itsthejam's
2024
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City by Scott D. Seligman

The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City

Scott D. Seligman

312 pages • hardcover • 2020

4.5itsthejam's review
nonfiction history race informative slow-paced
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

Talia Lavin

291 pages • hardcover • 2024

4.75itsthejam's review
nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative medium-paced
The Queer Girl is Going to be Okay by Dale Walls

The Queer Girl is Going to be Okay

Dale Walls

345 pages • digital • 2023 user-added

4.0itsthejam's review
fiction lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 by Moshe Kasher

Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16

Moshe Kasher

303 pages • digital • 2012

4.0itsthejam's review
nonfiction memoir dark funny reflective medium-paced
The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

The American Daughters

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

304 pages • digital • 2024

5.0itsthejam's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Big Swiss

Jen Beagin

325 pages • digital • 2023

4.0itsthejam's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark funny medium-paced
The Witches of Bellinas by J. Nicole Jones

The Witches of Bellinas

J. Nicole Jones

240 pages • digital • 2024

4.0itsthejam's review
fiction contemporary literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Memory Piece by Lisa Ko

Memory Piece

Lisa Ko

286 pages • digital • 2024

4.0itsthejam's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

How to Excavate a Heart

Jake Maia Arlow

384 pages • digital • 2022

4.0itsthejam's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach

The Golem of Brooklyn

Adam Mansbach

256 pages • paperback • 2023

5.0itsthejam's review
fiction literary adventurous dark funny fast-paced