Amanda and Jenn discuss essay collections, historical fiction, personal favorites, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by Carry On by Rainbow Rowell and The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson.

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Books Discussed

Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky, translated by Sandra Smith

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (rec’d by Kathleen Keenan)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Sweet to the Taste by Alyssa Cole

Penance by Kanae Minato, translated by Philip Gabriel

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

The Fire This Time, edited by Jesmyn Ward

The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente

Done Dirt Cheap by Sarah Nicole Lemon

Red or Dead by David Peace

The Man with the Compound Eyes by Ming-Yi Wu

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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