This New Years Eve we are spotlighting some stand-out titles of 2024 with our dear friend and executive editor of Riverhead Books, Jake Morrissey…and Jake knows books. Jake publishes both fiction and nonfiction in history, science, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and literary and historical fiction. He works with a wide range of bestselling and award-winning authors, including Daniel H. Pink, Anne Lamott, James McBride, Priya Parker, Michele Harper, and Marlon James, with whom he cohosts the podcast Marlon & Jake Read Dead People.

Books mentioned in this episode: 

Jake's Books:

ENTITLEMENT Rumaan Alam

COLORED TELEVISION Danzy Senna

SOMEHOW Anne Lamott

ALL FOURS Miranda July

THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE The Matt Haig

WHY WE LOVE FOOTBALL by Joe Posnanski

THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride

WE SOLVE MURDERS Richard Osman

FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston

GOOD ENERGY by Casey Means

SONNY BOY by Al Pacino

COUNTDOWN 1960 by Chris Wallace

JOLLY OLD SANTA CLAUS

Adriana's Books: 

THE STORY OF SILENT NIGHT

I CAPTURE THE CASTLE by Dodie Smith

THE WAY YOU WEAR YOUR HAT by Bill Zehme

REPRIEVE by Agnes DeMille

THE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN STORY by Stanley Green

WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES by Michael McDonald

WALK THROUGH FIRE by Sheila Johnson

THE HISTORY OF THE SNOWMAN by Bob Eckstein

GIANT LOVE by Julie Gilbert

MORNINGSIDE by Aran Shetterly

WHEN WOMEN RAN FIFTH AVENUE by Julie Satow

SICILIAN AVENGERS (books one and two) by Stephen Riggio

TO DIE FOR by David Baldacci

THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah

THE STORY OF THE FOREST by Linda Grant

THE QUEEN OF STEEPLECHASE PARK by David Ciminello

ROOTS, WINGS AND RECIPES by The Origin Project students

ITALIAN SNACKING by Anna Francese Gass

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