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Murder Mermaids, astronauts and everything in between!

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On today's episode, Adam and Jill are joined by Andrea and Rachel to dish out book recommendations spooky, serious, and otherwise! Whether you want to be scared, laugh, learn something new, or be reminded how awesome you are as a parent we've got something for you in this one.

Books mentioned in this episode

The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring

Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith

The Institute by Stephen King

Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger & Melanie R. Anderson

It Ended Badly by Jennifer Wright

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

Sycamore Row by John Grisham

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

You Are a F*cking Awesome Mom by Leslie Anne Bruce

The Warehouse by Rob Hart

First Cosmic Velocity by Zach Powers

Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

Boy Erased by Garrard Conley

Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper

The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott

A Brave Face by Barbara Marlowe & Teeba Furat Marlowe

The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh

The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman

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