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Don't Want You Like A Best Friend: A Novel by Emma R. Alban"A...queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other"
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Stop Me If You've Heard This One: A Novel by Kristen ArnettCherry Hendricks, a struggling clown in Orlando, juggles work, family pressures, and a chaotic performer community while navigating mentorship and romance with an accomplished magician, Margot, as she strives to redefine her art, career and identity in a world of comedy and spectacle.
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Triple Sec: A Novel by T. J. AlexanderConvinced love doesn't exist, Mel, a bartender at a swanky NYC cocktail lounge, changes her mind when she becomes a throuple with Bebe and Kade, a fun romp that gives her the self-confidence to try things she's never thought possible, discovering real love is more expansive than she ever thought possible.
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Sunhead by Alex Assan"Rotem is a Sunhead, a fan of the international smash hit Sunrise series of books and films. She's obsessed with the story's love interest, Edmund, and no one else gets it. But all that changes when she befriends Ayala, a shy classmate and avid book lover who's as swept away by the romance as she is. The two become fast friends, but as their deep connection grows stronger, Rotem starts to wonder: What exactly draws her to this story? Alex Assan's debut, Sunhead, is an earnest coming-of-age graphic novel that explores how the stories we love help us understand our friendships, our relationships, and ourselves"
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Paper Planes by Jennie Wood"After a life altering incident, Dylan and Leighton are sent to a summer camp for troubled youth. Can they save their friendship and protect their future while trying to survive camp?"
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Mismatched: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma by Anne CamlinAn Insta influencer with a not-so-secret flair for matchmaking, Evan Horowitz sets his sights on the shy new girl Natalia, but when he takes things too far with unforeseen consequences, he must learn to put the people closest to him ahead of his misguided ambition.
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Constellations by Kate GlasheenIn 1980s Troy, New York, nonbinary teenager Claire's stint in court-ordered rehab may be exactly what they need to unpack all the bad they have experienced--if they can stay sober in a world seemingly never made for them.
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My Mommies Built a Treehouse by Gareth Peter"Setting out to build his dream treehouse, a young boy realizes he can overcome the many challenges along the way, like a lot of spilled paint, with the help and support of his two mommies"
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Phoenix Gets Greater by Marty Wilson-Trudeau"A delightful and gentle story about a young Two-Spirit Indigenous child celebrating his identity, overcoming bullying, and bonding with his family"
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Ellen Outside the Lines by A. J. SassWhen a school trip to Barcelona to reconnect with her best friend doesn't go as planned, Ellen, a neurodivergent 13-year-old, must expand her horizons as she makes new friends and learns to let go of old ones.
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Small Town Pride by Phil StamperWhen Jake comes out to his dad, who hangs a ginormous pride flag in their front yard as a show of love and support, the mayor begins receiving complaints and Jake fights to throw his town's very first pride festival.
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