A vulnerable, intelligent teenager navigates grief and his changing relationships in the absorbing novel "American Lit". A gay teenager navigates parental grief and neglect, a flirtation with his English teacher, and an unexpected... Read More

In Jennifer Mason-Black’s lyrical novel "Sometimes the Girl", a despondent young writer goes on an “archaeological study” in the attic of a dying Pulitzer winner. To save for a trip to New Zealand with the ex-girlfriend she still... Read More

Jaime Burnet’s delicate, striking novel "Milktooth" chronicles the horrors of abuse and the life-giving power of friendships and found family. When Sorcha meets dashing, butch Chris, she wants to create a family with her. The two dream... Read More

In Scott Alexander Hess’s pastoral novel "Drought", an isolated man inherits a farm and learns about the estranged relative who left it to him. When Parnell, an aimless orphan, inherits a tobacco farm from his Uncle Willy, he moves to... Read More

Be Steadwell’s novel "Chocolate Chip City" is about gentrification and protest. It is also a hymn to Black love, Black queerness, and Black spirit that pulses with the joy of existence. The Jones sisters—Ella, Jasmine, and... Read More

In Yiğit Karaahmet’s gripping thriller "Summerhouse", love slips into betrayal on a picturesque Turkish island. Fehmi and Şener live a beautiful life on Büyükada. Their forty-year romantic partnership is known to everyone on the... Read More

In Jen Michalski’s queer romance novel "All This Can Be True", two women find each other and themselves after grief. Just before Lacie asks her husband for a divorce, he has a stroke and winds up comatose. While torn between supporting... Read More

A travel writer’s routine assignment spirals into a scandalous whirlwind in Sam Lumley’s mystery novel "How to Have a Killer Time in D.C." Oliver Popp, a gay, autistic writer with a penchant for structure, is tasked by his editors to... Read More