E137: #137: Octavia Butler Read-alikes
Amanda and Jenn discuss Octavia Butler read-alikes in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Number One Chinese Restaurantby Lillian Li and Annotated. Books Discussed: Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper NK Jemisin An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (trigger warning: sexual assault) Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones (trigger warning: domestic violence) Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson The Machineries of Empire, Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit #1) (trigger warnings: torture, rape, coercion, suicide) (R)evolution series by Stephanie Saulter (Gemsigns #1) (trigger warning: hate crimes) MEM by Bethany C. Morrow Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (June 26th) (trigger warning: harm to children) Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead American War by Omar El Akkad Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.