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• Mutual Interest

  a Novel

  Wolfgang-Smith, Olivia

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  Set during the Gilded Age of New York City, a queer man and woman enter a marriage to protect the identity of their sexuality as they work toward growing a business empire and balancing the love, sex, and friendship that enriches and complicates…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Three Lives of Cate Kay

  Fagan, Kate (Sports writer)

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  "In her childhood, Cate had an intense friendship with Amanda and plans to make it big in Hollywood together, plans that were complicated by the fact that Cate is gay and was not-so-secretly attracted to Amanda. After Cate leaves her hometown on her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Sleep at Night

  a Novel

  Harris, Elizabeth, 1983-

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  "In this modern-day comedy of manners, debut author Harris examines relationships and politics through the lens of two couples: long-married Gabe and Ethan, and exes Nicole and Kate, who unexpectedly reconnect years after their romance abruptly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mothers and Sons

  a Novel

  Haslett, Adam

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  "An overworked immigration lawyer and his religious mother work to finally face their pasts. [...] though the outlines of the novel suggest sentimental family-trauma fare, Haslett’s sophisticated grasp of the ways that people over-police their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Isaac's Song

  a Novel

  Black, Daniel

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  Isaac, at 35, is reconciling with the recent death of his estranged father, and still tending to the grief of his mother's death earlier in his life. At the suggestion of his therapist, he begins writing down his life story, detailing growing up in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Interesting Facts About Space

  Austin, Emily (Emily R.)

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  Enid struggles with relationships: she's not close to her half-sisters, she only talks to her mother about space, and she casually dates a rotating cast of women, none of whom stay long. "The novel is quirky, funny, and heartfelt as Enid explores…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Tongues

  Grattan, Thomas, 1974-

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  "A young gay man grows from a life of “reckless impulses” into a reflective adult in this affecting novel. -- Kirkus

• Housemates

  a Novel

  Eisenberg, Emma Copley

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  Bernie and Leah embark on a transformative 3-week road trip across America, capturing its essence through photography and writing. Their journey unfolds into a celebration of friendship, art, and discovering one's place in a complex world.

• Greta & Valdin

  Reilly, Rebecca K.

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  "Greta and Valdin are queer, 20-something siblings living in Auckland, New Zealand, alongside their Maori-Russian-Catalonian family, the Vladisavljevics. [...] The story follows the duo in alternating first-person chapters as they navigate bad…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Friends Are Necessary

  Moniz, Tomas

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  "An intimate look into the bonds that rebuild us after tragedy. Thirty-seven-year-old Efren “Chino” Flores has just moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Seattle. In Seattle, Chino lived with his wife, Luna, and taught middle school biology. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cinema Love

  a Novel

  Tang, Jiaming

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  "This resonant and textured debut traces the secret lives of gay men and their wives in 1980s China and their loneliness in contemporary New York City’s Chinatown." -- Publishers Weekly

• How It Works Out

  Lacroix, Myriam

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  "Surreal, darkly comic and achingly tender, Myriam Lacroix's exuberant debut sees a queer love story play out in many alternate realities. [...] Equal parts sexy and profane, unsentimental, and gut-wrenching, How It Works Out is a genre-bending,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• These Letters End in Tears

  a Novel

  Xaviere, Musih Tedji

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  "Xaviere’s debut novel evokes intimacy, apprehension, and suspense to deliver a portrayal of sorrow—specifically, the pain of being queer in an unaccepting society— that feels wholeheartedly real, as if reading a friend’s diary." -- Booklist

• Ways and Means

  a Novel

  Lefferts, Daniel (Novelist)

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  "[...] the ambitious and exciting story of a business student, the 30-something gay couple he’s been sleeping with, and the economic forces at work during the rise of Trump in 2016." -- Publishers Weekly

• Bellies

  a Novel

  Dinan, Nicola

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  "In Hong Kong/Kuala Lumpur-raised, London-based Dinan's debut, two queer students connect wholeheartedly at a university drag-night event and launch a life together in London. Then Ming announces her intention to transition." -- Library Journal

• Biography of X

  a Novel

  Lacey, Catherine, 1985-

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  "Haunting, genre-bending . . . it’s like looking at a family photograph in which something truly extraordinary – an avalanche or alien invasion – is taking place in the background . . . a lovingly made facsimile of a nonfiction book... though it may…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blackouts

  a Novel

  Torres, Justin, 1980-

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  "In Torres's follow-up to the VCU Cabell—winning We the Animals, the protagonist tends a dying man in the desert who will pass along to him a project comprising stories collected in the early 20th century from queer subjects. Inspired by an actual…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Will Greet the Sun Again

  a Novel

  Khabushani, Khashayar J.

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  "Khabushani’s beautiful debut centers on K, an Iranian American boy who comes of age in 1990s and 2000s Los Angeles with his parents and two older brothers. His unemployed father, Baba, sees “a light” in K’s eyes, which Baba takes to mean that K is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Open Throat

  Hoke, Henry, 1983-

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  "A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign." -- Publisher

• The Skin and Its Girl

  a Novel

  Cypher, Sarah

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  "A young Palestinian American woman explores her identity in Cypher’s lush debut." -- Publishers Weekly