This was the month I figured out that my Ottawa Public Library card actually gave me borrowing access to a few other Ontario libraries, and all of a sudden I was drowning in holds: the best of problems. I am loving the selection of YA out there, which now seems to feature LGBT characters more often than not. Take that, State of Virginia (and Florida, and whoever else wants to ban books based on sexual orientation). Kids these days want books about the world around them as it actually is, with characters that they can actually recognize themselves in, and I am so glad that authors and publishers are making that happen.
In Order to Live, by Yeomi Park
Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Outside, by Ada Hoffman
Exit Strategy, by Martha Wells
Grass, by Sheri S. Tepper
This Place: 150 Years Retold
Where the Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire
Whiskeyjack, by Victoria Goddard
Beautiful Country, by Qian Julie Wang
Network Effect, by Martha Wells
The Anomaly, by Hervé Le Tellier
Legendborn, by Tracey Deonn
The Verifiers, by Jane Pek
Phoenix Extravagant, by Yoon Ha Lee
We’re Not Broken, by Eric Garcia
The Peripheral, by William Gibson
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Bullshit Jobs, by David Graeber
More than This, by Patrick Ness
Empire of Sand, by Tasha Suri