Curated Good Stuff

A list of the resources you can buy for your very own via affiliate links, so that you are supporting your curiosity, the authors and creators I (and hopefully we) respect and the works we utilize, and the companies that are keeping small bookstores and community-oriented (a.k.a. non-monopoly) tech in business!

These are currently listed in English Alphabetic Order by Title. One day when I have money, I will hire a lovely person to make this into a list you can sort by title, author or the episode it’s featured in.

If I mentioned something specific you’re looking for, you can use Command-F on a Mac (including in the menu of your iPhone browser) or Control-F on a Windows, Android, etc. to Find the phrase or book title.

Books That Inform Electra’s Worldview, As Featured on the Under the Umbra!

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents, by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD
🎧Buy Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents on Libro.fm
📚Buy Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents on Bookshop.org

Allow Me To Retort, by Elie Mystal
Sadly, I think he got an exclusive contract with Amazon/Audible so it isn’t available on Libro.fm.
🎧You may be able to check out the audiobook of Allow Me To Retort from your local library using the Libby App
📚Buy Allow Me To Retort on Bookshop.org

Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum, by Jennifer Cook O’Toole (discussed in Episode 02: Empathy Part 1)
🎧Buy Autism In Heels on Libro.FM
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End; by Atul Gawande
🎧Buy Being Mortal on Libro.fm
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Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness, by Da’Shaun L. Harrison
🎧Buy Belly of the Beast on Libro.fm
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
🎧 Buy Braiding Sweetgrass on Libro.fm
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Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA (discussed in Episode 05: Collaboration Part 2)
🎧Buy Burnout on Libro.fm
📚Buy Burnout on Bookshop.org
There is also a workbook! You could get the audiobook and the workbook and go through them both!
📔Buy The Burnout Workbook: Advice and Exercises to Help You Unlock the Stress Cycle on Bookshop.org

Come As You Are Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life; by Emily Nagoski (the author requests you get the revised one)
🎧Buy Come As You Are Revised and Updated on Libro.fm
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, by Amanda Montell
🎧Buy Cultish on Libro.fm
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The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy, by Stephanie Kelton
🎧Buy The Deficit Myth on Libro.fm
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Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed, Third Edition, by Wendy T. Behary, LCSW
🎧Buy Disarming the Narcissist on Libro.fm
📚Buy Disarming the Narcissist on Bookshop.org
Full disclosure: I get flashbacks triggered so frequently when I read this that I haven’t actually finished it yet. The parts I have finished are great! It’s just that I am distracted by 5 minutes of remembering per 3 paragraphs of text. So, I can’t actually say that the ending is good or there isn’t something worrying later…?

Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, by Dr. Carl L. Hart
🎧Buy Drug Use for Grown-Ups on Libro.fm
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The Electricity of Every Living Thing: A Woman’s Walk in the Wild to Find Her Way Home, by Katherine May
🎧Buy The Electricity of Every Living Thing on Libro.fm
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Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, by Katherine May
🎧Buy Enchantment on Libro.fm
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The Ethical Sellout: Maintaining Your Integrity in the Age of Compromise, by Lily Zheng & Inge Hansen
🎧Buy The Ethical Sellout on Libro.fm
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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, by Sabrina Strings
🎧Buy Fearing the Black Body on Libro.fm
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My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW & SEP
🎧Buy My Grandmother’s Hands on Libro.fm
📚Buy My Grandmother’s Hands on Bookshop.org

Heart-Centered Business: Healing from toxic business culture so your small business can thrive, by Mark Silver
🎧 Not an audiobook yet
📚 Buy Heart-Centered Business on Bookshop.org (released October 3, 2023)

How to be Alone: If You Want to, and Even If You Don’t, by Lane Moore
🎧Buy How to be Alone on Libro.fm
📚Buy How to be Alone on Bookshop.org

How to Be Fine: What We Learned by Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books, by Jolenta Greenberg & Kristen Meinzer
🎧Buy How to Be Fine on Libro.fm
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How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing, by KC Davis
🎧Buy How to Keep House While Drowning on Libro.fm
📚Buy How to Keep House While Drowning on Bookshop.org

A Human History of Emotion: How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know, By Richard Firth-Godbehere (discussed in Episode 05: Collaboration Part 2)
🎧Buy A Human History of Emotion on Libro.fm
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Laziness Does Not Exist, by Devon Price
🎧Buy Laziness Does Not Exist on Libro.fm
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Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day by Kaitlin B. Curtice
🎧 Buy Living Resistance on Libro.fm
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Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing, by Jacob Goldstein
🎧Buy Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing on Libro.fm
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I hope Mr. Goldstein comes out with a second edition after he reads The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee.

Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World, by Oliver Bullough
🎧Buy Moneyland on Libro.fm
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Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets Through Capital, Power, and Labor, by Alice Sparkly Kat
🎧Buy Postcolonial Astrology on Libro.fm
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The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence, by Dacher Keltner
🎧Buy The Power Paradox on Libro.fm
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The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart, by Alicia Garza
🎧Buy The Purpose of Power on Libro.fm
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The Quaking of America by Resmaa Menakem
🎧Buy The Quaking of America on Libro.fm
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Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation, by Hilary Kinavey & Dana Sturtevant
🎧Buy Reclaiming Body Trust on Libro.fm
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Rethinking Narcissism: The Bad-and Surprising Good-About Feeling Special by Dr. Craig Malkin (discussed in Episode 03: Empathy Part 2)
🎧Buy Rethinking Narcissism on Libro.FM
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Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation, by Gabriele Oettingen
🎧Buy Rethinking Positive Thinking on Libro.fm
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Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself, by Nedra Glover Tawwab
🎧 Buy Set Boundaries, Find Peace on Libro.fm
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Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders, by Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS, FAED
🎧Buy Sick Enough on Libro.fm
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By the way, the audiobook is a good deal, cost-wise.

Social Security Disability Revealed: Why it’s so hard to access benefits and what you can do about it, by Spencer Bishins
🎧Buy Social Security Disability Revealed on Libro.fm
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So You Want to Start a Podcast: Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story, and Building a Community that Will Listen, by Kristen Meinzer
🎧Buy So You Want to Start a Podcast on Libro.fm
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Splitting, Second Edition: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder, by Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD & Randi Kreger
🎧Buy Splitting on Libro.fm
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Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder, third edition, by Randi Kreger & Paul T. Mason, MS
🎧Buy Stop Walking on Eggshells on Libro.fm
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The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, by Heather McGhee
🎧Buy The Sum of Us on Libro.fm
📚Buy The Sum of Us on Bookshop.org
There is also a version adapted for young readers! I haven’t read that yet but I imagine it’s great!

The Tragedy of Heterosexuality, by Jane Ward
🎧Buy The Tragedy of Heterosexuality on Libro.fm
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Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess, by Rachel Hoffman
🎧Buy Unf*ck Your Habitat on Libro.fm
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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity, by Devon Price, PhD
🎧Buy Unmasking Autism on Libro.fm
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We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation, by Eric Garcia
🎧Buy We’re Not Broken on Libro.fm
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What Happened to You? by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey (discussed in Episode 03: Empathy Part 2)
🎧Buy What Happened To You? on Libro.fm
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What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, by Aubrey Gordon
🎧Buy What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat on Libro.fm
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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, by Katherine May
🎧Buy Wintering on Libro.fm
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language, by Amanda Montell
🎧Buy Wordslut on Libro.fm
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You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters, by Vanessa Bohns
🎧Buy You Have More Influence Than You Think on Libro.fm
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“You Just Need to Lose Weight” And 19 Other Myths About Fat People; Myths Made in America, by Aubrey Gordon
🎧Buy “You Just Need to Lose Weight” And 19 Other Myths About Fat People on Libro.fm
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You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult, by Lane Moore
🎧Buy You Will Find Your People on Libro.fm
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Fiction!

by Heather Fawcett
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Book 1)
🎧 Buy Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries on Libro.fm
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by Naomi Novik
Spinning Silver [fiction]
🎧 Buy Spinning Silver on Libro.fm
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by Terry Pratchett
The Wee Free Men
🎧 Buy The Wee Free Men on Libro.fm
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A Hat Full of Sky
🎧 Buy A Hat Full of Sky on Libro.fm
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Wintersmith
🎧 Buy Wintersmith on Libro.fm
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I Shall Wear Midnight
🎧 Buy I Shall Wear Midnight on Libro.fm
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The Shepherd’s Crown
🎧 Buy The Shepherd’s Crown on Libro.fm
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