The Office But With Dead People

Amanda and Jenn discuss books about ghosts, secret societies, folklore, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Blind Date With a Book, Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz, now available from Algonquin Books, and All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. 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. Feedback Last of the Wine by Mary Renault, and really anything by her (rec’d by Scarlett) Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar (rec’d by Scarlett) Julian by Gore Vidal (rec’d by Scarlett) The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George (rec’d by Scarlett) Books Discussed Bossypants by Tina Fey If I Understood You Would I Have This Look On My Face by Alan Alda (plus, Clear+Vivid podcast) Love Lives Here by Amanda Jette Knox (rec’d by Jess) Sorted by Jackson Bird She’s Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan Wayward Children series (Every Heart a Doorway #1) by Seanan McGuire Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (tw: self-harm, family violence) The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson The Spellbook of Katrina Von Tassel by Alyssa Palombo The Rook by Daniel O’Malley (tw: graphic violence) Mãn by Kim Thuy, translated by Sheila Fischman Revenge by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder (tw: body horror, graphic violence) The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (tw: homophobia) The Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices