The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen
By: Gary Eldon Peter
3.82
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
Set on a small and struggling family dairy operation in southern Minnesota, The Complicated Calculu…
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1. Choice of Weapons
By: Gordon Parks
3.96
Format: 425 pages, Paperback
The noted author/photographer recounts his life and the bitter struggle he has faced, since he was … read more
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2. Mildred Pierce
By: James M. Cain
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness and deter… read more
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- fiction
3. The Art of Being Normal
By: Lisa Williamson
4.45
Format: 122 pages, Hardcover
Two boys. Two secrets. David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he's gay. The sch… read more
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4. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
By: Lorrie Moore
3.31
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
Lorrie Moore's first novel since A Gate at the Stairs--a daring, meditative exploration of love and… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"I've become. An object of dismay. I guess."-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
"Do I jar you?" he asks with his sly charm. "No," I say. “I am braced at every turn for disenchantment."-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
5. A First Time for Everything
By: Dan Santat
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more
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- coming of age
6. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
By: Maria Bamford
3.77
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more
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7. The Seed Keeper
By: Diane Wilson
4.30
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle t… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"My father traveled now with the stars, returned to the vast mystery that had so fascinated him all his life."-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
"What the white settlers called progress was a storm of fury thundering its way across the land, and none of us were strong enough to withstand it."-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
"I decided to give Rosie all the facts I could—because that's how the corporations work against us, twisting the truth till we're at war with each other."-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
"I thought about the aftermath of the 1862 war, when thirty-eight hastily condemned warriors had been hung in Mankato, in the country's largest-ever mass execution. Their bodies were buried in shallow…"-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
8. A Little Bit Country
By: Brian D. Kennedy
3.87
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Emmett Maguire wants to be country music’s biggest gay superstar – a far reach when you’re seventee… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"If you’re comfortable and supported in the life you were meant to be living, why go back to pretending to be someone you’re not? Lying to everyone and always having to watch your back isn’t healthy."-Brian D. Kennedy, A Little Bit Country
9. Huda F Cares?
By: Huda Fahmy
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?
"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?
10. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
By: Tommie Smith
4.46
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more
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11. Deposing Nathan
By: Zack Smedley
4.23
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
Nate never imagined that he would be attacked by his best friend, Cam. Now, Nate is being called… read more
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- queer
"If you think you need to earn enough points on someone’s rubric for them to accept you, then either you’re wrong to assume they won’t love you for who you are, or they never loved you in the first pl…"-Zack Smedley, Deposing Nathan
"I’ve spent every minute of these past months trying to figure out why I feel the things I feel, and if there’s a way to put that into words, I won’t find it. I am who I am. I’ve never acted on less t…"-Zack Smedley, Deposing Nathan
12. Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)
By: E.L. Massey
4.33
Format: 423 pages, ebook
Nineteen-year-old hockey phenom Alexander Price is the youngest-ever captain in the NHL. With a pol… read more
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- contemporary
- queer
- young adult
- lgbt
"Apparently, Alex doesn't know how to handle emotions, and he's a dumpster fire of a human being."-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)
"The problem is he thinks he and Eli could be good for each other. Really good. Under different circumstances. In a different life. Or maybe, if he was just a little braver, in this one."-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)
13. May the Best Man Win
By: Z.R. Ellor
3.23
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
A trans boy enters a throw-down battle for the title of Homecoming King with the boy he dumped last… read more
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- queer
14. The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4)
By: Sujata Massey
4.02
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex … read more
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- fiction
15. Man o' War
By: Cory McCarthy
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age novel about an Arab American trans swimme… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
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- contemporary
- queer
"Not all trans people started out feeling like a different gender trapped in their skin. Some find themself a little at a time, a door inside that unlocks and reveals new doors, and new doors after th…"-Cory McCarthy, Man o' War
16. Wandering Souls
By: Cecile Pin
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, … read more
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- contemporary
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
"I didn't know that my culture had fashioned the shape of my mourning; I didn't know that my grief could be improper."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
17. The Hellfire Club
By: Jake Tapper
3.62
Format: 352 pages, ebook
The debut political thriller from Jake Tapper, CNN's chief Washington correspondent and the New Yor… read more
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"When our wars are determined not by the threat of Nazism or racism or Communism but by the influence on policy-makers of those those who stand to reap financial benefits from the use of these arms - …"-Jake Tapper, The Hellfire Club
"I am sure because I am confident in the idea of the United States of America. I believe that the combination of checks and balances and a free press and our democratically elected representatives wil…"-Jake Tapper, The Hellfire Club
18. The Barrens
By: Kurt Johnson
4.06
Format: 288 pages, ebook
This riveting debut is at once a white-water adventure, coming-of-age novel, and tale of tragic lov… read more
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- queer
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19. Big in Sweden
By: Sally Franson
3.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A charming, wise, and laugh-out-loud funny novel following an American woman competing on a Swedish… read more
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20. The Bright Sword
By: Lev Grossman
4.06
Format: 673 pages, Hardcover
A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more
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"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword
"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword
21. The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen
By: Gary Eldon Peter
3.82
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
Set on a small and struggling family dairy operation in southern Minnesota, The Complicated Calculu… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
