Clean-ish Reads

"Twelve Sleighs of Christmas" by Sherri Duskey Rinker - Amazon - Goodreads

"The Biggest Little Boy: A Christmas Story" by Poppy Harlow - Amazon - Goodreads

"Bah! Humbug!" by Michael Rosen - Amazon - Goodreads

"The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser - Amazon - Goodreads

"The Christmas Pig" by J.K. Rowling - Amazon - Goodreads

"Royal Holiday" by Jasmine Guillory - Amazon - Goodreads

"Twelve Days of Christmas" by Debbie Macomber - Amazon - Goodreads

"Last Christmas in Paris" by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - Amazon - Goodreads

Need gift ideas or book ideas for a wide range of ages? You've come to the right place!

Picture Books:

“If I Built a School” by Chris Van Dusen - Amazon - Goodreads

“Knight Owl” by Christopher Denise - Amazon - Goodreads

Early Chapter Books:

“Math Inspectors” series by Daniel Kenney and Emily Boever - Amazon - Goodreads

Middle Grade Books:

“Masterminds” series by Gordon Korman - Amazon - Goodreads

Teen/YA/Adult Books:

“The Fixer” duo logy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Amazon - Goodreads

"Stellarlune" by Shannon Messenger (Keeper of the Lost Cities series book 9) - Amazon - Goodreads

“Legend” series by Marie Lu - Amazon - Goodreads

"Good Morning, Midnight" by Lily Brooks-Dalton - Goodreads - Amazon

"Midnight Sky" movie, starring George Clooney - IMDb

Book recommendations from my special guest, Alex 

Science Fiction:

"Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card - Goodreads - Amazon

"Red Rising" by Pierce Brown - Goodreads - Amazon

"Skyward" by Brandon Sanderson - Goodreads - Amazon

Books Into Movies:

"Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version

"Where the Crawdads Sing" - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version

"Dune" - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version

Alex's Favorite Book of the Year:

"Scythe" by Neal Shusterman - Goodreads - Amazon

"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version

"Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" by Paul Gallico - Goodreads - Amazon - latest movie version

“The Dig” by John Preston - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version

“Persuasion” by Jane Austen - Goodreads - Amazon - latest movie version

“Rebecca” by Daphne De Maurier - Goodreads - Amazon - latest movie version

“Howl’s Moving Castle” by Diana Wynne Jones - Amazon - Goodreads - 2004 movie edition (Academy Award Nominee)

“The School for Good and Evil” by Soman Chainani - Amazon - Goodreads - 2022 film version currently playing on Netflix

“The Case of the Left-Handed Lady” by Nancy Springer - Amazon - Goodreads - "Enola Holmes 2" 2022 film version currently playing on Netflix

“Matilda” by Roald Dahl - Amazon - Goodreads - 1996 movie version - new movie version expected to be released Dec. 9, 2022 on Netflix in the U.S.

“The Bad Guys” by Aaron Blabey - Amazon - Goodreads - 2022 movie version

“Lyle, Lyle Crocodile” by Bernard Waber - Amazon - Goodreads - 2022 movie version

“Nightbooks” by J.A. White - Amazon - Goodreads - 2021 movie version currently on Netflix

“A Boy Called Christmas” by Matt Haig - Amazon - Goodreads - 2021 movie version currently on Netflix

 "The Mystery of Mrs. Christie" by Marie Benedict - Amazon - Goodreads

Taylor Recommends: 

"Lighter" by Yung Pueblo - Amazon - Goodreads

“The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream” by Dean Jobb - Amazon - Goodreads

“The Cartographers” by Peng Shepherd - Amazon - Goodreads

“Capture the Flag” by Kate Messner - Amazon - Goodreads

“Loves Music, Loves to Dance” by Mary Higgins Clark - Amazon - Goodreads

“And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie - Amazon - Goodreads

“Cozy Up to Death” by Colin Conway - Amazon - Goodreads

“Mango, Mambo, and Murder” by Raquel V. Reyes - Amazon - Goodreads