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Widen your rainbow with one (or more!) of these diverse, dynamic reads.

Strathcona County Library

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  • An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinish thesis and returns to Northern Alberta to write the autobiography of his hometown. Whether he’s meeting with an auntie distraught over the imprisonment of her grandson, engaging in rez gossip with…
    Book[Toronto] : Hamish Hamilton, [2022] — BELC
  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Transgender Fiction. When an elderly customer at a big box furniture store disappears into another dimensions, it's up to two minimum wage employees – and exes – to track her down. Can friendship blossom…
    BookNew York : Tor.com, [2020] — CIPR
  • In an alternate United States, those deemed wrongdoers by the Department of Balance are given a second shadow as a reminder of their crime--and a warning to those they encounter. Soon, “Shadesters” form a disenfranchised underclass,…
    BookNew York : Catapult, [2023] — CRAN
  • Thirty and flirty (and asexual) Joy is secretly in love with her best friend Malcom, so she’s heartbroken when he finds the love of his life. When he invites her on a weekend getaway along with his new girlfriend, she’s ready to show him…
    BookNew York : Jove, [2022] — KANN
  • The Bells have lived in Fayne Hall for centuries. Lord Henry Bell keeps his headstrong and curious daughter Charlotte there, secluded from the world due to her mysterious "condition." Living in the shadows of a dead mother and brother,…
    BookToronto, Ontario : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, [2022] — MACD
  • Winner of the Giller Prize. As a Black man in 1929, Baxter considers himself lucky to work as a sleeping car porter on a train that crisscrosses the country. When the passengers call him George, he just smiles and nods and saves his tips…
    BookToronto : Coach House Books, [2022] — MAYR
  • When 23-year-old August moves to New York City, she just wants to disappear into the crowd and leave behind her childhood spent tracing down a mystery. Instead, she meets the enigmatic Jane Su, a punk lesbian that brightens her every…
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Griffin, [2021] — MCQU
  • If the phrase “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” speaks to you, then you need to read the story of Gideon Nav, indentured servant of a noble house in a necromantic empire, whose best hope of escape is to serve…
    BookNew York, NY : Tor, 2019. — FANT MUIR
  • Lambda Literary Award nominee for Transgender Fiction. Reese, a trans woman, has always longed to be a mother. When Ames, her ex who detransitioned, learns boss Katrina is pregnant with his child and unsure whether to keep it, he comes to…
    BookNew York : One World, [2020] — PETE
  • Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. In an alternate history England where magic is highly prized and strictly controlled, Miles Singer hides his magical gifts while working in a run-down veterans’ hospital. When a patient’s…
    BookNew York, NY : Doherty Associates, 2018. — FANT POLK
  • Lambda Literary Award nominee for LGBTQ Mystery. Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the…
    BookNew York : Forge, [2022] — ROSE
  • Lambda Literary Award nominee for Gay Fiction. Vietnamese refugee Little Dog writes a letter to his mother who cannot read, weaving a coming-of-age tale brimming with loss and love.
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, [2019] — VUON
  • Lambda Literary Award nominee for Gay Fiction. “You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine” is the mantra of Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer and self-ordained NDN glitter princess. As he finds ways to live and love…
    BookVancouver, British Columbia : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2018] — WHIT