2024 Holiday Recommendation Show (Part 1) + the 2024 National Book Awards

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the winners of the 2024 National Book Awards a little before embarking on the first of two rounds of answering listener holiday recommendation requests.

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Angie Kim

Megan Abbott

Liz Moore

Dr No

Motherless Brooklyn

The Most Fun We Ever Had

On Beauty

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Yellowface

Everything I Never Told You

Jami Attenberg

Colored Television

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

Chemistry

Margo’s Got Money Trouble

Birnam Wood

House of Cotton

In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

The Overstory

The God of the Woods

The Trees

Barkskins

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Power Ranking the Books of 1994

November 20, 2024

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Jeff and Rebecca look back 30 years to 1994 and power-rank the year's most influential, important, and memorable titles.

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The Best Gift Books of 2024

November 27, 2024

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53m

Jeff and Rebecca recommend books released in 2024 that would make great gifts — for a bunch of different kinds of readers.

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The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

The God of the Woods

Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

By The Fire We Carry

Bone of the Bone

The Serviceberry

Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts

What Goes With What

Kids Cook Anything by Mark Bittman

The Other Significant Others

Vanishing Treasures

Beautiful Creatures

Margot's Got Money Troubles

Colored Television

Knife

Smoke Kings

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