Amanda and Jenn recommend works of magical realism, portal fantasy, epic sweeping family sagas, and more!
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Books Discussed on the Show!
Half Resurrection Blues by DJ Older
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
War for the Oaks, Emma Bull
Palimpsest, Catherynne Valente
Sarah McCarry’s YA series, All Our Pretty Songs
The Son by Philipp Meyer
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra
White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
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The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe
The Unicorn, Iris Murdoch
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
On Such a Full Sea, Chang-Rae Lee
Radiance, Catherynne Valente
A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar
Grimspace by Ann Aguirre
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
Consider Phlebas, Iain M Banks
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Incarceration Nations, Baz Dreisinger
Yes Chef, Marcus Samuelsson
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