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Greer’s character Arthur Less is back and he’s as lost as ever. After a devastating loss, he’s forced to go on a journey throughout the U.S., leading him back to where he’s from. In his long-awaited followup to the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel Less, Greer effortlessly brings us back into Arthur’s funny and melancholy world.
This book made me cry looking through it. Seeing all these recipes for meals I love gave me so much joy. This book has recipes for meals I promise will be the best you’ve ever had. You will not regret having this in your kitchen!
I love reading anything queer that doesn’t center around whiteness and this definitely scratched that itch. Ocampo offers a unique perspective on the gay experience, concentrating on men in Los Angeles who are second generation immigrants. This special book is a must read for anyone and everyone.
bell hooks asks the reader what their relationship with masculinity looks like. What does masculinity look like outside the patriarchy? Why do we condemn masculinity when it, in some way, is a part of everyone’s life? Hooks has us inspect and investigate our idea of what masculinity is and what it could be.
In his fantastic followup to the hit book A Man Named Doll, author and television creator Jonathan Ames gives a fantastic return to Happy Doll, a now Buddhist Los Angeles private eye. When someone from his past comes back to him, his life gets rocked in a way he could never expect. This fantastic second book in the Happy Doll series will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last sentence.
This antholgy features a plethora of queer writers and artists as they tell stories of love. This collection is a must have for fans of graphic novels and gay.
Deeply sexy, meloncholy and fun. It gives I May Destroy You mixed with Fleabag season 2. Filled with fun twists and turns that's complimented with complex characters. Emezi does it again!
2018 Pulitzer prize winner. Funny, romantic and gay. You'll have a great time!
In Perry Moore's last novel, we follow a young man as he comes into his own. He deals with his family's tortured history, his sexuality and these new superpowers that he has to keep hidden from his father. This book is an amazing read with many twists and turns that will leave you stunned in the best way possible. Highly recommend!
This murder mystery crossed with a cold case investigation will keep you hooked to each page as you see Sullivan give you a shocking and satisfying ending to a seemingly chaotic story. This dark and mystifying tale will make you see the city of Denver in a new light.
In her Graphic Novel debut, award winning science fiction and fantasy author N.K. Jemisin creates her own world within the popular DC Universe. On a distant planet in a far off uiverse, newly appointed Green Lantern Sojourner 'Jo' Mullein investigates a murder in a city where violent crime is unheard of. Jo will have to handle a changing world while dealing with flawed politicians and citizens on the verge of erupting. A thrilling story that carries Jemisin's usual themes of cultural conflict and oppression with a wonderful new character.
Alexia Arthurs delivers a book of short stories about the different facets of the Jamaican diasporic experience. The book includes a story of two Jamaican freshmen women at NYU, a turmoiled first-gen Jamaican-American woman who visits Jamaica as a resort vacationer, a successful Jamaican who has a chance encounter with his twin brother and many other fantastic stories. As a first-generation American raised by two Jamaican parents, this book spoke to me in ways others haven't and I think everyone will find something to live in it.
With his follow up to The House in the Cerulean Sea, Klune takes us on a trip to a fantasy "life after death" world. Meet the ghost of Wallace as he tries to make the most out of life, even if he's in the afterlife. A beautiful tale of love, regrets and the choice to change it all.
In the highly anticipated sequel to the heartwarming love story Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Ari and Dante return, right where they left off but with a beautiful new relationship that comes with new problems. Ari and Dante will have to fight to hold onto their love while facing the problems of the world.
Based on the powerful and moving speech given at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Michaela Coel builds on her words to give us a manifesto of her experience with race, gender, and class. This book may destroy you, but it is definitely worth it!
Queenie shows the aching strength of what it means to carry two different cultures and trying to find where you fit in either. Extremely heartbreaking and heartwarming!
In the third installment in the fantastic Montague Siblings series, we follow the youngest sibling Adrian as he uncovers secrets about his family and searches for the lost siblings he never knew he had. Follow Adrian as he goes on a journey to a new world he’s never seen and finds himself on the way.
A fantastic story with compelling characters, beautiful settings and so much wonderful food. You will not be able to put this one down.
A fresh and captivating retelling of the myth of the legendary Greek hero Achilles and his trusted compainon Patroclus. This book is for all the fans of Greek mythology with a new viewpoint on characters like Odysseus and the Trojan War. With this story of tradgedy, love and loyalty, you will not be able to put this book down.
Go inside this marriage that looks perfect on the outside, but is very different on the inside. This fantastic book looks at queerness outside the white centric lense we usually see it represented and shows the struggle of queer people outside of Western culture. This book asks the question: What is more important, your cultural heritage or your self identity?
When four young siblings learn the days that they're all going to die from a mysterious and mystical woman, they don't realize that their fates are already sealed. We then follow each sibling as they choose to deal with this as adults. Some of them will choose to live as much life has to offer while some of them will let this information destroy them. This heartbreaking book deals with love, fantasy, family, grief and what it really means to live. Highly recommend!
Escape with me to a wonderful world where magic and magical creatures exist. Linus Baker, a quiet and lonely man, finds an unexpected and challenging task as he's assigned by the government to report on an island where an orphange with extremely classified magical children reside and a charming caretaker with many secrets. He encounters many unexpected things which make him question everything he thought he knew and believed about the world and himself. I recommend this to anyone who needs a little island getaway!
This book might be the most devastating book I've ever read, but also the most amazing book I've ever read. This 720 paged book is not for the faint of heart, but if you take the chance, you'll come out of it a different person. Highly recommend, but please book a therapy appointment for when you're done.
When four young siblings learn the days that they're all going to die from a mysterious and mystical woman, they don't realize that their fates are already sealed. We then follow each sibling as they choose to deal with this as adults. Some of them will choose to live as much life has to offer while some of them will let this information destroy them. This heartbreaking book deals with love, fantasy, family, grief and what it really means to live. Highly recommend!