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Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June

Fortune's Kiss by Amber Clement

Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar

Darkly by Marisha Pessl

In Want of a Suspect by Tirzah Price

Greater Secrets by Ananth Hirsh, Tess Stone

Leap by Simina Popescu

When Mimi Went Missing by Suja Sukumar

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery by Christine Mari

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