Marlon James
"Highly recommend Brother by David Chariandy—concise and intense, elegiac short novel of devastation and hope." —Joyce Carol Oates, via Twitter
WINNER—Toronto Book Award
WINNER—Rogers' Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
WINNER—Ethel...
"Highly recommend Brother by David Chariandy—concise and intense, elegiac short novel of devastation and hope." —Joyce Carol Oates, via Twitter
WINNER—Toronto Book Award
WINNER—Rogers' Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
WINNER—Ethel...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
"For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, Juliet the Maniac is a worthy new entry in that pantheon of deconstruction... Dazzling."—NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
This portrait of a young teenager's fight toward understanding and recovering from mental illness is shockingly honest, funny, and heartfelt.
Ambitious, talented fourteen-year-old honors student Juliet is poised for success at her Southern California...
This portrait of a young teenager's fight toward understanding and recovering from mental illness is shockingly honest, funny, and heartfelt.
Ambitious, talented fourteen-year-old honors student Juliet is poised for success at her Southern California...
63) American Prince
Author
Series
Publisher
Sierra Simone
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
I've been many things.
I've been a son and a stepbrother. An Army captain and a Vice President.
But only with him am I a prince. His little prince.
Only with Maxen and Greer does my world make sense, only between them can I find peace from the demons that haunt me. But men like me aren't made to be happy. We don't deserve it. And I should have known a love as sharp as ours could cut both ways.
My name is Embry Moore
...64) Fingersmith
Author
Language
English
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Growing up as a foster child among a family of thieves, orphan Sue Trinder hopes to pay back that kindness by playing a key role in a swindle scheme devised by their leader, Gentleman, who is planning to con a fortune out of the naive Maud Lily, but Sue's growing pity for their helpless victim could destroy the plot. By the author of Tipping the Velvet. Reprint.
65) Another Country
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Language
English
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From one of the most important American novelists of the twentieth century—a novel of sexual, racial, political, artistic passions, set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France.
“Brilliant and fiercely told.”—The New York Times
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, this book depicts men and...
“Brilliant and fiercely told.”—The New York Times
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, this book depicts men and...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partners that are perfect for them, and her parents are still blissfully married. And she's happy for all of them, truly. Iris doesn't want any of that-dating,love, romance. She'll stick to her commitment-free hookups, thanks very much, except no one in her life will just let her be. Everyone wants to see her settled down, but she holds firmly to her no...
67) In charm's way
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A witch struggling to regain what she has lost casts a dangerous spell and finds much more than she expected in this enchanting new romcom by New York Times bestselling Lana Harper. Seven months after having been hit by an accidental power surge that nearly obliterated her memory, Delilah Harlow is still picking up the pieces. Her once diamond-sharp mind has become shaky and unreliable, and bristly, self-sufficient Delilah is forced to rely on friends,...
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
From the author of Ice Diaries, winner of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Grand Prize, praised by the New York Times as “stunningly written,” and a Guardian Best Book of 2018
Set in the throes of Brexit-era London, Day for Night is an unflinching exploration of desire, gender, and history, in which a married filmmaking duo seeks to tell the tragic story of 1940s German Jewish intellectual
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"Profoundly thoughtful...An intimate portrait of female friendship laced with literal and metaphorical magic." —Kirkus Reviews
"A laugh-out-loud, exciting ride...a darkly comedic coming-of-age story." —School Library Journal
A moving, darkly funny novel about six teens whose magic goes wildly awry from Magic for Liars author Sarah Gailey, who Chuck Wendig calls an "author to watch."
Keeping...
"A laugh-out-loud, exciting ride...a darkly comedic coming-of-age story." —School Library Journal
A moving, darkly funny novel about six teens whose magic goes wildly awry from Magic for Liars author Sarah Gailey, who Chuck Wendig calls an "author to watch."
Keeping...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the powerful, reality-shaping weapon that gave the majoda their victory over humanity. They are what's left. They are what must survive. Kyr is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a...
71) Spear
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A spellbinding and subversive queer recasting of Arthurian myth by the legendary author of Hild The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court. And so, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she...
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English
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"Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monae and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monae such a compelling and celebrated storyteller. Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts-as a means of self-conception-could be controlled or erased by a select few. And whether human, A.I., or other, your life and...
73) Winterkeep
Author
Series
Graceling Realm volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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"Queen Bitterblue of Monsea must head to the nation of Winterkeep after her envoys drown in suspicious circumstances, and somewhere there, Lovisa Cavenda waits and watches while tragedy with devastating political and personal ramification strikes"--
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English
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"Robin and Ellie have been best friends since childhood...But when Ellie asks Robin to be her maid of honor, she is reluctant. A queer academic, Robin is dubious of the elaborate wedding rituals now sweeping the nation...But loyalty wins out, and Robin accepts. Yet, as the wedding weekend approaches, a series of ominous occurrences lead Robin to second-guess her decision. It seems that everyone in the bridal party is out to get her. Perhaps even Ellie...
75) Camp Damascus
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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""A joyful, furious romp through dark places, Tingle proves he's as good at fear as he is at love." --T. Kingfisher, bestselling author of What Moves the Dead From beloved internet icon Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus is a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community face in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down. Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart...
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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
"A delectable brew of gothic horror and Hollywood satire . . . [and] what makes all this so much fun is Danforth's deliciously ghoulish voice . . . exquisite." —Ron Charles, THE WASHINGTON POST
"A multi-faceted novel, equal parts gothic, sharply funny, sapphic romance, historical, and, of course, spooky." —ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
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AANHPI Heritage Month - Adult Fiction
Best of Fiction 2022
Good Housekeeping Book Club
LGBTQIA+ Fiction
Best of Fiction 2022
Good Housekeeping Book Club
LGBTQIA+ Fiction
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"From an exhilarating new voice comes a dazzling debut novel about an Indian-American immigrant building a life for herself in the Midwest-a brilliant and utterly absorbing story of love, friendship, and precarity in 21st century America Graduating into the trough of yet another American recession, Sneha is one of the fortunate ones. However mind-numbing the work, her entry-level consulting job is the key that unlocks every door: she can pick up the...
78) Flux: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Brazen, exhilarating, fun, and surprising! I couldn't predict where this novel was going, but I was definitely along for the ride." -- Ling Ma, author of Severance A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his mysterious employers have inadvertently discovered time travel—and are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes . . . Four days before Christmas, 8-year-old Bo loses his...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"She has a to-do list a mile long and falling for her coworker isn't on it-yet somehow he's become her top priority in this romantic comedy from the author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers. Lauren Fox is the bookkeeper for Cold World, a tourist destination that's always a winter wonderland despite being located in humid Orlando, Florida. Sure, it's ranked way below any of the trademarked amusement parks and maybe foot traffic could be better....
80) Yerba Buena
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"The debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour, following two women on a star-crossed journey toward each other. When Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, she leaves behind not only the losses that have shattered her world but the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy. Years later, in Los Angeles, she is a sought-after bartender, renowned as much for her brilliant cocktails as for the mystery that...
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