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The Devil You Know

Cover art for The Devil You Know
by Kit Rocha

Series:

Mercenary Librarians

Genres:

Post-apocalyptic fiction, Science fiction romance

Tropes:

Corporate overreach, Dystopia, Found family

Characters:

Time Periods:

Short-Term Future

Places:

American South

The Long Game

Cover art for The Long Game
by Rachel Reid

Series:

Game Changers

Genres:

Contemporary romance, Hockey romance, Sports romance

Tropes:

Coming out, Enemies to lovers, Long distance relationship, Rivals to lovers, Secret relationship

Characters:

Bisexual main character(s), Closeted main character(s), East Asian main character(s), Hockey player, Russian main character

Time Periods:

2020-2030

Places:

Boston, Montreal, Toronto

The Scholars of Night

Cover art for The Scholars of Night
by John M. Ford

Series:

Genres:

Spy thriller

Tropes:

Characters:

Academic

Time Periods:

1980s

Places:

London, New York City

Tommy Cabot Was Here

Cover art for Tommy Cabot Was Here
by Cat Sebastian

Series:

The Cabots (Cat Sebastian)

Genres:

Historical romance

Tropes:

Second chance romance

Characters:

Closeted main character(s), Divorced main character

Time Periods:

1950s

Places:

Massachusetts

Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones

Cover art for Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones
by Ngozi Okazu

Series:

Check, Please!

Genres:

Contemporary romance, Hockey romance, New adult fiction, Sports romance

Tropes:

Celebrity relationships, Coming out, Ensemble cast, Found family, Grumpy/sunshine, Men loving men, Secret relationship, Sports teams, Stress baking

Characters:

Baker, Character with substance abuse issues, Character(s) with anxiety, Character(s) with PTSD, Closeted main character(s), Hockey player, Queer main character(s), Queer side character(s), Student athlete

Time Periods:

2010-2020

Places:

College, Massachusetts

Think of England

Cover art for Think of England
by K.J. Charles

Series:

England World

Genres:

Historical romance

Tropes:

Enemies to lovers, Fear of commitment, Kissing to avoid suspicion, Mystery plot, Queer awakening, Spies

Characters:

Character(s) with amputation(s), Cisgender man main character(s), English main character, Former military, Gay main character(s), Poet, White/European main character(s)

Time Periods:

1900-1910

Places:

Country manor, England

Arsenic and Adobo

Cover art for Arsenic and Adobo
by Mia P. Manansala

Series:

Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Series

Genres:

Cozy mystery

Tropes:

Amateur detective, Back home from the big city, Best friend's brother, Family first, Framed for a crime, Love triangle, Shitty exes

Characters:

Baker, Characters in their 20s, Cisgender woman main character(s), East Asian diasporic side character(s), Lesbian side character(s), South Asian diasporic side character(s), Southeast Asian diasporic main character(s), Southeast Asian diasporic side character(s), Stubborn main character

Time Periods:

2010-2020

Places:

Illinois, Restaurant, Small town

A Man and His Cat, Vol. 2

Cover art for A Man and His Cat, Vol. 2
by Umi Sakurai

Series:

A Man and His Cat

Genres:

Contemporary fiction, Slice of life

Tropes:

Emotional healing, Fluff, Found family, Slice of life

Characters:

Cat characters, East Asian main character(s)

Time Periods:

2010-2020

Places:

Japan

Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey

Cover art for Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey
by Ngozi Okazu

Series:

Check, Please!

Genres:

Contemporary fiction, Contemporary romance, Hockey fiction, Hockey romance, New adult fiction, Realistic fiction, Sports fiction, Sports romance

Tropes:

Character blog, Ensemble cast, Found family, Grumpy/sunshine, Men loving men, Pining, Sports teams, Stress baking

Characters:

American main character, Baker, Bisexual main character(s), Canadian main character, Character with substance abuse issues, Character(s) with anxiety, Character(s) with depression, Character(s) with PTSD, Characters in their 20s, Characters in their late teens, Cisgender man main character(s), Closeted main character(s), College student, Figure skater, Gay main character(s), Hockey player, New adult main characters, Queer main character(s), Queer side character(s), Student, Student athlete, White/European diasporic main character(s), White/European main character(s)

Time Periods:

2010-2020, Information Age

Places:

Arena, College, Massachusetts, New England

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

by Jamie Ford

Series:

Genres:

Coming-of-age fiction, Historical fiction, World War II fiction

Tropes:

Break up, Coming of age, Dysfunctional family, First love, Fish out of water, Forbidden love, Friends to lovers, Growing up, Miscommunication, Rekindled relationship, Secret relationship, Time skip

Characters:

Chinese American main character(s), East Asian diasporic main character(s), East Asian main character(s), Japanese American main character(s)

Time Periods:

Radio Age, World War II

Places:

Idaho, New York City, Seattle, United States, Washington

Heated Rivalry

Cover art for Heated Rivalry
by Rachel Reid

Series:

Game Changers

Genres:

Contemporary romance, Hockey romance, Sports romance

Tropes:

Enemies to lovers, Long distance relationship, Men loving men, Rivals to lovers, Secret relationship, Sports teams

Characters:

Bisexual main character(s), Closeted main character(s), East Asian main character(s), Hockey player, Queer main character(s), Russian main character

Time Periods:

2010-2020

Places:

Boston, Toronto

The Ministry for the Future

by Kim Stanley Robinson

Series:

Genres:

Science fiction, Social science fiction

Tropes:

Characters:

Time Periods:

Short-Term Future

Places:

Switzerland

Feed

Cover art for Feed
by Mira Grant

Series:

Newsflesh

Genres:

Dystopian fiction, Political thriller, Zombie horror

Tropes:

Character blog, Dystopia, Pandemic, Politics, Road trip, Unreliable narrator

Characters:

Blogger, Characters in their 20s, Journalist

Time Periods:

Short-Term Future

Places:

America, California

Upright Women Wanted

by Sarah Gailey

Series:

Genres:

Feminist Western, Outlaw western

Tropes:

Politics, Road trip, Tragic backstory

Characters:

Nonbinary side character(s), Queer main character(s)

Time Periods:

Places:

American Midwest

Carmilla

by Carmen Maria Machado (Contributor), J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Series:

Genres:

Vampire fiction

Tropes:

Characters:

Early adult characters

Time Periods:

Places:

Austria

Nothing to See Here

by Kevin Wilson, Marin Ireland (Narrator)

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary fiction

Tropes:

Characters:

Time Periods:

Places:

Tennessee

An Artist of the Floating World

Cover art for An Artist of the Floating World
by Kazuo Ishiguro

Series:

Genres:

World War II fiction

Tropes:

Unreliable narrator

Characters:

Artist, Grandparent, Japanese main character, Parent, Widow(er)

Time Periods:

Places:

Japan

The Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett

Series:

Genres:

Noir mystery

Tropes:

Conspiracy

Characters:

Time Periods:

Places:

San Francisco

One Last Stop

by Casey McQuiston

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary fiction

Tropes:

Found family, Women loving women

Characters:

Time Periods:

Places:

New York City

Pride and Prejudice

by Anna Quindlen, Jane Austen

Series:

Genres:

Brit Lit, Comedy of manners, Humor, Literary Classics

Tropes:

Enemies to lovers

Characters:

White/Western European main character(s)

Time Periods:

Regency Era

Places:

British Isles, Domestic, England, Europe
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