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
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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