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New LGBTQ Novels

Looking for something new to read? Check out these titles recently added to our collection.

Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library

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  • A dying Black man writes a letter to his estranged gay son in Black’s intimate, powerful novel.
    Book, 2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2022] — Fiction
  • In Burton’s queer coming-of-age novel, recent St. Dunstan’s transfer student Laura Stearns falls under the hypnotic spell of choir leader Virginia Strauss.
    Book, 2022New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022. — Fiction
  • Determined to finally learn more about the life of his deceased famous ballet dancer father, a young Afro-Cuban man is devastated to learn that his mother lied about his upbringing, and that it's Juliet, his mother’s former lover--his “other…
    Book, 2022Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2022. — Fiction
  • In 1910 Vienna, Julia Lindqvist has left her husband to live with her lover, Eve. She is happy, but her longing for a child threatens to destroy their newfound happiness.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2022. — Fiction
  • A 37-year-old woman returns to her affluent hometown of La Jolla, California, where she finally confronts her romantic feelings about her best friend at the same time she reinvents herself as the town’s #1 organizer in Huntley’s comic tale.
    Book, 2022New York : Gallery Books, 2022. — Fiction
  • After her lover, a distinguished Harvard professor, deceives her, Willa Marks flies to the Bahamian island of Eleutheria to join a group of ecowarriors in Hyde’s provocative first novel.
    Book, 2022New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022. — Fiction
  • When recently divorced Dahlia Woodson meets London Parker, the first openly nonbinary contestant on Chef’s Special, the reality cooking competition they are both hoping to win, sparks fly in Kelly’s winning queer romance.
    Book, 2022New York : Forever, 2022. — Fiction
  • In Lund’s blend of magical realism and coming-of-age story, a baby bird takes up residence in the chest of a young boy named Owen with a heart ailment. To protect Owen, his mother takes him to live with her brother and niece, where Owen falls in…
    Book, 2022New York : Atria Boks, 2022. — Fiction
  • After 12 years, stay-at-home mom Merit has finally returned to work, accepting a job at an architecture firm working under the charismatic Jane. They quickly become close friends, leading Merit to question whether she belongs with her husband or…
    Book, 2022New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2022] — Fiction
  • A young woman searches for her husband, who, unbeknownst to her, has been kidnapped along with his male lover, a professional wrestler, after going to Mexico to learn more about his heritage in Maren’s suspenseful tale.
    Book, 2022Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022. — Fiction
  • Set in post-WWI England, May’s paranormal queer romance centers around the witches of Crow Island. Annie Mason arrives on the island and finds herself caught up in the world of Emmeline Delacroix and her scandalous parties.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Redhook, 2022. — Fiction
  • 15-year-old Mungo lives in Glasgow with his alcoholic mother. When Mungo, who is Protestant, falls in love with Catholic James, they know the risk is enormous in Stuart’s tender follow-up to the bestselling Shuggie Bain.
    Book, 2022New York : Grove Press, 2022. — Fiction