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Take Me With You Is Steven Rowley at His Most Mature and Heartfelt
Steven Rowley’s latest novel uses an alien abduction to explore queer grief, long-term love, and what it means to be the one who stayed. His most emotionally mature work yet, and a close contender for his best.
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In Between Days Is Camryn Garrett’s Most Heartbreaking and Most Necessary Book Yet
Camryn Garrett’s fifth novel follows a teenager who discovers her late father had a secret boyfriend and a queer life she knew nothing about. Fresh in form and devastating in feeling, In Between Days is one of the most honest accounts of queer grief in recent YA fiction.
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Smash or Pass Is the Sapphic YA Debut We Didn’t Know We Needed
Birdie Schae’s debut is a warm, funny, and sharply observed sapphic YA novel about a high-masking autistic girl whose summer at beach volleyball camp dismantles everything she thought she knew about herself. The slow-burn romance earns every page, and Ellie is one of the most fully realized protagonists in recent…
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Douglas Stuart’s John of John Is Quietly Stunning but Slow
Douglas Stuart returns with John of John, a slow and stunning third novel set on the Isle of Harris. A broke art school graduate comes home to find his father hiding the same secret he is. Two closeted men, one windswept island, and almost no language for what they feel.
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