
2021 March Madness: Round 1
Gayle and Nicole kick off Round 1 of the 2021 March Madness tournament, where we narrow down the best book that we’ve both read in the last two years. (We had some input from our Facebook fans as well.) Tune in to find out which books will move on to the next round!

Books mentioned:
In The Dream House | Carmen Maria Machado | Amazon | Bookshop |
There There | Tommy Orange | Amazon | Bookshop |
The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennet | Amazon | Bookshop |
Between Two Kingdoms | Suleika Jaouad | Amazon | Bookshop |
The Lost Apothecary | Sarah Penner | Amazon | Bookshop |
Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | Amazon | Bookshop |
Educated | Tara Westover | Amazon | Bookshop |
The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead | Amazon | Bookshop |
Daisy Jones And The Six | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Amazon | Bookshop |
Long Bright River | Liz Moore | Amazon | Bookshop |
The Dreamers | Karen Thompson Walker | Amazon | Bookshop |
Ask Again, Yes | Mary Beth Keane | Amazon | Bookshop |
A Woman Is No Man | Etaf Rum | Amazon | Bookshop |
My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell | Amazon | Bookshop |
Such A Fun Age | Kiley Reid | Amazon | Bookshop |
In The Dream House | Carmen Maria Machado | Amazon | Bookshop |
The Last Flight | Julie Clark | Amazon | Bookshop |
There There | Tommy Orange | Amazon | Bookshop |
Leave The World Behind | Rumaan Alam | Amazon | Bookshop |
Normal People | Sally Rooney | Amazon | Bookshop |
The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett | Amazon | Bookshop |
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