Get Booked

Amanda and Jenn discuss food memoirs, satires, books to build empathy, and more on this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Books Discussed

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson

The Little Ice Age by Brian Fagan

The Happy Vegan by Russell Simmons

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Pigs Can’t Swim by Helen Peppe

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The Steady Running of the Hour by Justin Go

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Honey, Olives, Octopus by Christopher Bakken

Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri (The Shape of Water)

This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart

The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska

Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina and Angela Dominguez

The Sell-Out by Paul Beatty

Pym by Mat Johnson

The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang

Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope

The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury

Roses and Rot by Kat Howard

The Duchess War by Courtney Milan

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