Casey Stepaniuk Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Casey Stepaniuk on XCasey Stepaniuk is a contributor at Autostraddle. Bisexual. Contributor at @Autostraddle. Librarian. New Parent. Writer. Opinions Mine. She/Her. My book blog is Casey The Canadian Lesbrarian.

The Unbalancing: A Birdverse Novel
R. B. LembergThis loose retelling of the Atlantis legend is intimate and authentic... The book’s lyrical prose, complex characterization, compelling action, and emotional resonance come together to create a flawless fantasy story.
Paperback, 2022
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Learned by Heart
Emma DonoghueMarked as to-read: Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue https://t.co/lLyXQ5EFBy
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lush Lives
J. Vanessa Lyon…it’s a sexy love story set in NYC’s high stakes elite worlds of art and auctioning… As… two women work together on the house, not only do they fall in love, but they discover a rare manuscript hidden in the old Brownstone that reveals secrets about the past.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pretty Baby: A Memoir
Chris BelcherCarmen Maria Machado calls this memoir “a fucking gorgeous book.” That’s probably all you need to know, but here’s more: Belcher tells the story of her journey from life as a queer teen in small town Appalachia to becoming LA’s “renowned lesbian dominatrix.”
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When the Angels Left the Old Country
Sacha LambMarked as to-read: When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb https://t.co/pvSLWXDgua
Hardcover, 2022
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Season of Love
Helena GreerI read Season of Love by Helena Greer https://t.co/gC9VcRP5bj
Paperback, 2022
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Severed Thread
Leslie VedderMarked as to-read: The Severed Thread by Leslie Vedder https://t.co/50ftACAtiT
Paperback, 2024
$13.99Member price:$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Romance Recipe: An LGBTQ+ Romcom
Ruby BarrettRejoice, 2022 has another foodie queer romance for us! This one features a type-A, fiery restaurant owner with a failing business she’ll do anything to save and her new (former celebrity) head chef, described lovingly as “grump in the kitchen / sunshine in the streets.”
Paperback, 2022
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gods of Want: Stories
K-Ming ChangThese speculative, surreal short stories center the experiences of Asian American women: their bodies, relationships, identities, myths, and memories. Chang’s trademark feminist fabulist style blends themes of queerness, ghosts, migration, the body, and more.
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Like Other Girls
Britta LundinIt succeeds on many levels: as a character study, as a swoony romance, as a gripping sports story, as a feminist inditement of sexism and misogyny, as a novel deeply rooted in rural Oregon and farming culture ... It’s one of the best YA — or dare I say books? — I’ve read in years.
Hardcover, 2021
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book