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Title: The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick

Author: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

Narrator: Robin Miles

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Release date: June 29, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 329

Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 93

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Over one million copies sold! The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! “Historical fiction at its best!”* A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white—her complexion is dark because she is African American. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to—for the protection of her family and her legacy—to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives.

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Title: In Royal Service to the Queen: A Novel of the Queen's Governess

Author: Tessa Arlen

Narrator: Mhairi Morrison

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Release date: June 29, 2021

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Now a USA TODAY Bestseller! “Engrossing. Fans of The Crown will devour this.”--Publishers Weekly The revealing story of Queen Elizabeth II's beloved governess, Marion Crawford, who spent more than sixteen years of her life in loyal service to the royal family and was later shunned by those she has loved and served. Marion Crawford can remember each of the wonderful years when she was governess to the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose: included in their lives, confided in, needed, trusted, and loved. These memories will never dim, ever. In Marion's mind, she will always be their Crawfie. But things become increasingly complicated as the young royals navigate adulthood. It is May 1945 and Princess Elizabeth--the heiress presumptive to the British throne--has fallen in love, and the only member of her family who is happy for her is her governess. No one in the young princess's life thinks that Prince Philip of Greece would be a suitable husband for the future Queen of England. No one that is, except for Marion Crawford. Crawfie wholeheartedly supports Elizabeth in her determination to marry Philip. She too has fallen in love--and has convinced her fiancé, George, that they must wait for Elizabeth and Philip to receive the King's blessing before she can leave her service to the Crown. Over the next two years Crawfie is caught between loyalty to Princess Elizabeth; running the risk of alienating her royal employer, Queen Elizabeth; and losing the man she loves. But as Crawfie prevails to marry George and stands with him in Westminster Abbey on Elizabeth and Philip's wedding day, she is unaware that her troubled relationship with Queen Elizabeth is far from over. And just around the corner is a betrayal that will sever her bond with the royal family forever.

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Title: What a Happy Family

Author: Saumya Dave

Narrator: Soneela Nankani

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Release date: June 22, 2021

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

'A full, big hearted novel.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & the Six Nestled in the suburbs of Atlanta, a family learns the funniest punchlines can hide the hardest truths in this evocative women’s fiction novel from the author of Well-Behaved Indian Women From the outside, the Joshi family is the quintessential Indian-American family. Decades ago, Bina and Deepak immigrated to America, where she became a pillar of their local Indian community and he, a successful psychiatrist. Their eldest daughter, Suhani, is following the footsteps of her father’s career and happily married. Natasha, their middle daughter, is about to become engaged to the son of longtime family friends. And Anuj, their son—well he’s a son and what could be better than that?   But a family scandal shows that nothing is as it seems. Bina’s oldest friendship starts to unravel and she finds herself as an outsider in the community she helped build. Suhani discovers that her perfect marriage isn’t as solid as she thought. Natasha faces a series of rejections that send her into a downward spiral.    As they encounter public humiliation, gossiping aunties, and self-doubt, the Joshi family must rely on each other like never before. But sometimes, family has to fall apart in order to come back stronger than before.

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Title: The Great Mistake: A Novel

Author: Jonathan Lee

Narrator: Graham Halstead

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Release date: June 15, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

An exultant novel of New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, about one man's rise to fame and fortune, and his mysterious murder—“engrossing” (Wall Street Journal), “immersive” (The New Yorker), and “seriously entertaining” (The Sunday Times, London). Andrew Haswell Green is dead, shot at the venerable age of eighty-three, when he thought life could hold no more surprises. The killing—on Park Avenue in broad daylight, on Friday the thirteenth—shook the city. Born to a struggling farmer, Green was a self-made man without whom there would be no Central Park, no Metropolitan Museum of Art, no Museum of Natural History, no New York Public Library. But Green had a secret, a life locked within him that now, in the hour of his death, may finally break free. A work of tremendous depth and piercing emotion, The Great Mistake is the story of a city transformed, a murder that made a private man infamous, and a portrait of a singular individual who found the world closed off to him—yet enlarged it.

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Title: Widespread Panic: A novel

Author: James Ellroy

Narrator: Craig Wasson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Release date: June 15, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

From the modern master of noir comes a novel based on the real-life Hollywood fixer Freddy Otash, the malevolent monarch of the 1950s L.A. underground, and his Tinseltown tabloid Confidential magazine. Freddy Otash was the man in the know and the man to know in ‘50s L.A. He was a rogue cop, a sleazoid private eye, a shakedown artist, a pimp—and, most notably, the head strong-arm goon for Confidential magazine.   Confidential presaged the idiot internet—and delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink, and the scurrilous skank. It mauled misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Mattress Jack Kennedy, James Dean, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson—Frantic Freddy outed them all. He was the Tattle Tyrant who held Hollywood hostage, and now he’s here to CONFESS.   “I’m consumed with candor and wracked with recollection. I’m revitalized and resurgent. My meshugenah march down memory lane begins NOW.”   In Freddy’s viciously entertaining voice, Widespread Panic torches 1950s Hollywood to the ground. It’s a blazing revelation of coruscating corruption, pervasive paranoia, and of sin and redemption with nothing in between.   Here is James Ellroy in savage quintessence. Freddy Otash confesses—and you are here to read and succumb.

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Title: Strange Flowers: A Novel

Author: Donal Ryan

Narrator: Donna Nikolaisen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Release date: June 15, 2021

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARD NOVEL OF THE YEAR Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Awards “Mr. Ryan writes conspicuously beautiful prose… The fleeting happiness and abiding melancholy of the asymmetry, heightened by the intimately rendered surroundings, brings out Mr. Ryan’s most sensuous and emotive writing.” –The Wall Street Journal From the Booker nominated author of The Queen of Dirt Island, Donal Ryan's new novel follows the Gladney family across three generations seeking the true meaning of what it is to find home and love. In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home in Ireland and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter again. Five years later, Moll returns from London. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever. Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today.

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Title: The River Between Us

Author: Liz Fenwick

Narrator: Lucy Scott

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Release date: June 10, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

A forgotten house and a secret hidden for a century… 'Wonderfully evocative’ Judy Finnigan 'An absolute delight!' Hazel Gaynor ‘Wonderful escapism’ Tracy Rees ’A lovely story' Erica James ‘Gloriously rich’ Rachel Hore ‘Sublime storytelling’ Cathy Bramley ‘Emotional’ Kate Ryder Following the breakdown of her marriage, Theo has bought a tumbledown cottage on the banks of the river Tamar which divides Cornwall and Devon. The peace and tranquillity of Boatman’s Cottage, nestled by the water, is just what she needs to heal. Yet soon after her arrival, Theo discovers a stash of hidden letters tied with a ribbon, untouched for more than a century. The letters – sent from the battlefields of France during WW1 – tell of a young servant from the nearby manor house, Abbotswood, and his love for a woman he was destined to lose. As she begins to bring Boatman’s Cottage and its gardens back to life, Theo pieces together a story of star-crossed lovers played out against the river, while finding her own new path to happiness. The River Between Us beautifully explores the mystery and secrets of a long-forgotten love affair, and will be loved by fans of Kate Morton. Praise for The River Between Us: 'Wonderfully evocative’ Judy Finnigan 'Full of delicious atmosphere and intrigue, and with a compelling mystery flowing through its pages … an absolute delight!' Hazel Gaynor ‘Wonderful escapism … a relaxing, evocative read’ Tracy Rees 'A lovely story that blends the past and the present beautifully' Erica James ‘I enjoyed sinking into this gloriously rich novel, so laced with secrets. What a vivid cast of characters!’ Rachel Hore ‘Sublime storytelling’ Cathy Bramley ‘A compellingly atmospheric and emotional rollercoaster of a read’ Kate Ryder ‘Beautifully descriptive, unashamedly romantic and evocative’ Veronica Henry ‘A captivating and romantic Cornish story that explores the tangle of relationships connecting us through time’ Susanna Kearsley ‘Captures the magical atmosphere of Devon and Cornwall’ Rosanna Ley ‘I had THAT feeling when you've been away to a lovely place for a while and don't want to come back’ Nicola Cornick

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Title: Miriam: A Treasures of the Nile Novel

Series: #2 of Treasures of the Nile

Author: Mesu Andrews

Narrator: Robin Miles

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 25 minutes

Release date: June 8, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

The Hebrews call me prophetess, the Egyptians a seer. But I am neither. I am simply a watcher of Israel and the messenger of El Shaddai. When He speaks to me in dreams, I interpret. When He whispers a melody, I sing. At eighty-six, Miriam had devoted her entire life to loving El Shaddai and serving His people as both midwife and messenger. Yet when her brother Moses returns to Egypt from exile, he brings a disruptive message. God has a new name – Yahweh – and has declared a radical deliverance for the Israelites.    Miriam and her beloved family face an impossible choice: cling to familiar bondage or embrace uncharted freedom at an unimaginable cost. Even if the Hebrews survive the plagues set to turn the Nile to blood and unleash a maelstrom of frogs and locusts, can they weather the resulting fury of the Pharaoh?   Enter an exotic land where a cruel Pharaoh reigns, pagan priests wield black arts, and the Israelites cry out to a God they only think they know.

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Title: Rainbow Milk: A Novel

Author: Paul Mendez

Narrator: Paul Mendez

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Release date: June 8, 2021

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Nominated for a 34th annual Lambda Literary Award • An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follows nineteen-year-old Jesse McCarthy as he grapples with his racial and sexual identities against the backdrop of his Jehovah's Witness upbringing.   'The kind of novel you never knew you were waiting for.' —Marlon James In the 1950s, ex-boxer Norman Alonso is a determined and humble Jamaican who has immigrated to Britain with his wife and children to secure a brighter future. Blighted with unexpected illness and racism, Norman and his family are resilient, but are all too aware that their family will need more than just hope to survive in their new country.   At the turn of the millennium, Jesse seeks a fresh start in London, escaping a broken immediate family, a repressive religious community and his depressed hometown in the industrial Black Country. But once he arrives he finds himself at a loss for a new center of gravity, and turns to sex work, music and art to create his own notions of love, masculinity and spirituality.   A wholly original novel as tender as it is visceral, Rainbow Milk is a bold reckoning with race, class, sexuality, freedom and religion across generations, time and cultures.

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Title: Isaiah's Daughter: A Novel of Prophets and Kings

Author: Mesu Andrews

Narrator: Nan Mcnamara, Kirby Heyborne

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 15 hours 41 minutes

Release date: June 8, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

In this epic Biblical narrative, ideal for fans of The Bible miniseries, a young woman taken into the prophet Isaiah's household rises to capture the heart of the future king.   Isaiah adopts Ishma, giving her a new name--Zibah, delight of the Lord--thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma came to the prophet's home, devastated after watching her family destroyed and living as a captive. But as the years pass, Zibah's lively spirit wins Prince Hezekiah's favor, a boy determined to rebuild the kingdom his father has nearly destroyed. But loving this man will awake in her all the fears and pain of her past and she must turn to the only One who can give life, calm her fears, and deliver a nation.   'Andrews (The Pharaoh’s Daughter) offers her unique brand of in-depth Bible knowledge and storytelling flair ... [she] is gifted at bringing the past to life...' —Publishers Weekly (starred review)