On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire spoke to Allison Escoto of the Center for Fiction about book groups, being a solo librarian, and getting the opportunity to read nonfiction for the Carnegie Awards. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth chats with librarian and author Van Hoang about the walking audiobook club she runs at her library. Finally, Susan and Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman talk about her forthcoming book, River of Books: A Life in Reading as well as what she’s been reading and loving lately.

Here’s what we talked about:

Stanley Ellin, mystery writer

James, by Percival Everett

Out of the Sierra: A Story of Rarámuri Resistance, by Victoria Blanco

Girl Giant and the Monkey King, by Van Hoang

The Monstrous Misses Mai, by Van Hoang

Sociopath, by Patrick Gagne, read by the author

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, by Naomi Klein, read by the author

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution, Cat Bohannon, read by the author

Elyse Dinh, audiobook narrator

The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, by Florence Williams, read by Emily Woo Zeller

In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration, by Shane O’Mara, read by Liam Gerrard

River of Books: A Life in Reading, by Donna Seaman

The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America, by Sara B. Franklin

The World She Edited: Katarine S. White at the New Yorker, by Amy Reading

Booker Prize Long List

Creation Lake, by Rachel Kushner

This Strange Eventful History, by Claire Messud

Playground, by Richard Powers

The Overstory, by Richard Powers

Wandering Stars, by Tommy Orange

Reading the Room: A Bookseller’s Tale, by Paul Yamazaki