Amanda and Jenn discuss superpowered characters, travel novels and nonfiction, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Books Discussed

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

A People’s History of the US by Howard Zinn

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh (tw: violence towards women and children including rape and domestic violence; terminated pregnancy; harm to animals)

Wonder Woman: Warbringer (that whole DC series also) by Leigh Bardugo

The Sidekick Squad by CB Lee (Not Your Sidekick)

An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie, transl. by James Kirkup

Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee (rec’d by Jaime Herndon)

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal (rec’d by Neha Patel) (cw: emotionally abusive home situation; difficulties with pregnancy; discussion of sex-selective abortion; assisted suicide; sexual harassment & misogyny)

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Fence by CS Pacat, Johanna the Mad, Joana La Fuente, and Jim Campbell

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