Gays Reading

By Jason Blitman

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Best authors. Best banter. Host — and gay reader — Jason Blitman is joined each week by bestselling authors, VIP gay readers, cultural icons, and other special guests for lively, spoiler-free conversations. Gays Reading celebrates LGBTQIA+ and ally authors and storytellers through fun, thoughtful, and insightful discussions. Whether you're gay, straight, or somewhere in between, if you love great books or great conversation, Gays Reading is for you.

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Episode Date
Douglas Stuart, John of John
May 05, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Stephanie Sy-Quia
May 01, 2026
Xochitl Gonzalez, Last Night in Brooklyn
Apr 28, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Jayne Anne Phillips
Apr 24, 2026
Abigail Savitch-Lew, Livonia Chow Mein
Apr 21, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Jessica George
Apr 17, 2026
Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling
Apr 14, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Emma Brodie
Apr 10, 2026
Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear
Apr 07, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Lisa Lee
Apr 03, 2026
Yann Martel, Son of Nobody
Mar 31, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Felicia Day
Mar 27, 2026
Lauren Groff, Brawler
Mar 24, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Saleem Haddad
Mar 20, 2026
April Book Club: Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Almost Life
Mar 18, 2026
Tara Menon, Under Water
Mar 17, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Kate Schatz
Mar 13, 2026
T Kira Madden, Whidbey
Mar 10, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Ani DiFranco
Mar 06, 2026
Amy Jo Burns, Wait for Me
Mar 03, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Sapphira Cristál
Feb 27, 2026
Tayari Jones, Kin
Feb 24, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Misha Brown
Feb 20, 2026
Kate Quinn, The Astral Library
Feb 17, 2026
March Book Club: Grant Ginder, So Old, So Young
Feb 15, 2026
Patmeena Sabit, Good People
Feb 09, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. April Reynolds
Feb 06, 2026
Nikesha Elise Williams, The Seven Daughters of Dupree
Feb 03, 2026
What Are You Reading feat. Brian Larson (@brian.reads)
Jan 30, 2026
George Saunders, Vigil
Jan 27, 2026
What Are You Reading? feat. Nina McConigley
Jan 23, 2026
Gabriel Tallent, Crux
Jan 20, 2026
What Are You Reading feat. Annie Summerlee
Jan 16, 2026
February Book Club: Thrity Umrigar, Missing Sam
Jan 15, 2026
Emily Austin, Is This a Cry for Help?
Jan 13, 2026
What Are You Reading? Feat. Sarah Dickinson (Sarah's Bookshelves Live)
Jan 09, 2026
2025 Highlights
Jan 06, 2026
What Are You Reading? 2025 Faves feat. Marion Winik
Dec 30, 2025
John Irving
Dec 23, 2025
The Book Club Menu feat. The Defined Dish & Ariel Sullivan (Conform)
Dec 16, 2025
Dwayne Betts (Freedom Reads)
Dec 09, 2025
[Re-Release] Gregory Maguire (Wicked) feat. Eric Williams and Eden Espinosa
Dec 02, 2025
Justinian Huang (Lucky Seed) feat. Lukas Gage, Guest Gay Reader
Nov 25, 2025
Olivia Laing (The Silver Book) feat. Michael "Dancing Blue Shirt Guy" Galyean, Guest Gay Reader
Nov 18, 2025
December Book Club: Erin O. White (Like Family)
Nov 15, 2025
Gráinne O'Hare (Thirst Trap) feat. Brian Schaefer, Guest Gay Reader
Nov 11, 2025
Aja Gabel (Lightbreakers) feat. Anthony Delaney, Guest Gay Reader
Nov 04, 2025
Catherine Newman (Wreck) feat. Rachel Runya Katz, Guest Gay Reader
Oct 28, 2025
Tom Ryan (We Had a Hunch) feat. Kim Chi, Guest Gay Reader
Oct 21, 2025
What Are You Reading? with Mark and Scott Hoying
Oct 17, 2025
November Book Club: Victoria Redel (I Am You)
Oct 15, 2025
Megha Majumdar (A Guardian and a Thief) feat. Brandon Taylor, Guest Gay Reader
Oct 14, 2025
Lily King (Heart the Lover) feat. Dustin Thao, Guest Gay Reader
Oct 07, 2025
What Are You Reading? feat. Heather Aimee O'Neill (The Irish Goodbye)
Oct 03, 2025
Jade Chang (What a Time to Be Alive) feat. Rose Dommu, Guest Gay Reader
Sep 30, 2025
What Are You Reading? feat. Sarah Dickinson (Sarah's Bookshelves Live)
Sep 26, 2025
Angela Flournoy (The Wilderness) feat. Rickey Laurentiis, Guest Gay Reader
Sep 23, 2025
Eliana Ramage (To the Moon and Back) feat. M.L. Rio, Guest Gay Reader
Sep 16, 2025
October Book Club: Alejandro Varela (Middle Spoon)
Sep 15, 2025
What Are You Reading? feat. Mattea Roach (Bookends CBC's Literary Podcast)
Sep 12, 2025
Patrick Ryan (Buckeye) feat.  Rabih Alameddine, Guest Gay Reader
Sep 09, 2025
Stacey Abrams (Coded Justice) feat. Dan Pelosi, Guest Gay Reader
Sep 02, 2025
BONUS: Sam Wachman (The Sunflower Boys)
Aug 15, 2025
J.R. Dawson (The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World) feat. Jonathan Capehart, Guest Gay Reader
Jul 29, 2025
What Are You Reading? with Brad Summerville (@bradboughtabook)
Jul 22, 2025
Nicci Cloke (Her Many Faces) feat. Tess Sharpe, Guest Gay Reader
Jul 15, 2025
Ruben Reyes Jr. (Archive of Unknown Universes) feat. Chloe Michelle Howarth, Guest Gay Reader
Jul 08, 2025
Dylin Hardcastle (A Language of Limbs) feat. Benedict Nguyễn, Guest Gay Reader
Jul 01, 2025
Joe Westmoreland (Tramps Like Us) feat. Rob Franklin, Guest Gay Reader
Jun 26, 2025
Leila Mottley (The Girls Who Grew Big) feat. Chip Pons, Guest Gay Reader
Jun 24, 2025
Allison King (The Phoenix Pencil Company) feat. Jeff Hiller, Guest Gay Reader
Jun 17, 2025
S.A. Cosby (King of Ashes) feat. Richie Jackson, Guest Gay Reader
Jun 12, 2025
V.E. Schwab (Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil) feat. Melissa Febos, Guest Gay Reader
Jun 10, 2025
The Edmund White Episode
Jun 06, 2025
Austin Taylor (Notes on Infinity) feat. Nicola Dinan, Guest Gay Reader
Jun 05, 2025
Lucas Schaefer (The Slip) feat. Mike Curato, Guest Gay Reader
Jun 03, 2025
Jonathan Van Ness & Julie Murphy (Let Them Stare) feat. Alison Bechdel, Guest Gay Reader
May 29, 2025
SPILL THE TEA on Conversations with Alison Wood Brooks (Talk)
May 27, 2025
Daria Lavelle (Aftertaste) feat. Kareem "Mr. Bake" Queeman, Guest Gay Reader
May 20, 2025
SPILL THE TEA on LGBTQ+ Travel with Alicia Valenski
May 15, 2025
Jemimah Wei (The Original Daughter) feat. Prabal Gurung, Guest Gay Reader
May 13, 2025
The Rosie O'Donnell Episode
May 08, 2025
Fredrik Backman (My Friends) feat. Erika J. Simpson, Guest Gay Reader
May 06, 2025
Annie Hartnett (The Road to Tender Hearts) feat. Debbie Millman, Guest Gay Reader
Apr 29, 2025
SPILL THE TEA on Sexual Evolution with Nathan H. Lents
Apr 24, 2025
Denne Michele Norris (When the Harvest Comes) feat. Zee Carlstrom, Guest Gay Reader
Apr 22, 2025
Seán Hewitt (Open, Heaven) feat. Jeffery Self, Guest Gay Reader
Apr 15, 2025
Katie Kitamura (Audition) feat. Nathan Lee Graham, Guest Gay Reader
Apr 08, 2025
SPILL THE TEA on Penguin Classics with Elda Rotor
Apr 01, 2025
Sameer Pandya (Our Beautiful Boys) feat. Emma Donoghue, Guest Gay Reader
Mar 25, 2025
Kristen Arnett (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) feat. Torrey Peters, Guest Gay Reader
Mar 18, 2025
Jinwoo Chong (I Leave It Up To You) feat. Dylan Mulvaney, Guest Gay Reader
Mar 11, 2025
Clare Leslie Hall (Broken Country)
Mar 06, 2025
Charlotte McConaghy (Wild Dark Shore) feat. Bruce Vilanch, Guest Gay Reader
Mar 04, 2025
Sara Sligar (Vantage Point) on Deepfakes, Live at Palm Springs Readers' Festival
Feb 27, 2025
Karissa Chen (Homeseeking) feat. Paul Lisicky, Guest Gay Reader
Feb 25, 2025
Nancy Johnson (People of Means) feat. McKenna Michels, Guest Gay Reader
Feb 18, 2025
Valentine's Day with Jessica Soffer (This is a Love Story)
Feb 14, 2025
Jennifer Finney Boylan (Cleavage) feat. Julian Winters, Guest Gay Reader
Feb 11, 2025
Ira Madison III (Pure Innocent Fun) feat. Todd Almond, Guest Gay Reader
Feb 04, 2025
Daniel Black (Isaac's Song) feat. R.K. Russell, Guest Gay Reader
Jan 28, 2025
Lotte Jeffs (This Love) Live at Warwick's
Jan 24, 2025
Nnedi Okorafor (Death of the Author) feat. Holly Stars, Guest Gay Reader
Jan 21, 2025
The Power of Books in a Time of Crisis feat. Logan Lockner
Jan 19, 2025
Kate Fagan (The Three Lives of Cate Kay) feat. Kathryn Budig, Guest Gay Reader
Jan 14, 2025
Most-Anticipated 2025 Books with Book Riot Podcast feat. Brad Summerville, Guest Gay Reader
Jan 07, 2025
Ann Patchett (Bel Canto) and Jason's 2024 Most Memorable Books
Dec 17, 2024
BONUS: What's the TEA? feat. Hannah Silva and Tom Pyun
Dec 15, 2024
What's the TEA? feat. Daniel Aleman (I Might Be in Trouble)
Dec 12, 2024
Weike Wang (Rental House) feat. Joseph Lezza, Guest Gay Reader
Dec 10, 2024
BONUS: Susan Rieger (Like Mother, Like Mother), Elephant Memories
Dec 05, 2024
Christopher Bollen (Havoc) feat. Simon Doonan, Guest Gay Reader
Dec 03, 2024
Brit Barron (Do You Still Talk to Grandma?) feat. R. Eric Thomas, Guest Gay Reader
Nov 26, 2024
Gregory Maguire (Wicked) feat. Eric Williams and Eden Espinosa
Nov 20, 2024
What's the TEA? with Sarah Leavitt (Something, Not Nothing)
Nov 14, 2024
Oliver Radclyffe (Frighten the Horses) feat. Roxane Gay, Guest Gay Reader
Nov 12, 2024
Lester Fabian Brathwaite (Rage) feat. Brian Derrick, Guest Gay Reader
Nov 05, 2024
Lyndsay Rush (A Bit Much) feat. Cody Rigsby, Guest Gay Reader
Oct 29, 2024
What's the TEA? with Jeremy Salamon (Second Generation)
Oct 24, 2024
Nicole Maines (It Gets Better...) feat. Sammy Rae, Guest Gay Reader
Oct 22, 2024
Eliot Schrefer (The Brightness Between Us) feat. Arielle Egozi, Guest Gay Reader
Oct 15, 2024
What's the TEA? with Chad Beguelin (Showmance)
Oct 10, 2024
Rivers Solomon (Model Home) feat. Margaret Cho, Guest Gay Reader
Oct 08, 2024
George M. Johnson (Flamboyants) feat. Rasheed Newson, Guest Gay Reader
Oct 01, 2024
What's the TEA? with Abdi Nazemian (Desert Echoes)
Sep 26, 2024
Rumaan Alam (Entitlement) feat. Lea DeLaria, Guest Gay Reader
Sep 24, 2024
TJ Klune (Somewhere Beyond the Sea) feat. James Scully, Guest Gay Reader
Sep 17, 2024
What's the TEA? with Shannon Bowring (Where the Forest Meets the River)
Sep 12, 2024
Danzy Senna (Colored Television) feat. Jonathan Adler, Guest Gay Reader
Sep 10, 2024
Elif Shafak (There are Rivers in the Sky) feat. Franklin Cappadora, Guest Gay Reader
Sep 03, 2024
BONUS Read-Along: Abraham Verghese (The Covenant of Water)
Aug 13, 2024
Season Finale: Books We're Excited About Second Half of '24 and a Message
Aug 01, 2024
Upcoming/Up & Coming feat. Alana S. Portero, Komail Aijazuddin, and Gina María Balibrera
Jul 30, 2024
Lev Grossman (The Bright Sword)
Jul 23, 2024
Peng Shepherd (All This and More)
Jul 16, 2024
Julia Phillips (Bear)
Jul 09, 2024
Upcoming/Up & Coming feat. Solomon J. Brager, Oisín McKenna, and August Thompson
Jul 02, 2024
Catherine Newman (Sandwich)
Jun 27, 2024
Chris Whitaker (All the Colors of the Dark)
Jun 25, 2024
Claire Lombardo (Same As It Ever Was)
Jun 20, 2024
PRIDE Upcoming/Up & Coming feat. Kimberly King Parsons, KB Brookins, and Santiago Jose Sanchez
Jun 18, 2024
Rufi Thorpe (Margo's Got Money Troubles)
Jun 13, 2024
PRIDE '24 feat. Jen Silverman, David Levithan, and Emma Copley Eisenberg
Jun 11, 2024
Pride Upcoming/Up & Coming feat. Justinian Huang, KT Hoffman, and Myriam Lacroix
Jun 06, 2024
PRIDE '24 feat. Carvell Wallace, R.O. Kwon, and Byron Lane
Jun 04, 2024
Upcoming/Up & Coming feat. Zoë Bossiere, Alan Murrin, and Essie Chambers
May 28, 2024
Steven Rowley (The Guncle Abroad)
May 21, 2024
Kaliane Bradley (The Ministry of Time)
May 14, 2024
Great Queer Coffee Table Books feat. Ryan Fitzgibbon, Billie Winter, & Hannah Murphy Winter
May 07, 2024
Rachel Khong (Real Americans)
Apr 30, 2024
Upcoming / Up & Coming feat. Jiaming Tang, Melissa Mogollon, Yael van der Wouden
Apr 23, 2024
Yulin Kuang (How to End a Love Story)
Apr 16, 2024
Holly Gramazio (The Husbands)
Apr 09, 2024
Douglas Westerbeke (A Short Walk Through a Wide World)
Apr 02, 2024
Garrard Conley (All the World Beside)
Mar 26, 2024
Tommy Orange (Wandering Stars)
Mar 19, 2024
Jason & Brett Answer Listener Questions
Mar 12, 2024
Armistead Maupin (Mona of the Manor)
Mar 05, 2024
Upcoming/Up & Coming feat. Lottie Hazell, Ursula Villarreal-Moura, and Alexandra Tanner
Feb 27, 2024
Bianca Bosker (Get the Picture)
Feb 20, 2024
Ijeoma Oluo (Be a Revolution)
Feb 13, 2024
Mark Daley (Safe)
Feb 08, 2024
Dolly Alderton (Good Material)
Feb 06, 2024
Crystal Hefner (Only Say Good Things)
Jan 30, 2024
Kaveh Akbar (Martyr!)
Jan 23, 2024
Upcoming/Up & Coming feat. Christina Cooke, Daniel Lefferts, and Rebecca K Reilly
Jan 18, 2024
2024 Anticipated Books feat. Jenny Jackson
Jan 16, 2024
Most Memorable Books 2023, Season Finale
Dec 19, 2023
Books, Broadway, & Beyond feat. Kait Kerrigan, Merri Sugarman, & Matthew Chisling
Dec 12, 2023
Stephen Markley (The Deluge) on Climate Not-So-Fiction
Dec 07, 2023
Cozy Season Book Recs feat. Jasmine Guillory
Dec 05, 2023
The Old Gays (The Old Gays Guide to the Good Life) on Saving the Best for Last
Nov 28, 2023
Zachary Zane (Boyslut) on Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Expression, among other things
Nov 21, 2023
Greg Marshall (Leg) on Coming of Age in Two Closets ...and Speedos
Nov 16, 2023
Jedediah Jenkins (Mother, Nature) on Relationships and Donuts
Nov 14, 2023
Ginger Minj (Southern Fried Sass) on Food, Bette Midler, and Reading
Nov 07, 2023
Danny Pellegrino (The Jolliest Bunch) on the Art of Gift Giving, Lindor Balls, and Meat Sticks
Nov 02, 2023
Nonfiction November Book Recs feat. Sy Montgomery
Oct 31, 2023
Pidgeon Pagonis (Nobody Needs to Know) on the "I" in LGBTQIA+, Trauma Soup, and Pizza
Oct 26, 2023
Dann McDorman (West Heart Kill) on Mysteries and Shenanigans
Oct 24, 2023
Amy Schneider (In the Form of a Question) on "Who is Amy Schneider?"
Oct 17, 2023
Ashley Winstead (Midnight is the Darkest Hour) on Thrillers, Plot Twists, and Twilight
Oct 10, 2023
Alex Gino (Green) on Being a Banned Book Author and Writing for the Next Generation
Oct 03, 2023
Nathan Hill (Wellness) on the Stories We Tell and Modern Romances
Sep 26, 2023
The Booker Prize Episode feat. Gaby Wood and Tan Twan Eng
Sep 21, 2023
Mona Awad (Rouge) on Fairy Tales and Beauty
Sep 19, 2023
Charles Busch (Leading Lady) on Liza, Drag, and a Show Business Adjacent Life
Sep 12, 2023
Lara Love Hardin (The Many Lives of Mama Love) on Redemption, Shame, and The Lady Purse
Sep 05, 2023
Angie Kim (Happiness Falls) on Happiness, Of Course
Aug 29, 2023
Rasheed Newson (My Government Means to Kill Me) on Queer History and the WGA Strike
Aug 24, 2023
Alice Winn (In Memoriam) on Finding Queer Joy in War
Aug 22, 2023
R. Eric Thomas (Congratulations, the Best is Over!) on Ann Patchett and The Best Pickleball Movie
Aug 15, 2023
Kyle Dillon Hertz (The Lookback Window) on Overcoming Trauma and Reclaiming Joy
Aug 08, 2023
Tim Murphy (Speech Team) on Revisiting Youth
Aug 01, 2023
End-of-Summer Poolside Book Recs feat. Elissa Sussman
Jul 24, 2023
Javier Fuentes (Countries of Origin) on Immigration and Young Love
Jul 17, 2023
Caroline O'Donoghue (The Rachel Incident) and Justice for Shelley Duvall
Jul 10, 2023
Fave 2023 Reads ...So Far
Jul 03, 2023
On Gay Books
Jun 26, 2023
Gays Reading Trailer
Jun 21, 2023