Sarah and Ellison “Book Bully” Weist get cozy and delve into a discussion of their favorite new—and upcoming—books. The books they recommend and are looking forward to, plus one suggested by producer Alex Ward are:
Boom Town: the Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City by Sam Anderson
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know about Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
The conversation turns from letter-writing to books at 13:21.
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