Today Maile and I are joined by our son Cade who occasionally works in the bookshop this summer while home from college. He shares the book series that changed his mind about chapter books when he was young, the first four books Shawn gave him when he was old enough for the general market, and we do a deep-dive into one of his favorite authors: Fredrik Backman (and his latest book, My Friends).

Books mentioned during the conversation:

The Original Adventures of Hank the Cow Dog by John Erickson The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Lord of the Flies by William Golding Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Beartown by Fredrik Backman Us Against You by Fredrik Backman The Winners by Fredrik Backman Anxious People by Fredrik Backman My Friends by Fredrik Backman The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner The Antidote by Karen Russell The Brothers K by David James Duncan 11/22/63 by Stephen King Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Here One Moment by Lianne Moriarty Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver This is Happiness by Niall Williams All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Florida by Lauren Groff Connect with us!

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