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This week on the Handsell, Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma author Preeti Chhibber recommends some of her favorite comics!

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Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma by Preeti Chhibber

Spidey Vol. 1: First Day (Robbie Thompson / Nick Bradshaw)

Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal (G. Willow Wilson, Sana Amanat, Adrian Alphona)

Green Lantern: Legacy (Minh Lê/Andie Tong)

Drawn Together, Minh Le & Dan Santat

DC vs Vampires Vol. 1 (James Tynion IV, Matthew Rosenberg, Otto Schmidt)

Avengers Assembly by Preeti Chhibber

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Jenn and special guest and librarian Emily Pullen dig into reading recommendation algorithms, how they work (and don’t work), and what it means for our Get Booked experiment in this bonus episode.

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StoryGraph

Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil

What We Do We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart

Solito by Javier Zamora

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Jenn and Vanessa announce an exciting experiment and ponder the evolution of the Get Booked feed in this Very Special Episode.

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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Life’s Work by Willie Parker.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss Amanda’s new job (!), Murakami read-alikes, the perfect plane read, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Molly Harper’s Bluegrass Series (rec’d by another Amanda)

Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell (rec’d by Tanelle)

What’s Left of Me is Yours by Stephanie Scott (tw: violence against women)

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

The Change by Kirsten Miller (tw: childhood sex abuse, obvious references to the Epstein/Maxwell case)

Light Years From Home by Mike Chen (cw: dementia, loss of a parent)

Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark

Everfair by Nisi Shawl (cw: graphic violence and war crimes, racism)

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward (tw: suicide)

House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild

Haldol and Hyacinths by Melody Moezzi (tw: suicide attempts)

For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig

The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

Post: Books Like Heartstopper

Fence by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, Joana LaFuente, and Jim Campbell

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo.

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Amanda and Jenn give some recommendations for AAPI Heritage Month in this week’s special themed episode of Get Booked.

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Books Discussed

How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo (out in July 2022)

Imposter Syndrome by Kathy Wang (tw: racially motivated violence)

IQ by Joe Ide

The Verifiers by Jane Pek (cw: discussion of suicide)

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez (cw: child abuse)

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao (tw: child abuse)

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden (tw: addiction)

Sonali Dev’s The Rajes series (cw: lots of trauma and angst)

Gearbreakers & Godslayers (out June 28) by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport(cw: violence against women and children incl. rape and abuse, racial slurs, violent racism, and basically everything else you can think of)

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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Open by Rachel Krantz.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss complicated relationships, summer books, shocking twists, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall (rec’d by Mel)

Prosperity series by Alexis Hall (Jenn cannot believe she forgot!)

Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli (tw domestic violence)

Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich (cw: alcohol abuse)

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (cw: anxiety)

The Guest List by Lucy Foley (tw extreme bullying)

The Old Woman With the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo with Chi-Young Kim (cw: harm to women and children, death of an animal)

The Expatriates by Janice YK Lee

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo (cw: animal death, harm to children)

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (cw: sooooo much body horror and gore)

Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson

The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar (cw: harm to children, sexual assault)

The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black (The Cruel Prince)

A post! Books Like A Court of Thorns and Roses

Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr (cw: drug use, coercion, probably things I don’t remember)

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis.

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