Academia

• Pages For You by Sylvia Brownrigg
• My Education by Susan Choi
• If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
• Real Life by Brandon Taylor

AIDS Crisis

• The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara
• As if Death Summoned by Alan E. Rose
• People in Trouble by Sarah Schulman
• The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
• The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín

Body Image

• Vow of Celibacy by Erin Judge

Breakups

• After Delores by Sarah Schulman

Childhood Trauma

• Don’t You Know I Love You by Laura Bogart (Child abuse)
• Edinburgh by Alexander Chee
• What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
• Cleanness by Garth Greenwell

Crime Fiction (Standalones)

• A Beautiful Crime by Christopher Bollen
• Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford
• Sugar Run by Mesha Maren

Crime Fiction (Detectives/PI Series)

• The Adventures of Isabel by Candas Jane Dorsey
• The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith
• Dave Brandstetter by Joseph Hansen
• Jane Lawless by Ellen Hart
• Bury Me When I’m Dead by Cheryl A. Head
• Roxane Weary by Kristen Lepionka
• The Henry Rios Mysteries by Michael Nava
• Death Trick by Richard Stevenson
• Murder on the Rocks by J.S. Strange

Coming of Age

• Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Espionage/Spy Fiction

• Who is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht

Faith and Religion

• Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson

Found Family

• Stray City by Chelsey Johnson
• Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
• Rat Bohemia by Sarah Schulman

Grieving/Mourning

• Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
• A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
• Some Hell by Patrick Nathan

Hollywood

• I Kissed a Girl by Jennet Alexander
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Guncle by Steven Rowley
• Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

Immigration

Intergenerational Explorations

• All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad
• Little Fish by Casey Plett

Love Affairs

• Lie to Me by Philippe Besson
• What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
• Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

Mental Health and Illness

• Broken People by Sam Lansky
• Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Mysteries

Cozy

• Proper English by KJ Charles (Historical Romance)
• Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian (Historical Romance)

Murder

• The Bright Lands by John Fram

Political

• Evan Reed Mysteries by Ann McMan

Noir Thrillers

• Light Before Day by Christopher Rice

Parenting/Guardianship

• The Guncle by Steven Rowley

Politics

• Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony
• Evan Reed Mysteries by Ann McMan
• Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Psychological Thrillers

• After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott
• The Final Child by Fran Dorricott
• Temper by Layne Fargo
• The Better Liar by Tanen Jones

Road Trip/Travel

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• After the Parade by Lori Ostlund

Rural

• Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford (Ozarks)
• Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson
• Sugar Run by Mesha Maren (Appalachia)

Sex Work

• Cam Girl by Elliot Wake w/a Leah Raeder
• City of Night by John Rechy
• Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

Sexual Awakening

• In at the Deep End by Kate Davies

Social Media

• The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya

Theatre

• Temper by Layne Fargo

Thrillers/Suspense

• A Beautiful Crime by Christopher Bollen
• They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
• The Kill Club by Wendy Heard
• Fire on the Island by Timothy Jay Smith

Toxic Relationships

• In at the Deep End by Kate Davies

Wartime

• Regeneration by Pat Barker
• The Charioteer by Mary Renault
• The Night Watch by Sarah Waters