The Worst Bestsellers

Episode 150 – Flashback Summer Super-Special


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It’s our 150th episode, and to kick off our 4th Flashback Summer, we asked to hear from you, our listeners. We loved hearing about everyone’s childhood favorite books and sharing a little bit about ours.

Thanks: to Andrew and Craig of Overdue, Alan, Red, JJ (aka S. Jae-Jones, author of Wintersong and other books), Ashley R., Liz J., Genevieve, Devin, Kathryn and Melissa of Truer Words, Madelyn, Lucy, Nora, Imogen, Joyce, Hallie, Sarah Mirk (author of Guantanamo Voices and other books), April, Megan, Ashley K., Meredith Goldstein (Love Letters columnist and author of Chemistry Lessons and other books), Danielle, Meagan, Liz H., Courtney Summers (author of Sadie and other books), Celia, Emma, Rebecca Mahoney (author of The Valley and the Flood), Jess, Josie, Payge, Laura, Ben, Kellie, and Collision & J.W. of I Don’t Even Own a Television for their contributions, and extra thanks to our editor Becca for putting all of these clips together! And thanks to all of you for listening!

Congratulations: to our Flashback Summer raffle winners: Emma, Josie, Joyce, and Madelynn!

Notes: This episode was recorded and assembled weeks ago and contains no references to current events. But we would like to take a moment here to affirm that Black Lives Matter.

Full list of titles referenced in this episode below this cut:

 

  • Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander (Amazon | Bookshop)
  • Young Jedi Knights series by Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta (Amazon | Bookshop)
  • Watership Down by Richard Adams (Amazon | Bookshop)
    • The Wainscott Weasel by Tor Seidler (Amazon | Bookshop)
    • Redwall by Brian Jacques (Amazon | Bookshop)
    • Sunfire series by Candice Ransom et al (Amazon | Bookshop)
      • The Mouse and His Child by Russell Hoban (Amazon | Bookshop)
      • Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum (Amazon | Bookshop)
      • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle (Amazon | Bookshop)
        • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Amazon | Bookshop)
        • Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster (Amazon | Bookshop)
        • A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester (Amazon | Bookshop)
          • My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (Amazon | Bookshop)
          • Carbonel: The King of Cats by Barbara Sleigh (Amazon | Bookshop)
          • Humor, Horror, and the Supernatural by Saki (Amazon | Bookshop)
            • The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall (Amazon | Bookshop)
            • The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (Amazon | Bookshop)
            • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Amazon | Bookshop)
              • Amelia’s Notebook by Marissa Moss (Amazon | Bookshop)
              • Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (Amazon | Bookshop)
              • The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (Amazon | Bookshop)
                • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (Amazon | Bookshop)
                • Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (Amazon | Bookshop)
                • Just a Summer Romance by Ann M. Martin (Amazon | Bookshop)
                  • Baby-sitters Club #21: Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Ann M. Martin (Amazon | Bookshop)
                  • Baby-sitters Super Mystery #2: Babysitters Beware by Ann M. Martin (Amazon | Bookshop)
                  • The Great Green Notebook of Katie Roberts by Amy Hest & Sonja Lamut (Amazon | Bookshop)
                    • Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate (Amazon | Bookshop)
                    • The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright (Amazon | Bookshop)
                    • The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw (Amazon | Bookshop)
                      • Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden (Amazon | Bookshop)
                      • A-Z Mystery series by Ron Roy (Amazon | Bookshop)
                      • The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willow Davis Roberts (Amazon | Bookshop)
                        • Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Amazon | Bookshop)
                        • Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (Amazon | Bookshop)
                        • Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn edited by Robert Lynn Asprin (Amazon | Bookshop)
                          • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Amazon | Bookshop)
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