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Incomparable by Brie Bella and Nikki Bella

Incomparable by Brie Bella & Nikki Bella

A raw, honest, and revealing co-memoir by Brie and Nikki Bella: twin sisters, WWE Hall of Fame inductees, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and stars of the hit E! shows Total Bellas and Total Divas.

Though their early journey began with loss, abuse, and plenty of rough times, these challenges “shined the diamond.” They resolved to be survivors and the heroes of their own stories, and to take control and responsibility for their lives. Eventually, they would come to show girls everywhere that they can do anything.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Misogyny
Sexual assault
Domestic violence

The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, where Marvellers from all around the world come together to practice their cultural arts like brewing Indian spice elixirs, practising Caribbean steel drum hypnosis, and bartering with fussy Irish faeries. Ella knows some people mistrust her Conjuror magic, often deemed “bad and unnatural,” but she’s eager to make a good impression—and, hopefully, some friends… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Blood depiction
Kidnapping
Bullying

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions — affection, despair, and hope.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Misogyny
Rape
Sexual assault

The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe

The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe

Emery Hazard has pretty much everything under control. He and his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, are more in love than ever, despite the stress of wedding preparations hanging over them. His business as a private investigator is growing. He’s even enjoying time with his growing circle of friends. The only major problem on the horizon is whether or not he and Somers will be dancing at the wedding reception.

When Mitchell Martin shows up in his office, though, everything changes. The year before, Mitchell was abducted and tortured… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism & racial slurs
Ableism
Homomisia
Transmisia
Misogyny
Sexual assault of a child
Drugging
Kidnapping
Stalking

Wayward by Gregory Ashe

Wayward by Gregory Ashe

Emery Hazard is trying to plan his wedding, even though his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, isn’t exactly making things easy for him. To be fair, Somers has been distracted lately; his father is running for mayor in a hotly contested election, and their hometown is splintering under the weight of divisive politics.

In a matter of hours, those poisonous politics invade Hazard’s life in a way he couldn’t have imagined. Glenn Somerset, Somers’s father, shows up on their doorstep, and he wants two things: first, for Hazard to neutralize a blackmail threat; and second… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Homomisia
Racism
Parent with cancer
Death of a parent
Blackmail
Psychiatrist-patient relationship
Animal abuse mentioned

Police Brutality by Gregory Ashe

Police Brutality by Gregory Ashe

For the first time in a long while, Emery Hazard’s life is good. His new business as a private detective is taking off. Things are good at home. He loves his boyfriend, John-Henry Somerset; he loves their daughter. He might even love the new friends they’ve found. There’s only one problem: Somers has been talking about marriage.

When a former colleague, Walter Hoffmeister, comes to Hazard and hires him to look into a series of anonymous death threats, Hazard eagerly jumps on the distraction. Hoffmeister might be a jerk… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Misogyny
Racism
Homomisia
Transmisia
Rape mentioned
Suicide mentioned

All the Inside Howling by Gregory Ashe

All the Inside Howling by Gregory Ashe

Vie Eliot has survived a new high school, an abusive father, and the murderous Mr. Big Empty. Now, as Vie searches for Mr. Big Empty, he also finds himself facing an unexpected complication: how to be a good boyfriend.

When a mysterious drifter named River disappears, though, Vie finds himself dragged into finding the missing boy. Vie’s psychic abilities have proved useful in the past, and once again they set him on the trail of a gruesome murderer… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Homomisia
Racism
Child sexual abuse mentioned
Domestic abuse
Depression
Drug use mentioned
Self-harm (cutting)

The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker

The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker

Half British Reaper, half Japanese Shinigami, Ren Scarborough has been collecting souls in the London streets for centuries. Expected to obey the harsh hierarchy of the Reapers who despise her, Ren conceals her emotions and avoids her tormentors as best she can.

When her failure to control her Shinigami abilities drives Ren out of London, she flees to Japan to seek the acceptance she’s never gotten from her fellow Reapers… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Racism
Blood & gore depiction
Dismemberment & decapitation
Cannibalism mentioned
Death of a mother
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Death from exposure to the cold
Drowning
Exile
Bullying

Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera and Celia Moscote

Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera and Celia Moscote

Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn’t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But don’t worry, Juliet has something kinda resembling a plan that’ll help her figure out what it means to be Puerto Rican, lesbian and out. See, she’s going to intern with Harlowe Brisbane – her favorite feminist author, someone’s who’s the last work on feminism, self-love and lots of of ther things that will help Juliet find her ever elusive epiphany.

There’s just one problem – Harlowe’s white, not from the Bronx and doesn’t have the answers… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Bimisia
Lesbomisia
Fatmisia & body shaming
Cheating
Sexual assault
Sexual harassment

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

“You’re gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine” is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling novel. Off the reserve and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living.

Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the “rez,” and his former life… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Homomisia