Amanda and Jenn recommend fun history books, fairytale retellings for adults, and more!

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Books Mentioned

How To Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman

White Trash by Nancy Isenberg

A People’s History of Science by Clifford Conner

The Black Count by Tom Reiss

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

Relish by Lucy Knisley

Going Bovine by Libba Bray

All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino

N0S4A2 by Joe Hill

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Roses and Rot by Kat Howard

Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi

Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey

Gunpowder Alchemy by Jeannie Lin

Scarlet Devices by Delphine Dryden

Blood of the Wicked by Karina Cooper

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