Show notes:

It’s almost Thanksgiving! Are you ready for yummy food, quality family time, and conversation? We are, and we’re especially looking forward to eating some stuffing. But what better way to get into the family holiday fun than reading books about family drama? The sweet, the dysfunctional, the weird, we’ve got book recs for it all.

 

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Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.

 

Something Bookish:

[3:30] M: Episode 155 of the Talking Scared Podcast, interview with Stephen King

[4:01] S: Episode 191 of the 10 Things to Tell You Podcast: How BookTok and Gen Z Are Changing the Way We Read + Best Books Lately

 

Family Drama Books That We Love:

[7:33] S: People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

[8:48] M: Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

[9:51] S: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

[11:18] M: The Family by Naomi Krupitsky

[12:32] S: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

[14:07] M: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

[15:23] S: We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

[16:32] M: Inheritance by Dani Shapiro

[17:55] S: Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

[19:16] M: These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

[20:42] S: Honorable mentions:

• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

• The Push by Ashley Audrain

• Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

• Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

• The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

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