Summary: Food memoir, academic mystery, fiction, and “strange” books
Cheryl’s Books
The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber
More information about The Arab American Book AwardPraisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson
Mentioned: Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-JaberMentioned: Ida in the Middle by Nora Lester MuradJessica’s Books
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
The Life and Time of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman’s Narrative by Gregg Hecimovich
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
Mentioned: Peace is Like a RiverMari’s Books
The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose Johnson
The Great Lakes Our Freshwater Treasure by Barb Rosenstock
“Strangest” Books mentioned
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Bunny by Mona Awad
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova