Category Archives: Fave Five

Fave Five: Queer Figure Skating Books

Ana on the Edge by AJ Sass (MG)

It’s a Love/Skate Relationship by Carli J. Corson (YA)

Just Between Us by Adeline Kon (YA GN)

Blades of Furry by Emily Erdos and Deya Muniz (YA GN)

On Top of Glass by Karina Manta (YA Memoir)

Bonus: These are all books, but for an essay by Adam Rippon, check out Athlete is Agender, ed. by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby

 

Fave Five: F/F Bodyguard Romances

Saving the Star by Rachel Bowdler

Cover Story by Rachel Lacey

Seas and Greetings by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Guarded Desires by Anna Stone

The Bodyguard Affair by Anna Stone and Hildred Billings

Bonus: These are all contemporary, but for Historical Fantasy, check out Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones 

Fave Five: Queer Fiction Set in New Orleans

Yeah, it’s six. Sue me.

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker (YA)

Death Card by Jasmine Walker (YA)

Looking for a Sign by Susie Dumond

Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen

The (Most Unusual) Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish

Sister Holiday Mysteries by Margot Douaihy

Bonus: These are all set in the actual city, but for a New Orleans-inspired YA Fantasy setting, check out Her Sharp Embrace by Kate Koenig

Double Bonus: For books partially set in New Orleans, check out Tramps Like Us by Joe Westmoreland, The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish, and How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?by Anna Montague

Fave Five: South Asian LGBTQ YA, Part II

For Part I, click here.

Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia

Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar by Anahita Kartik

Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar

As Long As You Loathe Me by Swati Hegde

Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions by Ahmad Saber

Fave Five: Sports Nonfiction

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Athlete is Agender ed. by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby (MG)

Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes by Harrison Browne and Rachel Browne

The Yards Between Us by R.K. Russell

The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports by Michael Waters

Coming Up for Air by Tom Daley

Fave Five: Novels with Korean American Protags, Part II

For Part II, click here.

Emma and the Love Spell by Meredith Ireland (MG)

The Cuffing Game (YA) and Love in Focus (F/F Romance) by Lyla Lee

Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min (YA)

I Leave it Up To You by Jinwoo Chong (Litfic)

Something Close to Nothing by Tom Pyun (Litfic)

Fave Five: M/M Second Chance Romance

Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander

I Think They Love You by Julian Winters

I’m So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson

Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

Ancient History by A.J. Truman

Bonus: Coming up in June, Love is a Contact Sport by Frederick Smith