In this episode, we discuss books that don't fit into one genre box neatly. We delved into novels that add a twist to familiar stories; horror that becomes healing, sci-fi that becomes terrifying, and fantasy with real-world emotional stakes.

Non-Book Things

Below Deck Mediterranean

Peacemaker Season 2

Books Mentioned

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Genre Bending Books

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Dead Silence by SA Barnes

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Strange Love by Ann Aguirre

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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