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Gaming, memoirs, and weathering storms with special guest Christine Martin-Resoko from CADL Mason. Cheryl’s Books:   Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy  The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende  Mentioned:  The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy  The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy  The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus  Eva Luna by Isabel Allende  Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco  Jessica’s Books:   Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines  The Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound: A Memoir by Raymond Antrobus  Ew, It’s Beautiful: A False Knees Comic Collection by Joshua Barkman  Mentioned:  The Peacekeeper by B. L. Blanchard  Kitemaster by Jim C. Hines  False Knees: An Illustrated Guide to Animal Behavior by Joshua Barkman  Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson  Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay  Mari’s Books:   The Interpreter by Olivia Abtahi  Island Storm by Brian Floca  Thunderland by Maggie Edkins Willis  Another by Paul Tremblay  Christine’s Books:  Nations & Cannons: A Revolutionary Campaign Setting for 5e  Coyote & Crow: Core Rule Book by Connor Alexander et al.   House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune  Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune  Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy 

Blue Spaces, Green Spaces, and the State of Publishing with special guest Elisha Miranda from the Lansing Libraries.  Cheryl’s Books:      A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst  Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship by Dana A. Williams  Mentioned:  Barack Obama Releases Summer Reading List | Kirkus Reviews (link is in article)  2025 Summer Reads - LSJ | Capital Area District Libraries  The Owl Diaries (series) by Rebecca Elliott  Jessica’s Books:     Nature and the Mind: The Science of How Nature Improves Cognitive, Physical, and Social Well-Being by Marc G. Berman   The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar  Mentioned:  One Grand Read Official Site  Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper (Ep. 5 and Ep.20, Cheryl's take in RR Ep. 82)  Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation by Tiya Miles (Ep. 3)  Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T. Dungy  (RR Ep. 74)  Holes by Louis Sachar   Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar  Mari’s Books:     Tall Water by SJ Sindu  Chapter Books:  Willow’s Woods series by Suzanne Selfors Hut! Hut! Hike! by Andrew Maraniss Pet Sitter (Miles Lewis series) by Kelly Starling Lyons Arco’s Little House by Jess Fogel (Actually closer to a picture book) Shuri Takes Control (Marvel After-School Heroes) by Terrance Crawford  Mentioned:  Branches Chapter Books by Scholastic Inc. Check out our 100 Books Under 100ish Pages list for new, independent readers  Elisha’s Books:  Kaya of the Ocean by Gloria L. Huang  Bhai for Now by Maleeha Siddiqui  Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay (Mari’s take, Ep. 10) 

We talk One Grand Read, birding, murder mysteries, and stillness. Cheryl’s Books:     The Yield by Tara June Winch The Place of Tides by James Rebanks Braided Heritage:  Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine by Jessica B. Harris Mentioned: Small Island by Andrea Levy Small Island film (available from MELCAT) The Shepherd’s Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape and Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey by James Rebanks Tokyo Story film Books by Jessica. B. Harris (including High on the Hog) Jessica’s Books:    A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant Slow Birding: The Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard by Joan E. Strassman  Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz Mentioned: Birding to Change the World by Trish O’Kane Mari’s Books:    Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson Safe Harbor by Padma Venkatraman Hiding in Plain Sight: Kate Warne and the Race to Save Abraham Lincoln by Beth Anderson One Grand Read Official Site  Our Lists on the CADL catalog homepage   Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper Urban Owls: How Flaco and Friends Made the City Their Home by Christian Cooper Library of Things Bird Watching Kit  Birds Raising Readers Backpack Birding for Babies (series) by Chloe Goodhart

A wide range of titles with special guest and CADL staff member, Mark Neese.  Cheryl’s Books:     The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife by Nancy Lawson (ebook) A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators: Creating Habitat in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Midwest by Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla For a Girl Becoming by Joy Harjo Mentioned: Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan by Lynn M. Steiner Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies - Lower Midwest by Jaret C. Daniels The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Girl Warrior by Joy Harjo (October 2025 release – not in system for holds yet) Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival by Stephen Greenblatt On Being with Krista Tippet podcast interview with Mary Oliver:  “I Got Saved by the Beauty of The World”  https://onbeing.org/programs/mary-oliver-i-got-saved-by-the-beauty-of-the-world/ Jessica’s Books:    The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs by José Andrés  Mentioned: Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden by Camille Dungey Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Broadchurch (created by Chris Chibnall) True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchan Whitmer Mari’s Books:    The Burning Season by Caroline Starr Rose Tyger by S. F. Said The Crow Trilogy:  The Outlaw by Nancy Vo, The Ranger by Nancy Vo, The Runaway by Nancy Vo Mentioned:  Headstrong Hellie: The Story of Hallie Morse Daggett the First Female “Fire Guard” by Aimée Bissonette Mark N.’s Books:    Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit by Tom Stanton  On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer by Rick Steves The Name of This Band is REM: A Biography by Peter Ames Carlin  The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt Mentioned:  Books by Tom Stanton Books by Peter Ames Carlin On the Nature of Things by Lucretius (ebook)

Book Bound Episode 18: Pride, audiobooks, and representation matters (read both ways). Cheryl’s Books:     On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters by Bonnnie Tsui My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear Mentioned: Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers Books by or including information about Gyo Fujikawa Books written and illustrated by Julie Morstad Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets by Kyo Maclear Jessica’s Books:    The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Process For an Inspired Life by Suleika Jaouad The Café with No Name by Robert Seethaler The Lilac People by Milo Todd Mentioned: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Women’s Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin by Daniel Brook Mari’s Books:    At Last She Stood How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly Are You a Friend of Dorothy? The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped by Kyle Lukoff You and me, Anemone : a story about friendship and personal space by Rachel Vail  Oasis by Guojing Mentioned:  I’m Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff The House That Floated by Guojing (September 2025 Release)  Our Producer, Rissa’s Books:    Mentioned:  The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt

Our hosts talk summer reading and books with Kate Newcombe - CADL's Youth Services Specialist. Cheryl’s Books:     My Friends: A Novel by Hisham Matar Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton Mentioned: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald Jessica’s Books:    Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis Mentioned:  My Presentation Today is About the Anaconda by Bibi Dumon Tak Mari’s Books:    I’m Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff The House on the Canal: The Story of the House that Hid Anne Frank by Thomas Harding Chickenpox by Remy Lai Mentioned:  The House by the Lake by Thomas Harding Kate’s Books:    Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood by Isabel F. Campoy Dog’s Colorful Day: A Messy Story about Colors and Counting by Emma Dodd Chasing Vermeer series by Blue Balliett

Histories, memoir, historical fiction, Richard Scarry…. and serial killers? Cheryl’s Books:    Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange by Katie Goh Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford Mentioned: Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh The Digging-est Dog by Al Perkins (can be found in collection) Summer Pony by Jean Slaughter Doty Keeping Barney by Jessie Haas Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Jessica’s Books:   The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue The Black Utopians by Aaron Robertson Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green Links:  Michigan Notables: https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/public/mnb Foster Event: https://www.cadl.org/event/14379951 Mentioned: Best Word Book Ever—Richard Scarry Mari’s Books:    The Pecan Sheller by Lupe Ruiz-Flores Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen by James Robinson Watch his award-winning short film: https://www.whaleeyes.org/watch The Couch in the Yard by Kate Hoefler Mentioned:  Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret by Judy Blume Our Producer, Rissa’s Books:    Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath Big Kids by Michael DeForge Mentioned:  Skippyjon Jones books by Judith Schachner The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka Junie B. Jones books by Barbara Park Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Some of books mentioned in response to CADL’s Facebook question “What story began your love of reading?”: The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin Books by Madeleine L’Engle The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve The Valley of the Dolls by Jacquelinn Susann (available through MELCAT)

Summary: Women’s history, women’s voices… and murder ballads? Cheryl’s Books:    A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma by Noreen Masud How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty by Bonny Reichert The New Yorker – Sisterhood:  The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row by Lawrence Wright (Issue: February 17 & 24, 2025 – pg. 110) Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood Mentioned:  Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright  Jessica’s Books:   Without Children:  The Long History of Not Being a Mother by Peggy O'Donnell Heffington  Lone Women by Victor LaValle  The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar Mentioned: “Live Oak” on Southeastern by Jason Isbell Mari’s Books:    Catwings series by Ursula K. Le Guin My Presentation Today is About The Anaconda by Bibi Dumon Tak Seeds of Discovery : How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize by Lori Alexander

Jessica, Mari, and Cheryl talk about reading during complicated times, ALA book award season, and book purchasing.   Cheryl’s Books:    American Primitive: Poems by Mary Oliver They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us:  Essays by Hanif Abdurraqib Mentioned: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 edited by Bill McKibben A Rose, A Bridge and a Wild Black Horse by Charlotte Zolotow Mentioned: A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib Books by Bill McKibben Books by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Hope and Joy book list Jessica’s Books:   Women’s Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery Waiting For the Long Night Moon: Stories by Amanda Peters Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin Mentioned: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction: https://www.ala.org/carnegie-medals/2025-winners Mari’s Books:    Will’s Race for Home: A Western by Jewell Parker Rhodes 2025 Mildred L. Batchelder Award: John the Skeleton by Triinu Laan For a complete list of ALA’s 2025 Youth Media Awards visit: https://tinyurl.com/37ncj3c9 Tangleroot by Kalela Williams

Holiday reading round up, series picks, and more. Cheryl’s Books:    Sustainable Wardrobe: Advice and Projects for Eco-Friendly Fashion by Sophie Benson Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future by Oliver Franklin-Wallis A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter Tove and the Island with No Address by Lauren Soloy The Summer Book and other books by Tove Jansson Jessica’s Books:   I Heard There Was A Secret Chord: Music as Medicine by Daniel J. Levitin The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman by Callum Robinson Mentioned: Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks—Marcia Bjornerud Eve Dallas series by JD Robb, first book: Naked in Death Guild Hunter Series by Nalini Singh, first book: Angel’s Blood Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire, first book: Every Heart a Doorway, latest Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear Mari’s Books:    Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice by Kari Lavelle These Deadly Prophecies by Andrea Tang The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac Blum Mentioned: Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger Wings of Fire by Tui Sutherland  Dragon Girls by Maddy Mara Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott Magic Tree House Original Series by Mary Pope Osborne Series Mentioned:   Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files Louise Penny’s Inspector Armand Gamache Mysteries (Three Pines Mysteries) Diana Gabaldon Outlander Novels Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe Series Looking for more books to read?  Here is the first selection of titles suggested by CADL Staff members at our annual in-service: Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado True Gretch: What I've learned Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchen Whitmer

Year end, Best ofs, and ultimately… read what you want!  Cheryl’s Books:   Vanishing Creatures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell Still Life with Remorse: Family Stories by Maira Kalman James by Percival Everett The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer In Praise of Mystery by Ada Limón and illustrated by Peter Sís Mentioned:    To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf  And books by: Katherine Rundell Maira Kalman Percival Everett Robin Wall Kimmerer Ada Limón   Jessica’s Books:   The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap  Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar  Exactly as Planned by Tao Nyeu  Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! by TJ Klune  Mentioned: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune Mari’s Books: The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion by Anne Bausum  Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi Gold Rush: The Untold Story of the First Nations Woman Who Started the Klondike Gold Rush by Flora Delargy  CADL Staff Best Books of 2024 Lists: Catalog Home | Capital Area District Libraries  A selection of titles from CADL Facebook page followers about their favorite books of 2024 (that aren’t included already in the lists above):  The Wedding People by Allison Espach Burn by Peter Heller Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk Annihilation by Michel Houllebecq The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James First Frost and Tooth and Claw by Craig Johnson Zhou Enlai: A Life by Chen Jian Selling the Dream: The Billion Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans by Jane Marie Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley All Fours by Miranda July The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates 

A cornucopia of wide-ranging titles celebrating discovery, family and food. Cheryl’s Books:   I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger Keep It Zesty:  A Celebration of Lebanese Flavors and Culture from Edy’s Grocer by Edy Massih Baking in the American South:  200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories by Anne Byrn  A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune by Noliwe Rooks Mentioned: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger The Cake Mix Doctor by Anne Byrn (available through MelCat catalog) Jessica’s Books:   The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha  taqwšeblu LaPointe The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sarah Raasch Mentioned: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqwšeblu LaPointe Home is Where the Eggs Are: Farmhouse Food for the People You Love and Molly on the Range by Molly Yeh Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Longlists: https://www.ala.org/carnegie-medals/2025-winners  Mari’s Books:   Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker by Holly Thompson Find Her by Ginger Reno If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie Next Level: A Hymn in Gratitude for Our Neurodiversity by Samara Cole Doyon Mentioned:  The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker’s Reflections by George Nakashima (available through the MelCat catalog) Wind River (2017) Rissa’s Book: Let’s Eat: 101 Recipes to Fill Your Heart & Home by Dan Pelosi Mentioned: CADL Local History Obsoleat Zine CADL Local History Mailing List A selection of titles from October’s Facebook question about cookbooks:  Betty Crocker Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today by Betty Crocker More Betty Crocker Cookbooks  The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer The New Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen America’s Test Kitchen Cookbooks Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by Jenji Lopez-Alt Baking Yesteryear:  The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s by B. Dylan Hollis Treasures of the Mexican Table: Classic Recipes, Local Secrets by Pati Jinich Twelve Months of Monastery Soups by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette (available through the MelCat catalog) 

Mari, Jessica, and Cheryl discuss books on travel, messy times, and a few scary reads as autumn begins.   Cheryl’s Books:  The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd The Waters:  A Novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell The Waters book trailer Catalina:  A Novel by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir by Kelly Bishop Mentioned: The Book of Pintxos: Discover the Legendary Small Bites of Basque Country by Marti Buckley Jessica’s Books:  The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle by Clare Hunter Mentioned:  Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune All She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles Black Homesteaders—Stories and history collected by the National Park Service. Mari’s Books:  One Big Open Sky by Lesa Ransome-Cline Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay No More Señora Mimí by Meg Medina Mentioned:  The Strangers by Jon Bilbao Electrodomésticos: Stories by Moira McCavana Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay Small Spaces by Katherine Arden Rissa’s Books: Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White Coraline by Neil Gaiman Highlights from our Facebook Question: Back on Friday the 13th we asked about spooky stories and since Halloween is coming up we thought we’d share some of your picks. The Shining, Black House (with Peter Straub)—Stephen King in general Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Fisherman by John Langan Ghost Road Blues by Johnathan Mayberry Learn more about the books discussed here.

Mari, Jessica, and Cheryl are back to discuss what they've been reading as summer comes to a close. School reading, nostalgia, slowing down and Hispanic Heritage Month with our producers Cassidy and Rissa. Cheryl’s Books:  Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction by Gabrielle Moss Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya The Volcano Daughters:  A Novel by Gina Maria Balibrera Mentioned: Francine Pascal Christopher Pike R.L. Stine The Girls of Canby Hall (available from MELCAT) Sweet Valley Twins Graphic Novels National Hispanic Heritage Month  Isabel Allende Jessica’s Books:   Hampton Heights: One Harrowing Night in the Most Haunted Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Dan Kois The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki Mentioned:  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. What You Are Looking For is at the Library by Michiko Aoyama We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida  The Healing Season of Pottery by Yeon Somin (10/22 release) Mari’s Books:  How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi Mentioned: The Tea Party in the Woods by Akiko Miyakoshi Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes Rissa’s Book: The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt  Highlights from our Facebook Question: What was the best book you read in K-12? Hatchet by Gary Paulsen The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett Judy Blume Beverly Cleary 

Summary: Microhistory, finding self, and summer adventures. Cheryl’s Books Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley Amrikan: 125 Recipes from the Indian American Diaspora by Khushbu Shah Welcome to Glorious Tuga: A Novel by Francesca Segal Mentioned: Gastropod podcast Jessica’s Books The Pairing by Casey McQuiston Unexploded Remnants by Elaine Gallagher My Black Country by Alice Randall Mentioned: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall Mari’s Books Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granillo Where Wolves Don’t Die by Anton Treuer Mentioned On the Trapline by Davidson A. Roberton