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All of OPL’s staff recommendations in one page. You can browse the different lists based on topics, format or genres, or you can read some of the more detailed blog posts about specific items.

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Capital Pride

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    Every Thing Is Fine Here
    A Novel
    Tushabe, Iryn
    2025
    Eighteen-year-old Aine Kamara has been anticipating a reunion with her older sister, Mbabazi, for months. But when Mbabazi shows up with an unexpected guest, Aine must confront an old fear: her…
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    What I Know About You
    Chacour, Éric
    2024
    "In a tight-knit Levantine Christian family in 1960s Cairo, Tarek's entire life is written in advance. He'll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eye of the…
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    The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman
    Stratis, Niko
    2025
    "In 2007, Pitchfork writer Rob Mitchum described the indie rock band Wilco's new work as "an album of unapologetic straightforwardness. Sky Blue Sky nakedly exposes the dad-rock gene Wilco has always…
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    The Tiger and the Cosmonaut
    Boudel Tan, Eddy
    2025
    Casper Han grew up the dutiful son of immigrants who never felt entirely welcome in their remote corner of British Columbia. Now an adult, living in Vancouver with a boyfriend whose privilege he…

Love Island(s)?

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    Disco Witches of Fire Island
    A Novel
    Fell, Blair
    2025
    It's 1989, and Joe Agabian and his best friend Ronnie set out to spend their first summer working in the hedonistic gay paradise of Fire Island Pines. Joe is desperate to let loose and finally move…
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    Island Vegan
    75 Flavorful Recipes From the Caribbean : Jamaica, Trinidad, Haiti, Dominican Republic & More
    Rose, Lloyd
    2024
    These plant-powered meals celebrate the rich cuisine and culture of the Caribbean without compromising on authenticity or flavor. Nourish your body and soul with a variety of classic and creative…
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    Dinner on Monster Island
    Essays
    De Rozario, Tania
    2024
    "In this unusual, engaging, and intimate collection of personal essays, Lamba Literary Award finalist Tania De Rozario recalls growing up as a queer, brown, fat girl in Singapore, blending memoir…
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    Islands of Decolonial Love
    Stories & Songs
    Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake
    2013
    "... Leanne Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation. Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars…

Fashion, Poison, Debutantes, Spies and Curses – Oh YA!

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    Truth Cursed
    Dickinson, Angie
    2025
    Cressida Hoth is alone in the world. Orphaned and unwanted, she is inflicted with a peculiar curse by her mischievous aunts and banished to a finishing school in the secluded kingdom of Dernmont.…
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    House of Marionne
    Elle, J.
    2023
    A modern-day YA romantic fantasy series opener about a glamorous magical world of social elites, forbidden love, and a dark magic that could destroy it all... 17-year-old Quell has lived her entire…
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    Our Infinite Fates
    A Novel
    Steven, Laura
    2025
    They've loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They've killed each other in every one. Evelyn can remember all her past lives. She can also remember that in every single one, she's been murdered…
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    The Protégée
    Ridley, Erica
    2025
    Eighteen-year-old Angélique dreams of designing extravagant gowns like the ladies in the bourgeoise wear to balls and soirées. Because she's working-class, Angélique knows that her life will,…

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