Seattle Staff Faves 2024: Fiction, Part 1Like this list

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• When to Pick a Pomegranate

  Abedifard, Yasmeen

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  In this collection of contemplative and cathartic short comics, the pomegranate Anar and the woman Guli exist as reflections of each other -- repellent to one another and yet inexorably drawn together once more. (Catalog description)

• Martyr!

  Akbar, Kaveh

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  An alcoholic, addict and poet, Cyrus Shams, the orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, finds his obsession with martyrs leading him to examine the mysteries of his past and to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Selamlik

  Alesmael, Khaled, 1979-

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  Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s, visits Sibky Park in Damascus, one of the city's most popular cruising areas. There he learns about the hammams, secret meeting places for gay men located throughout the old city. Inside these public baths, the air…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cemetery of Untold Stories

  a Novel

  Alvarez, Julia

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  When a novelist decides to retire, she builds a cemetery for the stories she has never finished telling. (Kirkus)

• Nicked

  Anderson, M. T.

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  In 1087, when Tyun, a treasure hunter renowned for "liberating" holy relics from their tombs, is paid to bring the 700-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas to Bari, Italy, to cure the plague, Brother Nicephorus is ordered to be his guide and forced to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Disturbing the Dead

  Armstrong, Kelley

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  A modern-day homicide detective trapped in the body of an 1860s housemaid investigates when the body discovered in an unwrapped mummy is not very old, in the third novel of the series following The Poisoner's Ring. (NoveList Plus)

• Interesting Facts About Space

  Austin, Emily (Emily R.)

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  When she unwittingly plunges into her first serious romantic entanglement, space-obsessed Enid starts to believe that someone is following her. (NoveList Plus)

• Mammoth

  Baltasar, Eva

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  Mammoth’s protagonist is a disenchanted young lesbian. She’s inexperienced, irritated by life, eager to gestate, and determined to strip everything else down to essentials. She seduces men at random, swaps her urban habitat for an isolated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Familiar

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  Servant Luzia Cotado hides her talent for milagritos (little miracles) in fear that their discovery would also uncover her Jewish roots and the Ladino spells she uses to fix burnt bread and broken glasses, bringing the Inquisition to her door. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Atlas Complex

  Blake, Olivie

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  Vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment, six Alexandrians grapple with the ethics of their astronomical abilities while the outside world mobilizes to destroy them, forcing them to decide what they're willing to betray for limitless…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girls

  a Story of Village Life

  Bowen, John, 1924-2019

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  "This was published in late November last year AFTER the Staff Faves list closed for suggestions, so I am going to put it on here because I was ROBBED of my chance to rave about this amazing reprint -- lesbian cottage core murder mystery with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ministry of Time

  Bradley, Kaliane

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  A time travel romance, a spy thriller, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all. (NoveList Plus)

• The Book of Doors

  a Novel

  Brown, Gareth (Novelist)

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  A debut novel about a bookseller who discovers the real power of books—if they’re magic. (Kirkus)

• Headshot

  a Novel

  Bullwinkel, Rita

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  Eight teenage girl boxers from different backgrounds travel to Reno, Nevada to compete against each other in a tournament to be named the best in the country in a series of raw, intense face-offs. (NoveList Plus)

• Banal Nightmare

  a Novel

  Butler, Halle

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  Margaret Anne “Moddie” Yance had just returned to her native land in the Midwestern town of X, to mingle with the friends of her youth, to get back in touch with her roots, and to recover from a stressful decade of living in the city in a small…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rough Trade

  Carrasco, Katrina, 1983-

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  Washington Territory, 1888. With contacts on the docks and in the railroad, and with a buyers’ market funneling product their way, Alma Rosales and her opium-smuggling crew are making a fortune. They spend their days moving product and their nights…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fox Wife

  a Novel

  Choo, Yangsze

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  In 1908 Manchuria, Bao, a detective with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth, is hired to uncover the identity of a dead courtesan, while a secretive woman named Snow, seeking vengeance for her lost child, navigates the myths and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Your Utopia

  Chung, Bora, 1976-

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  Science fiction blends with pointed social critique in these short stories from South Korea. (Kirkus)

• The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

  Clark, P. Djèlí

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  Eveen the Eviscerator is skilled, discreet, professional, and here for your most pressing needs in the ancient city of Tal Abisi. Her guild is strong, her blades are sharp, and her rules are simple. When the Festival of the Clockwork King turns the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here We Go Again

  a Novel

  Cochrun, Alison

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  Logan and Rosemary were childhood best friends—until a devastating falling out. Now they’re adults, and even though both women followed in the footsteps of their beloved mentor, queer English teacher Joe Delgado, and came back to teach at their…Read moreRead more of this annotation