2020 Holiday Recommendations, Part 1
Book Riot - The Podcast
11/30/20
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Jeff and Rebecca give book recommendations in response to reader requests. Discussed in this episode: In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan Kings Queens & In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow Paper Girls by Brian Vaughn and Cliff Chiang Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Heart Berries by Therese Marie Mailhot House Made of Dawn by M Scott Momaday The Surrounded by D’Arcy McNickle Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Wake Siren by Nina McLaughlin The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Circe by Madeline Miller World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso Deacon King Kong by James McBride 2 AM at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie Helen-Bertino Debbie Macomber’s Blossom Street series How to Knit a Love Song by Rachel Herron See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jeff and Rebecca go over some A Promised Land sales numbers, look over the National Book Award winners, check in with the sale of Simon & Schuster, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by The Orchard by David Hopen, HarperCollins Children’s Books/Quill Tree Books, TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service. Discussed in this episode: Ugh Chimamanda Listener query: Any uplifting YA books you can recommend for a “new” non-binary/genderqueer to have during free time? Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang Felix Ever After by Kacen Callendar Dreadnought by April Daniels Brightsiders by Jen Wilde One in Every Crowd by Ivan Coyote Euphoria Kids by Allison Evans Obama memoir breaks first-day sales record..or does he? National Book Awards Ongoing: Chicago Public Library says eliminating late fees has paid off PRH and HC are top bidders for Simon & Schuster See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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2020 Holiday Recommendations, Part 2
December 7, 2020
•73m
Jeff and Rebecca their 2020 Holiday book recommendations. Discussed in this episode: Force of Nature by Jane Harper The Secret History by Donna Tartt Idaho by Emily Ruskovich A Separation by Katie Kitamura The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell Radical Dharma Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Intimations by Zadie Smith Station Eleven by Emily Mandel Find Me by Laura van den Berg Blindness by Jose Saramago The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai Sweet Magnolias series by Sherryl Woods Spice by Seressia Glass 100 Must-Read Books: Food in Fiction Little French Bistro by Nina George The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis The Alchemy of Us by Anissa Ramirez Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari The 99% Invisible City Saga by Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples Atlas Obscura Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Stalking God by Anjali Kumar A Beginner’s Guide to Japan by Pico Iyer From Scratch by Tembi Locke Cleoptra VII: Daughter of the Nile by Kristiana Gregory (part of The Royal Diaries series) The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin The Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel Octavia Butler The Baker’s Secret by Stephen Kiernan 52 Loaves by William Alexander See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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