Fave Five Fave Five: LGBTQ Cli-Fi Novels January 23, 2023 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment Eleutheria by Allegra Hyde Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller Bonus: These are all Adult, but in YA, check out Want and Ruse by Cindy Pon.
Fave Five Fave Five: Be Gay, Do Crimes YA December 15, 2022 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
Fave Five Fave Five: Queer YA Set in the 1930s December 13, 2022 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment An Impossible Distance to Fall by Miriam McNamara I’ll Take Everything You Have by James Klise Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Wip Wilson Bonus: Tehlor Kay Mejia’s “Healing Rosa” in All Out , ed. by Saundra Mitchell, is set in 1933
Fave Five Fave Five: Transfem Sci-Fi December 9, 2022 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Seep by Chana Porter The Unstoppable trilogy by Charlie Jane Anders (YA) Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
Fave Five Fave Five: Indigenous Fiction Audiobooks December 7, 2022 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment All links are Libro.fm affiliate. Elatsoe and A Snake Falls to the Earth by Darcie Little Badger, narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett & Kinsale Hueston (YA) The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson, narrated by Julie Lumsden (YA) A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt, narrated by Jesse Nobess This Town Sleeps by Dennis Staples, narrated by Kaipo Schwab Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, narrated by Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Kaipo Schwab & Shaun Taylor-Corbett Bonus: Nature Poem by Tommy Pico is a book-length poem narrated by the author
Fave Five Fave Five: Middle Grade Adventure Series December 5, 2022 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment B.E.S.T. World by Cory McCarthy Cameron Battle by Jamar J. Perry The Devouring Wolf by Natalie C. Parker Battle Dragons by Alex London Sir Callie by Esme Symes-Smith Bonus: These are all series where at least one book has been published, but keep an eye on the upcoming fantasy duology Lulu Sinagtala and the Tagalog Gods by Gail D. Villanueva
Fave Five Fave Five: New Queer Holiday Romances November 29, 2022 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment For some older titles, click here for m/m and here for f/f. In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae You’re a Mean Once, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky Season of Love by Helena Greer Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish Bonus: Check out Honeymoon for One by Rachel Bowdler and read her post all about queer holiday romance here. These are all Adult novels, but for a novella, try Felix Navidad by ‘Nathan Burgoine, and in YA, check out How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow
Fave Five Fave Five: LGBTQ Novels Inspired by Greek Mythology, Part II November 23, 2022 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment For part I, click here. Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil (YA) Create My Own Perfection by E.H. Timms Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry (YA) This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron (YA) Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues Bonus: Coming up in 2023, The Song of Us by Kate Fussner (MG) and Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood (YA)
Fave Five Fave Five: MG with Ace-Spec MCs November 15, 2022 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow Rick by Alex Gino The One Who Loves You Most by medina A-Okay by Jarad Greene The Trouble with Robots by Michelle Mohrweis Bonus: Coming in 2023, Reel Love by Nilah Magruder and Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid
Fave Five Fave Five: Queer North African-Inspired Fantasy November 10, 2022 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment Magic of the Lost by C.L. Clark A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark Beneath the Burning Wave by Jennifer Hayashi Danns (YA) Mirage by Somaiya Daud The Alamaxa Duology by Hadeer Elsbai (YA)