In today's short Roxanne sits down with The Book Maven Bethanne Patrick. She is a podcaster, author, and book critic for the LA times, The Washington Post, NPR, and Lit Hub. Bethanne's book Life B: Overcoming Double Depression Listen to Bethanne's podcast Missing Pages Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com

Roxanne Coady talks with Gretchen Morgenson author of These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America Pulitzer Prize­­­–winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson investigate the insidious world of private equity and reveal how it puts our entire economy and us at risk. Buy the book from RJ Julia How Private Equity Runs and Wrecks America - Gretchen Morgenson Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com

A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about some new books. Buy the books from RJ Julia Possession - A. S. Byatt Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown My Name is Barbra - Barbra Streisand Democracy Awakening - Heather Cox Richardson Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism - Rachel Maddow Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com

Hear from the booksellers themselves as RJ Julia Bookseller staff Lori Fazio and Andrew Brennan join Roxanne Coady to explore the best books to give as gifts to the readers in your life.   2023 RJ Julia Holiday Book Selection Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com

Gilbert Cruz editor of the New York Times Book Review talks about the Top 10 books of 2023 and how they get on the list. Buy the NYT top 10 bestsellers books from RJ Julia The Bee Sting - Paul Murray Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Eastbound - Maylis De Kerangal The Fraud - Zadie Smith North Woods - Daniel Mason The Best Minds - Jonathan Rosen Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs - Kerry Howley Fire Weather - John Vaillant Master Slave Husband Wife - Ilyon Woo Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com

Roxanne Coady talks with Heather Cox Richardson the bestselling author of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America    Historian and author of the newsletter Letters From An American explores the roots and complexities of American democracy, the challenges we face in the present, and the potential paths forward. Buy the book from RJ Julia Democracy Awakening - Heather Cox Richardson Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com

A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about some new books that can help keep you distracted with all that's going on in the world. Buy the books from RJ Julia Signal Fires - Dani Shapiro Edith Holler - Edward Carey Heaven and Earth Grocery Store - James McBride I Must Be Dreaming - Roz Chast Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com

Roxanne Coady talks with Cassidy Hutchinson about her new book Enough. Cassidy’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington. Buy the book from RJ Julia Enough - Cassidy Hutchinson Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com

A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about new books that are educating about the facts about the crisis in the Middle East. For a complete list of books the RJ Julia recommends you can go to rjjulia.com/podcast. Buy the books from RJ Julia A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East - David Fromkin A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy - Nathan Thrall The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood - Rashid Khalidi Daniel Deronda - George Eliot Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com

Roxanne Coady talks with John Sargent about his many adventures in book publishing at a time when the industry met many challenges and some of the authors and other characters he worked with along the way. Buy the book from RJ Julia Turning Pages: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Publisher - John Sargent Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com