Avid and casual readers alike will enjoy listening to this annual episode (12th year running!), in which hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Ellison Weist serve up 14 book suggestions. Before switching to the literary conversation around 08:55, Sarah shares why her son’s life is a bit like Tom Lake these days. Sarah shares why her son’s life is a bit like Tom Lake these days. Need more book-talk? Miles of Books is at the end of the episode, and Coach Liz recommends two books about finding balance in a busy life.

Here are the fiction and non-fiction books the hosts dive into: 

James by Percival Everett

Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden

Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor

The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan

Sandwich by Catherine Newman

The Stolen Child by Ann Hood

Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberley McCreight

Chasing Beauty by Natalie Dykstra

The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne

Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson

Shakespeare’s Sisters by Ramie Targoff

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