Amanda and guest Rincey recommend New York novels, biographies of people of color, and more on this week’s Get Booked!

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Books Discussed

Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller

I Don’t Know What You Know Me From by Judy Greer

The Stepmothers’ Support Group by Sam Baker

100 Must Read NYC Novels

Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Sophia by Anita Anand

Frida by Hayden Herrera

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Ida: A Sword Among Lions by Paula J. Giddings

Longbourn by Jo Baker

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Wicked by Gregory Macguire

Devoted by Jennifer Mathieu

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

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