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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Eve out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss multi-generational family stories, realistic small towns, queer international horror, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead (rec’d by Laura)

The Mickey Rawlings mystery series by Troy Soos (rec’d by Suzanne)

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (rec’d by Alicia) 

Joe Harris, the Moon by Joyce A. Miller (rec’d by Marilyn)

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Subpar Parks by Amber Share

Jawbone by Mónica Odeja, transl. by Sarah Booker

A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba, transl. by Jocelyne Allen

Weather by Jenny Offill

Incarceration Nation by Baz Dreisinger

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (tw racism, domestic abuse)

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (cw: child death, addiction, domestic abuse, homophobia)

Women and Power by Mary Beard

A Tiger in the Kitchen by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy

Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman

The Reader by Traci Chee (cw: violent harm to children)

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss a bunch of great queer reads, give book picks inspired by “Burn, Butcher, Burn” (IYKYK), and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Girl Serpent Thorn by Melissa Barshardoust (rec’d Margaret)

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by CM Waggoner (cw: drug use, addiction, & drug related morally gray choices)

Tentacle by Rita Indiana, transl. by Achy Obejas

The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (cw: rape, racial slurs, racism, harm to children)

From Scratch by Tembi Locke

The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

Burning Roses by SL Huang (cw: animal death, child abuse)

Next Year, For Sure by Zoey Leigh Peterson

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

Luster by Raven Leilani

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (cw: bullying, disordered eating, harm to children)

Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie

We Set The Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Saving Us by Katharine Hayhoe.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss baseball in fiction, women in music, “histo-tainment”, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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The Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King (rec’d by Kate)

The Body Where I Was Born by Guadalupe Nettel, transl. by JT Lichtenstein

The Girl With Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod

Dead in the Garden by Dahlia Donovan

LGBTQ+ Mystery Post 

Criminal Gold by Ann Aptaker

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder (cw: harm to animals, gore) 

Shelter by Jung Yun (tw domestic violence, sexual assault)

The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang (cw: speculated harm to animals)

Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooklyn Allen, Maarta Laiho, Aubrey Aiese

Goldie Vance by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams, and Sarah Stern

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Diamond Ruby by Joseph Wallace

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss war stories, the Cold War, wealthy women, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee (rec’d by Amanda)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (rec’d by Annie)

 The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (rec’d by Elizabeth)

You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe

What It is Like To Go To War by Karl Marlantes

Honey, Olive, Octopus by Christopher Bakken

Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki, transl. by Karen Van Dyck (rec’d by Rebecca Hussey)

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Gilded Wolves series by Roshani Chokshi (cw: ableism, antisemitism, racism)

House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild (rec’d by Cassie)

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

Girl at War by Sara Novic (tw ethnic violence, lots and lots (and lots) of harm to children)

Everfair by Nisi Shawl (cw: harm to children, racism and racial violence)

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

John Le Carre

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (cw: harm to children, violent homophobia, animal abuse, rape)

A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel

Versailles by Kathryn Davis

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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder and Markus Juslin.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss books about artists, nature, boundaries, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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The Secret of Snow by Viola Shipman and Who is Maude Dixon by Alexandra Andrews (rec’d by Amanda)

Real Life by Brandon Taylor and In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (rec’d by Elizabeth)

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (cw: slavery & related violence, complications in pregnancy, rape)

Shepherd by Catherine Jinks (tw: bad things happening to animals)

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (cw: discussion of suicide, child abuse, and rape; on-page drug use)

Maud’s Line by Margaret Verble (tw: suicide, harm to animals)

Once Upon A River by Bonnie Jo Campbell (cw: rape, addiction, violence against women & children)

Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Alyssa Cole’s How To Find A Princess and A Prince on Paper

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

The Archivist Wasp Saga by Nicole Kornher-Stace

What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt

The Great Man by Kate Christensen

The Fossil Hunter by Shelley Emling

Everyday Ubuntu by Mungi Ngomane

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