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Fiction Picks

Four fiction picks are available for you to choose from: diverse debuts, graphic novel, historical fiction, and international fiction. Our fiction picks are chosen quarterly and are available in regular print only. If you would like to update your selections or are a new patron who wants to receive picks from any of those four categories, sign up for Simply Held through our website!

BIPOC: Black, Indigenous, and people of color

LGBTQ+: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and more.

  • Diverse Debuts: Debut fiction novel by a BIPOC author, LGBTQ+ author or an author from another marginalized community.
  • Graphic Novel: Fiction novel for adults of any subgenre with diverse characters depicted by color illustrations, sketches, and photographs.
  • Historical Fiction: Historical fiction novel written by a BIPOC author, LGBTQ+ author or an author from another marginalized community, with main character(s) from a marginalized community.
  • International Fiction: Fiction novel originally written in another language with main character(s) from marginalized communities.

These titles are chosen quarterly and are available in regular print only.

Below you will find information provided by the publishers and authors on the titles we have selected for October 2024 from the following categories: Diverse Debuts, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, and International Fiction.

Diverse Debuts

Diverse Debuts: Debut fiction novel by a BIPOC author, LGBTQ+ author or an author from another marginalized community.

October 2024 Pick

Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi

Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction: Historical fiction novel written by a BIPOC author, LGBTQ+ author or an author from another marginalized community, with main character(s) from a marginalized community.

October 2024 Pick

The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones

Graphic Novel

Graphic Novel: Fiction novel for adults of any subgenre with diverse characters depicted by color illustrations, sketches, and photographs.

October 2024 Pick

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

International Fiction

International Fiction: Fiction novel originally written in another language with main character(s) from marginalized communities.

October 2024 Pick

Aednan by Linnea Axelsson, translated by Saskia Vogel