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Title: Frankissstein Author: Jeanette Winterson Genres: LGBTQA+ Fiction Summary (from publisher): What will happen when homo sapiens is no longer the smartest being on the planet? In fiercely intelligent prose, Jeanette Winterson shows us how much closer we are to that future than we realize. Funny and furious, bold and clear-sighted, Frankissstein is a love story about life itself. Read more

Title: The Bell Jar Author: Sylvia Plath Genres: YA Summary (from publisher): Esther Greenwood is a bright, beautiful, enormously talented young woman, but she’s slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Tea/Coffee: Viennese Coffee Read more

Title: Passing Author: Nella Larson Genres: African American Fiction Summary (from publisher): A light-skinned Black woman, Irene Redfield, reconnects with her childhood friend Clare, who has married a white man and passed for white. Irene is drawn to Clare but also suspicious of her motives and actions, until Clare… Tea/Coffee: White Peony Tea Read more

Title: A Long Way Gone Author: Ishmael Beah Genres: West African Biography Summary (from publisher): What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there Read more

Title: The Secret History Author: Donna Tart Genres: Psychological Suspense Summary (from publisher): Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down Read more

Title: Pedro Páramo Author: Juan Rulfo Genres: Mexican fiction Teaser: Surrealist exploration of death and memory. Tea/Coffee: Dark Mocha Read more