This week Vanessa recommends a few of her favorite queer Latine books.

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Books Discussed:

¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer

A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria

Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

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This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, A Murder for Miss Hortense, A Rare Find, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant

King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby

A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell

Palm Meridian by Grace Flahive

Latina Superheroes by Kayden Phoenix

The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains by Pria Anand

A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais

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Jeff is joined by Book Riot editors Danika Ellis and Erica Ezeifedi to talk about what makes a beach read, beach reads picks, and memorable beach reading moments.

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Discussed in this Episode:

The Book Riot Live at Powell's July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far)

The Best Beach Reads of All Time

The Hey YA Podcast

Book Riot's In the Club, In Reading Color, and Our Queerest Shelves Newsletters

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

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This week, Danika talks about five excellent queer beach reads.

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Books Discussed:

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Falling In Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson

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The Best Beach Reads of All Time

9 of My Favorite Queer Beach Reads

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This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Ten Incarnations of Rebellion, Charlottesville, Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Charlottesville: An American Story by Deborah Baker

Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel

Flashlight by Susan Choi

Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare

A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle

Beast by Richard Van Camp

The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by John Seabrook

Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

Sister, Butcher, Sister by KD Aldyn

Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings

The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward

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This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of excellent recent reads!

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Books Discussed:

Swift River by Essie Chambers

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Amplitudes, Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology, Harmattan Season, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis

Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity by Lee Mandelo

Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology: A Graphic Novel by Angela Hsieh

Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi

The South by Tash Aw

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

Titan of the Stars by E.K. Johnston

Acception, Vol. 1 by Coco Ouwerkwerk aka Colourbee

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This week, Liberty talks about several books she recently acquired, plus what she's reading now!

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Books Discussed:

L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood by Anne Soon Choi

The Peepshow: The Murders at Rillington Place by Kate Summerscale  

Nimona: 10th Anniversary Limited Edition by N.D. Stevenson

The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf by Kathryn Davis 

Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls

The Crayon Stub by Marcus Cutler 

Meowdle: 75 Feline Crime Puzzles to Solve Using Logic, Skill and the Power of Catnip by Dr. Gareth Moore and Laura Jayne Ayres

Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson

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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Spent, Erased, The Starving Saints, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel

The Education of Kia Greer by Alanna Bennett

The True Happiness Company: How a Girl Like Me Falls for a Cult Like That by Veena Dinavahi

Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden From Us by Anna Malaika Tubbs

Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien

The Ascent by Allison Buccola

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This week, Trisha recommends some non-fiction that feels...of the moment.

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Books Discussed:

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder and illustrated by Nora Krug

The Impossible Will Take a Little While edited by Paul Rogat Loeb

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde, edited by Roxane Gay

United by Cory Booker

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