The Call Is Coming from Inside the House: Essays
By: Allyson McOuat
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
From Allyson McOuat, author of the popular 2020 New York Times Modern Love essay “The Ghost Was the…
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1. Perfume & Pain
By: Anna Dorn
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A controversial Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- lgbt
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"I sit down wanting to write the great lesbian love story, but wacko bitches just keep coming out."-Anna Dorn, Perfume & Pain
2. Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
By: Suzanne Scanlon
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once. When Su… read more
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"Only in retrospect might I say I loved it there. I didn't love it. It became familiar. I got used to it. I became dependent upon it. This is not love."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"I became a writer because I believe in that part of me who is not limited by age or gender or time or disability - yet still I am afraid to say it. Yes, I was ill."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"I myself have internalized the self-loathing that at times can make me feel ashamed to be writing this book. But I also believe that, as my heroes have shown me, this is where a writer must go."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"What if, instead of being diagnosed—being called mentally ill—what if I had been able to receive care for its own sake. To be in distress, to ask for care, to receive it. What if there were space in …"-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
3. Fire Exit
By: Morgan Talty
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more
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- adult
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"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
4. Grey Dog
By: Elliott Gish
3.96
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women’s historical fiction with delu… read more
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- audiobook
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- lgbt
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5. And Then She Fell
By: Alicia Elliott
3.90
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more
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- adult
- canada
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell
"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell
6. Brat
By: Gabriel Smith
3.53
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protag… read more
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- audiobook
"I chose this one. This is the one I care about."-Gabriel Smith, Brat
7. Rainbow Black
By: Maggie Thrash
3.96
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’9… read more
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8. The Harpy
By: Megan Hunter
3.31
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
Lucy and Jake live in a house by a field where the sun burns like a ball of fire. Lucy has set her … read more
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- audiobook
9. The Deep Dark
By: Molly Knox Ostertag
4.42
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more
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10. Exalted
By: Anna Dorn
3.73
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Emily Forrest runs the hottest astrology account on Instagram, @Exalted, but astrology is on the ou… read more
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11. Consent: A Memoir
By: Jill Ciment
3.96
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more
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12. How It Works Out
By: Myriam Lacroix
3.79
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“What an audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring debut. The power of this formally innovative and de… read more
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13. Little Rot
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more
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14. Colored Television
By: Danzy Senna
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
15. Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories
By: Shashi Bhat
4.22
Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition
CBC Books' Top Pick for Most Anticipated Canadian Fiction for Spring 2024—a breathtaking and sharpl… read more
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16. Private Rites
By: Julia Armfield
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"-Julia Armfield, Private Rites
17. Haunt Sweet Home
By: Sarah Pinsker
3.47
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spo… read more
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18. Old Wounds
By: Logan-Ashley Kisner
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Erin and Max are two trans kids who are just trying to get to California. Max is desperate to final… read more
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19. She's Always Hungry: Stories
By: Eliza Clark
3.94
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
From Eliza Clark, the author of the brilliant novels Boy Parts and Penance and one of Granta’s Best… read more
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20. The Call Is Coming from Inside the House: Essays
By: Allyson McOuat
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
From Allyson McOuat, author of the popular 2020 New York Times Modern Love essay “The Ghost Was the… read more
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- adult
- queer
21. Model Home
By: Rivers Solomon
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more
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