Ep. #84 -- TV shows with book tie ins

If you like Gilmore Girls:

• Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham 
• Eat Like a Gilmore
• Wild by Cheryl Strayed
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying up by Marie Kondo

If you like (guilty pleasure) reality shows:

• I Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain by Courtney Robertson (trashy tell-all from former Bachelor contestant)
• Andy Cohen’s books (dishes about Real Housewives)
• Life on the Ramona Coaster by Ramona Singer
• Turning The Tables by Teresa Guidici
• You've Got To Get Bigger Dreams by Alan Cumming
• A Shore Thing by Snooki
• Troublemaker by Leah Remini
• Books for fans of Bones
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Series)

If you like HGTV:  

• The Magnolia Story by Chip & Joanna Gaines (It’s written by the stars of my fave HGTV show, Fixer Upper)
• Dream Home by Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott (Property Brothers)
• Young House Love by John and Sherry Petersik (not on HGTV but if you like home design and some DIY projects and books written by duos, good readalike option)
• EveryDayCook by Alton Brown
• Michael Symon's 5 in 5 by Michael Symon

 

If you like gossip about behind the scenes drama on TV shows:

• Sorry Not Sorry by Naya Rivera (tell-all by an actress who was on Glee)
• Live from New York (behind the scenes through the history of SNL)
• The War for Late Night by Bill Carter (about the drama that happened with Leno, Letterman, and Conan O’Brien)
• Those guys have all the fun (behind the scenes of ESPN)
• Slimed! An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age

 

The Parks and Rec recs…

• Paddle Your Own Canoe and Gumption by Nick Offerman 
• Yes Please by Amy Poehler
• Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
• Stories I only tell my friends by Rob Lowe

 

And here's a big list of books becoming TV shows in 2017!

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