For the Rest of Us

For the Rest of Us edited by Dahlia Alder is a collection of short stories about holidays from various cultures.

Fourteen acclaimed authors showcase the beautiful and diverse ways holidays are observed in this festive anthology. Keep the celebrations going all year long with this captivating and joyful read!

From Lunar New Year to Solstice, Día de Los Muertos to Juneteenth, and all the incredible days in between, it’s clear that Americans don’t just have one holiday. Edited by the esteemed Dahlia Adler and authored by creators who have lived these festive experiences firsthand, this joyful collection of stories shows that there isn’t one way to experience a holiday.

With stories by: Dahlia Adler, Candace Buford, A. R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy, Preeti Chhibber,
Natasha Díaz, Kelly Loy Gilbert, Kosoko Jackson, Aditi Khorana, Katherine Locke, Abdi Nazemian, Laura Pohl, Sonora Reyes, and Karuna Riazi.

Adler, Dahlia. (2025). For the Rest of Us. New York: Quill Tree Books. 

The Original

The Original by Nell Stevens is another brilliant historical novel about art and queerness.

Oxfordshire, 1899. Grace Inderwick grows up on the peripheries of a once-great household, an unwanted guest in her uncle’s home. She has unusual skills and unusual predilections: for painting, though faces elude her; for lurking in the shadows; for other girls.
 
Then a letter arrives, postmarked Saint Helena. After years missing at sea, Grace’s cousin Charles is ready to come home. When Charles returns, unrecognisable and uncanny, a rift emerges between those who claim he is an imposter and Grace’s aunt, who insists he is her son. And Grace, whose intimate knowledge of forgeries is her own closely-guarded secret, must decide who and what to believe in, and what kind of life she wants to live.
 
Deftly-plotted and shimmering with Nell Stevens’s distinctive intelligence, style and wit, The Original is a novel about the value of authenticity in art and in love, and what it means to be a true original.

Stevens is a brilliant writer! Read everything she publishes.

Stevens, Nell. (2025). The Original. New York: W.W. Norton and Co.

Just for Show

Just for Show by Jae is a lesbian romance that starts with a role-playing part.

What happens when an overachieving psychologist with OCD tendencies and an impulsive, out-of-work actress start a fake relationship?

Claire Renshaw thought she had it all: a successful career as a couples therapist, a publishing contract for her self-help book, and a happy relationship. But her perfect world falls apart when her fiancée calls off their engagement. Because of that, even her book deal might be off the table. After all, readers don’t want relationship advice from someone who can’t even make her own relationship work.

So Claire sets out to hire herself a fake fiancée.

Lana Henderson, the actress who shows up to audition for the role, is not exactly Claire’s ideal woman. Her frankness and the messes she leaves everywhere drive Claire up the wall. At least she won’t fall in love with someone like Lana.

But soon, Lana starts to win her over with her big heart, tickle fights, and—gasp!—carbs after six. The longer they pretend to be a love-struck couple, the less fake their kisses feel and the more the lines between reality and role begin to blur.

Once the book contract is signed, will they walk away or is their relationship no longer just for show?

Jae is a great queer romance writer. Just for Show is a great read. This is one for the sweeter lesbian romances I have read lately. Take a copy to the beach with you - on paper or audiobook.

Jae. (2018). Just for Show. Germany: Ylva Verlog.

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum is a YA queer romance and a fun read. 

Margo Zimmerman is gay, but she didn’t know until now. An overachiever at heart, Margo is determined to ace her newly discovered gayness. All she needs is the right tutor.
 
Abbie Sokoloff has her own gayness down to a science. But a flunking grade in US History is threatening her acceptance to her dream school. All she needs is the right tutor.
 
Margo agrees to help Abbie get her history grade up in exchange for “Queer 101” lessons. But as they spend more and more time together, Margo realizes she doesn’t want just any girl—she wants the girl. [fantastic fiction]

This is a great YA romance filled with humor. Read it.

Shrum, Brianna and Sara Waxelbaum (2023). Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl. New York: Inkyard Press.

Icebreaker

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei is a sports romance set on a college ice hockey team.

Mickey James III was born for hockey. At times he feels like that is all his father and grandfather care about. Both of them were pick as first pick in the NHL draft in their days. Mickey is at school for one year, until the draft. He is listed as likely to go number one, but on his heels is his new classmate, Jaysen Caulfield.

Jaysen Caulfield is the first person in his family to play ice hockey. He does it for the love of the game. He plans on being picked in the next draft, but will be getting a degree before stating in the NHL. 

This is a great sports book, but also so much more. A sensitive look at depression. I listened to the audiobook. The reader is great and I was sucked in right away.

Graziadei, A.L. (2002). Icebreaker. New York: Macmillian.

The Thirty Names of Night

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar is a story set in the Syrian American community in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. This is a beautifully told story.

Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American trans boy sheds his birth name and searches for a new one. He has been unable to paint since his mother’s ghost has begun to visit him each evening. As his grandmother’s sole caretaker, he spends his days cooped up in their apartment, avoiding his neighborhood masjid, his estranged sister, and even his best friend (who also happens to be his longtime crush). The only time he feels truly free is when he slips out at night to paint murals on buildings in the once-thriving Manhattan neighborhood known as Little Syria.

One night, he enters the abandoned community house and finds the tattered journal of a Syrian American artist named Laila Z, who dedicated her career to painting the birds of North America. She famously and mysteriously disappeared more than sixty years before, but her journal contains proof that both his mother and Laila Z encountered the same rare bird before their deaths. In fact, Laila Z’s past is intimately tied to his mother’s—and his grandmother’s—in ways he never could have expected. Even more surprising, Laila Z’s story reveals the histories of queer and transgender people within his own community that he never knew. Realizing that he isn’t and has never been alone, he has the courage to officially claim a new name: Nadir, an Arabic name meaning rare.

As unprecedented numbers of birds are mysteriously drawn to the New York City skies, Nadir enlists the help of his family and friends to unravel what happened to Laila Z and the rare bird his mother died trying to save. Following his mother’s ghost, he uncovers the silences kept in the name of survival by his own community, his own family, and within himself, and discovers the family that was there all along. [from Fantastic Fiction]

Joukhadar, Zeyn. (2020). The Thirty Names of Night. New York: Atria Books.

The Pirate's Wish (Assassin's Curse #2)

The Pirate's Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke is the second book in her Assassin's Curse series - a curse that was sent in motion when a pirate saved the life of the assassin who was sent to kill her.

Ananna and Naji are linked by a curse, an impossible curse. In order to break it, he has to do three things: he must have the kiss of the woman who loves him; he must hold a princess's starstones, and he must create life out of violence.

Before he can accomplish any of those tasks, he and Ananna must get off of the island they are trapped upon. Their friend Marjani has promised to come back for them, but sailors are superstitious about the island, so it may take some time.

Clarke's second volume of the series features mythical creatures, pirate battles, magic, assassins, friendship and more. It is an adventurous tale of fun!

Clarke, Cassandra Rose. (2013). The Pirate's Wish. New York: Strange Chemistry.

The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door

The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door by Karen Finneyfrock is about finding yourself in spite of being bullied.

On the first day of high school Celia posted a sign on her locker that read "Celia the Dark." Being Dark and dressing in a black hoodie big enough to cover most of her face is the way she planned to combat high school. While she had a hard time in eighth grade due to two classmates - Sandy and Mandy - she had some hope of finding a group of other outcasts and wallflowers.

When Drake Berlin, the cute new skater boy from New York, came up to her and befriended her Celia was not sure what to think. But she needed a friend. Her plan for revenge against Sandy and her shadow Mandy could share time with a new friend.

Celia is completely focused on revenge, distracted only by her poetry and reading, but begins to see hope when she meets Drake. Finneyfrock captures the pain of being a teen, but gives readers hope.

Finneyfrock, Karen. (2013). The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door. New York: Viking.

37 Things I Love

37 Things I Love by Kekla Magoon is a story of loss and friendship.

Ellis is fifteen. She lives with her mother and goes to high school. Her father has been in a coma for two years and, as a result, she and her mother are in a sort of holding pattern - sad and depressed and cannot talk to each other or fully take in what it going on around them.

Ellis's best friend is Abby. They have been friends for years. But lately Ellis is noticing that Abby does not really listen to her. The friendship feels one-sided and Ellis needs someone to talk to. Her mother is talking about pulling the plug on her father's life support.

After walking away from their usual lunch table to get away from Abby, Ellis notices Cara sitting outside. Ellis is not sure what happened - she and Abby and Cara used to all be best friends. When she sits down next to Cara, she feels listened to for the first time in a long time.

37 Things I Love feels like a light read but is filled with deep emotion, the good and bad of friendship, loss and first love. As the story unfolds, readers will be drawn to certain characters and read faster to see what happens to them.

Magoon, Kekla. (2012). 37 Things I Love. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Eona: the Last Dragoneye (Eon #2)

Eona: the Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman is the second and final book in the Eon series.

Eona was chosen to be the Mirror Dragoneye - the first time the Mirror Dragon had chosen someone in 500 years. This may be due to the fact that local tradition now forbids girls to become dragoneyes and the Mirror Dragon is female.

The next steps for Eon are about learning to work with and control the power of her dragon to help the empire. But there is no one to train her. Usually the dragoneye chosen twelve years ago, in the last cycle, is your trainer.

Not only is there no Mirror Dragoneye to train her - ten of the other dragoneyes have been murdered. And when she connects with her dragon, the 10 bereft dragons try to attack her.

To make matters worse, the rightful emperor has been usurped by his uncle and is in exile. Eona need the strength of her dragon to help him regain the thrown.

Goodman has written a great fantasy series featuring a strong female character. The series is filled with Chinese culture - one of the few YA fantasy series with a non-white female hero. Readers of dystopian futures will enjoy the feel of this series though it has the feel of taking place in the past. It has all of the adventure, political intrigue and corruption, and characterization of a great read.

Goodman, Alison. (2011). Eona: the Last Dragoneye. New York: Viking.

Breaking the Rules (Troubleshooters #16)

Breaking the Rules by Suzanne Brockmann is the sixteenth book in her Troubleshooters series.

Izzy Zanella and Dan Gillman are part of SEAL Team Sixteen. They have never been good friends and since Izzy married Danny's sister, they have been even worse friends.

Sure they got married to make sure that Eden's baby would have a home and insurance, but that was not the only reason. But then Eden miscarried and she went to Germany to stay with a friend to recover. Now it has been months since Izzy and Eden have spoken.

When Izzy finds out that Eden is back in Las Vegas trying to get custody of her little brother, he flies there to see that she is alright. But the custody battle is not straight forward and other factors make it safer to have a SEAL to help out.

Brockmann's characters are great. Though each book in the series focuses a different person, they group of SEALs and Troubleshooters overlap and it is great to read about a familiar character from the background of a previous book. Her suspense is knuckle-bitingly good, her romance is steamy, and overall she is one of my favorite writers. She is also one of the few mainstream romance genre authors who includes and speaks up for gay characters in her books.

Brockmann, Suzanne. (2011). Breaking the Rules. New York: Ballantine Books.

Almost Perfect

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher just won the 2011 Stonewall Book Award - awarded for the best GLBT books of the year.

Logan Witherspoon is a high school senior in a small town in Missouri. He has been adrift since his girlfriend of three years broke up with him. But when the new girl, Sage Hendricks, walking into his biology class his focus changes.

Sage is not like the other girls at the school. She is outgoing and bold - the opposite of how a new student usually acts - and she is beautiful. Logan immediately stops thinking about his ex and starts thinking about Sage.

When he asks her out to a movie in the college town 30 minutes away, Sage says she would love to but cannot. She is not allowed to date. She has been home schooled since seventh grade and is only in public school now because she is 18 and her parents couldn't really stop her.

By sneaking out and meeting Logan, Sage and Logan start to date. But when Logan tries to kiss her, Sage runs away. Because Sage has a secret. Although she is a girl, she was born in the body of a boy. After an initial freak out when he finds out, Logan attempts to understand what Sage is telling him.

Katcher has created a realistic story of one woman's difficult journey to becoming who she was meant to be. There are definitely painful parts of this novel, but there would have to be for the story to be authentic. Katcher's book is beautiful and raw and an important piece of literature for our time.

Katcher, Brian. (2009). Almost Perfect. New York: Delacourte Press.

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon #1)

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman is the first book in the Eon series.

Each new year as the twelve-year cycle of power changes to the next Dragon (based on the Chinese cycle of animal years) the ascendant Dragon chooses the next apprentice and the previous apprentice becomes a dragoneye. This is the way it has always been. The cycle turns with the exception of the Mirror Dragon year. The Mirror Dragon has been gone for 500 years.

This year is the year of the Rat Dragon. The chosen one will bind to the Rat Dragon and continue the cycle. Eon has been training for four years to be among the twelve 12-year-old boys to compete for the attention of the dragon. But Eon is neither 12 nor a boy. Eon is really Eona and if anyone finds out she and her master and his whole household will be put to death.

If Eon is not chosen her master will lose everything. If she is chosen she will have to keep her secret while becoming part of the ceremony and tradition that rules the land.

Goodman, Alison. (2008). Eon: Dragoneye Reborn. New York: Viking.

Y The Last Man: One Small Step (Y #3)

Y the Last Man: One Small Step is the third book in the Y series by Brian Vaughan and Pia Guerra.

Yorick, Dr. Mann and 355 on still on their way to California when the receive information that Yorick may not be the last man after all.

The joint team of US and Russians who are in the space station need to return to earth - they are running out of supplies. They will be landing in Kansas near a hot suite that will keep the men from being infected with the virus that killed the others.

Vaughan, Brian and Pia Guerra. (2004). Y The Last Man: One Small Step. New York: D.C. Comics.

Fall On Your Knees

Fall on Yours Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald is likely to be one of the most well written books you will ever read. MacDonald gets ideas across in succinct yet detailed sentences that capture the imagination. The book is so good that even when you decided you dislike almost every character, you will have to keep reading. (By the end you may like some of the characters again.)

This epic novel follows the Piper family from young James through his grandchildren as they grow, fight, and escape Cape Breton Island off of the coast of Nova Scotia.

Each character is beautiful and flawed and real - Materia who has a daughter she does not love; Kathleen who only cares about singing; Mercedes who hides behind her religion; Frances who is too bold for her own good; and Lily who is the saint. Each character whether part of the Piper family or outside is well developed and enticing.

It is no wonder this first book by MacDonald has won dozens of awards.

MacDonald, Ann-Marie. (1996). Fall on Your Knees. New York: Simon & Schuster.

The Rules for Hearts (sequel to Empress of the World)

The Rules for Hearts is the second book by Sara Ryan featuring Battle Hall Davies. The first was Empress of the World, where Battle met Nicola at summer camp.

It is now one year later and Battle is moving to Portland, Oregon. She will attend Reed in the fall but is moving early to reunite with her brother, Nick. She hasn't seen him for almost five years, since he left home.

Battle will soon find out that Nick is not necessarily the kind of person she wants her brother to be. In the mean time, she will live in Forest House - a group house where her brother lives - and join the play that everyone in the house is participating in.

Ryan, Sara. (2007). The Rules for Hearts. New York: Viking.

The Year They Burned the Books

In Nancy Garden's The Year They Burned the Books, a whole town joins the argument over the new health education curriculum.

Jamie Crawford, the editor of the Wilson High Telegraph, lead the student fight against what she sees as limiting her freedom of speech. Lisa Buel, of Families for Traditions Values (read homophobic, right wing, religious nuts), is the head of the movement to remove the new health texts from the schools because they talk about things other than abstinence. The even mention gay people!

This is a battle that will include everyone who lives in town of Wilson, New England written in a realistic way that will infuriate those of us who do not believe in banning books. At one point I had to put the book down because I was so made that there are people like the FTV who can make queer or questioning teen's lives hell. But the book is worth a read. It is an important issue.

Garden, Nancy. (1999). The Year the Burned the Books. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

How I Fell in Love and Learned to Shoot Free Throws

How I Fell in Love and Learned to Shoot Free Throws is a book about a boy who falls in love with the star of the girls basketball team. She, Angel, is a loner. She doesn’t have many friends and never has a boyfriend. Danny, who loses a free throw contest against her, asks her to help him with his shot. She is reluctant at first, but she agrees to teach.

Danny doesn’t really care if his free throw gets better. He just wants to hang around with Angel. But she repeatedly thwarts his attempts to get her to talk about anything other than basketball. Then, when they are playing a one-on-one game, she hurts her ankle. Though she begs him not to take her home, he cannot leave her on the court, almost a mile from home. Why is she trying so hard to keep him away from her house?

It turns out that Angel’s mother is a lesbian. And every time her classmates find out, no matter how many schools she transfers to, they harass her until her life is unbearable. Of course Danny has the perfect solution, she should start going out with him to prove to everyone she likes guys. Will she go for it? Will she even talk to him again after he broke her ankle during the game?

Ripslinger, Jon. (2003). How I fell in love and learned to shoot free throws. Brookfield, CT: Roaring Brook Publishing.

LGBTQI+ Titles

These books feature Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and other Queer characters. Also included are characters who are mistakenly labelled gay and some books dealing with gender roles in a GLBTQ way.

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All This Could Be Different. Sarah Thakam Mathews.

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All Through the Night (Troubleshooters #12). Suzanne Brockmann. [G]
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Always (Aud Torvingen #3). Nicola Griffith. [L]
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The Ambassador's Mission (Traitor Spy #1). Trudi Canavan. [G]
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Ammonite. Nicola Griffith. [L]
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Atmosphere. Taylor Jenkins Reid. [L]

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The Ballad of Jaquotte Delahaye. Briony Cameron. [L]

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Batwoman: Elegy. Greg Rucka. JH Williams. [L]
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Beyond the Pale. Elana Dykewoman. [L]
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A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (Salvagers #1). [L]

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Black Blade Blues (Sarah Beauhall #1). JA Pitts. [L]
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Blamesless (Parasol Protectorate #3). Gail Carriger. [L, G]
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Blind Fall. Christopher Rice. [G]
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Blindsided. Karis Walsh. [L]
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Blue Dragon (Dark Heavens #3). Kylie Chan. [G]
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The Blue Place (Aud Torvingen #1). Nicola Griffith. [L]
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Branded Ann. Merry Shannon. [L]
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Breaking Down Her Walls. Erin Zak.

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Breaking the Rules (Troubleshooters #16). Suzanne Brockmann. [G]
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The Brides of High Hill (Singing Hills Cycle #5). Nghi Vo. [NB]

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Briefly, A Delicious Life. Nell Stevens.

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The Candidate. Tracey Richardson. [L,B]

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Cantoras. Carolina De Robertis. [L]

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Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2). Gail Carriger. [G,L]
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Changing Course. Brey Willows. [L]

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The Chase (Holt Lasher #1). Jesse J Thoma. [L]
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Chemistry Lessons. Jae. [L]

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The Choosing. Andrea Myers.
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Christmas Notch series. Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone. [Q]

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The City in the Middle of the Night. Charlie Jane Anders. 

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City of Laughter. Temim Fruchter. [B,L]

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Clean Slate. Andrea Bramhall. [L]
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Cleat Cute. Meryl Wilsner. [L]

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Conservative Affairs. Riley Scott. [L]
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Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars #3). Alexandria Bellefleur. [L]

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Cover Story. Celia Laskey. [L]

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The Daylight War (Demon Cycle #3). Peter V Brett.
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A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan #2). Arkady Martine. [L,B,Q]

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Desolation Point. Cari Hunter. [L]
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Detransition, Baby. Torrey Peters. [T,Q,L]

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Disobedience. Naomi Alderman. [B or L].
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Fan Fiction. Kate Stayman-London.

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The Fiancée Farce. Alexandria Bellefleur. [L].

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Fall on Your Knees. Ann-Marie MacDonald. [L]
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Flight Risk. Kim Baldwin. [L]
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Flirting with Disaster (Girls Night Out #3). Victoria Dahl. [L]
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Force of Nature (Troubleshooters #11). Suzanne Brockmann. [G]
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Forged in Fire (Sarah Beauahll #3). JA Pitts. [L]
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4 3 2 1. Paul Auster. [G, B]
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Freedom to Love. Ronica Black. [L]
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Freshwater. Akwaeke Emezi. [Q]
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Alison Bechdel. [L]
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The Future. Naomi Alderman. [L]

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The Future of Another Timeline. Annalee Newitz. [L,T]

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Gender Queer: A Memoir. Maia Kobabe. [Q]

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The Gilda Stories. Jewelle Gomez. [L]

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The Gods of Tango. Carolina De Robertis. [L]

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Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars #2). Alexandria Bellefleur. [B]

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He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why it Matters. Schuyler Bailar.

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He Who Drowned the World (Radiant Emperor #2). Shelley Parker-Chan. [Q,L,G]

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Heartless (Parasol Protectorate #4). Gail Carriger. [G,L]
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The High Lord (Black Magician #3). Trudi Canavan. [G]
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Hijab Butch Blues. Lamya H. [Q,L]

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Hild (Light of the World #1). Nicola Griffith. [B]
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The History of Sound. Ben Shattuck.

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Honeyed Words (Sarah Beauhall #2). JA Pitts. [L]
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Hot Ice. Aurora Rey, Elle Spencer, Erin Zak. [L]

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Hot Target (Troubleshooters #8). Suzanne Brockmann. [G]
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Hot Pursuit (Troubleshooters #15). Suzanne Brockmann. [G]
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Hotshot. Clare Lydon. [L,B]

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Housemates. Emma Copley Eisenberg. [L,Q,NB]

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Houseswap 101. Jaime Clevenger. [L,B]

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How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures. Sabrina Imbler. [Q]

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How You Get the Girl (Nashville Love #3). Anita Kelly. [Q,L]

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Hunter's Pursuit. Kim Bladwin. [L]
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Improvisation. Karis Walsh. [L]
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Innocent Hearts (Prairie Romance #1). Radclyffe. [L]
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Into the Riverlands (Singing Hills Cycle #3). Nghi Vo. [Q,L]

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Jackdaws. Ken Follett.
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The Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms #1). Tasha Suri. [L]

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Just for Show. Jae. [L]

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Just Kiss Her. Clare Lydon. [L,B]

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Kingston by Starlight. Christoper John Farley.
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The Last Place You Look. Aurora Rey.

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The Last Place You Look (Roxane Weary #1). Kristen Lepionka. [B]
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Leap. Z Egloff.
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The Left Hand of Darkness. Ursula Le Guin. [gender roles]
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Lessons in Magic and Disaster. Charlie Jane Anders. [T,L,Q]

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Light from Uncommon Stars. Ryka Aoki. [T,Q]

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Looking for a Sign. Susie Dumond. [L,B]

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Love & Other Disasters (Nashville Love #1). Anita Kelly. [Q,NB]

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Love at First Set. Jennifer Dugan. [L.B]

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Love at 350. Lisa Peers. [L]

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Love Next Door. Rachael Sommers. [L,B]

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Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl. Brianna Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum. [L]

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Marriage of a Thousand Lies. SJ Sindu. [L]
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Martyr! Kaveh Akbar. [G, L]

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Maybe This Will Save Me. Tommy Dorfman. [T]

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A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan #1). Arkady Martine. [Q,B]

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Middlesex. Jeffrey Eugenides. [Intersex]
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Mistakes Were Made. Meryl Wilsner. [B,L]

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Mounting Danger. Karis Walsh. [L]
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Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope #1). Susan Elia MacNeal.
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Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante (Maggie Hope #5). Susan Elia MacNeal.
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My Best Friend's Wedding. Meryl Wilsner. [B,L,N]

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Nantucket Rose. CF Frizzell. [L]
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Never Say Never. Rachael Sommers. [L,B]

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Not Since You. Fiona Riley. [L]

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The Novice (Black Magician #2). Trudi Canavan. [G]
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Ocean's Echo. Everina Maxwell. [G]

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The Oleander Sword (Burning Kingdoms #2). Tasha Suri. [L,G]

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On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous. Ocean Vuong. [G]
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Once You Go That Far (Roxane Weary #4). Kristen Lepionka. [B]

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One Last Stop. Casey McQuiston. [L,G,T,B]

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One Weekend in Aspen. Jaime Clevenger. [L]

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The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected on Water. Zen Cho. [Q]

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The Original. Nell Stevens. [L,G]

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Overtime. Tracey Richardson. [L,B]

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The Palace of Eros. Caro de Robertis. [L,NB,T]

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Pardonable Lies (Maisie Dobbs #3). Jacqueline Winspear. [G]
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The Paying Guests. Sarah Waters.
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Pedal to the Metal (Holt Lasher #2). Jesse Thoma. [L]
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A Pirate's Heart. Catherine Friend. [L]
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The Privilege of the Sword (Swords of Riverside). Ellen Kushner.
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Promising Hearts (Prairie Romance #2). Radclyffe. [L]
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Rainbow Black. Maggie Thrash. [L,T]

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Reasonable Doubt. Carson Taite. [L]
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Recipe for Love. Aurora Rey. [L]

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The Renegade. Amy Dunne. [L]
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The Ride of Her Life. Jennifer Dugan. [L]

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The Rogue (Traitor Spy #2). Trudi Canavan. [G,L]
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Romancing the Inventor (Supernatural Society Novella #1). Gail Carriger. [L]
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The Rope (Anna Pigeon #17). Nevada Barr.
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Run You Down (Rebekah Roberts #2). Julia Dahl. [G]
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The Safekeep. Yael Van der Wouden.

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The Sea Hawk. Brenda Adcock. [L]
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The Secret to Superhuman Strength. Alison Bechdel. [L]

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Seneca Falls. Jesse Thoma.
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She Who Became the Sun (Radiant Emperor #1). Shelley Parker-Chan. [Q,L,G]

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She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders. Jennifer Finney Boylan. [Trans]
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A Shot in the Dark. Victoria Lee. [L,T]

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Show of Force. AJ Quinn. [L]
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Skye Falling. Mia McKenzie. [L,B]

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Smoke and Fire. Julie Cannon. [L[
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So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Genderqueer, Nonbinary, and Two-Spirit People of Color. Caro de Robertis.

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Solitaire. Kelley Eskridge. [L]
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Something to Talk About. Meryl Wilsner. [L]

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Something Wild & Wonderful (Nashville Love #2). Anita Kelly. [G]

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Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1). Gail Carriger. [G]
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The Spanish Pearl. Catherine Friend. [L]
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Stay (Aud Torvingen #2). Nicola Griffith. [L]
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The Stories You Tell (Roxane Weary #3). Kristen Lepionka. [B]
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Strangers and Cousins. Leah Hager Cohen. [L]
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The Sublime and Spirited Journey of Original Sin. Colette Moody. [L]
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Sudden Death. Alvaro Enrigue. [Q]

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Sword of the Guardian (Ithyris #1). Merry Shannon. [L]
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Sword Masters. Selina Rosen. [L]
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Swordspoint (Swords of Riverside). Ellen Kushner. [G]
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A Thin Bright Line. Lucy Jane Bledsoe. [L]

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30 Dates in 30 Days. Elle Spencer. [L]

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The Thirty Names of Night. Zeyn Joukhadar. [T,L]

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This is How You Lose the Time War. Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.

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Thorn. Anna Burke. [L]

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Thunder Songs: Essays. Sasha La Pointe. [Q]

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Timeless. Rachel Spangler. [L]
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Timeless (Parasol Protectorate #5). Gail Carriger. [G,L]
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Tipping the Velvet. Sarah Waters. [L]
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The Traitor Queen (Traitor Spy #3). Trudi Canavan. [L,G]
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Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Sellout. Laura Jane Grace. [T,L]
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Tremontaine (Swords of Riverside). Ellen Kushner. [L,G]

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Tumbledown. Cari Hunter. [L]
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Under the Whispering Door. TJ Klune. [G]

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An Unkindness of Ghosts. Rivers Solomon. [Q]
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Wake Up, Nat & Darcy (Puck Struck #1). Kate Cochrane. [L]

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The Way the Crow Flies. Ann-Marie MacDonald. [L]
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What You Expect to See (Roxane Weary #2). Kristen Lepionka. [B]
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When She Woke. Hillary Jordan. [L]
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White Tiger (Dark Heavens #1). Kylie Chan. [G]
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Winter's Orbit. Everina Maxwell. [G]

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Wholehearted. Ronica Black. [L]
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The Wolf Ticket. Caro Clarke. [L]
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Wounded. Percival Everett. [G]
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Written in the Stars (Written in the Stars #1). Alexandria Bellefleur. [L]

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Wrong Number, Right Woman. Jae. [N,B]

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Yerba Buena. Nina LaCour. [L]

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You Only Live Twice: Sex, Death and Transition. Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolboom.
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Young Adult
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About a Girl. Joanne Horniman. [L]
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Absolutely, Positively Not… David Larochelle. [G]
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Adaptation (Adaptation #1) Malinda Lo. [L,G,B]
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Afterworlds. Scott Westerfeld. [L]
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All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages. Saundra Mitchell (editor). 
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Almost Perfect. Brian Katcher. [T]
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And She Was. Jessica Verdi. [T]

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Another Kind of Cowboy. Susan Juby.
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Another 365 Days (365 #2). KE Payne. [L]
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Benjamin Alire Saenz. [G]
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The Arizona Kid. Ron Koertge. [Gay uncle]
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The Art of Being Normal. Lisa Williamson. [T]
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Ash. Malinda Lo. [L]
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Ask the Passengers. AS King. [L]
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Beauty Queens. Libba Bray. [L,T,Q]
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Being Emily. Rachel Gold. [T]
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The Bermudez Triangle. Maureen Johnson. [L]
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The Bird King. G. Willow Wilson. [G]

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Bloodhound (Beka Cooper #2). Tamora Pierce. [T]
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Boy2Girl. Terence Blacker. [gender roles]
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Boy Meets Boy. David Levithan. [G]
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Boyfriends with Girlfriends. Alex Sanchez. [G,L,B]
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Changers: Drew (Changers #1). T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper.
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Changers: Forever (Changers #4). T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper.
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Changers: Kim (Changers #3). T. Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper.
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Changers: Oryon (Changers #2). T. Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper.

Competence (Custard Protocol #3). Gail Carriger. [L]
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Cool for the Summer. Dahlia Adler.

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Country Girl, City Girl. Lisa Jahn-Clough. [Questioning; L]
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Crier's War (Automae #1). Nina Varela. [L,G]
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Crush. Carrie Mac. [L]
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Debbie Harry Sings in French. Meagan Brothers. [Cross Dressing]
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The Degenerates. J. Albert Mann. [L]

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The Difference Between You and Me. Madeleine George. [L]
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Diverse Energies. Tobias Buckell. Short Story Good Girl by Malinda Lo. [L]
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The Dos and Donuts of Love. Adiba Jaigirdar. [L]

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Down to the Bone. Mayra Lazara Dole. [L; Genderflex]
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Dreadnought (Nemesis #1). April Daniels. [Trans, L]
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Driving Lessons (You Know Who Girls #2). Annameekee Hesik. [L]
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Eight Seconds. Jean Ferris.
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Empress of the World. Sara Ryan. [L]
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Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon #1). Alison Goodman. [T; gender roles]
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Eona: the Last Dragoneye (Eon #2). Alison Goodman. [T; gender roles]
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Everything Leads to You. Nina LaCour. [L]
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Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature. Robin Brande. [G issues included]
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Femme. Mette Bach. [L]
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Of Fire and Stars. Audrey Coulthurst. [L]
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For the Rest of Us. Dahlia Adler, editor.

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Foretold. Carrie Ryan. Short story One True Love by Malinda Lo. [L].
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Frenemy of the People. Nora Olsen. [L]
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Fresh Ink; An Anthology. Lamar Giles.
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Geography Club. Brent Hartinger. [G, Bi, L]
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Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit. Jay Robin Brown. [L]
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Girl Mans Up. ME Girard. [L]
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Gravity. Leanne Lieberman. [L]
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Grrrls on the Side. Carrie Pack. [B,L]

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Hard Love. Ellen Wittlinger. [L]
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Hero. Perry Moore. [G]
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Home Field Advantage. Dahlia Adler. [L]

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Honor Girl. Maggie Thrash. [L]
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Hot Dog Girl. Jennifer Dugan. [L,B]

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Huntress. Malinda Lo. [L]
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Icebreaker. A.L. Graziadei.

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If I Was Your Girl. Meredith Russo. [T,L]
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If You Could Be Mine. Sara Farizan. [L,T,G]
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Imogen, Obviously. Becky Albertalli. [L]

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Inheritance (Adapation #2). Malinda Lo. [L,B]
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It Goes Like This. Miel Moreland. [L,Q]

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It's Not Like It's A Secret. Misa Sugiura. [L]
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It's Our Prom. Julie Anne Peters. [L, B]
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I've Known Since I Was Eight. Sophie Glasser. [L]
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Jane, Unlimited. Kristin Cashore. [L, B]
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Janes in Love (Plain Janes #2). Cecil Castellucci. Jim Rugg.
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Jumpstart the World. Catherine Ryan Hyde.
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Just Girls. Rachel Gold. [L,T,G]
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Kiss the Morning Star. Elissa J Hoole. [L]
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Kissing Kate. Lauren Myracle. [L]
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Malinda Lo. [L]

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Leap. Z Egloff. [L]
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Lies My Girlfriend Told Me. Julie Anne Peters. [L]
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Lies We Tell Ourselves. Robin Talley. [L]
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Love and Lies (sequel to Hard Love). Ellen Wittlinger.
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Love Rules. Marilyn Reynolds. [L]
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It's A Love / Skate Relationship. Carli Corson. [L]

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Lumberjanes. Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis. [L]
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Melt with You. Jennifer Dugan. [L]

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The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea. Maggie Tokuda-Hall. [L]

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The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Emily Danforth. [L,Q]
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The Misfits. James Howe. [G]
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Moon at Nine. Deborah Ellis. [L]
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Mooncakes. Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu. [L]

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Music From Another World. Robin Talley. [L,G]

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My Best Friend, Maybe. Caela Carter. [L]
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My Tiki Girl. Jennifer McMahon. [L]
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My Year Zero. Rachel Gold. [L,B]
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Night Owls. A.R. Vishny.

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The No-Girlfriend Rule. Christen Randall. [B,L,T]

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No One Needs to Know. Amanda Grace. [L]
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None of the Above. I.W. Gregorio. [Intersex]
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Not Otherwise Specified. Hannah Moskowitz. [B]
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Our Own Private Universe. Robin Talley. [L]
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Pantomime (Pantomime #1). Laura Lam. [I]
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Parrotfish. Ellen Wittlinger. [T]
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Pet. Akwaeke Emezi. [T]

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Pink. Lili Wilkinson. [L.Q]
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The Pirate's Wish (Assassin's Curse #2). Cassandra Rose Clarke. [L]
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The Plain Janes. Cecil Castellucci. Jim Rugg. [G]
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Playing for Keeps. Jennifer Dugan. [L]

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Pulp. Robin Talley.
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The Privilege of the Sword (Swords of Riverside). Ellen Kushner.
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Rage: A Love Story. Julie Anne Peters. [L]
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Read Me Like A Book. Liz Kessler. [L]
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The Rules for Hearts (Sequel to Empress of the World). Sara Ryan. [L]
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Say the Word. Jeannine Garsee. [L]
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Secret City. Julia Watts. [L]
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Secret Lies. Amy Dunne. [L]

Secrets of Truth and Beauty. Megan Frazer.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Taylor Jenkins Reid. [B]

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Shatter the Sky (Shatter the Sky #1). Rebecca Kim Wells. [L]

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Shine. Lauren Myracle. [G]
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Silhouette of a Sparrow. Molly Beth Griffin. [L]
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. Becky Albertalli. [G]
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The Sky Always Hears Me. Kirstin Cronn-Mills [L]
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Some Girls Do. Jennifer Dugan. [L]

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Sound (Salvage #2). Alexandra Duncan. [L]
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South of Sunshine. Dana Elmendorf. [L]
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Sparks. SJ Adams. [L]
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Starglass (Starglass #1). Phoebe North.
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Starting From Here. Lisa Jenn Bigelow.
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Storm the Earth (Shatter the Sky #2). Rebecca Kim Wells. [L]

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The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door. Karen Finneyfrock. [G]
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Symptoms of Being Human. Jeff Garvin. [Genderqueer, B]
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Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel. Sara Farizan. [L]
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Tell Me How You Really Feel. Aminah Mae Safi. [L]

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37 Things I Love. Kekla Magoon. [L]
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This is Where it Ends. Marie Nijkamp. [L]
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365 Days (365 #1). KE Payne. [L]
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Torn. Amber Lehman.
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Twice Shy. Aurora Rey. [L]

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A Tyranny of Petticoats. Jessica Spotswood (editor). [L]
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Under the Lights (Daylight Falls #2). Dahlia Adler.
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The Unspoken Name (Serpent Gates #1). AK Larkwood. [L]

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The Wake of the Lorelei Lee (Bloody Jack #8). L.A. Meyer.
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We Are Okay. Nina LaCour. [L]
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We Deserve Monuments. Jas Hammonds. [L]

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What We Left Behind. Robin Talley. [L,T,G]
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Wide Awake. David Levithan. [G]
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Wildthorn. Jane Eagland. [L]
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson. John Green and David Levithan. [G]
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The Will of the Empress (Circle Reforged #1). Tamora Pierce. [L]
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Y The Last Man: Cycles (Y #2). Brian Vaughan. Pia Guerra. [L]
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Y The Last Man: Girl on Girl (Y #6). Brian Vaughan. Pia Guerra. [L]
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Y The Last Man: Kimono Dragons (Y #8). Brian Vaughan. Pia Guerra. [L]
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Y The Last Man: Motherland (Y #9). Brian Vaughan. Pia Guerra. [L]
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Y The Last Man: One Small Step (Y #3). Brian Vaughan. Pia Guerra. [L]
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Y The Last Man: Paper Dolls (Y #7). Brian Vaughan. Pia Guerra. [L]
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Y The Last Man: Whys and Wherefores (Y #10). Brian Vaughan. Pia Guerra. [L]
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The Year they Burned the Books. Nancy Garden. [G]
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You Know Who Girls: Freshman Year (Gila High #1). Annameekee Hesik. [L[
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Children
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And Tango Makes Three. Justin Richardson. [G]
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Bathe the Cat. Alice McGinty. [G]

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Gracefully Grayson. Ami Polonsky. [T]

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Julian is a Mermaid. Jessica Love. 
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