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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)

PRIDE MONTH PICK Photographer and activist Maxwell Poth has traveled all over the United States, inviting LGBTQ+ y…

Page Boy

by Elliot Page

PRIDE MONTH PICK Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and strugg…

Walking Practice

by Dolki Min

PRIDE MONTH PICK  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

PRIDE MONTH PICK 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

PRIDE MONTH PICK In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a loose circle of lovers and friends encounter, co…