Beat the Backlist 2023 - hosted by austinedecker

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Foster by Claire Keegan

Foster

Claire Keegan

1 hour, 29 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Silver in the Wood

The Greenhollow Duology #1

Emily Tesh

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious medium-paced
True Biz by Sara Nović

True Biz

Sara Nović

379 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

1 hour, 57 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

96 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Less

Arthur Less #1

Andrew Sean Greer

263 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary funny reflective medium-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

9 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Apsara Engine by Bishakh Som

Apsara Engine

Bishakh Som

237 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ science fiction short stories speculative fiction challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

Samra Habib

5 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

Love on the Brain

Ali Hazelwood

350 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced