BOTNS #343: What You’ll Be Reading Next Spring

Sneaking a peek at books coming out next Spring, and we recommend The Dog Master by W. Bruce Cameron, and Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal.

Ann was thrilled (and just a little smug) when Hanya Yanagahara's A Little Life (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22822858-a-little-life?from_search=true&search_version=service) was included on The Man Booker Prize Longlist (http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2015-longlist), along with A Brief History of Seven Killings (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20893314-a-brief-history-of-seven-killings?from_search=true&search_version=service) by Marlon James, The Year of the Runaways (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25734001-the-year-of-the-runaways) by Sunjeev Sahota and ten other books. Are you someone who tries to read the whole longlist, or the shortlist? What are your thoughts on this group of titles? Let us know in the comments below!

 (http://booksonthenightstand.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/audiobooks.jpg)Audiobook of the week (04:40)

(http://covers.audiobooks.com/images/covers/full/9781478903383.jpg)The Water Museum by Luis Alberto Urrea, narrated by the author, is my pick for this week's Audiobooks.com Audiobook of the Week.

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What You'll Be Reading Next Spring (08:40)

We're recently back from sales conference and there are many books we read and loved so much that we can't wait to tell you a little about them, even though they won't be published for many, many months.

* American Housewife by Helen Ellis

* Sunny's Nights by Tim Sultan

* Evicted by Matthew Desmond

* All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage

* Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

* Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

These are books we'll definitely discuss in more depth when they come out, but in the meantime, we hope we've piqued your interest!

Two Books We Can't Wait For You to Read (25:17)

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Booktopia Petoskey author W. Bruce Cameron's new novel The Dog Master (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22238176-the-dog-master?from_search=true&search_version=service) is a fun thriller of a book that imagines the first friendship and partnership between an early human and a wolf - essentially the first dog. Cameron does an amazing job creating the world of early human tribes. I loved it and I sure hope the last sentence of the novel means there's a sequel coming!

Ann loved Kitchens of the Great Midwest (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23398625-kitchens-of-the-great-midwest?from_search=true&search_version=service) by J. Ryan Stradal, but this week we've invited our Penguin Random House colleague Tom Benton to tell you about it. Tom was the person whose passion convinced Ann to read this charming, not-at-all-dark, story of a mother and a daughter. The book is filled with wonderful characters, a great sense of place, and even a few delicious recipes!