In this episode, Nicole and Gayle come back with their traditional March Madness contest. They both select ten pics and make a pitch for each of them making ten pairs of books competing against.

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The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen | Amazon | Bookshop

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams | Amazon | Bookshop

Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu | Amazon | Bookshop

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#10

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller | Amazon | Bookshop

The Anatomy Of Desire by L. R. Dorn | Amazon | Bookshop

#9

We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza and Christine Pride | Amazon | Bookshop

Finding Mrs. Ford by Deborah Goodrich Royce | Amazon | Bookshop

#8

Should We Stay Or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver | Amazon | Bookshop

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel | Amazon | Bookshop

#7

What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins | Amazon | Bookshop

Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri | Amazon | Bookshop

#6

The Idea Of You by Robinne Lee | Amazon | Bookshop

Assembly by Natasha Brown | Amazon | Bookshop

#5

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz |

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