Welcome to our first episode! I brought on Jenn Northington to be my guest host for our kickoff event because, to be frank, no one knows books like Jenn knows books. She is our Events Director here at Book Riot, cohost of the Bookrageous podcast, part-time bookseller at Word, and member of five book groups. Find her on Twitter @jennIRL.

This episode is sponsored by Entry Island by Peter May and Killer Run by Lynn Cahoon.

For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.

Books Discussed on the Show!

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed 

Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam 

Life after Life by Kate Atkinson

All the lesbian romance for Marissa

The Martian by Andy Weir

The Engagements by J Courtney Sullivan

Tigerman by Nick Harkaway

The Residue Years by Mitchell S. Jackson

Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay 

The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood 

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter 

On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee 

Tusk that Did the Damage by Tania James 

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older 

Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera

Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys

Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller

anything edited by Kate Bernheimer

Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan

Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin

Fledgling, Octavia Butler

The Ground Beneath her Feet, Salman Rushdie

Re Jane by Patricia Park

the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

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