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Lark and Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender

Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender

Lark Winters wants to be a writer, and for now that means posting on their social media accounts––anything to build their platform. When former best friend Kasim accidentally posts a thread on Lark’s Twitter declaring his love for a secret, unrequited crush, Lark’s tweets are suddenly the talk of the school—and beyond. To protect Kasim, Lark decides to take the fall, pretending they accidentally posted the thread in reference to another classmate. It seems like a great idea: Lark gets closer to their crush… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Transmisia
Panic attacks
Depression
Suicidal ideation
Pandemic (Covid-19)
Bullying
Gentrification

Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

Sigourney Rose is the only surviving daughter of a noble lineage on the islands of Hans Lollik. When she was a child, her family was murdered by the islands’ colonizers, who have massacred and enslaved generations of her people—and now, Sigourney is ready to exact her revenge. When the childless king of the islands declares that he will choose his successor from amongst eligible noble families, Sigourney uses her ability to read and control minds to manipulate her way onto the royal island and into the ranks of… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Slavery
Rape mentioned
Suicidal ideation
Lynching

Hexes and Oh’s by Koko Brown and Taige Crenshaw

Hexes and Oh’s by Koko Brown and Taige Crenshaw

Rosalind Fletcher is a witch but that’s not her only secret. Her one-of-a-kind wedding cakes are infused with a loving spell that produces long-lasting marriages where the men never stray, the women don’t nag, and none of the blissful couples end up in divorce court. What happens when a bewitched cake testing falls into the hands of the wrong person? Like her worst enemy and frequent collaborator Ace Benedict, former NFL player now third-generation wedding planner, who accidentally eats a sample meant for his clients? All hormones break loose!… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism

Jackal by Erin Adams

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Liz Rocher is coming home . . . reluctantly. As a Black woman, Liz doesn’t exactly have fond memories of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a predominantly white town. But her best friend is getting married, so she braces herself for a weekend of awkward and passive-aggressive reunions. Liz has grown, though; she can handle whatever awaits her. But on the day of the wedding, somewhere between dancing and dessert, the bride’s daughter, Caroline, goes missing—and the only thing left behind is a piece of white fabric covered in blood… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Fatmisia
Domestic violence
Alcoholism
Anxiety
Death of a child
Kidnapping

Spellmaker by Charlie Holmberg

Spellmaker by Charlie N. Holmberg

England, 1895. An unsolved series of magician murders and opus thefts isn’t a puzzle to Elsie Camden. But to reveal a master spellcaster as the culprit means incriminating herself as an unregistered spellbreaker. When Elsie refuses to join forces with the charming assassin, her secret is exposed, she’s thrown in jail, and the murderer disappears. But Elsie’s hope hasn’t vanished… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Misogyny
Terrorism

Spellbreaker by Charlie Holmberg

Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg

The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime. Commissioned by an underground group known as the Cowls, Elsie uses her spellbreaking to push back against the aristocrats and help the common man. She always did love the tale of Robin Hood… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Murder
Terrorism

Sunset Springs by Kacen Callender

Sunset Springs by Kacen Callender

No job, no money, no love – and to make things worse, 27-year-old Charlie has no choice but to leave New York City and move in with his mom in his isolated and conservative hometown of Sunset Springs. Home isn’t a comfortable place for Charlie. One of the very few Black residents and the only trans person around town that he knows of, this will be Charlie’s first time back in Sunset Springs since he transitioned. He expects confusion and maybe even hostility. He definitely does not expect Jackson Ford… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Transmisia
Homomisia
Outing
Alcohol consumption

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again. It’s been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she’s almost a new person now—an artist with her own studio, and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it’s time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn’t ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Racism
Slut-shaming
Nightmares
Suicidal ideation recounted
Alcohol consumption
Drug use
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child from cancer mentioned (leukemia)
Death of a wife from drowning mentioned
Death of a husband in a car accident recounted, on-page (theme)

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

Zachary Ying never had many opportunities to learn about his Chinese heritage. His single mom was busy enough making sure they got by, and his schools never taught anything except Western history and myths. So Zack is woefully unprepared when he discovers he was born to host the spirit of the First Emperor of China for a vital mission: sealing the leaking portal to the Chinese underworld before the upcoming Ghost Month blows it wide open… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Murder
Genocide
Blackmail
Loss of autonomy (possession)
Bullying

Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West. On the trail, she forms an instant connection with John Lowry, a half-Pawnee man straddling two worlds and a stranger in both. But life in a wagon train is fraught with hardship, fear, and death. Even as John and Naomi are drawn to each other, the trials of the journey and their disparate pasts work to keep them apart. John’s heritage gains them safe passage through… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism, on-page
Rape
Gun violence
Scalping
Animal death