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  • Spent: A Comic Novel
    Alison Bechdel
    Hardcover: 05/20/2025
     
    The celebrated and beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-...
  • Exhibit: A Novel
    R O. Kwon
    Paperback: 05/20/2025
     
    From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between her ...
  • Ocean Vuong
    Hardcover: 05/13/2025
     
    Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we ...
  • All Fours: A Novel
    Miranda July
    Paperback: 05/13/2025
     
    The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising ...
  • Alina Grabowski
    Paperback: 05/06/2025
     
    A gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives of ten women as they confront tragedy in a small ...
  • J. Nicole Jones
    Paperback: 05/06/2025
     
    A dreamy California Gothic about a woman who moves to the mysterious town of Bellinas to save her marriage, ...
  • Jacqueline Woodson
    Paperback: 05/06/2025
     
    Winner: BookBrowse YA Book Award 2023

    National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful...

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