Amanda and Jenn discuss Australian historical fiction, psychopaths, comedic murder mysteries, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Books Discussed

The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (tw: homophobia, assault)

Becoming by Michelle Obama obviously

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

My Education by Susan Choi

Heartstone by Elle Katharine White

Gail Carriger

Witchmark by CL Polk

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten, transl. By Marlaine Delargy

Confessions of a Sociopath by M.E. Thomas

The Anatomy of Evil by Michael Stone (rec’d by Liberty)

Asking For It by Lilah Pace (tw: discussions of/roleplay of rape/sexual assault, violence against women)

Under Her Skin by Adriana Anders, Blank Canvas series, (tw: domestic violence, assault)

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