ContemporaryLGBTQIA+Includes a DogMagical Realism
When the World Tips Over
An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment by Jandy Nelson, Printz Award–winning author of I’ll Give You the Sun.
Early ReleaseLGBTQIA+Romantasy
A Dark and Drowning Tide
A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor’s murder in this lush and enthralling sapphic fantasy romance.
Bury Your Gays
Bury Your Gays is a heart-pounding new novel from bestselling author Chuck Tingle about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead.
Mistress of Lies
A villainous, bloodthirsty heroine finds herself plunged into the dangerous world of power, politics and murder in the court of the vampire king in this dark romantic fantasy debut.
Literary FictionSci-fiDebut NovelEarly ReleaseLGBTQIA+
Whoever You Are, Honey
This darkly brilliant debut novel explores how women shape themselves beneath the gaze of love, friendship, and the algorithm—by a thrilling feminist voice for the age of AI.
Perfume & Pain
A controversial Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this hilarious nod to 1950s lesbian pulp fiction.
Evocation
From The Sunday Times bestselling author of B&N's best books of 2022 A Dowry of Blood, comes a spellbinding and vibrant new series. The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov.
RomanceHistorical FictionDebut NovelLGBTQIA+Fantasy
A Sweet Sting of Salt
Once a young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife, she’ll have to fight to keep herself—and the woman she loves—safe in this stunning queer reimagining of the classic folktale “The Selkie Wife.”
Come and Get It
From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.
Literary FictionSci-fiDebut NovelLGBTQIA+
Chain-Gang All-Stars (2023 Members Choice)
2023 Aardvark Members Choice! Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black.