Amanda and Jenn discuss novels about the Balkans, contemporary YA, really weird books, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Legendary by Stephanie Garber, and Megabat by Anna Humphrey, illustrated by Kass Reich.

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Books Discussed

Girl At War by Sara Novic

The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht

The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee (tw: child abuse)

The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley

The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

This is Just My Face by Gabourey Sidibe

We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union (tw: rape)

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley (rec’d by Attica Locke on Recommended)

Valley Girls by Sarah Nicole Lemon

Anger is a Gift, narrated and written by Mark Oshiro

Wild Swans by Jung Chang

The Court Dancer by Kyung-Sook Shin

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