In the final episode of 2021, Sarah and Amelia dig through their year's worth of reading materials in a ruthless gladiatorial death match of arbitrary categories and favoritism (but like, in a chill way). Triumphs are hard-won, emotional depths are plumbed, and favors are ruthlessly extorted under false pretenses and then upheld as law.  Join us on a journey through our top picks in categories like "best nonfiction," "juiciest dynamic," and "guaranteed to rip your heart out and eat it in front of you." 

Books discussed in this episode: 
The Heart of a Vicar by Sarah M. Eden
Dream Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting and A Seditious Affair by K.J. Charles
The Man Who Ended History by Ken Liu
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishigiro 
Unnatural Magic by C M Waggoner 
Earth Fathers Are Weird by Lyn Gala
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinsker
The Unspoken Name AK Larkwood 
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 
I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith
The Only Ones by Carola Dibbell
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Kingdom of Copper by SA Chakraborty

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