Recommended

In this episode, Tamsyn Muir recommends Peter Høeg and Keah Brown recommends Casey McQuiston.

This episode is sponsored by The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos and Yale Needs Women by Anne Gardiner Perkins.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow by Peter Høeg

Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Pretty One by Keah Brown

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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In this episode, Samantha Allen recommends Ursula K. Le Guin and Lauren Wilkinson recommends Nicholas Mancusi.

This episode is sponsored by Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman and Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen

Love & Estrogen by Samantha Allen

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

A Philosophy of Ruin by Nicholas Mancusi

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In this episode, Nicole Dennis-Benn and Dr. Jen Gunter each recommend a personal favorite read.

This episode is sponsored by The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett and Circe by Madeline Miller.

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BOOKS

Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

The Yellow House by Sarah Broom

Heavy by Kiese Laymon

Toni Morrison

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Zora Neale Hurston

The Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter

Watership Down by Richard Adams

The Plague Dogs and Shardik

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

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In this episode, Nicky Drayden and Helen Ellis talk about books that captured their attention in big ways.

This episode is sponsored by William Shakespeare’s Get Thee Back to the Future! and William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher.

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Books Discussed:

Temper by Nicky Drayden

Nigerians in Space by Deji Bryce Olukotun

After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun

Southern Lady Code by Helen Ellis

Wifey by Judy Blume

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Forever by Judy Blume

Lace by Shirley Conran

The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon

Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins

The Lord Won’t Mind by Gordon Merrick

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In this episode, Lori Gottlieb and Nikesh Shukla join us to talk about books that have shaped their own craft.

This episode is sponsored by The Five by Hallie Rubenhold and The Fall of Crazy House by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet.

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Books Discussed:

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Love’s Executioner by Irvin Yalom

The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese

The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman

If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar

Us by Zaffar Kunial

Ocean Vuong

Terrance Hayes

Kaveh Akbar

The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi

Family Life by Akhil Sharma

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

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In this episode, Elizabeth McCracken and Rincey Abraham talk about favorites that are hard to categorize.

This episode is sponsored by In the Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen and Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn.

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Books Discussed:

Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken

The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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In this episode, Swati Teerdhala recommends Alanna: The First Adventure and Mary Norris recommends The War That Killed Achilles.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders.

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Books Discussed:

The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala

Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce

Greek to Me by Mary Norris

The War That Killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander

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In this episode, Jean Kwok and Sarah Enni talk about books that have influenced their own writing.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders.

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Books Discussed:

Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

Tell Me Everything by Sarah Enni

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

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In this episode, Laurie Halse Anderson and Mikki Kendall talk about books that have shaped how they write.

This episode is sponsored by Internment by Samira Ahmed and TheNOVL, and The Fifth Doctrine by Karen Robards.

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Books Discussed:

SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

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In this episode, G. Willow Wilson and Zen Cho talk about two of their favorite unreliable narrators.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and  CHENDELL: A Natural Warrior by Leslie Landis.

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Books Discussed:

The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

The Hunters by Claire Messud

The True Queen by Zen Cho

Villette by Charlotte Brontë

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