Amanda and Jenn discuss books about Africa, non-NBA basketball reads, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Books Discussed

Oneida by Ellen Wayland-Smith (rec’d by Liberty)

Lexicon by Max Barry

An Autobiography by Angela Davis

The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth

Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, translated by Roland Glasser

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Mighty Be Our Powers by Leymah Gbowee

King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Hoops by Walter Dean Myers

The Whore of Akron by Scott Raab

Indentured by Joe Nocera and Ben Strauss (rec’d by Rachel Manwill)

Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder (rec’d by Jess Pryde)

Rain Wild Chronicles (Dragon Keeper #1) by Robin Hobb

Gentleman Bastards (The Lies of Locke Lamora #1) by Scott Lynch

Inheritance Trilogy (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms #1) by NK Jemisin

The Avalon series (The Mists of Avalon #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

The Clancys of Queens by Tara Clancy

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith

Our Harsh Logic from Breaking the Silence

Born Palestinian, Born Black by Suheir Hammad

How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden

My Promised Land by Ari Shavit (rec’d by Michelle Anne Schingler)

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