Book reviews, recommendations, and commentary on a variety of book genres that we&#39;ve &#34;stacked&#34; into a theme for the episode.

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In this chapter, we discuss our favorite books that involve space in some way. For a complete listing of the books discussed in this chapter, check us out on Instagram or Twitter @BookStackTrio or on our website www.bookstacktrio.com.

In this chapter, we discuss the following books:
- I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore
- Ender's Game/Ender's Shadow, Orson Scott Card
- Children of the Fleet, Orson Scott Card
- Illuminae, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
- The Martian, Andy Weir
- Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
- Star Risk, LTD, Chris Bunch
- Quarter Share, Nathan Lowell
- Ciaphus Cain: Hero of the Imperium, Sandy Mitchell

Chapter 9: Space

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In this chapter, we explore our favorite dystopian novels and make some fun puns along the way! Join us to hear what books we discuss. You can also see our stack on Facebook &amp; Instagram @BookStackTrio or on our website at http://bookstacktrio.com. Comment on Twitter @BookStackTrio!

The books discussed in this week's stack are:
- The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
- Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller
- Divergent, Veronica Roth
- The Selection, Kiera Cass
- City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau
- The Giver, Lois Lowry
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
- The Grace Year, Kim Liggett

Chapter 8: Dystopian

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In this chapter, we explore the books that have sat in our untouched stack of &#34;I&#39;ll get to it&#34; and &#34;oh yeah, I was going to read that ... maybe tomorrow&#34; books that look and/or sound amazing, but for one reason or another never made it into the &#34;currently reading&#34; section. See a full listing of the books, with cover art, on our instagram @bookstacktrio.

The books featured in this chapter are:
- The Picture of Dorian Grey, by Oscar Wilde
- Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland
- The Nickel Boys, by Colsen Whitehead
- Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis, by Helen Bynum
- By Gaslight, by Steven Price
- Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies, by Laura Esquivel
- The Game of Queens: the Women who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe, by Sarah Gristwood
- The Paladin Prophecy, by Mark Frost
- The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks

Chapter 7: The Untouched Stack

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In this chapter, we examine our stack of books that involve interesting, intriguing, or fantastical magic systems in some of our favorite fiction! See a list of the books mentioned in this chapter on instagram @bookstacktrio or on our website bookstacktrio.com!

In this chapter, we discuss our favorite magic systems by diving into the following books:
-The Paper Magician, Charlie N. Holmberg
-The Invisible Library, Genevieve Cogman
-The City of Bones, Cassandra Clare
-Legendborn, Traci Deonn
-Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi
-The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
-The Changling War, Peter Garrison
-Dealing with Dragons, Patricia Wrede
-The Vagrant, Peter Newman

Chapter 6: Interesting Magic Systems

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This book stack dives into books we feel are beautifully written. For a complete listing of books found in this stack, follow us on Instagram @BookStackTrio.

The books featured today include:
Dreams Underfoot, Charles de Lint
Every Single Second, Tricia Springstubb
The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner
King of Scars, Leigh Bardugo
The Girl of Fire & Thorns, Rae Carson
Dark Breaks the Dawn, Sara B. Larson
The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford
We Were the Lucky Ones, Georgia Hunter

Chapter 5: Beautifully Written Books

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This episode goes over a variety of true crime books. To see a full listing of the books mentioned today, follow us on Instagram @BookStackTrio. You can also tell us what you thought on Twitter or Facebook!Post-Production Note: During Sydnie&#39;s first book, Killers of the Flower Moon, she names the main person of the first chronicle as Anna/Molly Brown instead of Molly Burkhart. She apologizes for the confusion.

The books featured in this chapter of The Book Stack include:
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
My Friend Dahmer, Derf Bachderf
Bad Blood, John Carreyrou
No Stone Unturned, Steve Jackson
The Murder Room, Michael Capuzzo
Last Call, Elon Green
Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann
American Sherlock, Kate Winkler Dawson
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, Brad Ricca

Chapter 4: True Crime

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In this chapter we explore books we want to share (spoiler free!) that involve fun or interesting twists on well known stories. Join us and feel free to tell us what you loved or wished you&#39;d heard in our stack on Twitter or Instagram @BookStackTrio.

In this chapter we explore books we want to share (spoiler free!) that involve fun or interesting twists on well known stories. Join us and feel free to tell us what you loved or wished you'd heard in our stack on Twitter or Instagram @BookStackTrio.
Today's book stack is comprised of:
- The works of Rick Riordan
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas
- The Lost Wonderland Diaries, J. Scott Savage
- Gilded, Marissa Meyer
- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, John Scieszka
- My Calamity Jane, Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
-Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Gregory Macguire
- Lore Olympus, Rachel Smythe
- Lords & Ladies, Terry Pratchett


Chapter 3: Twists on Lore

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This week we talk about banned books across the country and books that are currently being challenged.

This week's book stack discusses:
- James & the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
- Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
- And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
- Maus, Art Spiegelman
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
- Diary of Anne Frank
- Monday’s Not Coming, by Tiffany D. Jackson
- The 57 Bus, Dashka Slater
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out, Susan Kuklin

Remember, you can follow us on Twitter @bookstacktrio and BookStackTrio on Instagram

Additional Resources:
National Coalition Against Censorship - https://ncac.org/ 
Banned Books info and resources: 
Top 10 list each year - https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10 
Top 100 books banned from 2000 to 2019 - https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade2019/
Book Banning like it’s 1981 - https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/then-and-now-banning-like-its-1981/ 
Project FReadom - https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/support-freadom-and-support-each-other/

Chapter 2: Banned Books

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This episode&#39;s Stack is all about origin stories! Dive in with us as we discuss origin stories, both fiction and non-fiction, that we love!

This stack discussed interesting origin stories and mentions the following books:
- Shoe Dog, Phil Knight
- Shadow & Bone, Leigh Bardugo
- The Magician's Nephew, C.S. Lewis
- The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins
- Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History, Richard Thompson Ford

What are we reading next:
- Gilded, by Marissa Meyer
- The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family, by Ron Howard and Clint Howard
- By Rust of Nail & Prick of Thorn: The theory and practice of home warding, by Althaea Sebastiani
- The Master Switch, by Tim Wu
- Powers and Thrones, Dan Jones
- Dune, Frank Herbert

Chapter 1: Origins

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Welcome to The Book Stack! Every other Sunday we&#39;ll bring you a stack of fun new book recommendations that we discuss. Join in on our conversation through Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @BookStackTrio or on our website bookstacktrio.com.

Prologue: Welcome to the Book Stack

Book reviews, recommendations, and commentary on a variety of book genres that we've "stacked" into a theme for each episode.

The Book Stack

Episodes