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Rachel is 20, finishing up her English degree, working in a bookstore, and contemplating what comes next as she launche…

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

Thistlefoot
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“The Yaga siblings–Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist–have been es…

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

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

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

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

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+ you…

