The following titles have been read and recommended for inclusion on the final list by at least one committee member:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charlotte Iles is Not a Detective<\/a> by Katie Siegel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For anyone seeking to satisfy their Harriet the Spy<\/em> or Encyclopedia Brown<\/em> nostalgia, this modern, witty debut based on the popular @katiefliesaway TikTok series stars a twentysomething former kid detective who’s coaxed out of retirement for one last case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daughters of Nantucket<\/a> by Julie Gerstenblatt<\/p>\n\n\n\n Set against Nantucket?s Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save everything they hold dear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Day of Fallen Night<\/a> by Samantha Shannon<\/p>\n\n\n\n In A Day of Fallen Night, <\/em>Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Orange Tree <\/em>and into the lives of four women, showing us a course of events that shaped their world for generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Hideous Progeny<\/a> by C.E. McGill<\/p>\n\n\n\n A queer, feminist masterpiece inspired by Mary Shelley?s classic, Our Hideous Progeny<\/em> is a sumptuous tale of ambition and obsession, of forbidden love and sabotage and a twisty Gothic adventure that may forever change your view of human nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pomegranate<\/a> by Helen Elaine Lee <\/p>\n\n\n\n The acclaimed author of\u00a0The Serpent’s Gift<\/em>\u00a0returns with this gripping and powerful novel of healing, redemption, and love, following a queer Black woman who works to stay clean, pull her life together, and heal after being released from prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rosewater<\/a> by Liv Little<\/p>\n\n\n\n For fans of Bolu Babalola and Tia Williams comes a “tender, soulful, and sexy” (Phoebe Robinson) debut novel about finding love in an unexpected place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Small Joys<\/a> by Elvin James Mensah<\/p>\n\n\n\n As secrets and jealousies endanger all that Harley has come to depend on, he finds himself faltering once again, even though he finally has something (and someone) to live for. Soul-stirring and witty, full of hope and peopled with characters who feel like close friends,\u00a0Small Joys\u00a0<\/em>explores a young man’s turbulent journey toward happiness and announces the arrival of an exciting voice in fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We Could be so Good<\/a> by Cat Sebastian<\/p>\n\n\n\n Casey McQuiston meets\u00a0The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo\u00a0<\/em>in this mid-century rom-dram about a scrappy reporter and a newspaper mogul’s son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Girl that Can’t Get a Girlfriend<\/a> by\u00a0Mieri Hiranishi<\/p>\n\n\n\n From first crush to first crushed! The autobiographical manga about one woman’s quest for the\u00a0hot short-haired girlfriend of her dreams!<\/p>\n\n\n\n How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures<\/a> by Sabrina Imbler<\/p>\n\n\n\n A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor, inviting us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the way we live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leg<\/a> by Greg Marshall<\/p>\n\n\n\n A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets–as a gay man and as a man living with cerebral palsy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics<\/a> Compiled by The Kao<\/a>, David Daneman<\/a> and Min Christensen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans & nonbinary comic artists share their personal journeys of self-discovery and acceptance.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNonfiction:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n