“Everyone grieves differently. There’s no way to do it. It shows up some days, and it passes on other days.” After burning out last year, Angelica is ready to get her life back together. Thankfully she has amazing friends to support her…including Peri the Bear, the mascot of her town’s local theater. At her lowest…
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Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
“Somebody,” said Jacques, “your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour–and in the oddest places!–for the lack of it.” Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between…
Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell
“My trust issues mean I sometimes struggle with being vulnerable, but you’re starting to weasel your way into my heart. Truly. I’m going to do my best to let you in.” Those who can, teach. Marvin Block is one of the best kindergarten teachers out there. And despite his anxiety, Marvin’s life is sweet. He…
What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
“In general I rather like Americans—they’re usually so terribly earnest—but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit nervous. One American can really fill a room. I assume it only takes a hundred or so to really fill a country.” Alex Easton does not want to visit America. They particularly do not want…
The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg
“Let’s form a secret society….A League. The League of Secret Storytellers.We shall tell all the stories that are never told. Stories about bad husbands and murderous wives and mad gods and mothers and heroes and darkness and friends and sisters and lovers…Yes! And above all…stories about brave women who don’t take shit from anyone.” In…
It Had to Be Him by Adib Khorram
“He couldn’t stand the thought of someone breaking Ramin’s heart. He wanted to gather up all the pieces and fit them back together. He wanted to frame it, reinforce it, so it was impervious.” Ramin Yazdani’s marriage proposal has just gone bottoms up: his ex dumped him in public for being boring. Bent on proving…
Vampires at Sea by Lindsay Merbaum
“A boring orgy is a painful affair.” Immortal beloveds Rebekah and Hugh are on vacation! Against a backdrop of ongoing war, this pair of chic emotional vampires from San Francisco sets off on a queer Black Sea Cruise, eager to relax, join an orgy, and feast upon their fellow passengers’ desires and sorrows. When Hugh…
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
“Bury my bones in the midnight soil, plant them shallow and water them deep, and in my place will grow a feral rose, soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth.” Three women over three different time periods are brought together by their mutual desire for more out of life. Maria wants to escape her lot…
A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett
“To serve is a tremendously humbling thing. How easy it is to mistake glory and fame for duty! But duty is thankless, invisible, Forgettable—but oh, so very necessary.” In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire’s reach, an impossible crime has occurred. A Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air—abducted from…
Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender
“Energy is infinite, and love is energy, so love has the potential to be infinite too.” Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic―so when Ash is rejected by the Lancaster Mage’s College, he takes a job as the school’s groundskeeper instead, forced to learn alchemy in secret. When he’s…
The Great Book Wyrm 