Listen "47: Lifting Up BIPOC & Trans Authors! "
Episode Synopsis
This past month there were two incidents within the Indie Bookstore Community that hurt the BIPOC and Trans communities. Ryan, Hillary, and Jo take this opportunity to recommend some of their favorite books by and about BIPOC & Trans folks!
Gibson's Bookstore is a safe space for you.
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Thank you for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
RECENT READS
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (audiobook) Beach Read (audiobook)
Survive the Night by Riley Sager (audiobook)
The Lost Girls by Jessica Chiarella (audiobook)
Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix (audiobook - read by Friday the 13th Final Girl, Adrienne King!)
Horrorstor
My Best Friend’s Exorcism (audiobook)
The Heathens by Ace Atkins (audiobook)
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (audiobook)
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing (audiobook)
Cackle by Rachel Harrison (October 5th, 2021) (audiobook)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary
Landslide by Michael Wolff (audiobook)
Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby (audiobook)
The Stand by Stephen King (audiobook)
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
Matrix by Lauren Groff (audiobook)
The Project by Courtney Summers (audiobook)
BOOKS BY AND ABOUT BIPOC & TRANS FOLKS
Ryan
Once & Future by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook)
Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook)
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (audiobook)
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (audiobook) Lost in the Never Woods (audiobook)
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (audiobook)
Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (audiobook)
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (audiobook)
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (audiobook)
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (audiobook)
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (audiobook)
Hillary
Thinking Again: A Diary by Jan Morris (audiobook) Allegorizings
The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc (audiobook)
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (audiobook)
Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan (audiobook) She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders (audiobook)
Fairest by Meredith Talusan (audiobook)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (audiobook)
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (audiobook)
Jo
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (September 28th, 2021) (audiobook)
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (audiobook) The Deep (audiobook)
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (audiobook) Pet (audiobook
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (audiobook)
Magic for Liars (audiobook)
The Echo Wife (audiobook)
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (audiobook)
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinburg
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Charlie Jane Anders (audiobooks)
Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone (audiobook)
OTHER LINKS
Shop The Laydown
Gibson's Bookstore Website
Purchase Gift Certificates!
Browse our Website by Category!
Donate to the Bookstore!
Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
The Laydown Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
TikTok
Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform)
Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!
Email us at [email protected]
Gibson's Bookstore is a safe space for you.
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Thank you for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
RECENT READS
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (audiobook) Beach Read (audiobook)
Survive the Night by Riley Sager (audiobook)
The Lost Girls by Jessica Chiarella (audiobook)
Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix (audiobook - read by Friday the 13th Final Girl, Adrienne King!)
Horrorstor
My Best Friend’s Exorcism (audiobook)
The Heathens by Ace Atkins (audiobook)
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (audiobook)
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing (audiobook)
Cackle by Rachel Harrison (October 5th, 2021) (audiobook)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary
Landslide by Michael Wolff (audiobook)
Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby (audiobook)
The Stand by Stephen King (audiobook)
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
Matrix by Lauren Groff (audiobook)
The Project by Courtney Summers (audiobook)
BOOKS BY AND ABOUT BIPOC & TRANS FOLKS
Ryan
Once & Future by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook)
Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook)
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (audiobook)
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (audiobook) Lost in the Never Woods (audiobook)
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (audiobook)
Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (audiobook)
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (audiobook)
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (audiobook)
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (audiobook)
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (audiobook)
Hillary
Thinking Again: A Diary by Jan Morris (audiobook) Allegorizings
The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc (audiobook)
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (audiobook)
Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan (audiobook) She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders (audiobook)
Fairest by Meredith Talusan (audiobook)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (audiobook)
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (audiobook)
Jo
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (September 28th, 2021) (audiobook)
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (audiobook) The Deep (audiobook)
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (audiobook) Pet (audiobook
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (audiobook)
Magic for Liars (audiobook)
The Echo Wife (audiobook)
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (audiobook)
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinburg
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Charlie Jane Anders (audiobooks)
Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone (audiobook)
OTHER LINKS
Shop The Laydown
Gibson's Bookstore Website
Purchase Gift Certificates!
Browse our Website by Category!
Donate to the Bookstore!
Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
The Laydown Instagram
TikTok
Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform)
Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!
Email us at [email protected]
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