When you think about it, we all have a list of books at the ready to recommend. Very often, these are the same books to new people. Today, we've checked our Goodreads lists, Libby Borrowed Smart Tag, and most recent texts with book buds, and we’re ready to share the books we ALWAYS share when someone asks what they should read next.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Marissa’s Titles:

The Transall Saga by Gary Paulson
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
The Food Lab by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden

Joe’s Titles:

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (and From Here to Eternity) by Caitlin Doughty
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
The Diviners by Libba Bray

Jill’s Titles:

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Emma’s Titles:

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Sadie by Courtney Summers
You series by Caroline Kepnes
Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace here.

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