The Friendly City Books Podcast

Make It Gay! - YA

Episode Summary

Lauren kicks off Make It Gay! - a new FCB podcast series that celebrates queer stories and authors in different genres. First up is YA!

Episode Notes

Lauren is kicking off a new FCB podcast series - Make It Gay!

Make It Gay! is a series that celebrates queer stories and authors in different genres. First up, we're talking about YA - a genre with incredible representation and great stories for adults and young adult readers alike!

Fantasy & Sci-Fi

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by MaggieTokuda-Hall (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)

Contemporary

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
The Black Queen by Jumata Emill (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emill (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
I’ll Be The One by Lyla Lee (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)

Anthologies

Being Ace, edited by Madeline Dyer (bookshop.org)
Night of the Living Queers, edited by Shelly Page and Alex Brown (bookshop.org)

Nonfiction

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)

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Host: Lauren O'Connell
Cohost: Caroline Barbee
Music: Rear Projection by Hartle Road
Production assistance by Neon Newt Media LLC