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Published: Feb. 7, 2017, 4:27 p.m.

b'Amanda and Jenn discuss the Singularity, Russian nonfiction, and novels about platonic friendships\\xa0in this week\\u2019s episode of Get Booked.\\nThis episode is sponsored by A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom\\xa0and The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom.\\nThis content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.\\nFor listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.\\n\\nBooks Discussed\\nKatie Macbride\\u2019s post: Required Reading for Understanding WTF Is Happening In Russia\\n Molly Wetta\\u2019s post!: A Russian History Reading List\\nSecondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Bela Shayevich\\nThe Man Without a Face by Masha Gessen\\nPushkin\\u2019s Children by Tatyana Tolstaya, translated by Jamey Gambell\\nThe Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky, translated by Tim Mohr\\nThe Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O\\u2019Neill\\nI Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum\\nBehold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue\\nModern Lovers by Emma Straub\\nPhysics of the Future by Michio Kaku (rec\\u2019d by Kristen)\\nTo Be a Machine by Mark O\\u2019Connell\\nShaping Things by Bruce Sterling\\nDistrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson\\nCeremony by Leslie Marmon-Silko\\nWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson\\nAnything by Louise Erdrich (Plague of Doves)\\nIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote\\nEnder\\u2019s Game by Orson Scott Card (with caveat)\\nWhen I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds\\nThe Maze Runner by James Dashner\\nJerk, California by Jonathan Friesen\\nJackaby series by William Ritter\\nWords in the Air, edited by Thomas Travisano and Saskia Hamilton\\nAusma Zehanat Khan\\u2019s Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty series (The Unquiet Dead)\\nHow to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'