Tag Archives: Southeast Asian

Fave Five: YA with Queer Filipino MCs

Rest in Peaches by Alex Brown

Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala

My Heart Underwater by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

Lovely Dark and Deep by Elisa A. Bonnin

Chasing Pacquiao by Rod Pulido

Bonus: These are all Young Adult, but for Middle Grade, check out Lulu Sinagtala and the CIty of Noble Warriors by Gail D. Villanueva

Double Bonus: These are all prose novels, but for a graphic novel, check out Flamer by Mike Curato, and for short stories, check out  “Murders at the Rue Apartelle, Boracay” by Rin Chupeco in His Hideous Heart, “Whatever She Wants” by Kess Costales in Keep Faith, and “Leyla Mendoza and the Last House on the Lane” by Maya Gittelman in Night of the Living Queers