Lex Picks! Unlisted

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The first few books are the highest recommended, then they're unsorted further down. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ = a significant amount of Gay

  1. Camp Damascus by 

    Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.

    Nestled high up in the …

    Kean Bean says:

    πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ queer horror/fantasy/coming-of-age by CHUCK TINGLE

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  2. Small Game by 

    Four strangers and six weeks: this is all that separates Mara from one life-changing payday. She was surprised when reality …

    Kean Bean says:

    πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ survival horror, very grounded and psychological. fucked up!

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  3. The Darkness Outside Us by 

    Two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission.

    Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated …

    Kean Bean says:

    πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ this one will absolutely gut you, holy fuck it's A Lot

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  4. Gideon the Ninth by  (The Locked Tomb, #1)

    Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off …

    Kean Bean says:

    πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ space nun sword lesbians

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  5. What Moves the Dead by  (Sworn Solider, #1)

    From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling …

    Kean Bean says:

    πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ retelling of Fall of the House of Usher, with a trans MC!

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  6. Dark Matter by 

    January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely, and desperate …

    Kean Bean says:

    πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ isolation horror and queer yearning

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  7. Alice Isn't Dead by 

    Keisha Taylor lived a quiet life with her wife, Alice, until the day that Alice disappeared. After months of searching, …

    Kean Bean says:

    πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ weird queer fiction thriller

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  8. Wonderland by 

    A mother must protect her family from the unnatural forces threatening their new and improved life in a rural farmhouse.

    …
    Kean Bean says:

    modern gothic isolationist horror

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  9. The Only Good Indians by 

    Ten years ago outside Browning, Montana, four Blackfeet shot some elk, and then went on with their lives. It happens …

    Kean Bean says:

    this is RAD and it goes to weird places

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  10. Sisters by 

    Born just ten months apart, July and September are thick as thieves, never needing anyone but each other. Now, following …

    Kean Bean says:

    Psychological weirdness, SO fucked up

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  11. Wolf in White Van by 

    Isolated by a disfiguring injury since the age of seventeen, Sean Phillips crafts imaginary worlds for strangers to play in. …

    Kean Bean says:

    real fucked up, about loneliness and fantasy

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  12. Devil House by 

    Gage Chandler is descended from kings. That's what his mother always told him.

    Now, he is a true crime …

    Kean Bean says:

    this is my favorite book. hard to describe, but it's like a study of true crime and human empathy

    Added by Kean Bean

  13. The Terror by 

    The men on board The HMS Terrorβ€”part of the ill-fated 1845 Franklin Expeditionβ€”are entering a second summer in the Arctic …

    Kean Bean says:

    harrowing survival horror. kind of a huge fucking bummer, just a smidge of gay

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  14. The Fifth Season by  (The Broken Earth, #1)

    This is the way the world ends. Again.

    Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman …

    Kean Bean says:

    πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ rich sci-fi/fantasy with apocalypse themes. this one's GNARLY, TW for child death & abuse

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  15. I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver #1) by 

    John Wayne Cheever keeps his obsession with serial killers in check by a set of rigid rules that he lives …

    Kean Bean says:

    fun and high-paced!

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