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Fantasy/Urban Fantasy/Magical Realism

The Binding by Bridget Collins
Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Howling on Hold by E.J. Russell (LGBT)
House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (LGBT)
I Buried a Witch by Josh Lanyon (LGBT)
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire
Lava Red Feather Blue by Molly Ringle (LGBT)
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Mistborn 1: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 
Mistborn 2: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn 3: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland
Or What You Will by Jo Walton
Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
Reverie by Ryan La Sala (LGBT)
Runebinder by Alex R. Kahler (LGBT)
Seance on a Summer’s Night by Josh Lanyon (LGBT)
The Sumage Solution by G.L. Carriger (LGBT)
Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson  
Winter Masquerade by Kevin Klehr (LGBT)
Winternight Book 1: The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Winternight Book 2:  The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Winternight Book 3: The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

Contemporary Fiction/Classics/Literary

After the Blue Hour by John Rechy(LGBT)
The Bees by Laline Paull
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Cemetery Road by Greg Iles
The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (LGBT)
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne(LGBT)
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead(LGBT)
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (Video)
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Paris Hours by Alex George
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate (LGBT)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens
Tin Man by Sarah Winman (LGBT)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Wake Up by Catherine Ryan Hyde 
Where’d You Go, Bernadette?

Graphic Novels

Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
Blankets by Craig Thompson  
Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame
Over and Over by Ran Michael Ekman

Horror

Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Dracula’s Child by J.S. Barnes
The Dreadful Objects by Chris Cooper
Edge of the Known Bus Line by James R. Gapinski
The Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The House Next Door by Darcy Coates
Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate (LGBT)

Historical Fiction

The Binding by Bridget Collins
Silent Sin by EJ Russell (LGBT)
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

LGBT Romance

Admit One by Jenna Hilary Sinclair
The Beautiful Things Shoppe by Philip William Stover
Ben’s Bakery and the Hanukkah Miracle
Best Laid Plaids by Ella Stainton
Better Be True by Anyta Sunday and Andy Gallo
Better Have Heart by Anyta Sunday and Andy Gallo
A Boy and His Dragon by R. Cooper  
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Brent: The Heart Reader by Wynn Wagner
A Christmas Cabin for Two by KD Fisher
Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert
Counter Culture by JL Merrow
Detour by Reesa Herberth and Michelle Moore
Don’t Let Me Go by J.H. Trumble 
The Finder by J.E. Lorin
Fourteen Summers by Quinn Anderson
Frat Boy and Toppy by Anne Tenino
The Ghost of Buxton Manor by Jonathan Ferrara
The Ghost and Mr. Moore by Ryan Field
Gives Light by Rose Christo
Granby Knitting Stories by Amy Lane
Happy for You (Friends & Family #3) by Anyta Sunday
The Hideaway Inn by Philip William Stover
Howling on Hold by E.J Russell
I Buried a Witch by Josh Lanyon
I See The Light by Arden O’Keefe
Just Between Us by J.H. Trumble 
Lava Red Feather Blue by Molly Ringle
Liam Davis and The Raven
Life Lessons by Kaje Harper
Love on the Hudson by KD Fisher
Merry Christmas Mr. Miggles by Eli Easton
Mr. Frosty Pants by Leta Blake
One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva
Out of Bounds by A.R. Barley
The Player by Joe Consentino
Queerwolf by Rob Rosen  
Rabi and Matthew by L.A. Witt
Seance on a Summer’s Night by Josh Lanyon
Secret Admirer by D. J. Jamison
Shortbread and Shadows by Amy Lane
Silent Sin by EJ Russell
Spell Bound by Jacob Flores
Spokes by P.D. Singer
Subsurdity by Eric Arvin
The Sumage Solution by G.L. Carriager
Teddy Spenser Isn’t Looking For Love by Kim Fielding
Time Waits by C.B. Lewis
Unraveling by Rick R. Reed
The Vicar and the Rake by Annabelle Greene
Winter Masquerade by Kevin Klehr
The Winter Spirit by Indra Vaughn

Middle Grade

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 1:  The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 2: The Sea of Monsters
Thomas Wildus and The Book of Sorrows by J.M. Bergen
Thomas Wildus and The Wizard of Sumeria by J.M. Bergen
Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab

Mystery

Death Overdue by David S. Pederson
A Ghost for Christmas by J.D. Winters
Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan
Murder at Pirate’s Cove by Josh Lanyon (LGBT)
Snap by Belinda Bauer
Spells and Scones by Bailey Cates
Still Life by Louise Penny
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Woof at the Door by Laura Morrigan

Non-Fiction

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay
Accidental Genius by Mark Levy
The Art of Invisibility by Kevin Mitnik
Art Matters by Neil Gaiman and Chris Ridell
Dialog: Techniques & Exercises for Writing Effective Dialog by Gloria Kempton
Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth by Chris Brogan
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
How To Disappear by Frank M. Ahearn
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
Once a Girl, Always a Boy by Jo Ivester
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon
Telling Lies for Fun & Profit by Lawrence Block
The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
War of Art by Steven Pressfield

Science Fiction

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 
Auxiliary: London 2039
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Cygenic by Monique Poirer (LGBT)
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Time Waits by C.B. Lewis

Suspense/Thriller

7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
Between the Lies by Michelle Adams (Video)
The Bright Lands by John Fram (LGBT)
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
A House at the Bottom of the Lake by Josh Malerman
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A Craig
I Found You by Lisa Jewell
The Last Flight by Julie Clark
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan
No Exit by Taylor Adams
The Institute by Stephen King
The Kill Club by Wendy Heard
The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton
Possession by Katie Lowe
The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
Touch by Claire North
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey
The Whisper Man by Alex North
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

YA Contemporary

Again Again by E Lockhart
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz 
Being Henry David by Cal Armistead
The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg
The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor
Cub by Paul Coccia (LGBT)
The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis (LGBT)
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Echoes Between Us by Katie McGarry
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
Every Day by David Levithan
Everything I thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka
The Evolution of Jeremy Warsh by Jess Moore
Goodnight, Boy by Nikki Sheehan
History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera(LGBT) 
How to Speak Boy by Tiana Smith
Lab Partners by M. Montgomery (LGBT)
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Abertelli
The Lovely and the Lost
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth(LGBT)
On The Come Up by Angie Thomas (Video)
The Order of the Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger (LGBT)
Perfect Ten by L. Philips (LGBT)
The PoetX by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Sidekicks by Will Kostakis
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli(LGBT)
The Hate U Give
They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera
Tin Heart by Shivaun Plozza
Turtles All The Way Down by John Green   
We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
We Now Return To Regular Life by Martin Wilson
The Wicker King by Kayla Ancrum

YA Fantasy/Urban Fantasy

The Afterlife of Holly Chase
And The Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake 
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu
Battledoor: The Golden Slate by Brian Wilkinson   
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (LGBT)
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
Cloaked in Shadow by Ben Alderson
The Clockwork Dagger by Beth Cato
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro
Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds
Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by Nathan Burgoine (LGBT)
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (LGBT)
The Ghost of Buxton Manor (LGBT)
Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
Grace Logan and the Goblin Bones by Pam Binder
Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen
The Oddling Prince by Nancy Springer 
The Olympian Challenger by Astrid Arditi
The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried
The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton
The Rattled Bones by S.M. Parker
Release by Patrick Ness  
Roan:  The Tales of Conor Archer by ER Barr
Rule by Ellen Goodlett
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Secret (Elementals Series) by Brigid Kemmer
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
Timebound by Rysa Walker  
Trinity of Bones (Necromancer’s Song) by Caitlin Seal
Twice Dead (Necromancer’s Song) by Caitlin Seal
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
Where I End and You Begin by Preston Norton
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

YA Historical Fiction

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

YA LGBT Fiction

Cub by Paul Coccia
The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis
Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by Nathan Burgoine
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martens
History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera 
Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen
Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan
Lab Partners by M. Montgomery
Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
The Order of the Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger
Perfect Ten by L. Philips
Release by Patrick Ness
Running with Lions by Julian Winters
The Sidekicks by Will Kostakis
Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Social Intercourse by Greg Howard
Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera
We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

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