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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg. This episode is sponsored by Penguin Teen. Subscribe to 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 novels with interesting structures, queer YA, historical fiction, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Kensington Books, and Yen Press. Subscribe to 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 Brilliance Saga (Brilliance) by Marcus Sakey (rec’d by Carol) The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism by Steve Kornacki; #Kornackithirst on Leslie Jones’s Twitter feed (rec’d by Kelly) Books Discussed Milkman by Anna Burns The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin (tw: graphic harm to children, institutionalized racism) Huntress by Malinda Lo Hocus Pocus & The All New Sequel by A.W. J

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Once Upon A Time I Lived on Mars by Kate Greene. This episode is sponsored by Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Subscribe to 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 books for garden inspiration, sci-fi for book club, Portrait of a Lady on Fire read-alikes, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Penguin Teen, and A Drop of Midnight by Jason Diakité. Subscribe to 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 Sarah Dunant: Birth of Venus, In The Company of the Courtesan, Sacred Hearts, Blood & Beauty, and In the Name of the Family (rec’d by Isabelle) Books Discussed Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Right Way to be Crippled and Naked, edited by Sheila Black, Annabelle Hayse, and Michael Northen The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham (tw: domestic abuse, alcoholism) The Care an

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Valley Girls by Sarah Nicole Lemon. This episode is sponsored by The Institute by Stephen King, now available in paperback from Gallery Books. Subscribe to 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 superpowered characters, travel novels and nonfiction, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Care/of, and Sips by. Subscribe to 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. Books Discussed Bird Box by Josh Malerman Post: The Most Terrifying Books The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones A People’s History of the US by Howard Zinn The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh (tw: violence towards women and children including rape and domestic violence; terminated pregnancy; harm to animals) Wonder Woman: Warbringer (that

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Erosion by Terry Tempest Williams. Trigger warnings: pet death, suicide  This episode is sponsored by Scholastic. Subscribe to 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 fantasy heists, novellas, historical fiction about Italy, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community, Book Trip, by C.J. Duarte, and Creatures by Crissy Van Meter, now in paperback from Algonquin Books. Subscribe to 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 Alone by EJ Noyes, Mine by Georgia Beers, and The Secret of Sleepy Hollow by Andi Marquette (rec’d by Wynnde) The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed, Revised Edition by Karen Gordon (rec’d by Diane) Books Discussed Want by Cindy Pon Warcross by Marie Lu (tw: harm to children) Two Old Women by Velma Wallis The T

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Disability Visibility, edited by Alice Wong. This episode is sponsored by The Truth Project by Dante Medema. Subscribe to 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 characters with social anxiety, “intellectual angst,” gothic thrillers, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, Elsewhere by Dean Koontz, and Sourcebooks. Subscribe to 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 Delicacy by David Foenkinos, translated by Bruce Benderson (rec’d by Catleen) The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller (rec’d by Heather) Abby Jimenez’s The Friend Zone & The Happy Ever After Playlist (rec’d by Nicole) Books Discussed Humankind by Rutger Bregman, transl. by Elizabeth Manton and Erica Moore When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer Modern Lovers by

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends A Hero Born by Jin Yong. This episode is sponsored by Zora and Me: The Summoner by Victoria Bond. Subscribe to 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 guest Sharifah discuss horror in the woods, inclusive Thanksgiving books, copyediting, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, Saga Press, publishers of Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun, and the Award-Winning Bestseller: Athena’s Choice. Subscribe to 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. Books Discussed Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher The Very First Americans by Cara Ashrose Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp, illustrated by Erwin Printup, Jr. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson The Sellout by Paul Beatty Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Th

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic. This episode is sponsored by Candlewick Press. Subscribe to 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 character-driven sci-fi, non-Western fantasy, escapist reads, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, Saga Press, publishers of speculative fiction like Stephen Graham Jones’ THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, Rebecca Roanhorse’s BLACK SUN, and more, and Care/of. Subscribe to 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 Stepping Stone by Karin Kallmaker Strawberry Summer by Melissa Brayden Too Close to Touch by Georgia Beers Just Jorie by Robin Alexander (rec’d by Wynnde) Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Baron (rec’d by Lauren) Books Discussed The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh (tw: rape, murder, child abuse) Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess (tw: assault, bigotry, separation from a child)

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell. Trigger warnings: rape, racism and racial slurs This episode is sponsored by Tor Teen. Subscribe to 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 YA with no romance, classics worth picking up, escapist reads, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, The Mason House, available now from Lanternfish Press, and Skyhunter by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads. Subscribe to 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 Pirate Cruncher by Johnny Duddle and anything by Isabella Bird (rec’d by Mel) Books Discussed Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner (rec’d by Tirzah) Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee  1984 by George Orwell (tw: torture) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (tw: all the bad things happen y’all — rape, harm to children, etc) The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert The Switch by Beth O’Lear

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso. This episode is sponsored by See Her Die by Melinda Leigh. Subscribe to 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 look back on five years of recommendations and whether or not they would still recommend old favorites in this special 250th episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, White Fox by Sara Faring, with Fierce Reads, and Penguin Teen. Subscribe to 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. Books Discussed Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Life After Life by Kate Atkinson The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple Drop the Ball by Tiffany Dufu Milkman by Anna Burns Ninefox Gambit by Yo

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Physical Disobedience by Sarah Hays Coomer. This episode is sponsored by Norton Young Readers, publishers of Bearmouth, by Liz Hyder, winner of the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize for Older Readers. Subscribe to 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 graphic novels for kids, wanderlust reads, grown characters in fantasy, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The History of Literature – A Podcast, Traitor by Amanda McCrina with Fierce Reads, and Flatiron Books, publisher of The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg. Subscribe to 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 Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search if God in America by Jeff Chu, Unclobber by Colby Martin, and One Coin Found (rec’d by Amy) Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays vs. Christians Debate by Justin Lee (rec’d by Jessica)  Books Discussed Border by Kapka Kassabova The Black Dog of Fate by Peter Balakian, rec’d by Aram Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenan