Amanda and Jenn discuss pioneer fiction, distraction reads, slashers, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Books Discussed

The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

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Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Wangs vs. The World by Jade Chang

The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes (TW: harm to children and basically everyone else also)

Security by Gina Wohlsdorf (rec’d by Liberty)

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean

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