academics unite! bookclub 2022 - hosted by sarahbloemetjes

June: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
This months pick is Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

All the suggestions for this month (if you want to read more than one book):
- Crier's War by Nina Varela (dystopian fantasy book, enemies to lovers, wlw)
- I kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuinston (YA, a queer teenage rebel is on the hunt to find her school's missing golden girl, who, it turns out, is hiding a few secrets too)
- Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller (YA fantasy with genderfluid thief protagonist)
- I wish you all the best by Mason Deaver (YA contemporary romance with non-binary main character)
- Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith (YA contemporary about a trans theater kid who wants to stay undercover at his texas school but finds love
- Farewell my Concubine - Lilian Lee (romance novel about a story of an opera student who falls in love with his best friend and the woman who comes between them, mlm)
All books added

394 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
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