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• One Last Stop

  McQuiston, Casey,

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  Casey McQuiston's One Last Stop is a sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.

• You Should See Me in a Crown

  Johnson, Leah (Young adult author),

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  Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Infinity Alchemist

  Callender, Kacen,

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  As Ash and Ramsay work together and their feelings for each other grow, Ash discovers their mission is more dangerous than he imagined, pitting them against influential and powerful alchemists, Ash's estranged father included. Ash's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Icarus

  Ancrum, K. (Kayla), 1991-

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  Teen Fiction-A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long Live Queer Nightlife

  How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution

  Ghaziani, Amin,

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  In this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife. Far from the gay bar with its largely…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ways and Means

  Lefferts, Daniel (Novelist),

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  In this searing debut novel, a striving finance student confronts the line between ambition and greed and the disordered politics of his era.

• How to Live Free in a Dangerous World

  a Decolonial Memoir

  Lawson, Shayla,

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  Poet and journalist Shayla Lawson follows their National Book Critics Circle finalist This Is Major with these daring and exquisitely crafted essays, where Lawson journeys across the globe, finds beauty in tumultuous times, and powerfully…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• City of Laughter

  Fruchter, Temim

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  A rich and riveting debut marrying centuries-old folklore to twenty-first-century queer literary fiction, City of Laughter spans four generations of Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets, and the fantastical visitation of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Emmett

  Rosen, Lev AC,

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  Seventeen-year-old self-absorbed Emmett navigates love and relationships in this queer retelling of Emma.

• What's the T?

  Dawson, Juno,

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  Teen Nonfiction-Discover what it means to be a young transgender and/or nonbinary person in the twenty-first century in this frank and funny guide for teens.

• Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World

  Sáenz, Benjamin Alire,

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  Teen Fiction-Aristotle and Dante continue their journey to manhood in this achingly romantic, tender tale set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic in 1980s America. In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Editor

  Rowley, Steven, 1971-

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  From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a funny, poignant, and highly original novel about an author whose relationship with his very famous book editor will change him forever--both as a writer and a son. After years of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On Swift Horses

  Pufahl, Shannon,

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  Muriel is newly married and restless, transplanted from her rural Kansas hometown to life in a dusty bungalow in San Diego. The air is rich with the tang of salt and citrus, but the limits of her new life seem to be closing in: She misses…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Travelers

  Porter, Regina,

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  Written with piercing humor, exacting dialogue, and a beautiful sense of place, Regina Porter's debut is both an intimate family portrait and a sweeping exploration of what it means to be American today.

• Pet

  Emezi, Akwaeke,

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  Teen Fiction-There are no monsters anymore. In the city of Lucille, Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. Then Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Motherland

  a Memoir of Love, Loathing, and Longing

  Altman, Elissa,

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  Elissa and Rita have forever struggled to find their place in each other's worlds. Rita, an overreaching, makeup-addicted, narcissistic Manhattan singer couldn't be more different from Elissa, her gay, taciturn New England writer daughter.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Find Me

  Aciman, André,

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  In this spellbinding exploration of the varieties of love, the author of the bestseller "Call Me by Your Name" revisits its complex and beguiling characters decades after their first meeting. No novel in recent memory has spoken more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mostly Dead Things

  Arnett, Kristen,

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  One morning, Jessa-Lynn Morton walks into the family taxidermy shop to find that her father has committed suicide, right there on one of the metal tables. Shocked and grieving, Jessa steps up to manage the failing business, while the rest…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are the Ants

  Hutchinson, Shaun David,

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  Teen Fiction-Abducted by aliens periodically throughout his youth, Henry Denton is informed by his erstwhile captors that they will end the world in 144 days unless he stops them by deciding that humanity is worth saving.

• Boy Erased

  a Memoir

  Conley, Garrard,

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  A poignant account by a survivor of a church-supported sexual orientation conversion therapy facility that claimed to "cure" homosexuality describes its intense Bible study program and the daily threats of his abandonment by family,…Read moreRead more of this annotation