Seattle Staff Faves 2025: Fiction, Part 1
Every year we ask our staff across the system for their favorite books published in a given year. Like last year, we needed two parts to accommodate all of the adult fiction our staff read! Enjoy this variety of fiction staff favorites, with annotations by staff members or as noted. (Created November 2025)
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Crawl
"Max feels like he's writing for every transmasc who lived in Seattle between 2010 and 2020. Each story feels familiar and comfortable and Delsohn's wit had me laughing the whole way through."--Eliza S.
Format: Book
Availability: On order
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Rosarita
While studying in El Jardin de San Miguel, Bonita is approached by a woman who claims she knew her mother as a young painter in Mexico; days later Bonita finds the woman she calls The Trickster and follows her on a tour of what may or may not have been her mother's past. (NoveList Plus)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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The River Has Roots
Two sisters fight their way back to each other across death and Faerie through riddle songs and murder ballads. (Kirkus Reviews)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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All Fired up
Pairing a nerdy chemist who studies fire with a dashing female firefighter, this sapphic rom-com from England is scorching hot. (Publishers Weekly)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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The Heart of Winter
Abe Winter and Ruth Warneke's seventy-year marriage, born from a disastrous college blind date, faces a new crisis as Ruth's health deteriorates. (NoveList Plus)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Victorian Psycho
A twisted, bloodthirsty governess celebrates Christmas with her new employers. (Kirkus Reviews)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Sky Daddy
A surreal tale of one woman’s epic search for a love that can never be returned. (Kirkus Reviews)
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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Checked Out
"A vibrant, joyful tale of a queer library worker who is working on a graphic novel about a WWI carrier pigeon and trying to find her way in NYC. Her vivid, sprawling illustration style really packs a punch!"--Abby B.
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: All copies in use
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Futbolista
A classmates-to-friends-to-lovers romance that's equal parts raunchy, heartfelt, queer, and Mexican-American, centered on college soccer. (NoveList Plus)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Death Takes Me
A poetry-obsessed serial killer mutilates men in this unforgettable literary puzzle. (Publishers Weekly)
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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