Amanda and Jenn discuss books set in Polynesia and Ireland, aristocratic mysteries, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (rec’d by Elizabeth)

Books Discussed

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (tw: racism, lynching, domestic violence)

Recipe For Persuasion by Sonali Dev (cw: graphic death by suicide, alcoholism, rape, intimate partner violence, emotional child abuse)

Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

Island of Shattered Dreams by Chantal T. Spitz, translated by Jean Anderson

A Taste of Heaven by Penny Watson

Wayward by Dana Spiotta (shout-out to Parul Sehgal’s review in the NYT)

Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn (#1 A Curious Beginning)

The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (tw: slavery)

Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

Other Words For Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (cw: sex trafficking, domestic violence, addiction)

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