Micah Nemerever

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

California

A Novel

A Literary Hub Best Book of the Year * A Crime Reads Best Debut of the Year * A Newsweek Best Fall Book * A Philadelphia Inquirer Best Fall Book * An O Magazine.com LGBTQ Book That Is Changing the Literary Landscape * An Electric Lit Most Anticipated Debut of the Year * A The Millions Most Anticipated Book of the Year * A Paperback Paris Best New LGBTQ+ Books To Read This Year Selection The Secret History meets Lie with Me in Micah Nemerever's compulsively readable debut novel--a feverishly taut Hitchcockian story about two college students, each with his own troubled past, whose escalating obsession with one another leads to an act of unspeakable violence. When Paul enters university in early 1970s Pittsburgh, it's with the hope of moving past the recent death of his father. Sensitive, insecure, and incomprehensible to his grieving family, Paul feels isolated and alone. When he meets the worldly Julian in his freshman ethics class, Paul is immediately drawn to his classmate's effortless charm. Paul sees Julian as his sole intellectual equal--an ally against the conventional world he finds so suffocating. Paul will stop at nothing to prove himself worthy of their friendship, because with Julian life is more invigorating than Paul could ever have imagined. But as charismatic as he can choose to be, Julian is also volatile and capriciously cruel, and Paul becomes increasingly afraid that he can never live up to what Julian expects of him. As their friendship spirals into all-consuming intimacy, they each learn the lengths to which the other will go in order to stay together, their obsession ultimately hurtling them toward an act of irrevocable violence. Unfolding with a propulsive ferocity, These Violent Delights is an exquisitely plotted excavation of the depths of human desire and the darkness it can bring forth in us.

These Violent Delights

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Dustin Thao

Read this once and would like to pass it on! :)

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

From the New York Times bestselling author Dustin Thao, We Are Okay meets Wandavision in this novel about loss, and learning to let go. After the death of his best friend, Eric Ly creates imaginary scenarios in his head to deal with his grief. Until one of them becomes real when a boy he met last summer in Japan finds his way back into his life. When he least expects it, Haru Tanaka walks into the coffee shop and sits down next to him. The only thing is, nobody else can see him. In a magical turn of events, Eric suddenly has someone to connect with, making him feel less alone in the world. But as they spend more and more time together, he begins to question what is real. When he starts losing control of the very thing that is holding him together, Eric must finally confront his reality. Even if it means losing Haru forever.

When Haru Was Here

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Kazuo Ishiguro

Read once and would like to pass it on! :)

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Lyrics for Stacey Kent

From the Nobel Prize–winning author of Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go comes a gorgeously illustrated volume of lyrics written for the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated jazz singer Stacey Kent. Memorably introduced by Ishiguro himself, The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain collects the lyrics of sixteen songs he wrote for world-renowned American singer Stacey Kent, which were set to music by her partner, Jim Tomlinson. An exquisite coming together of the literary and musical worlds, the lyrics are infused with a sense of yearning, melancholy, love, and the romance of travel and liminal spaces. Further exploring the notion of collaboration and interpretation, the collection is illustrated by the acclaimed Italian artist Bianca Bagnarelli, whose work perfectly captures the atmosphere and sensibility of the songs.

The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain

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Richard Siken

Louise Glück

From Half Price Books, read once and would love to pass it on! :)

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A powerful collection of poems driven by obsession reveals a poetry that is at once confessional, gay, savage, and charged with a violent eroticism. Simultaneous.

Crush

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Christopher Soto

An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color

"This publication was produced in conjunction with Lambda Literary."--title page verso.

Nepantla

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Charlotte Brontë

Does contain minor orange highlights/underlines from the previous owner ONLY on a few pages — see last three pictures (pg. 308, 325, 383) otherwise in great condition

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The creator of Meat Cake presents an off-kilter illustrated interpretation of Charlotte Bront‰'s Victorian classic, in a volume that features darkly elegant drawings that follow themes of human depravity, despair, and ultimate redemption. Original.

Stefanie May

@stefaniemayreads

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