Saltus
By: Tara Gereaux
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Evocative of Miriam Toews’ A Complicated Kindness and Diane Warren’s Cool Water, Tara Gereaux’s nov…
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1. The Clothesline Swing
By: Danny Ramadan
4.14
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
The Clothesline Swingis a journey through the troublesome aftermath of the Arab Spring. A former Sy… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
2. Go Tell It on the Mountain
By: James Baldwin
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a semi-autobiog… read more
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- fiction
3. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
By: Kelly Barnhill
4.12
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in th… read more
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- fiction
"Sorrow is dangerous."-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
"Magic and madness are link after all."-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
"Death is always sudden, even when it isn't"-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
"Some of us...choose love over power. Indeed, most of us do."-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
4. Salt Houses
By: Hala Alyan
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. … read more
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5. Pax
By: Sara Pennypacker , Jon Klassen
3.98
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
Pax was only a kit when his family was killed, and "his boy" Peter rescued him from abandonment and… read more
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6. A Complicated Kindness
By: Miriam Toews
3.68
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
In this stunning coming-of-age novel, award-winner Miriam Toews balances grief and hope in the voic… read more
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- fiction
"But love, like a mushroom high compared with the buzz from cheap weed, outlasts grief."-Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness
"He's in love with the notion of shame and he traffics the shit like a schoolground pusher, spreading it around but never personally using."-Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness
"...and I put on "All My Love" and watched the sun rise yet again and thought thank you Robert Plant for all your love but do you have anymore?"-Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness
"One night I heard my dad say to my mom: I can't help but think of the good times we're having now as being painful memories later on. And my mom saying, c'mon now honey."-Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness
7. The Reason You Walk
By: Wab Kinew
4.30
Format: 503 pages, Hardcover
A moving story of father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic Aboriginal star. When his father … read more
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8. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more
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- fiction
9. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
By: Kate Beaton
4.41
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more
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10. The Deep
By: Rivers Solomon
3.78
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underw… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"What is belonging?"-Rivers Solomon, The Deep
"Forgetting was not the same as healing."-Rivers Solomon, The Deep
"It is easy to do that with the past, even with the blessing of the full visions of the history."-Rivers Solomon, The Deep
"Then don't die." Yetu said... "Stay with me and we will make a new thing. What's behind us, it is done."-Rivers Solomon, The Deep
11. These Precious Days: Essays
By: Ann Patchett
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in … read more
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"It is possible to love someone with all your heart and still know your union would never have survived having children together."-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"The future is not one thing. So many possibilities can arise as a result of intelligence, education, curiosity, and hard work. No one ever told me that, and I'm sorry it took this long for me to figu…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"People want you to want what they want. If you want the same things they want, then their want is validated. If you don’t want the same things, your lack of wanting can, to certain people, come acros…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
"Without ever meaning to, my father taught me at a very early age to give up on the idea of approval. I wish I could bottle that freedom now and give it to every young writer I meet, with an extra bot…"-Ann Patchett, These Precious Days: Essays
12. Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
By: Jasper Fforde
4.50
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey—in an exclusive edition… read more
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- fiction
"Choice," went the Word of Munsell, "leads only to dithering and unhealthy speculation over alternative outcomes. The choice to have no choice is the best choice of all."-Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
13. Fight Night
By: Miriam Toews
4.04
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
The beloved author of bestsellers Women Talking, A Complicated Kindness, and All My Puny Sorrows r… read more
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- fiction
"She (mom) yelled from upstairs, Those are books that help me to live! Those books are my life! Get down here! I yelled back. I'm your goddamn life!"-Miriam Toews, Fight Night
14. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
15. Greenwood
By: Michael Christie
4.33
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
It's 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting u… read more
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- fiction
"There is nothing more quieting than an ancient tree"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Do you know what becomes of men like us without the armour of wealth...?"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Maybe trees do have souls. Which makes wood a kind of flesh. And perhaps instruments of wooden construction sound so pleasing to our ears for this reason: the choral shimmer of a guitar; the heartbea…"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Still, Temple has no illusions concerning her library's impact. Her books won't lift anyone from their low station. They won't right wrongs or save wandering souls from perdition or fill grumbling st…"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
16. Deep House (DreadfulWater, #6)
By: Thomas King
4.03
Format: 352 pages, ebook
For the first time since the pandemic, Thumps DreadfulWater has finally found some peace in small-t… read more
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- fiction
- indigenous
17. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
18. Kukum
By: Michel Jean
4.55
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
«C'est un de ces soirs où je trayais les vaches dans la lumière du soleil couchant que je l'ai vu p… read more
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- fiction
- indigenous
"Péribonka, c'est un chemin creusé par des géants à même le roc. Cette nature indomptée et somptueuse m'a libérée de l'horizon."-Michel Jean, Kukum
"Ce soir d'été, quand je suis arrivée au pâturage, il m'attendait, assis sur la clôture, avec la patience de celui qui se moque du temps qui passe."-Michel Jean, Kukum
19. Call Your Daughter Home
By: Deb Spera
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A stunning tour de force following three fierce, unforgettable Southern women in the years leading … read more
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- fiction
20. Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
By: Jill Heinerth
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From one of the world’s most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth’s fin… read more
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21. Julia
By: Sandra Newman
3.78
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia… read more
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- fiction
"У цьому весь жах. Ти не маєш вибору, а все ж мусиш діяти точно так, ніби маєш."-Sandra Newman, Julia
22. Love Marriage
By: Monica Ali
3.90
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In present-day London, Yasmin Ghorami is twenty-six, in training to be a doctor (like her Indian-bo… read more
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- fiction
23. Bad Cree
By: Jessica Johns
3.92
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more
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- fiction
- indigenous
"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree
24. The Strangers
By: Katherena Vermette
4.10
Format: 336 pages, None
From the bestselling author of The Break comes a staggering intergenerational saga that explores ho… read more
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- fiction
- indigenous
"Summer was always the worst season. Everyone always complained about winter, but winter was simple, you just didn't go outside. Summer always tried to sneak in where it was not wanted."-Katherena Vermette, The Strangers
25. The Circle
By: Katherena Vermette
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- indigenous
26. Bear
By: Julia Phillips
3.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unex… read more
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- fiction
"There'd been only three hundred students in the whole school, which made it a tiny, gossipy hellhole, a bucket of crabs snapping at each other and falling over themselves."-Julia Phillips, Bear
"What was Sam afraid of? Withering away here. Dreaming of chances she'd never be able to take, and shriveling up from that denial, getting poorer and put under more pressure and pushed farther from th…"-Julia Phillips, Bear
27. Colorful
By: Eto Mori
4.01
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
A beloved and bestselling classic in Japan, this groundbreaking tale of a dead soul who gets a seco… read more
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- fiction
28. The World Cannot Give
By: Tara Isabella Burton
3.45
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
How far would you go after finding something–or someone–worthy of devotion?... Don't miss the no… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
29. The Girl He Used to Know
By: Tracey Garvis Graves
3.93
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
What if you had a second chance at first love? Annika Rose likes being alone. She feels lost… read more
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- fiction
"The constant vigilance and my heightened anxiety that I'd screw it up anyway exhausted me, but I persevered."-Tracey Garvis Graves, The Girl He Used to Know
"Though she has trouble deciphering other people's facial expressions, her face is an open book and no one would ever have trouble understanding hers."-Tracey Garvis Graves, The Girl He Used to Know
"It was hard for me to come up with something on the fly, which is why I preferred, if at all possible, not to say anything at all for fear it wasn't the right thing."-Tracey Garvis Graves, The Girl He Used to Know
"He had the whitest teeth I'd ever seen, which made me think his kisses would taste like Pep O Mint Life Savers. Joe's kisses probably tasted like pot and Funyuns. And failure."-Tracey Garvis Graves, The Girl He Used to Know
30. Saltus
By: Tara Gereaux
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Evocative of Miriam Toews’ A Complicated Kindness and Diane Warren’s Cool Water, Tara Gereaux’s nov… read more
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- lgbt
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- fiction
- indigenous
31. Monkey Beach
By: Eden Robinson
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
“ Monkey Beach creates a vivid contemporary landscape that draws the reader deep into a traditional… read more
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- fiction
- indigenous
"Six crows sit in our greengage tree. Half awake, I hear them speak to me in Haisla."-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
"As I drove away, I felt deeply comforted knowing that magical things were still living in the world."-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
"You honkies want women to be like cookies, all sweet and dainty and easy to eat. But I'm fry bread, you bitch, and I'm proud of it."-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
"We are apart so that I will know the joy of being with you again. Take care of yourself, wherever you are. Take care of yourself, wherever you are."-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
