“I think it's actually good for discussion, because you want to see a range of variety of books on these top 10 lists.”
It’s been a great year for books! With best-of-the-year lists rolling out, Gilbert Cruz, Books Editor at the New York Times, sat down with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over, to discuss some favorites of the year, how the top lists are compiled, the joys of recommending books and more.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.
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Featured Books (Episode):
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
North Woods by Daniel Mason
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel
Fire Weather by John Vaillant
Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo
The Wager by David Grann
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis
A Man of Two Faces by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Loot by Tania James
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
This Other Eden by Paul Harding