Recommended

In this episode, authors Susan Choi and Peter Mendelsund each talk about a classic that influenced their own work.

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Books Discussed:

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Same Same by Peter Mendelsund

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

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In this episode, author Dhonielle Clayton and bookstore owner Roxanne Coady talk about the books that have stuck with them.

This episode is sponsored by Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward and The Huntress by Kate Quinn.

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Books Discussed:

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

Passing by Nella Larsen

Don’t Let Me Down by Erin Hosier

My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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In this episode, illustrator Francis Vallejo and romance author Mia Sosa talk about works that have shaped their own craft.

This episode is sponsored by our $100 gift card giveaway for Swords & Spaceships and The Chef by James Patterson.

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Books Discussed:

Zoom by Istvan Banyai

Sula by Toni Morrison

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Today on Recommended, author Waubgeshig Rice and blogger Janssen Bradshaw each talk about a favorite teen novel.

This episode is sponsored by our $100 gift card giveaway for Swords and Spaceships.

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Books Discussed:

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

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In this episode, authors Preeti Chhibber and Sarah Gailey tell us about discovering new favorite novels while judging books by their covers.

This episode is sponsored by The Familiars by Stacey Halls and 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne.

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Books Discussed:

Lilith’s Brood by Octavia Butler

The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

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In this episode, Jane Mount picks The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Oyinkan Braithwaite talks Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

This episode of Recommended is sponsored by We That Are Young By Preti Taneja and Aquicorn Cove, the new graphic novel by Katie O’Neill.

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In this episode, Sam Maggs talks about her love for Becky Chambers’ Record of a Spaceborn Few and Ausma Zehanat Khan discusses the impact of Dune by Frank Herbert on her writing life.

This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Jane Sherron De Hart.

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In this episode, Joseph Fink picks Vacation by Deb Olin Unferth, and Kate Gavino discusses It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini.

This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Jane Sherron De Hart and TBR.

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In this episode, Nicole Chung recommends Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers and Becky Chambers recommends Changing Planes by Ursula K. LeGuin.

This episode of Recommended is sponsored by The Kingfisher Secret from McClelland & Stewart and Penguin Teen.

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