The Gods Are Jerks

Amanda and Jenn discuss books with gods, weird sci-fi, believable relationships, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Swing Time by Zadie Smith, published by Penguin Books, and A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, published by Counterpoint Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry Books About Partition by Female Authors The Great Partition by Yasmin Khan Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai The Dime by Kathleen Kent Modern Lovers by Emma Straub Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton This Is Paradise by Kristiana Kahakauwila The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley Borne by Jeff VanderMeer When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon The Chimes by Anna Smaill Maddaddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood (Oryx and Crake) The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi (Trigger warning: torture, tons of varieties of violence against basically everyone) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices