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Love, Simon
2015
Becky Albertalli
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised. With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.
The Upside of Unrequited
2017
Becky Albertalli
Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love—she’s lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can’t stomach the idea of rejection. So she’s careful. Fat girls always have to be careful. Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly’s totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie’s new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she’ll get her first kiss and she’ll get her twin back. There’s only one problem: Molly’s coworker Reid. He’s an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there’s absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?
Leah on the Offbeat
2018
Becky Albertalli
Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst. When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting—especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended.
They Both Die at the End
2017
Adam Silvera
Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day. On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day.
More Happy Than Not
2015
Adam Silvera
Part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, part Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Adam Silvera's extraordinary debut confronts race, class, and sexuality during one charged near-future summer in the Bronx. Sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto is struggling to find happiness after a family tragedy leaves him reeling. He's slowly remembering what happiness might feel like this summer with the support of his girlfriend Genevieve, but it's his new best friend, Thomas, who really gets Aaron to open up about his past and confront his future. As Thomas and Aaron get closer, Aaron discovers things about himself that threaten to shatter his newfound contentment. A revolutionary memory-alteration procedure, courtesy of the Leteo Institute, might be the way to straighten himself out. But what if it means forgetting who he truly is?
History Is All You Left Me
2017
Adam Silvera
When Griffin's first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come back to him when the time was right. But now, the future he's been imagining for himself has gone far off course. To make things worse, the only person who truly understands his heartache is Jackson. But no matter how much they open up to each other, Griffin's downward spiral continues. He's losing himself in his obsessive compulsions and destructive choices, and the secrets he's been keeping are tearing him apart. If Griffin is ever to rebuild his future, he must first confront his history, every last heartbreaking piece in the puzzle of his life.
Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak
2019
Adi Alsaid
The summer after senior year is not going as eighteen-year-old Lu Charles expected: after her longtime boyfriend unexpectedly breaks up with her, Lu can’t write a single word, despite the fact that her college scholarship is tied to her columnist job at hip online magazine Misnomer. Then, she meets Cal. Cal’s ever-practical girlfriend Iris is looking ahead to her first year of college, and her plans do not include a long-distance boyfriend. When Lu learns that Cal and Iris have planned to end their relationship at the end of the summer, she becomes fascinated and decides to chronicle the last months the couple will spend together. The closer she gets to the couple, the more she likes them, and the more she wants to write about them. The summer unfurls, and Lu discovers what it really means to be in love. On the page, or off it. The book is touching exploration of love and how it shapes us both during a relationship and after it has ended.
What If It's Us
2018
Becky Albertalli
Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it. Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn’t be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend’s things. But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them? Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated. Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited. But what if they can’t quite nail a first date . . . or a second first date . . . or a third? What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work . . . and Ben doesn’t try hard enough? What if life really isn’t like a Broadway play? But what if it is?
Never Always Sometimes
2015
Adi Alsaid
Never date your best friend. Always be original. Sometimes rules are meant to be broken. Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be cliché high school kids—the ones who sit at the same lunch table every day, dissecting the drama from homeroom and plotting their campaigns for prom king and queen. They even wrote their own Never List of everything they vowed they’d never, ever do in high school. Some of the rules have been easy to follow, like #5, never dye your hair a color of the rainbow, or #7, never hook up with a teacher. But Dave has a secret: he’s broken rule #8, never pine silently after someone for the entirety of high school. It’s either that or break rule #10, never date your best friend. Dave has loved Julia for as long as he can remember. Julia is beautiful, wild and impetuous. So when she suggests they do every Never on the list, Dave is happy to play along. He even dyes his hair an unfortunate shade of green. It starts as a joke, but then a funny thing happens: Dave and Julia discover that by skipping the clichés, they’ve actually been missing out on high school. And maybe even on love.
Project Loki Vol. 1 Part 1
2015
akosiibarra
Mysteries. Murders. Mayhems. Lorelei never thought that she would be dragged into the world of mysteries. After crossing paths with the cold and mysterious Loki and being coerced to join th QED club, her high school life has never been the same. Join the partners in crime as they unravel the threads of mysteries, unmask evil intentions and put together the pieces of the puzzle in their adventures.
Project Loki Vol. 1 Part 2
2015
akosiibarra
Manipulations. Misdirection. Mastermind. Loki and Lorelei's hunt for the mysterious Moriarty continues as the mind games become more perplexed. With breadcrumbs scattered along the way, the detective duo will find themselves hunting otherworldly ghosts, catching a menacing stalker, cracking the code in a suicide note and dealing with danger itself. Has the time finally come for the detectives to meet the manipulative mastermind face to face? The mystery resumes.
Moriartea
2018
akosiibarra
Through some twist of fate, Maviel is left with no choice but to work as a part-timer at the Moriartea Cafe. But here's the twist! She needs to undergo detective training while working as a waitress. Under the tutelage of Sigmund, the romantic Psychology student who has mastered the science of deduction, Maviel will learn the ways of a deductionist. She also has to work with Landice, the counter detective who doesn't need to leave the cafe to solve a case, and Nikolai, the ninja-like detective who's also a master of stalking. Join them as they solve cases presented by clients to their cafe-slash-detective agency.
Lucid Dream
2015
Alyloony
May mga pagkakataong gusto nating tumakas sa reality natin kaya naman nagbabasa tayo ng libro, o nagsusulat, o gumagawa ng arts. Sa paraan na iyon, nakakagawa tayo ng sarili nating mundo. Pero si Angelique, may kakaiba siyang paraan sa pagtakas sa kanyang reality. Ito ay sa pamamagitan ng pag l-lucid dream. May kakayahan si Angelique na i-manipulate ang kanyang mga panaginip. Kaya naman gabi-gabi, lagi niyang ginagawa ito. Sa panaginip niya, mayaman sila, maganda ang buhay, at gusto siya ni Owen—-na sa reality eh hindi naman talaga siya kilala nito. Masaya si Angelique tuwing nandoon siya sa panaginip niya. Kaya lang, isang araw, nagulat na lang siya na may isang lalaking nakapasok sa panaginip niya at palagi siyang ginugulo nito. His name is Caleb, and he is a dream traveler.
The Conspiration of the Universe
2017
Kenneth Daniel Olanday
Luke believes in a quote by his favorite author—that is you want something so bad, the universe will conspire to help you get it. Luke must have wanted to find love so much that Eureka, the heroine of his favorite book, comes to life and falls in love with him. There is just one catch: once Eureka reaches the end of her book's storylike in the real world, then her story with Luke will end, too. Will the universe conspire to help the star-crossed lovers find true happiness with each other? One thing is for sure, Luke will do everything he can to keep Eureka forever.
11/23
2019
Pilosopotasya
The same writer. The same stranger. An online connection. Jhing and Miko's story began as two strangers chatting every night at 23:11. Now, the story jumps from chat boxes into the real world. After blocking Miko and ending the story before it could even begin, gusto lang niyang bumalik sa dati, starting with writing a novella for a possible movie deal with a major movie production house. Too bad she's got writer's block—at sinasabay niya pa ito sa trabaho niya bilang book editor. As if that wasn't enough, her department hires a new illustrator who she knows a little too well... She couldn't rewrite their first book, but maybe Jhing could start the much deserved continuation.
Sharm's Side
2017
Rayne Mariano (Pilosopotasya)
"Pwede nga bang magkaroon ng kwento ang hindi naman bida in the first place?" The IT girl. The girl-next-door. The dream girl. Ang babaeng hindi na sine-second look dahil napapatitig na ang mga lalaki kapag dumaan. Mala-manika at porselanang balat. Balingkinitang katawan. Mahaba, malambot, at pang-shampoo commercial na buhok. Tila mga bituwing nagniningning ang mga mata. Small and pointy nose. Perfect set of white teeth. Natural rosy cheeks. The perfect face. Perfect body. Perfect personality. The person everyone envies. Lahat ito . . . hindi si Sharm.
Helios Murders
The Ceyla Chronicles
sunako_nakahara, onneechan, Tsubame
Just a few hours’ drive from Orlando is Helios, a land of magic and lore, where extraordinary races flourish and where mystery is always afoot. And who better to guide you in this dangerous otherworld than our resident detective and supernatural expert, Ceyla Ward? In this collection of stories, witness as she stands in the line of fire between warring clans, battles powerful creatures, and stops ancient demons from spreading their evil blood magic across the realm. This green-eyed, bedaggered blonde, who moonlights as a private detective-seer, can solve all of Helios' greatest enigmas save for one: herself. But through the smoking barrels of her double derringer, she will fight her way to uncover the mystery of her own past.
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