As we conclude the 7-year-long (!) experiment that has been Get Booked, Jenn takes a moment to look back and share some numbers!
MOST RECOMMENDED AUTHORS:
Kate Atkinson
Jade Chang
Yaa Gyasi
RF Kuang
CL Polk
Sarah McCarry
Celeste Ng
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Get Booked By The Numbers, or, The Final Episode

This week on the Handsell, “That Charcuterie Chick” Olivia Carney recommends a a summer fav, a cookbook, and one from the top of her TBR.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
The Art of the Board by Olivia Carney
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Half Baked Harvest by Tieghan Gerard
Gouda Friends by Cathy Yardley
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The Handsell with Olivia Carney

Jenn and Vanessa discuss scary books, stories about friendships, LGBTQ+ resources, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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FEEDBACK
The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn Jr.
Common Goal by Rachel Reid
BOOKS DISCUSSED
The Black Phone by Joe Hill 
Ju-On by Kei Ohishi
Seeing Gender by Iris Gottlieb
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes (cw: animal death, mentions of disordered eating, child abuse, and addiction)
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth (cw: child abuse, slavery, child death, intimate partner violence)
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz (cw: homophobia, partner abuse)
Witches of New York by Ami McKay (cw: witch-hunt related violence)
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Human Vs. Algorithm: October 13, 2022

This week on the Handsell, author and influencer Danielle Prescod talks about three of her recent favorite reads.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
Token Black Girl by Danielle Prescod
Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski (and Burnout)
Tanqueray by Stephanie Johnson with Brandon Stanton
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The Handsell with Danielle Prescod

This week on the Handsell, The Kiss Curse author Erin Sterling (a.k.a. Rachel Hawkins) recommends some spooky reads as we dream of Fall.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling (The Ex Hex)
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
BOOKS MENTIONED:
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Lana Harper (The Witches of Thistle Grove)
Ann Aguirre (Fix-It Witches)
Not Your Average Hot Guy and Mr and Mrs Witch by Gwenda Bond
Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher
My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine (June 2023)
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The Handsell with Erin Sterling

This week on the Handsell, human rights laywer and author Julian Aguon recommends some of the books that have helped him during the pandemic.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies by Julian Aguon
Sharks In the Time of Saviors by Kawaii Strong Washburn
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit
The Red Deal by the Red Nation
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The Handsell with Julian Aguon

Jenn and Danika continue fine-tuning Human vs. Algorithm, with recs for Stranger Things read-alikes, law school (kind of), queer Berlin, and more.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado
A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell
Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed (rec’d by Cassie)
Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 
The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity by Robert Beachy
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel
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Human Vs. Algorithm: September 8, 2022

This week on the Handsell, debut author Carolyn Huynh recommends three books about the lives of women, each with their own angle.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huyhn
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim
Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin
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The Handsell with Carolyn Huynh

This week on the Handsell, You’re Invited author Amanda Jayatissa recommends three recent thrillers she could not put down.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
You’re Invited by Amanda Jayatissa
Things We Do In The Dark by Jennifer Hillier
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
Someone Else’s Life by Lyn Liao Butler
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The Handsell with Amanda Jayatissa

Jenn and Erica dive into the first-ever Human vs. Algorithm, looking for recs for romance, comfort reads, Queen’s Gambit read-alikes, and more.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria
The Lucky Escape by Laura Jane Williams
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (cw: mention of child abuse, assault, transphobia, and racism)
Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper
A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya
Jada Jones: Rock Star by Kelly Starling Lyons and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Wedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors, illustrated by Barbara Fisinger
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (he/him) (cw: gore, body horror, institutionalized homophobia)
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Murderbot by Martha Wells
Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology by Vince A. Liaguno, Rena Mason
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Human Vs. Algorithm: August 11, 2022

This week on the Handsell, Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma author Preeti Chhibber recommends some of her favorite comics!
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma by Preeti Chhibber
Spidey Vol. 1: First Day (Robbie Thompson / Nick Bradshaw)
Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal (G. Willow Wilson, Sana Amanat, Adrian Alphona)
Green Lantern: Legacy (Minh Lê/Andie Tong)
Drawn Together, Minh Le & Dan Santat
DC vs Vampires Vol. 1 (James Tynion IV, Matthew Rosenberg, Otto Schmidt)
Avengers Assembly by Preeti Chhibber
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The Handsell with Preeti Chhibber

Jenn and special guest and librarian Emily Pullen dig into reading recommendation algorithms, how they work (and don’t work), and what it means for our Get Booked experiment in this bonus episode.
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LINKS AND BOOKS
NoveList
StoryGraph
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil
What We Do We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart
Solito by Javier Zamora
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A Dive Into Algorithms

Jenn and Vanessa announce an exciting experiment and ponder the evolution of the Get Booked feed in this Very Special Episode.
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We're Baaaack (Sort Of)

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Life’s Work by Willie Parker.
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The Handsell: May 30, 2022

Amanda and Jenn discuss Amanda’s new job (!), Murakami read-alikes, the perfect plane read, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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FEEDBACK
Molly Harper’s Bluegrass Series (rec’d by another Amanda)
Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell (rec’d by Tanelle)
Books Discussed
What’s Left of Me is Yours by Stephanie Scott (tw: violence against women)
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
The Change by Kirsten Miller (tw: childhood sex abuse, obvious references to the Epstein/Maxwell case)
Light Years From Home by Mike Chen (cw: dementia, loss of a parent)
Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark
Everfair by Nisi Shawl (cw: graphic violence and war crimes, racism)
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward (tw: suicide)
House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild
Haldol and Hyacinths by Melody Moezzi (tw: suicide attempts)
For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig
The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
Post: Books Like Heartstopper
Fence by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, Joana LaFuente, and Jim Campbell
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Amanda’s Final Show, aka Menopausal Captain Planet Situation

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo.
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The Handsell: May 23, 2022

Amanda and Jenn give some recommendations for AAPI Heritage Month in this week’s special themed episode of Get Booked.
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Books Discussed
How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo (out in July 2022)
Imposter Syndrome by Kathy Wang (tw: racially motivated violence)
IQ by Joe Ide
The Verifiers by Jane Pek (cw: discussion of suicide)
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez (cw: child abuse)
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao (tw: child abuse)
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden (tw: addiction)
Sonali Dev’s The Rajes series (cw: lots of trauma and angst)
Gearbreakers & Godslayers (out June 28) by Zoe Hana Mikuta
Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport(cw: violence against women and children incl. rape and abuse, racial slurs, violent racism, and basically everything else you can think of)
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Recs For AAPI Heritage Month

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Open by Rachel Krantz.
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The Handsell: May 16, 2022

Amanda and Jenn discuss complicated relationships, summer books, shocking twists, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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Feedback
Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall (rec’d by Mel)
Prosperity series by Alexis Hall (Jenn cannot believe she forgot!)
Books Discussed
Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli (tw domestic violence)
Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich (cw: alcohol abuse)
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (cw: anxiety)
The Guest List by Lucy Foley (tw extreme bullying)
The Old Woman With the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo with Chi-Young Kim (cw: harm to women and children, death of an animal)
The Expatriates by Janice YK Lee
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo (cw: animal death, harm to children)
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (cw: sooooo much body horror and gore)
Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar (cw: harm to children, sexual assault)
The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black (The Cruel Prince)
A post! Books Like A Court of Thorns and Roses
Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr (cw: drug use, coercion, probably things I don’t remember)
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If You Want A Brain-Melting Experience

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis.
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