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Jenn and guest Eric Smith talk books for teen reluctant readers, classroom read-alouds, hopeful reads and more in this week’s Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The Edge of the Light by Elizabeth George and Book Riot Live. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Inside Out & Back Again by Thanha Lai Nick & Tesla series from Steve Hockensmith and Bob Plugfelder The Seventh Wish by Kate Messner The Wild Robot by Peter Brown The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas One Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Empire Falls by Richard Russo The Damned Utd by David Peace To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson The M

Amanda and Jenn recommend light-hearted love stories, graphic novels for kids, books about food and more on this week’s episode of Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey and EveryLibrary. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade Whatever by SJ Goslee The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness Delancey by Molly Wizenberg Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Life Is Meals by James Salter (beloved by Rebecca Schinsky) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris (rec’d by Rebecca Schinsky) Period: A Girl’s Guide by JoAnn Loulan et al (rec’d by Kristina Pino) Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee The Swap by Megan Shull Space Dumplins by Craig Thompson

Amanda and Jenn recommend feminist literature, summer reads, surprising nonfiction, and more in this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by After Anna by Alex Lake and To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Men Explain Things To Me by Rebecca Solnit Shrill by Lindy West Unspeakable Things by Laurie Penny Redefining Realness by Janet Mock Carry the One by Carol Anshaw Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng We Were Liars by E Lockhart Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison The Grapes of Wrath by John S

Jenn and guest expert Thea James of The Book Smugglers answer your science fiction and fantasy questions in this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by Maud’s Line by Margaret Verble and Book Riot Live. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart The Guinevere Cycle by Persia Woolley (Child of the Northern Spring #1) The Dark Tower series by Stephen King (The Gunslinger #1) Merlin’s Harp by Anne Compton If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino Long Division by Kiese Laymon Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgewick Starlight Crystal by Christopher Pike Doomsday Book by Connie Willis The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffrey Annihilation by Je

Amanda and Jenn recommend fantasy, nonfiction about music, Japanese authors, and more in this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by EveryLibrary and Book Riot’s Book Mail boxes. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Sabriel by Garth Nix The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia McKillip Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks (RJS) Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride (RJS and Liberty) Let’s Talk About Love by Carl Wilson I Don’t Care About Your Band by Julie Klausner Beyond Murakami post The Ring by Koji Suzuki The Gun by Fuminori Nakamura Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion Poolside with Joan Didion post F

Amanda and Jenn recommend fun books for hard times, under the radar novels, and more in this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by EveryLibrary and Harper Paperbacks, publishers of Erika Johansen’s bestselling Queen of the Tearling trilogy. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert Citizen by Claudia Rankine I Shall Be Near to You by Erin Lindsay McCabe The Rogue Pirate’s Bride by Shana Galen Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson The Lightning Thief by Percy Jackson Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol 1 by Ryan North and Erica Henderson The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht The Girl From the Garden by Parnaz Foroutan The Fireman by Joe H

Amanda, Jenn, and guest author Courtney Milan answer your romance questions in this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by Pinhole Press and Dream Jumper by Greg Grunberg and Lucas Turnbloom. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed Devil’s Game by Joanna Wlde The Saint by Tiffany Reisz Forbidden by Charlotte Stein A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare How the Duke Was Won by Lenora Bell Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas Beyond Shame by Kit Rocha (The Beyond Series) Be My Fantasy by Alisha Rai Madame X by Jasinda Wilder Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer Austenland by Shannon Hale Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie Night Hawk by Beverly Jenkins Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon Safe Harbor by Radclyffe Something True by Karelia Stetz-Waters Lea

Amanda and Jenn recommend beach reads, books to take camping, road trip audiobooks, and more. This episode is sponsored by Harper Paperbacks, publishers of Erika Johansen’s bestselling Queen of the Tearling trilogy and Hachette Books, publishers of I’m Your Biggest Fan by Kate Coyne. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey Tigerman by Nick Harkaway The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell Lexicon by Max Barry Smoke by Dan Vyleta Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey She Matters by Susanna Sonnenberg Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam Friendship by Emily Gould Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James This Is Paradise by Kristiana Kahakauwila The

Amanda and Jenn recommend audiobooks for summer reading, books about menopause, Antarctic stories, and more! This episode is sponsored by The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes by Zach Dundas and Book Riot Live. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed New audiobooks newsletter! The Cutting Season by Attica Locke The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (read by Bryan Cranston) Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (read by Kathleen Wilhoite from The Gilmore Girls) Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (read by Lin-Manuel Miranda) My Last Continent by Midge Raymond (out June 21) Our Lady of Ice by Cassandra Rose Clarke (rec’d by Swapna Krishna) All Around the World: Women Writers from Every Continent by Alison Peters We Mammals

Amanda and Jenn recommend books about pregnancy, mysteries, Irish fiction, and more! This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com and The Girls by Emma Cline. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Mentioned LGBTQ Episode Gilead by Marilynne Robinson A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (rec’d by Angel Cruz) Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories by Carson McCullers After Birth by Elisa Albert The Blue Jay’s Dance by Louise Erdrich Breeder by Ariel Gore From the Hips by Rebecca Odes and Ceridwen Morris, rec’d by Rachel Smalter Hall Ms. Marvel, Vol 1: No Normal by G Willow Wilson (editor Sana Amanat’s TED talk) The Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea, translated by Marilyn Booth The Faithful Scribe by Shahan Mufti Sex and the Citadel by Shereen El Feki (rec’d by Rioter Kare

Amanda and Jenn recommend fun history books, fairytale retellings for adults, and more! This episode is sponsored by The Fireman by Joe Hill and Book Riot Live. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Mentioned How To Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman White Trash by Nancy Isenberg A People’s History of Science by Clifford Conner The Black Count by Tom Reiss If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo Relish by Lucy Knisley Going Bovine by Libba Bray All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely 2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino N0S4A2 by Joe Hill Landline by Rainbow Rowell Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes Uprooted by Naomi Novik The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey Roses and Rot by Kat Howard Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey Gunpowder Alchemy by Jeannie Lin Scarlet Devices by Delphi

Amanda and Jenn recommend books for the Read Harder and other book challenges! This episode is sponsored by Book of the Month Club and Pinhole Press. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Mentioned We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Sex Object by Jessica Valenti Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes A House of My Own by Sandra Cisneros Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel The Hours by Michael Cunningham 100 Books About Mental Illness post Marbles by Ellen Forney Rat Girl by Kristin Hersh Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee The Second Amendment: A Biography by Michael Waldman The Son by Philipp Meyer The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Stoner by John Williams The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsk

Jenn and guest expert Preeti Chhibber take on kids book questions in this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by Dietland by Sarai Walker and Bright Cellars. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Mentioned The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste EllRay Jakes series (EllRay Jakes is Not a Chicken!, #1) by Sally Warner and Jamie Harper Jason Reynolds Lee & Low Children’s Book Council Diversity site Kick by Walter Dean Myers Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale Princess Grace by Mary Hoffman The Best Princess Books for All Ages, post by Karina Glaser Abel’s Island by William Steig The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White Redwall by Brian Jacques The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary Ms. Marvel: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson and Adr

Amanda and Jenn recommend series by POC, light-hearted books for book club, Southeast Asian Lit, and more on this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com and The A-Z of You and Me by James Hannah. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Mentioned Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel Jose Older Re Jane by Patricia Park Literary Brooklyn by Evan Hughes Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood (rec’d by Sharanya) The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma Ask the Passengers by A.S. King Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris Bellwether by Connie Willis Lamb by Christopher Moore The Vegetarian by Han Kang The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuk

Amanda and Jenn recommend AI sci-fi, funny books, political nonfiction, and more on this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood and The A-Z of You and Me by James Hannah. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed! Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie I, Robot by Isaac Asimov All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Chaos Station by Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen Old Man’s War by John Scalzi The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng The Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani The Agency Series by YS Lee (A Spy in the House, #1) I Am Malala (Young

Jenn and Amanda recommend nature writing, travel narratives, queer horror, and more on this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by The Killing Forest and Shadow Hour. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed! The Martian by Andy Weir Lady Killer by Joelle Jones and Jamie S. Rich The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales Sex Criminals Volume 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky Contents May Have Shifted by Pam Houston Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins The Boilerplate Rhino by David Quammen An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie, transl by James Kirkup Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere by Andre Aciman Murder in the Marais by Cara Black Zone by Mathias Enard, translated by Charlotte Mandell Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Ma

Jenn and guest Swapna recommend comics for kids, superhero novels, graphic memoirs and more on this week’s Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Live and the Oh, Comics! Podcast. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed! The Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye, #1 of the Geronimo Stilton series Tiny Titans: Welcome to the Treehouse by Art Baltazar and Franco Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick Secret Hero Society: Study Hall of Justice by Derek Fridolfs and Dustin Nguyen Turbulence by Samit Basu Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter Fallout (Lois Lane 1) by Gwenda Bond A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (out June 7 2016) Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich The Sculptor by Scott McCloud Krishna: A Journey Within by Abhishek Singh Pretty Deadly Vol 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConni

Amanda and Jenn recommend excellent biographies, books for those who have lost a dog, and more on this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Live and our two new newsletters (sign up and be entered to win a $100 Amazon gift card). This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed! State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Pandemic by Sonia Shah Valerie’s new nature books post anything by Annie Dillard The Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff John Adams by David McCullough The Black Count by Tom Reiss Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World edited by Mark Collings Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead series Neapolitann series by Elena Ferrante trans Ann Goldstein Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy Trilogy (Sea of Poppies is #1) Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin (Master & Commander is #1) Sto

Amanda and Jenn recommend audiobooks, light reading for dark times, and more on this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Live. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed! Split by Suzanne Finnamore Yes Please by Amy Poehler (on audio!) The essay in Tiny Beautiful Things When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? By Mindy Kaling Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes, read by the author Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini, read by the author, recommended by Brenna Clarke Gray Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen (Goodreads Author), Lola Rogers (Translator) Happy are the Happy by Yasmina Reza, translated by John Culle

Amanda and Jenn recommend South American lit, adult fiction for YA lovers, and more on this week’s Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam and the Book of the Month Club. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed! Complete Stories of Clarice Lispector, trans. Katrina Dodson (Brazil) Bonsai by Alejandro Zambra (Chile) Shantytown by Cesar Aira, translated by Chris Andrews (Argentina) With My Dog Eyes by Hilda Hilst, translated by Adam Morris (Brazil) The State We’re In: Maine Stories by Ann Beattie The Cider House Rules by John Irving The Summer Guest by Justin Cronin Cost by Roxana Robinson Maine by J Courtney Sullivan People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jen Mann Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson The Last Girlfriend on Earth by Simon Rich Oye What I’m Gonna T