Winter is coming, and the cozy book nook is calling. But what should you read? Two local book nerds and Brainerd Public Library advocates Laurel Hall and Sheila DeChantal have you covered with all the best titles they've come across lately. Also learn about the hippest book club in town, Books, Burgers and Brews at Prairie Bay Grill in Baxter.

Read the story about the book club here.

Host/Producer: Chelsey Perkins

Contributors: Laurel Hall, librarian at Brainerd Public Library, and Sheila DeChantal, president of the Friends of the Brainerd Public Library

Book recommendations:

The Kind Worth Killing - Peter Swanson

Turtles All The Way Down - John Green

Will Grayson, Will Grayson - David Levithan and John Green

The Marriage Pact - Michelle Richmond

The Identicals - Elin Hilderbrand

From Here to Eternity - Caitlyn Doty

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood - Trevor Noah

The Last Mrs. Parrish - Liv Constantine

It Devours - Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink

The Round House - Louise Erdrich

The Girl with Seven Names - Hyeonseo Lee

Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas

The Good Lord Bird - James McBride

Before the Fall - Noah Hawley

Recommended audio books:

Beartown - Fredrik Backman

Never Let You Go - Chevy Stevens

Ready Player One - Ernest Cline

Will Grayson, Will Grayson - David Levithan and John Green

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town - Jon Krakauer

You - Caroline Kepnes

Hidden Bodies - Caroline Kepnes

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