In this episode, Annalee Newitz recommends The Mount by Carol Emshwiller and Jesmyn Ward recommends The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. Baptist. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Spinning by Tillie Walden. To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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In this episode, Celeste Ng recommends The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Tara Clancy recommends The Wanderers by Richard Price. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by: You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com.

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In this episode, Samantha Irby recommends The Mothers by Brit Bennett and Robin Sloan recommends The Parable of The Sower by Octavia Butler. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by: Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary by Martha Brockenbrough To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go here.

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This is a teaser/preview of the first episode of Recommended, Book Riot's new podcast featuring interesting people talking about their favorite books. Episode 1 will be released September 6.   This 12-episode season of Recommended is presented by Fierce Reads.

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