This past month there were two incidents within the Indie Bookstore Community that hurt the BIPOC and Trans communities. Ryan, Hillary, and Jo take this opportunity to recommend some of their favorite books by and about BIPOC & Trans folks!

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Books Mentioned During This Episode

Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (audiobook)

• Beach Read (audiobook)

Survive the Night by Riley Sager (audiobook)

The Lost Girls by Jessica Chiarella (audiobook)

Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix (audiobook - read by Friday the 13th Final Girl, Adrienne King!)

The Heathens by Ace Atkins (audiobook)

While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (audiobook)

For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing (audiobook)

Cackle by Rachel Harrison (October 5th, 2021) (audiobook)

Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary

Landslide by Michael Wolff (audiobook)

Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby (audiobook)

The Stand by Stephen King (audiobook)

Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo

Matrix by Lauren Groff (audiobook)

The Project by Courtney Summers (audiobook)

Ryan

Once & Future by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook)

Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook)

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (audiobook)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (audiobook)

• Lost in the Never Woods (audiobook)

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (audiobook)

Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (audiobook)

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (audiobook)

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (audiobook)

Thinking Again: A Diary by Jan Morris (audiobook)

• Allegorizings 

The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc (audiobook)

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (audiobook)

Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan (audiobook)

• She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders (audiobook)

Fairest by Meredith Talusan (audiobook)

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (audiobook)

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (audiobook)

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (September 28th, 2021) (audiobook)

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (audiobook)

• The Deep (audiobook)

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (audiobook)

• Pet (audiobook

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (audiobook)

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinburg 

Charlie Jane Anders (audiobooks)

Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone (audiobook)

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