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Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander

Chef's Choice

Chef's Kiss #2

TJ Alexander

316 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0justen's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

The Rose Code

Kate Quinn

624 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0justen's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

The First to Die at the End

Death-Cast #0

Adam Silvera

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justen's review
fiction lgbtqia+ speculative fiction young adult emotional sad medium-paced
Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire

Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

Oliver Darkshire

254 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justen's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

The Magic Fish

Trung Le Nguyen

229 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0justen's review
fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman

The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression

Writers Helping Writers Series #1

Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman

295 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0justen's review
nonfiction reference informative medium-paced
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

430 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justen's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Answers in the Pages by David Levithan

Answers in the Pages

David Levithan

176 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justen's review
fiction lgbtqia+ middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison

The Grief of Stones

The Chronicles of Osreth #2

Katherine Addison

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justen's review
fiction fantasy emotional mysterious medium-paced
Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Ogres

Terrible Worlds: Revolutions #3

Adrian Tchaikovsky

102 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justen's review
fiction dystopian fantasy science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced