For Ep. 173, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) joins me as we circle back to one of our favorite topics — niching down our reading into micro genres! In this special Circle Back, we revisit some previously shared micro genres from our two past Micro Genres We Love episodes and introduce two additional micro genres from a Patreon bonus episode not yet heard on the big show! We give examples that define each micro genre for us and share new books we’ve read that fit into these niches. Plus, we share books for that DIDN’T work for us. This episode is full of over 100 books for you to add to your TBR!

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Romances That Deal With Fame [4:04 ]

Sarah’s Additions

• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan | Amazon | Bookshop.org [4:53 ]
• Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner | Amazon | Bookshop.org [5:14 ]

Other Books Mentioned

• Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld [4:31 ]
• Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston [4:34 ]
• You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi [6:01 ]
• Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura (July 9) [6:37 ]

Frenzied but Favorable Family Dynamics [7:43 ]

Sarah’s Additions

• Mercury by Amy Jo Burns | Amazon | Bookshop.org [11:21 ]
• Banyan Moon by Thao Thai | Amazon | Bookshop.org [11:37 ]
• The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:44 ]
• Something Wild by Hanna Halperin | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [11:59 ]

Susie’s Additions

• Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo | Amazon | Bookshop.org [8:19 ]
• Sandwich by Catherine Newman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [8:46 ]
• Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [9:31 ]
• Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro | Amazon | Bookshop.org [9:40 ]
• The Things We Didn’t Know by Elba Iris Pérez | Amazon | Bookshop.org [9:42 ]
• Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp | Amazon | Bookshop.org [9:50 ]

Other Books Mentioned

• The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo [8:12 ]
• Happiness Falls by Angie Kim [10:35 ]
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray [12:17 ]
• You Only Call When You’re in Trouble by Stephen McCauley [12:35 ]

Novels about the Dynamics of the Creative Process [12:53 ]

Sarah’s Addition

• Margo’s Got Money Trouble by Rufi Thorpe | Amazon | Bookshop.org [13:49 ]

Susie’s Addition

• The Art Thief by Michael Finkel | Amazon | Bookshop.org [14:24 ]

Other Books Mentioned

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin [13:16 ]
• The Ensemble by Aja Gabel [13:23 ]

Hell No! Women’s Stories [15:16 ]

Susie’s Additions

• The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff | Amazon | Bookshop.org [16:05 ]
• Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane | Amazon | Bookshop.org [16:49 ]
• Margo’s Got Money Trouble by Rufi Thorpe | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:10 ]
• Go As a River by Shelley Read | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:34 ]
• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:37 ]
• Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:51 ]

Other Books Mentioned

• Circe by Madeline Miller [15:51 ]
• The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir [15:55 ]

Intense, (Sometimes) F-ed Up Love Stories, that Most Definitely Are Not Romances [18:10 ]

Sarah’s Additions

• Talking at Night by Claire Daverley | Amazon | Bookshop.org [19:04 ]
• Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [19:17 ]
• Leaving by Roxana Robinson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [19:29 ]

Susie’s Addition

• How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica |