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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Disability Visibility, edited by Alice Wong.

This episode is sponsored by The Truth Project by Dante Medema.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss characters with social anxiety, “intellectual angst,” gothic thrillers, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, Elsewhere by Dean Koontz, and Sourcebooks.

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Delicacy by David Foenkinos, translated by Bruce Benderson (rec’d by Catleen)

The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller (rec’d by Heather)

Abby Jimenez’s The Friend Zone & The Happy Ever After Playlist (rec’d by Nicole)

Humankind by Rutger Bregman, transl. by Elizabeth Manton and Erica Moore

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

Blood at the Root by Patrick Phillips

Mighty Be Our Powers by Leymah Gbowee with Carol Mithers (tw: domestic abuse)

Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman

Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends A Hero Born by Jin Yong.

This episode is sponsored by Zora and Me: The Summoner by Victoria Bond.

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Amanda and guest Sharifah discuss horror in the woods, inclusive Thanksgiving books, copyediting, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, Saga Press, publishers of Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun, and the Award-Winning Bestseller: Athena’s Choice.

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Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

The Very First Americans by Cara Ashrose

Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp, illustrated by Erwin Printup, Jr.

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss character-driven sci-fi, non-Western fantasy, escapist reads, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, Saga Press, publishers of speculative fiction like Stephen Graham Jones’ THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, Rebecca Roanhorse’s BLACK SUN, and more, and Care/of.

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Stepping Stone by Karin Kallmaker

Strawberry Summer by Melissa Brayden

Too Close to Touch by Georgia Beers

Just Jorie by Robin Alexander

(rec’d by Wynnde)

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Baron (rec’d by Lauren)

The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh (tw: rape, murder, child abuse)

Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess (tw: assault, bigotry, separation from a child)

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (tw: violence against children, sexual assault, eugenics)

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp, as rec’d by Waubgeshig Rice (Recommended) (tw: child abuse)

Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

The Chilling Effect and Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes

Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai (tw: abusive parent, panic attacks)

Shades of Magic series by VE Schwab

The Books of Ambha (Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash) by Tasha Suri

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik (tw: racism, fatphobia)

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell.

Trigger warnings: rape, racism and racial slurs

This episode is sponsored by Tor Teen.

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