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Books Discussed

The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

Smaller and Smaller Circles by FH Batacan

Hex by Maggie Estep

The Vaults by Toby Ball

Pioneer Woman Cooks by Ree Drummond

The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten

How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman

Smitten Kitchen by Deb Perelman

Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique

Empire of Blue Water by Stephan Talty

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Into the Wild by John Krakauer

The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin

The Anthropology of Turquoise by Ellen Meloy

Radiance by Catherynne Valente

Space Chronicles by Neil Degrasse Tyson

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Primary Colors by Anonymous

The Children of Men by PD James

Lumberjanes by Grace Ellis and Noelle Stevenson et al

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente

Hildafolk series by Luke Pearson

Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Contents May Have Shifted by Pam Houston

On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee

The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne

Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine

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