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Amanda and Jenn discuss dark Shakespeare retellings, where to start with cyberpunk, books on life transitions, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin, Margaret Atwood’s Penelopiad, books by Hannah Kent or Sarah Perry (rec’d by Laura) 

Among Others by Jo Walton (rec’d by Lottie)

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (rec’d by Gina)

The New Rules of Divorce by Jacqueline Newman

Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Well-Read Black Girl, edited by Glory Edim

The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton

If We Were Villains by ML Rio (cw: domestic violence)

Infomocracy by Malka Ann older

A Guide to Cyberpunk: https://bookriot.com/cyberpunk-books/

Machinehood by SB Divya (cw: death of a child)

Adulting by Kelly Williams Brown

Once Upon A Time I Lived On Mars by Kate Greene

Firelight by Kristen Callihan

It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian

Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

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Amanda and Jenn discuss books set in Polynesia and Ireland, aristocratic mysteries, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (rec’d by Elizabeth)

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (tw: racism, lynching, domestic violence)

Recipe For Persuasion by Sonali Dev (cw: graphic death by suicide, alcoholism, rape, intimate partner violence, emotional child abuse)

Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

Island of Shattered Dreams by Chantal T. Spitz, translated by Jean Anderson

A Taste of Heaven by Penny Watson

Wayward by Dana Spiotta (shout-out to Parul Sehgal’s review in the NYT)

Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn (#1 A Curious Beginning)

The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (tw: slavery)

Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

Other Words For Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (cw: sex trafficking, domestic violence, addiction)

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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Cultish by Amanda Montell.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss middle-grade read-alouds, atmospheric novels, snarky narrators, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey by Özge Samanci (rec’d by Jan)

Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World by Suzy Hansen (rec’d by Sibyl)

Anthony Horowitz’s the Susan Ryeland series (first book: Magpie Murders) and the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries (first book: The Word is Murder) (rec’d by Ann)

Fairest by Meredith Talusan (tw: racism)

Sorted by Jackson Bird

Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Where The Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace Lin

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison

The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez, transl. by Anne McLean

Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (tw: rape & other violence towards women, harm to children including death, panic attacks & PTSD)

Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O’Keefe

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne

The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak

Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 

Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel (tw: suicide attempts)

Please Like Me S2, particularly Episode 7

Post: https://bookriot.com/6-novels-featuring-mental-illness-world-suicide-prevention-day/

Borderline by Mishell Baker

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss books set in Appalachia, feel-good classics, some Pride reads, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult (rec’d by Laura)

Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan (rec’d by Elizabeth)

Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid and Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld (rec’d by Linda)

John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed (rec’d by Sofia)

The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton (rec’d by Gina)

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

The Cas Russell series (Zero Sum Game) by SL Huang (tw: torture, lots of violence, mention of suicide, disordered drinking)

Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (tw: racism)

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel (tw: rape, abuse, animal cruelty) (rec’d by Kendra)

Post: https://bookriot.com/appalachian-audiobooks-about-home/ 

Next Year, For Sure by Zoey Leigh Peterson

Bound To Be A Groom by Megan Mulry

What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee (cw: racism, torture)

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Murderbot by Martha Wells

Machinehood by SB Divya (cw: mention of death of a child due to chronic illness)

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring

Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

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