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• The Town of Babylon

  a Novel

  Varela, Alejandro, 1979-

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  A gay Latinx man returns to his home town to care for his aging father, but also to reel from a revelation of infidelity from his husband. Back in his memories, he encounters both an old lover and also his former tormentor. Described as an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All This Could Be Different

  Mathews, Sarah Thankam

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  Sneha has a decent job and is starting to develop friendships and even possible relationships in her adopted home city of Milwaukee. Suddenly, everything starts to unravel and she finds that she needs her new 'found' community even more. A 2022…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Patsy

  a Novel

  Dennis-Benn, Nicole

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  A young Jamaican woman named Patsy has a distorted vision of life in America. She leaves her daughter Tru behind and travels to New York as an undocumented immigrant where she finds life cruel and oppressive. The story alternates between Patsy's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is How You Lose the Time War

  El-Mohtar, Amal

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  This stunning Sci Fi novel is a collaboration between two authors, each writing one of two time-travelling characters who are battling a secret war across time and space. The rival agents write letters to each other in the past and the future,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Detransition, Baby

  a Novel

  Peters, Torrey

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  An immensely popular novel from Torrey Peters which serves both as an exploration of trans femininity as well as a journey into a beautifully rendered, highly detailed and complex world. Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel.

• The Mercies

  a Novel

  Hargrave, Kiran Millwood, 1990-

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  "Hargraves’s tale offers a feminist take on a horrific moment in history with its focus on the subjugation of women, superstition in isolated locations, and brutality in the name of religion. This is a potent novel." -- Publishers Weekly

• Frankissstein

  a Love Story

  Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-

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  Moving back and forth from 1816 to present day Brexit Britain, Winterson draws a unique parallel between the relationship of Mary Shelley and Percy Shelley and that of a young transgender doctor named Ry who falls in love with Victor Stein, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Thirty Names of Night

  a Novel

  Joukhadar, Zeyn

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  A lyrical fable of two immigrants from Syria, both artists, who are connected by secret histories. A trans man struggles to express his true gender, when he discovers the diary of an acclaimed illustrator of birds. This becomes the key to his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Much of These Hills Is Gold

  Zhang, C Pam

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  This brilliant novel by Chinese-American author C Pam Zhang centers on a pair of siblings who are left orphaned in the wake of the American gold rush. The story shares themes of immigration and gender identity with The Thirty Names of Night.

• Olga Dies Dreaming

  Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977-

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  A single 40 year old wedding planner to Manhattan's elite, Olga, and her brother Prietro, a closeted politician, have successful public lives, but privately, a very complicated relationship with their radical activist mother. An intricately-plotted…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Butter Honey Pig Bread

  a Novel

  Ekwuyasi, Francesca, 1990-

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  Literary Fiction. An intergenerational saga set in Lagos, London, and Montreal delves into the reverberating effects of a Nigerian mother's choices on her twin daughters' lives.

• The Boy With a Bird in His Chest

  a Novel

  Lund, Emme, 1985-

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  "Lund’s accomplished debut imagines an LGBTQ allegory with a blend of magical fantasy and stark reality." -- Publishers Weekly

• The Black Tides of Heaven

  Yang, Neon

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  This is the first volume of a fantasy series which follows the story of Mokoya and a boy named Akeha. Explores themes of magic versus technology as well as gender identity, with strong world-building.

• The Seep

  Porter, Chana, 1984-

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  A surreal and unique novel centered around the Seep, alien entities who peacefully invade Earth, with their primary purpose to spread joy and love. Through the Seep, humans can change into whatever they want, to guarantee their happiness. The story…Read moreRead more of this annotation