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The Rachel Incident
by Rachel O’Donoghue
Rachel is 20, finishing up her English degree, working in a bookstore, and contemplating what comes next as she launc…

Crook Manifesto
by Colson Whitehead
CROOK MANIFESTO is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege, but also a sneakily searching portrait of the meaning o…

Thistlefoot
by GennaRose Nethercott
The Yaga siblings—Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist—have been est…

The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O’Farrell
Lucrezia de Medici is vividly bought to life in this stunning new novel from Maggie O’Farrell . Lucrezia is the odd o…

The Thick and the Lean
by Chana Porter
I devoured this book (pun intended). The world Chana Porter has created is a beautifully realized fun house mirror of…

The Cloisters
by Katy Hays
When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she expects to spend her summer working as a curatorial associate at the …

Edgar & Lucy
by Victor Lodato
From the very first pages, young Edgar captures the reader’s heart. He is so fragile and so vulnerable. While his bon…

Young Queer America: Real Stories and Faces of LGBTQ+ Youth
by Maxwell Poth (Author), Isis King (Foreword)
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Photographer and activist Maxwell Poth has traveled all over the United States, inviting LGBTQ+ y…

Walking Practice
by Dolki Min
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The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation from South Ko…

A Renaissance of Our Own
by Rachel E. Cargle
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There are breaking points in all our lives when we realize that the way things have been done bef…

The Late Americans
by Brandon Taylor
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In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a loose circle of lovers and friends encounter, co…