Amanda and Jenn recommend series by POC, light-hearted books for book club, Southeast Asian Lit, and more on this week’s Get Booked!

This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com and The A-Z of You and Me by James Hannah.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.

Books Mentioned

Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel Jose Older

Re Jane by Patricia Park

Literary Brooklyn by Evan Hughes

Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg

The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood (rec’d by Sharanya)

The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

Ask the Passengers by A.S. King

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead

Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

Bellwether by Connie Willis

Lamb by Christopher Moore

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka

Big Machine by Victor LaValle

In the Country by Mia Alvar

The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin

The Gun Dealer’s Daughter by Gina Apostol

Black Water Rising by Attica Locke

Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin

Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie

American Housewife by Helen Ellis

Single Carefree Mellow by Katherine Heiny

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices