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The Traitor Baru Cormorant

by Seth Dickinson

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Fantasy, Historical fantasy, Speculative fiction

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Feelings denial, Feelings realization, Rivals to lovers, Unreliable narrator, Women loving women

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Character with substance abuse issues, Character(s) with TBI, Lesbian main character(s), Morally grey main character

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The House in the Cerulean Sea

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Under the Whispering Door

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One Last Stop

by Casey McQuiston

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Contemporary fiction

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Found family, Women loving women

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The Luminous Dead

by Caitlin Starling

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Fangirl

by Rainbow Rowell

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Contemporary romance, New adult fiction

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Coming of age, Fish out of water, Friends to lovers, Sibling rivalry

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Characters in their 20s, Early adult characters, Writer

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The Host

by Stephenie Meyer

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Pride and Prejudice

by Anna Quindlen, Jane Austen

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Brit Lit, Comedy of manners, Humor, Literary Classics

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Enemies to lovers

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White/Western European main character(s)

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British Isles, Domestic, England, Europe

Gone Girl

by Gillian Flynn

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They Called Us Enemy

by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker

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Red, White & Royal Blue

by Casey McQuiston

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Contemporary romance, New adult fiction

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Celebrity relationships, Coming out, Enemies to lovers, Epistolary, Fake relationship, Long distance relationship, Men loving men, Politics, Secret relationship

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Bisexual main character(s), Characters in their 20s, Gay main character(s), Gay side character(s), Latine/Latin American main character(s), Royalty

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Austin, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Washington, D.C.

The Witch Elm

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The Alienist

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A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara

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Contemporary fiction

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Bury your gays, Everyone is gay, Found family, Friends to lovers, Priests are pedophiles, Straight with an exception, Tragic backstory

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Information Age

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Final Girls

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Serial killer mystery, Thriller

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Betrayal, Camping murder spree, Final girl, Killer in plain sight, Killing the Survivors, Manipulative bastard, Murdered in the forest, Spree Killer, Tragic backstory

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Character(s) with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Characters in their 20s, Cisgender woman main character(s), Detective, Final girl

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Information Age

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City, Forest, Northeastern United States

Beartown

by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith

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Contemporary fiction

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Athletes are untouchable, Close-knit community protects their own, Ensemble cast, Slice of life

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Adult characters, High school student, Student athlete, Teen main character(s)

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Information Age

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Residential, Small town, Sweden

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Jonathan Lethem, Shirley Jackson

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver

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Sing You Home

by Jodi Picoult

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The Song of Achilles

by David Thorpe, Madeline Miller

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