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• Every Rising Sun

  a Novel

  Ahmed, Jamila

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  Shaherazade forges a path for herself against the turbulent, violent backdrop of the Third Crusade and the 12th-century Persian Empire in crisis...A gorgeous novel that rejoices in the legacy of the woman who tells tales. (Kirkus)

• The Winter Goddess

  Barnard, Megan

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  Cailleach, the winter goddess, is cursed to live and die as a mortal until she learns the value of human life, facing love, loss, and a long-buried secret that reshapes her understanding of mortality and divinity in this reimagining of Irish…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Palace of Eros

  De Robertis, Caro

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  A bold and subversive feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros explores the power of queer joy and freedom. (NoveList)

• Hungerstone

  [a Novel]

  Dunn, Kat

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  Dunn offers a moody and triumphant retelling of Carmilla, the 1872 gothic novella by Sheridan Le Fanu, about a married woman in Victorian London who experiences an existential and sexual awakening at the hands of a female vampire. (Publishers Weekly)

• Fagin the Thief

  a Novel

  Epstein, Allison

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  In this magnificent retelling of Oliver Twist, Epstein focuses on one of the original novel’s most controversial characters, Jacob Fagin. (Publishers Weekly)

• The Other March Sisters

  Epstein, Linda

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  Queer authors Epstein, Malinenko, and Parker sparkle in this delightful feminist retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. (Publishers Weekly)

• James

  a Novel

  Everett, Percival

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  Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as told from the perspective of a more resourceful and contemplative Jim than the one you remember...One of the noblest characters in American literature gets a novel worthy of him. (Kirkus)

• I, Medusa

  a Novel

  Gray, Ayana

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  Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else’s story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents—both gods, albeit minor ones—she dreams of leaving her family’s island for a life of adventure. So when she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Toto

  Hackwith, A. J.

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  Toto always tried to be a good dog, but when he was taken by an animal control officer, all bets were off. Transported by a twister to a magical land filled with strange characters, talking animals, and magical quests, Toto is thinking that maybe he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lady Tremaine

  a Novel

  Hochhauser, Rachel

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  A breathtaking reimagining of Cinderella, as told through the eyes of its iconic evil stepmother, revealing a propulsive love story about the lengths a mother will go to for her children. (NoveList)

• The Water Outlaws

  Huang, S. L.

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  In this addictive queer, feminist epic fantasy, Huang brilliantly retells the 14th-century Chinese classic Water Margin for a 21st-century audience...This wuxia eat-the-rich tale is a knockout. (Publishers Weekly)

• Much Ado About Nada

  Jalaluddin, Uzma

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  Jalaluddin updates Jane Austen’s Persuasion to Toronto’s Muslim community, where software engineer Nada, still stinging from a professional disappointment, is unexpectedly reunited with a former flame. Switching between past and present, this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Count of Monte Cristo

  Jama-Everett, Ayize, 1974-

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  Jama-Everett reimagines Alexandre Dumas’ classic revenge novel as an afrofuturist tale set hundreds of years in the future against a backdrop of ecological collapse. (Booklist)

• The Salt Grows Heavy

  Khaw, Cassandra

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  What if the Little Mermaid laid eggs and her hatched children's hunger laid waste to her prince's land? Khaw's latest novella tackles this question with a brutally visceral but seductive opening sequence. (Library Journal)

• Demon Copperhead

  a Novel

  Kingsolver, Barbara

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  Inspired by David Copperfield, Kingsolver crafts a 21st-century coming-of-age story set in America’s hard-pressed rural South. (Kirkus)

• In the Lives of Puppets

  Klune, TJ

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  Bestseller Klune draws from Pinocchio to create a gripping and heartfelt queer dystopian tale set in a world where humanity has been eliminated by robots. (Publishers Weekly)

• White Cat, Black Dog

  Stories

  Link, Kelly

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  Inspired by the Brothers Grimm, 17th-century French lore and Scottish ballads, this clever collection of reinvented fairy tales expertly blends realism and the speculative as characters hunt for love, connection, revenge or their own sense of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Death I Gave Him

  Liu, Em X.

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  Liu recasts Hamlet as a high-tech thriller in this ingenious sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare’s classic. (Publishers Weekly)

• This Motherless Land

  May, Nikki

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  This Mansfield Park retelling follows the trials and tribulations of two cousins—one Nigerian, one English—from 1978 to 1992...A meaningful modern tale of becoming, belonging, and the ties that bind. (Kirkus)

• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

  a Novel

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

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  In this thorny riff on The Island of Doctor Moreau, bestseller Moreno-Garcia interweaves several threads in 19th-century Mexico. (Publishers Weekly)