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• The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay

  Douglass, Ryan,

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  A 1920s Black reimagining of the Great Gatsby, Seventeen-year-old Nick Carrington wants nothing more than to leave Greenwood, Oklahoma, behind and make a name for himself in the papers. But when tragedy strikes, dreams turn into a twisted reality.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Wretched Beauty

  a Dorian Gray Remix

  Grenier, Elle,

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  London 1867, trapped by their family's expectations, aristocrat Dorian Gray seems to find freedom and joy through a young painter named Basil, but as they spiral into guilt and self-destruction, Basil's portrait of them begins to change, forcing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And They Were Roommates

  Powars, Page,

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  Transgender teen Charlie's plan to keep a low profile at his boys' boarding school becomes jeopardized when he starts rooming with his former summer camp fling from before he transitioned.

• This Day Changes Everything

  a Novel

  Underhill, Edward,

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  Queer teens Abby and Leo spend a life-changing day together lost in New York City.

• Just Happy to Be Here

  Kanakia, Naomi,

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  Tara just wants to be treated like any other girl at Ainsley Academy. That is, judged on her merits—not on her transness. But there's no road map for being the first trans girl at an all-girls school. And when she tries to join the Sibyls, an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of the Bone Forest

  Skye, Jasmine,

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  Two girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ever closer in this high-stakes, queernormative dark fantasy.

• The Absinthe Underground

  Pacton, Jamie, 1979-

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  In the Belle Époque city of Severon, Sybil Clarion and Esme Rimbaud, best friends with a secret crush on each other, find themselves drawn into a risky heist proposition from a mysterious Green Faerie named Maeve, which could offer financial…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wide Awake Now

  Levithan, David,

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  A gay Jewish man has just been elected president of the United States—or so it seems, until the governor of Kansas decides that some election results in his state are invalid and awards crucial votes to the other candidate, his fellow party member.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Canto Contigo

  a Novel

  Garza Villa, Jonny,

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  In a twenty-four-hour span, Rafael Alvarez led North Amistad High School's Mariachi Alma de la Frontera to their eleventh consecutive first-place win in the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional, and met, made out with, and almost hooked up with one of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Your Lonely Nights Are Over

  Sass, Adam, 1983-

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  From the day they met, Dearie and Cole have been two against the world. But whenever something bad happens at Stone Grove High School, they get blamed. Why? They're beautiful, flirtatious, dangerously clever queen bees, and they're always ready to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Friday I'm in Love

  Garrett, Camryn,

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  After not being able to have a sweet sixteen party, Mahalia decides to throw a coming out party to celebrate love and herself.

• Blood Debts

  Benton-Walker, Terry J.,

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  Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history. In the days that followed, a throne was stolen from a queen. On the anniversary of these brutal events, Clement and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pritty

  Miller, Keith F., Jr.,

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  Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be . . . Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy. Unsure of what he could have possibly done to catch…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Evolving Truth of Ever-stronger Will

  MacGregor, Maya,

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  Follow 17-year-old Will as they struggle with the aftermath of parental abuse and learn to a forge a new life for themself.

• As You Walk on by

  Winters, Julian,

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  Theo Wright's plan (well, more like his dad's plan) involves excelling at his magnet school, getting scouted by college recruiters, and going to Duke on an athletic scholarship. After his best friend Jay dares Theo to prompose to his crush at Chloe…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Imogen, Obviously

  Albertalli, Becky,

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  Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she's got the World's Greatest Ally title locked down. She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Emmett

  Rosen, Lev AC,

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  Seventeen-year-old self-absorbed Emmett navigates love and relationships in this queer retelling of Emma.

• Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

  Lippincott, Rachael,

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  What if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love . . . just not in your lifetime? Audrey Cameron has lost her spark. But after getting dumped by her first love and waitlisted at her dream art school all in one week, she has no intention of putting her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Going Bicoastal

  Adler, Dahlia,

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  Told in alternating timelines, Jewish seventeen-year-old Natalya spends one summer in New York with her dad, trying to muster the courage to talk to her girl crush, and another in Los Angeles with her estranged mom, going for a guy she never saw…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spell Bound

  Lukens, F. T.,

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  Edison Rooker isn't sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies. He doesn't have much experience with hexes or curses. Heck, he doesn't even have magic. But he…Read moreRead more of this annotation