The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan # Still reeling from her mother’s death a few months prior, she’ll shut herself off from the rest of the world and begin an elusive affair that will drastically transform her life. Mallory is a freshman in college and immediately taken by a successful, elegant (and married) older woman at the university’s gym. We Do What We Do in The Dark by Michelle Hart # With a bright future on the horizon and a second chance at love, Feyi must figure out who she’s ready to become, and how to honor her grief while releasing her past. Then an unexpected, steamy encounter at a rooftop party transforms into a whirlwind summer with a perfect guy-that is until she locks eyes with his father. Her best friend insists she get back into the dating scene, but Feyi isn’t quite ready. Nigerian writer Akwaeke Emezi (The Death of Vivek Oji) is back with their deeply heartfelt romance novel about a woman who wants to feel alive again, five years after her husband’s death. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi # But when Greta makes headlines for her involvement in an extremist group’s protest in Paris, Nancy and Nick must race to find her, not just for the sake of the campaign, but her own as well. Nick and Greta are grown but adrift Nick is drowning in his pursuit to write a musical and Greta is letting her life slip by. But there are two things standing in her way: her own kids. In this sharp, hilarious and surprisingly tender story, politician Nancy Harrison is determined to win a seat in the Senate-and she’s almost there. Let’s Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder # Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond #Ī heartwarming lesbian rom-com debut, semi-closeted baker Amy (she’s fired from her job at a Christian bakery) turned bridesmaid-for-hire meets an attractive new-to-town engineer named Charley, and the fireworks are immediate. Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak #ĭid you know a violent slave uprising in Haiti had a rippling effects in France? In this exciting, provocative historical novel, a 1700s bisexual, Black heiress flees from Saint-Domingue to Paris, only to find herself caught up in the French Revolution-and those of infamous agitator Robespierre and his mistress. Whether it’s the World War II–era gay spymaster who used seduction as a tool for American espionage tool or the the devoted aide Lyndon Johnson treated as a son until it was discovered he was gay, Kirchick’s Secret City researches and illuminates just how homosexuality shaped presidential administrations in the 20th century. Best LGBTQ Books 2022 # Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick #
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