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Amanda and Jenn discuss Iranian literature, light-hearted reads, favorite picture books, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown

Motherhood So White by Nefertiti Austin

The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts (tw: suicide)

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

Shepherd by Catherine Jinks (tw: harm to children and, like, every animal possible)

The Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season #1) by NK Jemisin (tw: so much harm to children, forced breeding)

The Immortals of Tehran by Alireza Taheri Araghi (tw: suicide)

Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, translated by Tina Kover

Things I’ve Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi

Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara (tw: harm to children)

Want by Cindy Pon

The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland (tw: child abuse)

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik (tw: racism, religious intolerance, internalized fat-shaming)

Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima

Thank You, Octopus by Darren Farrell

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson.

This episode is sponsored by Harper Perennial and Twisted by Emma Dabiri.

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Amanda and Jenn give queer reading recommendations in honor of Pride month in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit, TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Book Riot’s personalized reading recommendation service, which now has gifting! and Book Riot Insiders.

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Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (rec’d by Elizabeth)

The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember

Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill

Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker

Lumberjanes Vol. 1 by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooke A. Allen, and Faith Hicks

Courting the Countess by Jenny Frame

A Fairytale of Possibilities by Kiki Archer (rec’d by the Lesbrary)

Check out our previous episode for Savannah recs

The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, and Joy San

Naturally Tan by Tan France (tw racism, homophobia, suicidal thoughts)

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee (tw: child abuse)

Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan (rec’d by Sharifah)

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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha.

This episode is sponsored by Grand Central Publishing and Iris Johansen’s new action-packed, romance-infused thriller, The Persuasion.

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Amanda and Jenn recommend anti-racist literature in this week’s episode of Get Booked, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Book Riot’s service for Tailored Book Recommendations, now available as a gift!, Libro.FM, and Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community.

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More discussion on Anti-Racism

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

How to Be an AntiRacist by Ibram X. Kendi

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (and Stamped by Jason Reynolds)

Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin and Ebony Glenn

Kidlit These Days podcast

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

The Fire This Time, edited by Jesmyn Ward

Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States, edited by Maya Schenwar, Joe Macare, and Alana Yu-Lan Price

Well-Read Black Girl, edited by Glory Edim

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David S. Treuer

The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee

Ibram Kendi’s Anti-Racist Reading list

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss good books about houseplants, family-focused romance, quirky characters, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Book Riot’s service for Tailored Book Recommendations, now available as a gift! and Sourcebooks.

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Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow (rec’d by Eric)

Broken Wings by L-J Baker, Princess of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews, When Women Were Warriors by Catherine Wilson (the kindle version is free on Amazon!!), and everything Anna Burke has written (rec’d by Wynnde)

I Don’t Want to Die Poor by Michael Arceneaux

Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, transl. by Tina A. Kover

True Pretenses by Rose Lerner (ownvoices Jewish hero, tw: depictions of anti-Semitism)

The Rogue Not Taken (Scandal & Scoundrel series) by Sarah MacLean

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

Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzel Hall

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (tw slavery)

Defending Angels by Mary Stanton (rec’d by Caitlin)

Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger

Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (tw racism, harm to children)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Wild at Home by Hilton Carter (IG: @hiltoncarter)

Happy Cactus by John Pilbeam

Gardeners’ World with Monty Don

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