The Moon and More

The Anatomical Shape of a Heart

Verona Comics

The Lost Songs

Counting on Grace

The Downstairs Girl

Always Emily

Award-winning author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful coming-of-queer-age story, this time set against the backdrop of the first major Supreme Court decisions legalizing gay marriage. And almost sixty years after the end of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Lo's new novel also offers a glimpse into Lily and Kath's lives since 1955.

Aria Tang West was looking forward to a summer on Martha's Vineyard with her best friends—one last round of sand and sun before college. But after a graduation party goes wrong, Aria's parents exile her to California to stay with her grandmother, artist Joan West. Aria expects boredom, but what she finds is Steph Nichols, her grandmother's gardener. Soon, Aria is second-guessing who she is and what she wants to be, and a summer that once seemed lost becomes unforgettable—for Aria, her family, and the working-class queer community Steph introduces her to. It's the kind of summer that changes a life forever.

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Ash

Malinda Lo, 2009

The Moon and More

Sarah Dessen, 2013

The Anatomical Shape of a Heart

Jenn Bennett, 2015

Verona Comics

Jennifer Dugan, 2020

The Lost Songs

Caroline B. Cooney, 2011

Counting on Grace

Elizabeth Winthrop, 2006

The Downstairs Girl

Stacey Lee, 2019

Always Emily

Michaela Maccoll, 2014