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Amanda and Jenn discuss more nonfiction for book clubs, magical horses, novels set in Morocco, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz (tw: domestic violence, sexual assault, harm to children)

A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt (cw: racism, homophobia)

2 AM at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino

Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

The Steady Running of the Hour by Justin Go

The Time in Between by Maria Dueñas, transl. by Daniel Hahn

Secret Son by Laila Lalami

Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker (rec’d Jess Pryde)

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

The Hero and The Crown by Robin McKinley

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee.

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Get bystander intervention training to stop harassment when you see it [Hollaback]

Learn more about anti-Asian violence, via this webinar run by AAAJ Atlanta

Donate to an AAPI or AAPI-supporting organization, via GoFundMe or an organization near you

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Amanda and Jenn discuss guides to having feelings at work, books about queer families, unsatisfying endings, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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The Last One by Alexandra Oliva (rec’d by Andie)

The Outermost House by Henry Beston and The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (rec’d by Kristi)

The Best Kind of Beautiful by Francis Whiting (rec’d by Rebecca)

Too Much by Rachel Vorona Cote

Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch

Radical Candor by Kim Scott

No Hard Feelings by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy

High as the Waters Rise by Anja Kampmann (transl. Anne Posten)

A Small Town in Germany by John Le Carre

Courting the Countess by Jenny Frame

Weekend by Jane Eaton Hamilton (cw: racism, transphobia, infertility and miscarriage, discussion of intimate partner violence, discussion of death by suicide, ableism, hospitalization for chronic illness, deadnaming)

The Conductors by Nicole Glover

A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh (cw: harm to animals, violence towards women and children including rape, domestic violence)

The Suicide House by Charlie Donlea (tw: suicide)

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 

What’s Left of Me is Yours by Stephanie Scott

The Crossing by Jason Mott

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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss survival guides, books like Survivor, historical fiction, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Just in Case by Kathy Harrison

How To Invent Everything by Ryan North (That time he got stuck in a hole)

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (tw slavery)

Victoire by Maryse Condé, translated by Richard Philcox

The Dime by Kathleen Kent

The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (cw: self-harm)

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye (tw: sexual assault)

The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard

Templar series by Raymond Khoury (#1 The Last Templar)

The Jaya Jones series by Gigi Pandian (Artifact #1)

The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor

The Helpline by Katherine Collette (rec’d by Keryn)

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Brave New Home by Diana Lind.

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Jenn and guest Kim Ukura discuss lots of nonfiction, including kid-friendly science audiobooks and body-positive memoirs, in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (Gulp, Spook, or Grunt)

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember by Annalee Newitz

Make it Scream, Make it Burn by Leslie Jamison (9 hours 3 minutes)

Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars by Kate Greene (6 hrs 7 min)

How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong

Northern Light by Kazim Ali (cw: discussion of suicide)

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud by Anne Helen Petersen

#VeryFat #VeryBrave by Nicole Byer

The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite

Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao

Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Book Club

When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams, (cw: attempted assault)

10 Mystery and Thriller Books Starring Older Women

Books With Female Protagonists Over 60

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