Amanda and Jenn discuss diverse fantasy, summer resort reads, and spiritual nonfiction in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck, Anything by Louis de Bernieres, but particularly Birds Without Wings and Notwithstanding, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney, The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, Maggie O’Farrell’s new book Hamnet (rec’d by Sibyl)

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Ms Marvel, The Totally Awesome Hulk, and the Miles Morales Spider-Man books (rec’d by Angie)

Books Discussed

Song of Blood and Stone by L Penelope (tw: racism)

Sorcerer to the Crown and The True Queen by Zen Cho

The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith

Stalking God by Anjali Kumar (rec’d by Rebecca)

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

Artifact (Jaya Jones) by Gigi Pandian (cw: stalker)

Mary Russell Sherlock Holmes novels (The Beekeeper’s Apprentice)

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead (rec’d by Jeff)

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt

An Easy Death (Gunnie Rose #1) by Charlaine Harris (tw: mention of rape & sexual assault but very brief, violence)

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jay Robin Brown (tw: homophobia)

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (they/them) (tw: transphobia)

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What’s Left of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott (tw: domestic violence)

The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan (tw: domestic violence)

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