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• All Things Bright and Strange

  Markert, James, 1974-

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  "In the wake of World War I in the small, Southern town of Bellhaven, South Carolina, the town folk believe they've found a little slice of heaven in a mysterious chapel in the woods. But they soon realize that evil can come in the most beautiful of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ballad of Perilous Graves

  Jennings, Alex, 1979-

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  Music is magic in this vibrant and imaginative debut novel set in a fantastical version of New Orleans where a battle for the city's soul brews between two young mages, a vengeful wraith, and one powerful song. Nola is a city full of wonders. A…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Before the Coffee Gets Cold

  Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971-

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  In a small back alley in Tokyo at a century-old coffee shop rumored to offer patrons the chance to travel back in time, four customers reevaluate their formative life choices.

• The Book of Form and Emptiness

  Ozeki, Ruth, 1956-

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  "After the tragic death his beloved musician father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house-a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boys of Alabama

  Hudson, Genevieve (Genevieve Katherine), 1986-

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  "A queer coming-of-age told with magical realism, Boys of Alabama guides us through 16-year-old Max's first year in America. When Max meets Pan in Chemistry class, they embark on a quixotic, strange, and consuming relationship. They tell each other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Caul Baby

  Jerkins, Morgan,

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  "Laila desperately wants to become a mother, but each of her previous pregnancies has ended in heartbreak. This time has to be different, so she turns to the Melancons, an old and powerful Harlem family known for their caul, a precious layer of skin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Charmed Wife

  Grushin, Olga, 1971-

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  "Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, two children and thirteen and a half years later, things have gone badly wrong and her life is far from perfect.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The City We Became

  Jemisin, N. K.,

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  "First book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. Every great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She's got six. When a young man…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gold Diggers

  Sathian, Sanjena,

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  "A floundering second-generation teenager growing up in the Bush-era Atlanta suburbs, Neil Narayan is authentic, funny, and smart. He just doesn't share the same drive as everyone around him. He just wants his neighbor across the cul-de-sac, Anita…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The King of Infinite Space

  Faye, Lyndsay,

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  "In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical philosopher, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancé Lia, are caught up in the otherworldly events surrounding the death of his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rain Heron

  Arnott, Robbie, 1989-

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  "A story following an old woman and a young soldier in a war-torn country as they seek a mythical creature called the Rain Heron"--

• Small Town, Big Magic

  Beck, Hazel,

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  "Emerson Wilde has built the life of her dreams. Youngest Chamber of Commerce president in St. Cyprian history, successful indie bookstore owner, and lucky enough to have her best friends as found family? Done. But when Emerson is attacked by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vagabonds!

  Osunde, Eloghosa,

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  "In Nigeria, vagabonds are those whose existence is literally outlawed: the poor, the queer, the drivers and dancers, the abused and displaced and vulnerable. Blending unvarnished realism with myth and fantasy, Vagabonds! traces characters for whom…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When We Were Birds

  Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd,

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  "The introduction of a singularly stunning new voice in fiction, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's When we were birds is a mythic love story set in contemporary Trinidad & Tobago about two young outsiders brought together by their connection with the dead"