First thing’s first, mark your calendars for Libby’s November book club. We’re reading All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews on Wednesday, November 30 at 8pmET. Hope to see y’all there! On this week’s episode, the three of us are chatting about NAMES! Including our own name stories, and what we’d pick for our first names if we could choose. Then, we have a wild assortment of books that are honestly hard to sum up, so you gotta just listen. Thanks so much for listening! You can get your BATC merch here: https://www.booksandthecitypod.com/merch. Browse and shop all the books we’ve discussed on this episode and past episodes at https://www.bookshop.org/shop/booksandthecity. Check out our website for more information about the fan club, any anything else at https://www.booksandthecitypod.com. You can also subscribe to our newsletter there, and send us a note at [email protected]>

Emily’s pick: Vita Nostra by Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko (15:03-31:27)

https://www.harpervoyagerbooks.com/book/9780062694614/vita-nostra/

On Emily’s TBR: Daughter From the Dark by Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko

Libby’s pick: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy (31:28-46:19)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250204035/migrations

On Libby’s TBR: Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

Becky’s pick: Exalted by Anna Dorn (46:20-56:05)

https://www.unnamedpress.com/books/book?title=Exalted

On Becky’s TBR: The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas

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