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Queer East and South East Asian book recs

Read and loved all of these! Books listed: Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min, Cafe con Lychee by Emery Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee, Portrait ...Show more.

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Disco (he/they)
• May 4 2025

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Read and loved all of these! Books listed: Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min ...See more

Recommendations

• Face by Joma West: An unsettling, Black Mirror-esque dystopian story.
• In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu: A bizarre bio-cyberpunk novella about a human connected to a biological surveillance system in a totalitarian city.
• The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang: Explores themes of gender and power through the story of twin children of a regent who can choose their gender.
• Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xirin Jay Zhao: A middle-grade fantasy featuring a queer Chinese-American teen.
• Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender: A YA novel featuring a Black trans boy navigating love and identity.

Wishing you all great reading!

Much love,
Disco

Additional Recommendations

• 30 by Clinton W. Waters: A poignant exploration of love and loss set on the protagonist's 30th birthday.
• Wild by Joma West: A journey through definitions and experiences in a vivid future were stories can be plugged into and lived.

Additional Notes

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Closing Thoughts

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All the best in your reading adventures!