It's a new year and I'm here and making it through January. Books are always there for comfort, guidance and reflection, showing the way. But you still need to read them (or listen to them). What circumstances help you feel like you can read more challenging titles and in hardcover? It's not just about having enough time. Waiting for tips: I need role models...

Here's books I mention on this show:

The Message and Between the World and Me by Ta Neishi Coates

Martyr by Kaveh Akbar

The Land of Lost Things by John Connolly

Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa

Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan

Beautiful, Beautiful by Brandon Reid

I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (audio by Christopher Ragland)

Roar and Next Level by Stacy T. Sims