Renee and Natalia are back with a conversation about some of the books they love that fall into super niche genres. For example, Natalia has an entire bookshelf dedicated to books about bananas and Renee will never say no to a thriller with an unlikeable 20-something woman protagonist who works in a startup. Tune in to hear all the weird things they’re both into. Books Mentioned:  Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang Diamond Head by Cecily Wong (interview here) Siren Queen by Nghi Vo Black Sun & Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (interview here) The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang  Lobizona & Cazadora by Romina Garber (interview here) Binti by Nnedi Okorafor She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoka Matsuda Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow Bad Blood by John Carreyrou We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams Self-Care by Leigh Stein The Assistants by Camille Perri The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris Smile and Look Pretty by Amanda Pellegrino A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin (interview here) Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster The Power of Knitting by Loretta Napoleoni (review here) Bananas, Beaches and Bases by Cynthia Enloe Skin: A Natural History by Nina G. Jablonski The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/vocalfriespod)