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Book of the Month > July 2025 BoTM - The Breakup Lists

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Kaje Harper | 17357 comments This month's book is The Breakup Lists The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram by Adib Khorram

Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny new romantic comedy, set in the sordid world of high school theater.

Jackson Ghasnavi is a lot of things—a techie, a smoothie afficionado, a totally not obsessive list-maker—but one thing he’s not is a romantic. And why would he be? He’s already had a front row seat to his parents’ divorce and picked up the pieces of his sister Jasmine’s broken heart one too many times.

No, Jackson is perfectly happy living life behind the scenes—he is a stage manager, after all—and keeping his romantic exploits limited to the breakup lists he makes for Jasmine, which chronicle every flaw (real or imagined) of her various and sundry exes.

Enter the senior swim captain turned leading man that neither of the Ghasnavi siblings stop thinking about. Not that Jackson has a crush, of course. Jasmine is already setting her sights on him and he’s probably—no, definitely—straight anyway.

So why does the idea of eventually writing a breakup list for him feel so impossible?


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I'll be interested in what the group thinks of this book.


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Arimi Reads (arimireads) | 57 comments This book has been reserved till November at my library. I've never heard of it till this group mentioned it, went to borrow it. till November. November!!! That's impressive especially for a book with an lgbtq narrative


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Kaje Harper | 17357 comments Louis wrote: "This book has been reserved till November at my library. I've never heard of it till this group mentioned it, went to borrow it. till November. November!!! That's impressive especially for a book w..."

In a way, I want to cheer because wow, it's great people are reading queer books. But also hey, maybe they could buy another copy... ?


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Arimi Reads (arimireads) | 57 comments Maybe. I might just buy one at this rate lol


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Trio | 4 comments It was available for the audiobook loan at my library so I grabbed it.


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Kaje Harper | 17357 comments Trio wrote: "It was available for the audiobook loan at my library so I grabbed it."

Let us know what you think of the audio.


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