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• Our Hideous Progeny

  a Novel

  McGill, C. E.,

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  Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the Arctic, but she doesn't know why or how. . . . When she discovers some old family papers that allude to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Endpapers

  Savran, Jennifer,

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  A queer book conservator finds a mysterious old love letter, setting off a search for the author who wrote it and for a meaningful life beyond the binary in early-2000s New York City. An unforgettable story about the journey toward…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love at 350 Degrees

  a Novel

  Peers, Lisa,

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  When two women meet as judge and contestant on the set of a TV baking competition, they must decide what they're willing to risk for the ultimate prize in this wholesome and delectable debut.

• Brother & Sister Enter the Forest

  a Novel

  Mirabella, Richard,

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  Opening like a fairy tale and ending like a nightmare, this cannonball of a queer coming-of-age novel follows a young man's relationship with a violent older boyfriend--and how he and his sister survive a terrible crime.

• Family Meal

  Washington, Bryan, 1993-

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  An irresistible, intimate novel about two young men, once best friends, whose lives collide again after a loss.

• Pomegranate

  a Novel

  Lee, Helen Elaine,

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  A complex portrayal of queer Black womanhood and marginalization in America: a story of loss, healing, redemption, and strength. In lyrical and precise prose, Helen Elaine Lee paints a humane and unflinching portrait of the devastating…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Will Greet the Sun Again

  a Novel

  Khabushani, Khashayar J.,

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  A stunning, tender novel of identity and belonging, I Will Greet the Sun Again tells the story of a young man lost in his own family, his own country, and his own skin. Staring down the brutality of being a queer kid and a Muslim in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen

  a Novel

  James, Sarah, 1990-

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  Perhaps the best place in 1943 Hollywood to see the stars is the Hollywood Canteen, a club for servicemen staffed exclusively by those in show business. Murder mystery playwright Annie Laurence, new in town after a devastating breakup,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leg

  the Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew From It

  Marshall, Greg

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  A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets--as a gay man and as a man living with cerebral palsy.

• Glitter and Concrete

  a Cultural History of Drag in New York City

  Goodman, Elyssa Maxx

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  Goodman unearths the dramatic, provocative untold story of drag in New York City in all its glistening glory. Glitter and Concrete ducks beneath the velvet ropes of Harlem Renaissance balls, examines drag's crucial role in the Stonewall…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bang Bang Bodhisattva

  Wood, Aubrey,

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  It's 2032 in the worst cyberpunk future. Kiera is gigging her ass off to keep the lights on, but her polycule's social score is so dismal they're about to lose their crib. That's why she's out here chasing cheaters with Angel Herrera, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fly With Me

  Burke, Andie,

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  Flying-phobic ER nurse Olive Murphy is still gripping the armrest from her first-ever take-off when the pilot announces an in-flight medical emergency. Olive leaps into action and saves a life, but ends up getting stuck in the airport…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

  a Novel

  Crane, Marisa,

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  In a United States not so unlike our own, the Department of Balance gives wrongdoers extra shadows as a reminder of their crime--and a warning to those they encounter. Within the Department, corruption and prejudice run rampant, giving…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Archive Undying

  Candon, Emma Mieko,

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  When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. It killed its priests, its city, and all its wondrous works. But in its final death throes, the god brought one thing back to life: its favorite child, Sunai.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Thick and the Lean

  a Novel

  Porter, Chana, 1984-

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  An aspiring chef, a cyberthief, and a kitchen maid each break free of a society that wants to constrain them. With the guidance of a mysterious cookbook written by a kitchen maid centuries ago, they each grasp for a life of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Name the Bigger Lie

  a Memoir in Two Stories

  Viren, Sarah, 1979-

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  Sarah's story begins as she's researching what she believes will be a book about her high school philosophy teacher, a charismatic instructor who taught her and her classmates to question everything--in the end, even the reality of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Don't Forget the Girl

  a Novel

  McKanna, Rebecca,

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  Twelve years ago, 18-year-old University of Iowa freshman Abby Hartmann disappeared. Now, Jon Allan Blue, the serial killer suspected of her murder, is about to be executed. Abby's best friends, Bree and Chelsea, watch as Abby's memory is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Guest in the House

  Carroll, E. M.

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  A young woman marries a kind dentist only to realize that there's a dark mystery surrounding his former wife's death.