Episode description
Episode description
We are reflecting on a year of reading by tallying up the books that we just can’t stop thinking about. Two professional readers – Miwa Messer, host of Barnes & Noble’s book podcast Poured Over, and Andrew Limbong, host of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast – join us to share their best of the year lists.Here are the books mentioned in the episode. For pictures, links and more details, head to our website!
Andrew’s picks:
‘Landscapes’ by Christine Lai
‘Poverty by America’ by Matthew Desmond
‘Roaming’ by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
‘Ringmaster’ by Abraham Josephine Riesman
Miwa’s picks:
‘Loot’ by Tania James
‘Ordinary Notes’ by Christina Sharpe
‘Open Throat’ by Henry Hoke
‘Chain Gang All-Stars’ by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Greta’s picks:
‘The Vaster Wilds’ by Lauren Groff
‘The Country of the Blind’ by Andrew Leland
‘The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi’ by Shannon Chakraborty
‘Same Bed Different Dreams’ by Ed Park
Listener picks:
‘The Fragile Threads of Power’ by V.E. Schwab
‘Shrines of Gaiety’ by Kate Atkinson
‘Land of Milk and Honey’ by C Pam Zhang
‘In the Lives of Puppets’ by TJ Klune
‘Monsters’ by Claire Dederer
‘Black River Orchard’ by Chuck Wendig