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• A Lady for All Seasons

  Alexander, T. J.,

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  From the acclaimed author of Chef’s Kiss and A Gentleman’s Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead.

• Giovanni's Room

  Baldwin, James, 1924-1987,

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  A striking deluxe edition of James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel that was decades ahead of its time with its frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptance—named one of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the past 100 years.

• Truly, Madly, Deeply

  a Novel

  Bellefleur, Alexandria,

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  Sparks fly when a lovelorn romance novelist and a divorce lawyer who has sworn off relationships agree to cohost a podcast series offering dating advice to viewers, in Truly, Madly, Deeply, the next steamy queer rom-com from Lambda Literary Award…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Summer Boy

  a Novel

  Besson, Philippe, 1967-

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  On an island off the coast of France, six teenagers come together for a summer of desire and discovery until one of them vanishes forever, leaving the rest with an enduring mystery.

• All Us Saints

  a Novel

  Burke, Katherine Packert,

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  All Us Saints is a literary family drama packaged as a two-act play. Behind the curtain, Packert Burke unveils Roland's childhood as a closeted trans girl in the early 90s and offers a brilliant and scathing commentary on the cisgender gaze.

• The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

  a Novel

  Cameron, Briony,

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  This “thrilling, swashbuckling story” (People) 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.

• I Leave It Up to You

  a Novel

  Chong, Jinwoo,

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  From the award-winning author of Flux comes “an endearing novel about second chances” (The Washington Post), with wise insights into love, family, and the art of sushi.

• All This Want (and I Can't Get None)

  Stories

  Clark, T.,

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  A piercing short story collection that explores the feverish hunger and dizzying pleasure of girlhood and queer coming-of-age in a small town, from an acclaimed emerging writer.

• Feast While You Can

  a Novel

  Clements, Mikaella,

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  For readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, an "exciting new hybrid horror-romance" about queer love in a small town that serves as an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life is a monster ready to possess us all (New York Times…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here We Go Again

  Cochrun, Alison,

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  The author of the “sexy, insightful, and utterly charming” (BuzzFeed) Kiss Her Once for Me returns with a queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced together to drive their former teacher across the country.

• Afternoon Hours of a Hermit

  a Novel

  Cottrell, Patrick, 1981-

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  Afternoon Hours of a Hermit is Patrick Cottrell’s long-awaited second novel—an existential noir, an absurd comedy, a complex character study, and a heartbreaking inquiry into the paradox of identity, memory, and the very enterprise of writing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spoiled Milk

  a Novel

  Curran, Avery,

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  The untimely death of a student at a girls’ boarding school marks the first in a haunting series of escalating supernatural events, and uncovers buried truths of teenage repression, queer desire, and the everyday horror of coming of age.

• A Murder Most Camp

  a Mystery

  DiDomizio, Nicolas,

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  The Guncle meets Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies in a fun, quirky mystery following a spoiled nepo baby who is forced to work at a struggling summer camp, but when a local legend turns into a real mystery things quickly go haywire, forcing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Late Bloomer

  a Novel

  Eddings, Mazey,

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  A sapphic opposites-attract romance with Mazey Edding's signature sparkling voice.

• Homebound

  a Novel

  Elan, Portia,

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  In this novel of friendship and hard-won hope, four lives are entangled across time by one story, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s and destined to ripple across the centuries.

• Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous

  England, Autumn K

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  A charming, timely, and emotionally resonant LGBTQIA+ cozy fantasy about the importance of community and mental health, perfect for fans of TJ Klune and T. Kingfisher. What happens to all the mind-controlled minions when the evil villain is finally…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• City of Laughter

  Fruchter, Temim

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  A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets, and the fantastical visitation of a shapeshifting stranger over the course of 100 years

• Villa Coco

  a Novel

  Greer, Andrew Sean,

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  Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, showcases his wit, sophistication, and deep knowledge of focaccia in this tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love and Hot Chicken

  a Delicious Southern Novel

  Hartong, Mary Liza,

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  The debut of a dynamite new voice from the South, Love and Hot Chicken is a spicy and hilarious southern rom-com about family, friendship, fried chicken, and two girls in love.

• A Little Kissing Between Friends

  Higgins, Chencia C.,

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  The NYT-lauded author of D’VAUGHN AND KRIS PLAN A WEDDING is back with another witty and heartfelt novel celebrating unapologetic Black joy in all its forms. This body-positive, friends-to-lovers, lesbian romance tackles weighty topics while never…Read moreRead more of this annotation