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Get Booked Episode #13: Byronic Feels

Welcome to Episode #13! We're talking modern gothic novels, religious nonfiction, books for escapism, and more.

Amanda Nelson Jan 28, 2016

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Amanda Nelson

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Amanda Nelson is an Executive Director of Book Riot. She lives in Richmond, VA.

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Welcome to Episode #13! We’re talking modern gothic novels, religious nonfiction, books for escapism, and more. Enjoy!

This episode is sponsored by Tryaudiobooks.com and Book Riot Live.

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Questions!

I love dystopian fiction but am burnt out on the genre. I thought some good science fiction might fill that gap for me, but I don’t know where to start. I know I prefer books that take place on Earth or on planets similar to Earth and that I don’t like too much military or scientific jargon. I’d prefer adult over YA, too. Hope you can help!

–Cassie

I love reading non-fiction about religion, especially on audio, and am looking for some recommendations. I’m particularly interested in Christianity in America, fundamentalism, cults and sects and I also like to read memoirs about spirituality. I recently read books by Rachel Held Evans and Jimmy Carter, I read Going Clear about Scientology and right now I’m listening to the audio book version of The Great Reformer by Austen Ivereigh about Pope Francis.

–Raquel

I am looking for book recommendations for my boyfriend. He recently finished medical school and wants to pick up reading as a way to relax in the evenings. I am trying to find books that offer an escape from his day job. I am thinking an immersive series might do the trick: one that has less science and more magic or adventure — maybe books where characters stumble into new places and explore. He likes movies with fast-moving plots and is currently enjoying Grossman’s Magicians series.

PS: If possible, the “more popular” the book, the better — his native language is German and I am trying to find something that might be available in translation for him.

Thanks for the help!
Christopher

I am looking for Modern Gothic books. Whenever I search for books in that genre, the results are mostly books written in the 18th or 19th century. I have nothing against those books but I would like something written after 1920. I am a fan of Anne Rice, Diane Setterfield, Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Thank you for the help,

Ashley

I am a British girl who has watched Steel Magnolias 50 times and now I want to add a bit of Southern flavour to my reading.

I know “the South” is a big place but what books can you recommend that will help feed my fascination with the people and the places? I’d love a mix of fiction and non-fiction and yes, I’ve already read To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set A Watchman.

Much bookish love,

Rachel

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Books Discussed on the Show!

The Maddaddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood

The Passage by Justin Cronin

Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter

On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard

Book of Mormon Girl by Joanna Brooks

Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren F Winner

What Are People For, Wendell Berry

Escape, Carolyn Jessop