SFF Yeah!

Book Riot's Our Queerest Shelves newsletter captain Danika Ellis joins Sharifah to recommend some LGBTQ+ SF/F favorites.

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Shoutouts

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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Into the Light by Mark Oshiro

The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White

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Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads.

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Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

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Let's take a break from the usual SFF Yeah format to share the Book Riot podcast's Book Nerd Movie Club talking about The Neverending Story!

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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

The Neverending Story Oral History

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Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads.

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Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

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Sharifah talks about Shakespeare and references to the Bard in SF/F, talks Antony and Cleopatra with Immortal Longings author Chloe Gong, and more!

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Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

Vilest Things by Chloe Gong

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu

Prince of Cats by Ronald Wimberly

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Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads.

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Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

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Sharifah talks about representation in SF/F and captain of Book Riot's In Reading Color newsletter Erica Ezeifedi recommends great BIPOC SF/F.

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"The Hidden Racism of Book Cover Design" by Tajja Isen (The Walrus)

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

Flying Witch by Chihiro Ishizuka

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia

The Good House by Tananarive Due

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

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Sharifah talks about favorite SF/F of this century so far.

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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell

Exit West by Moshin Hamid

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin

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Sharifah talks about the new shape of SFF Yeah and discusses the best SFF of the year so far with Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz.

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The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

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SFF Yeah! is going on hiatus, so Jenn and Sharifah reminisce about 173 episodes and talk about favorite SF/F picture and board books.

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Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

Cryptid Baby series by Elias Barks with Meg Hunt and Zoe Persico (Nessie Baby!)

A Jedi You Will Be by Preeti Chhibber and Mike Deas

Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman and Dan Yaccarino

LIFT by Minh Lê and Dan Santat

King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson by Kenneth Kraegel

If Your Babysitter is a Bruja by Ana Siqueira and Irena Freitas

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Rainbow Goblins by Ul de Rico

What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom

The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung and Hanna Cha

Stella’s Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises

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