For Real

This week Alice and Kim talk assassins, night witches, and the serial killer who was almost impossible to catch. This episode is sponsored by the Pre-Loved Podcast. Check it out on the podcatcher of your choice! And don’t forget to share For Real with nonfiction-loving friends/family/long-forged acquaintances on social media, tagging @bookriot. Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Kim Ukura. Follow Up John Oliver did a segment on climbing Mount Everest and how the “expedition industry has devalued a once-historic achievement” and also made it a lot more dangerous.   New Books Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor  Reading Behind Bars: A Memoir of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian by Jill Grunenwald  The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India’s Quest for Independence by Anita Anand  American Predator: The Hun