Sarah and Ellison “Book Bully” Weist get cozy and delve into a discussion of their favorite new—and upcoming—books. The books they recommend and are looking forward to, plus one suggested by producer Alex Ward are:

Boom Town: the Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City by Sam Anderson

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know about Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

The conversation turns from letter-writing to books at 13:21.

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