Amanda and Jenn discuss war stories, the Cold War, wealthy women, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee (rec’d by Amanda)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (rec’d by Annie)

 The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (rec’d by Elizabeth)

Books Discussed

You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe

What It is Like To Go To War by Karl Marlantes

Honey, Olive, Octopus by Christopher Bakken

Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki, transl. by Karen Van Dyck (rec’d by Rebecca Hussey)

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Gilded Wolves series by Roshani Chokshi (cw: ableism, antisemitism, racism)

House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild (rec’d by Cassie)

Aunty Lee’s Delights by Ovidia Yu (cw: homophobia)

Girl at War by Sara Novic (tw ethnic violence, lots and lots (and lots) of harm to children)

Everfair by Nisi Shawl (cw: harm to children, racism and racial violence)

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

John Le Carre

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (cw: harm to children, violent homophobia, animal abuse, rape)

A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel

Versailles by Kathryn Davis

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