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Amanda and Jenn discuss nature reads, author couples, seasonal book vibes, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. 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. Submit a request via the form! Feedback A List of Cages by Robin Roe, All the Rage by Courtney Summers (rec’d by April) On Beauty by Zadie Smith, We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif (rec’d by Elizabeth) Miss Marjoribanks by Margaret Oliphant (rec’d by Gina) Books Discussed The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer Why Religion by Elaine Pagels Zoey and Sassafras series (#1 Dragons and Marshmallows) by Asia Citro, illustrated by Marion Lindsay Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott The Home Place by J Drew Lanham On Trails by Robert Moor Colson Whitehead, Unde

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Content warnings: domestic violence, child molestation, substance abuse Erin & Dani’s Book Club This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss books that challenge stereotypes, romances with nice guys, extra murdery mysteries, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. 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. Feedback Looking for Group by Alexis Hall (rec’d by S.) Love and Other Mistakes by Jessica Kate (rec’d by Georgia) Books Discussed Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto Girl With Stars In Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod (cw: drug use) The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso (tw apartheid) The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard (challenging stereotypes & preconceptions, cw: violent racism) The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, transl Alison Watts They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall (all the content warnings) French Milk b

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends The Premonition by Michael Lewis. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss food in cozy mysteries, space opera of various kinds, recs for teenagers, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Submit your reading recommendation request via the form! 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 Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander  Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard  Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett  A Trifle Dead by Livia Day All Systems Red (First in the Murderbot series) by Martha Wells  A Big Ship At The Edge of the Universe by Alex White You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson  A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong City o

Amanda and Jenn discuss class differences in romance, Shades of Magic readalikes, scientists in isolation, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Click through to the request form here! 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. Feedback The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory (rec’d by Kelly) An Unorthodox Match by Naomi Ragen (rec’d by Valerie) The Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab (rec’d by Deanna) Books Discussed The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham The Lotus Palace by Jeannie Lin (cw: harm to children) What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (cw: animal death) The Dingo Debate by Bradley SMith There There by Tommy Ora

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Dear Scarlet by Teresa Wong. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss October reads, books set in India, angry female characters, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. 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. Feedback Here We Are by Graham Swift and Birchwood by John Banville (rec’d by Cat) Books Discussed All the Murmuring Bones by AG Slatter (tw: incest, child abuse) The Library of the Dead by TL Huchu (cw: harm to children, racist policing incident) Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara (tw: harm to children) Books Set in India post: https://bookriot.com/books-set-in-india/ The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (cw: intimate partner violence, infertility & miscarriage)  The Merry Spinster by Daniel M. Lavery (may be listed under Mallory Ortberg) Firebreak by Nicole Horner-Stace White Olea

This week on the Handsell, Jenn Northington recommends When The Tiger Came Down The Mountain by Nghi Vo. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Mentioned: The Empress of Salt and Fortune This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss pesky reporters, books set in Egypt, “teamwork” romances, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. 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. Feedback What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon (rec’d by Émilie) The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister (rec’d by Katharine) Books Discussed A Front Page Affair by Radha Vatsal Fresh by Margot Wood (rec’d by Danika) All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter (tw: incest, child abuse) The Taker Trilogy by Alma Katsu Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins True Pretenses by Rose Lerner (cw: character recounts experiencing antisemitism) The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer (coming out Sept 28th) The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson Midnight in Mexico by Alfredo Corchado Imposter Syndrome by Kathy Wang Hench by Nat

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss quarter-life crises, charming graphic novels, mysteries about social issues, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. 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. Feedback The Taste of Sugar by Marisel Vera (rec’d by Sarah) The Atlas Six by Olivia Blake Betwixt by Darynda Jones and Magical Midlife Madness by KF Breese (rec’d by Sherry) Things in Jars by Jess Kidd (rec’d by Carol) Books Discussed Uptown Thief by Aya de Léon The Baddest Bitch in the Room by Sophia Chang Luster by Raven Leilani Post: https://bookriot.com/novels-about-quarterlife-crisis/ Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Power by Ryan North and Erica Henderson Rutabaga The Adventure Chef by Eric Colossal Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood Th

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Books Mentioned Sword Stone Table, edited by Jenn Northington and Swapna Krishna Legendborn by Tracey Deonn This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss circus stories, creepy but not scary reads, Gilmore Girls read-alikes, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. 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. Feedback The All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness (rec’d by Jessica) The Will Darling trilogy by KJ Charles (rec’d by JL) Books Discussed The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Famous Men Who Never Lived by K Chess (cw: assault, bigotry) The Circus Rose by Betsy Cornwell The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore (tw: child abuse, mention of rape) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (tw: racism, domestic violence, harm to children) Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer The Silence of Bones by June Hur She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Loyal League series by

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss stories about male friendship, arranged marriages, paranormal mysteries, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. 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. Feedback How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith (rec’d by Stephanie) A Thousand Acres (1991) by Jane Smiley (content advisory for child abuse, including off-page sexual abuse) (rec’d by Gina) Books Discussed The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss And Only To Deceive (Lady Emily Ashton series) by Tasha Alexander  The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (tw: racism, sexual abuse) The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (cw: homophobia, antisemitism) When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon The Bride Test by Helen Hoang (cw: ableism) A Murder in Time by Julie McEl

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Louise Heal Kawai. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss Outlander read-alikes, funny alien/space stories, hidden identities, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. 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. Feedback The Daisy Dalrymple series by Carola Dunn (rec’d by Buddy) Dakota Blues by Lynne Spreen (rec’d by Kate) Sia Figiel (Where We Once Belonged), Tales of the Tikongs by Epeli Hau’ofa, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson, Melal by Robert Barclay (rec’d by Carol) Books Discussed Poldark by Winston Graham (#1 Ross Poldark) The Night Mark by Tiffany Reisz That Inevitable Victorian Thing by EK Johnston The Earthsinger Chronicles (Song of Blood and Stone #1) by L. Penelope Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo Touched by

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Decoding “Despacito”: An Oral History of Latin Music by Leila Cobo. Playlist! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices