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August Thompson

**A 2025 Lamda Literary Award finalist • Longlisted for The Center For Fiction's 2024 First Novel Prize • Named a Best Book of 2024 by Elle, Vogue, and Debutiful“This new novel is a real heart-squeezer. Beautiful, one of a kind and perfectly titled.” —Matt Berninger, The National“Anyone’s Ghost is about so very many things: the pains of growing up, friendship and pining, drugs, sex, the frustrations of masculinity and the thrill of testin...

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August Thompson

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Lee Osorio

**A 2025 Lamda Literary Award finalist • Longlisted for The Center For Fiction's 2024 First Novel Prize • Named a Best Book of 2024 by Elle, Vogue, and Debutiful“This new novel is a real heart-squeezer. Beautiful, one of a kind and perfectly titled.” —Matt Berninger, The National“Anyone’s Ghost is about so very many things: the pains of growing up, friendship and pining, drugs, sex, the frustrations of masculinity and the thrill of testin...

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Riley August

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Robyn Holdaway, Ayesha Antoine, Chris Thompson

AN OCTOBER 2026 BARNES & NOBLE SPECULATIVE FICTION PICK!An Audible Best of the Year Pick for 2024!A Waterstones August Book of the Month Pick!**"A quietly profound story about grief, purpose, and our place in the universe...Come for the cat, stay for the story."—Sunyi Dean, internationally bestselling author of The Book EatersA dying universe. A search for answers. An adventure at the end of a trillion lifetimes.**

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed by Minneapolis police officers, sparking months of unrest at home and around the world. As millions took to the streets to express their outrage and speak out against systemic racism, injustice, and institutionalized violence, the city of Minneapolis and its residents were deeply shaken. For many, George Floyd's murder and the ensuing uprisings shattered the city’s reputation for progressive ideals and a high quality of life. ...

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August von Kotzebue

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Benjamin Thompson

In "The Stranger," August von Kotzebue crafts a compelling narrative that explores themes of alienation, identity, and the quest for belonging within an often inhospitable society. Written in a melodramatic style characteristic of early 19th-century Romanticism, the play delves into the complex emotional landscapes of its characters, highlighting the contrasts between societal norms and individual desires. Kotzebue's dialogue pulses with intensity, reflecting the burgeoning sentiment of th...

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August von Kotzebue, Dylan McAllister

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Benjamin Thompson

August von Kotzebue's "The Stranger" is a quintessential example of late 18th-century German drama, encapsulating the spirit of the Sturm und Drang movement. The play revolves around themes of identity, alienation, and the moral dilemmas faced by individuals in transition. Kotzebue employs a mixture of lyrical dialogue and poignant character studies, creating a tapestry that reflects societal norms while challenging them. Its exploration of the human condition is enhanced by richly drawn c...

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Mark A. Thompson

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Alan August

Sinatra’s Tailor is a biographical novel based on Umberto Autore’s coming-of- age story about a young boy, orphaned in Italy during World War II, raised by “nuns and Nazis,” who immigrates to America as a teenager and eventually becomes Frank Sinatra’s tailor.

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E.M. Anderson

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David Sweeney-Bear

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY LIBRARY JOURNAL AND REACTOR"Anderson writes a curmudgeonly immortal protagonist and a (literally) haunting story full of heart; a delightful novel." —Library Journal starred review**"This heartwarming, thrilling book cleverly uses horror tropes to achieve a powerful effect, suffusing the reader with warmth and kindness." —The Washington Post**In this mesmerizing, wonderfully moving q...

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Jiaming Tang

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Samantha Tan

**Winner of the Los Angeles Times' Art Seidenbaum Award for First FictionWinner of the Edmund White Award for Debut FictionWinner of the Ferro-Grumley award for LGBTQ FictionFinalist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionFinalist for the Lambda Literary AwardFinalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardA Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club Pick“Part ghost story, part love story, and part tale of hardscrabble immigrant life...

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Bobby Finger

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David Pittu

From the beloved author of The Old Place comes a tender, funny, and fresh novel about a gay writer in New York City whose life is irrevocably altered, and then again thirty years later.In 1992, on his thirtieth birthday, Artie Anderson meets the man who will change his life. Artie spends his days at a tedious advertising job, finding relief in the corner of New York City he can call his own, even as the queer community is still being ravaged by HIV. But wh...

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Heather O'Neill

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Jeanna Phillips

The #1 national bestseller“Marvelous . . . viciously funny and acutely intelligent” (Maclean’s), When We Lost Our Heads is the spellbinding story of two young women whose friendship is so intense it not only threatens to destroy them, it changes the course of historyMarie Antoine is the charismatic, spoiled daughter of a sugar baron. At age twelve, with her pile of blond curls and unparalleled sense of whimsy, she’s the le...

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Annie Mare

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Mia Hutchinson-Shaw

A multiverse novel about two women who fall in love despite living in worlds that are five months apart, as they try to find a timeline that doesn’t end in disaster, in this debut novel by Annie Mare.Tressa Fay Robeson has never been shy, which is how she’s made a name for herself as an in-demand hairstylist and social media star. So she can admit that spending her days at her hair salon and her nights with her tight-knit group of friends (and one grumpy cat) is no...