Fiction
Patsy : a novel
Nicole Dennis-Benn
FICTION Dennis-Benn Nicole
Fiction, LGBTQ+
Receiving her long-coveted visa to America, Patsy leaves behind her family in Jamaica, only to discover that life as an undocumented immigrant is not what her best friend had described.
Mostly dead things
Kristen N. Arnett
FICTION Arnett Kristen
Fiction, LGBTQ+
Taking over her family's failing taxidermy shop in the wake of her father's suicide, grief-stricken Jessa-Lynn Morton pursues less-than-legal ways of generating income while struggling to figure out her place among her eccentric loved ones.
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Red, white & royal blue : a novel
Casey McQuiston
FICTION Mcquisto Casey
Fiction, LGBTQ+, Romance
After an international incident affects U.S. and British relations, the president's son Alex and Prince Henry must pretend to be best friends, but as they spend time together, the two begin a secret romance that could derail a presidential campaign.
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Speak no evil : a novel
Uzodinma Iweala
FICTION Iweala Uzodinma
Fiction, LGBTQ+
An athlete from a private school in Washington, D.C., and his friend, the daughter of government insiders, struggle with the responses to the young man's sexual orientation before finding themselves speeding toward a violent future.
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Willa & Hesper
Amy Feltman
FICTION Feltman Amy
Fiction, LGBTQ+
A story told from alternating perspectives traces the whirlwind romance of two women who are separated when one returns to her family's home in Tbilisi, Georgia, to uncover her grandfather's story and the other heartbrokenly embarks on a Holocaust tour.
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Orange world and other stories
Karen Russell
FICTION Russell Karen
Fiction
From the Pulitzer finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases her extraordinary gifts of language and imagination
Just started this new short story collection, I loved her earlier books! -Jason
Circe : a novel
Madeline Miller
FICTION Miller Madeline
Fiction
Follows Circe, the banished witch daughter of Helios, as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals.
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An American marriage
Tayari Jones
FICTION Jones Tayari
Fiction
"Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control"--
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Ordinary people : a novel
Diana Evans
FICTION Evans Diana
Fiction
Hailed as "one of the most thrilling writers at work today" (Huffington Post), Diana Evans reaches new heights with her searing depiction of two couples struggling through a year of marital crisis. In a crooked house in South London, Melissa feels increasingly that she's defined solely by motherhood, while Michael mourns the former thrill of their romance. In the suburbs, Stephanie's aspirations for bliss on the commuter belt, coupled with her white middle-class upbringing, compound Damian's itch for a bigger life catalyzed by the death of his activist father. Longtime friends from the years when passion seemed permanent, the couples have stayed in touch, gathering for births and anniversaries, bonding over discussions of politics, race, and art. But as bonds fray, the lines once clearly marked by wedding bands aren't so simply defined. Ordinary People is a moving examination of identity and parenthood, sex and grief, and the fragile architecture of love.
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Milkman : a novel
Anna Burns
FICTION Burns Anna
Fiction
In Northern Ireland during the Troubles of the 1970s, an unnamed narrator finds herself targeted by a high-ranking dissident known as Milkman.
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