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Get Booked

Get Booked is a weekly show of custom book recommendations from the bookworms at Book Riot.

The Handsell: February 21, 2022

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Eve out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman.

Is Cute, Has Secrets

Amanda and Jenn discuss multi-generational family stories, realistic small towns, queer international horror, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked.

The Handsell: February 14, 2022

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders.

A Necromantic Mouse Named Buttons

Amanda and Jenn discuss a bunch of great queer reads, give book picks inspired by "Burn, Butcher, Burn" (IYKYK), and more in this week's episode of Get Booked.

The Handsell: February 7, 2022

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Saving Us by Katharine Hayhoe.

Why Are You Here And Why Are You Dead

Amanda and Jenn discuss baseball in fiction, women in music, "histo-tainment", and more in this week's episode of Get Booked.

The Handsell: January 31, 2022

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa.

Episode 315 George Washington: Just A Dude

Amanda and Jenn discuss war stories, the Cold War, wealthy women, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked.

The Handsell: January 24, 2022

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder and Markus Juslin.

Episode 314 Two Really Competent People Trying to Kill Each Other

Amanda and Jenn discuss books about artists, nature, boundaries, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked.