In Minrose Gwin’s rich coming-of-age novel "Beautiful Dreamers", a precocious girl navigates the tense atmospheres of 1950s Mississippi. After her father abandons her family, Mem and her mother, Virginia, return to the small Gulf Coast... Read More

A gentle introduction to trans issues, Rob Osler’s humorous cozy mystery novel "Cirque du Slay" is the follow-up to Devil’s Chew Toy in the Hayden & Friends series. Hayden, a middle school teacher and gay dating blogger, and... Read More

In C. A. Castle’s engaging novel "The Manor House Governess", a queer tutor is enmeshed in the intrigues of the family that employs him. To survive bullying at school for his perceived effeminacy, Bron, who has been abandoned by the... Read More

In the evocative historical novel "Red Clay Suzie", a teenager’s growing awareness of his sexual orientation clashes with his conservative surroundings and makes him a timeless and empathetic hero. Jeffrey Dale Lofton’s quiet... Read More

"Darcy" is a delightful take on Pride and Prejudice that shows respect for Jane Austen’s work while also peeking into her characters’ true thoughts. Alice McVeigh’s Regency-era romance "Darcy" pays homage to Pride and Prejudice... Read More

Rebecca Turkewitz limns the haunting nature of everyday occurrences in her rich literary collection "Here in the Night". These thirteen short stories survey the impact of ghost stories, disquieting relationships, marginalized identities,... Read More

A botanist hurries to find a murderer who uses poisonous bouquets as their calling card in Kate Khavari’s charming series mystery novel A Botanist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality. At University College London in the early 1920s, men... Read More

A girl raised by Russian immigrants in an Appalachian mining community encounters hardships and love in Mary Kay Zuravleff’s evocative historical novel "American Ending". In a western Pennsylvania coal mining town in the early 1900s,... Read More