Recommended
Recommended is a podcast featuring interesting people talking about their favorite books.
Episodes
November 14, 2019 • 3 mins
In this bonus episode of Recommended, producer Jenn Northington takes us through the numbers of the past five seasons.
BOOKS & AUTHORS DISCUSSED
Samantha Irby
Jeanette Winterson
Ursula Le Guin (Changing Planes, The Left Hand of Darkness)
Terry Pratchett (Small Gods)
Sarah Waters (Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith)
Dominick Dunne (People Like Us, An Inconvenient Woman)
Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre, Villette)
Octavia Butler (Wild Seed, ...
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November 13, 2019 • 22 mins
In this episode, Wendy Xu recommends Claudia Gray and Tommy Pico recommends A.R. Ammons.
This episode is sponsored by Lanternfish Press and HMH.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker
Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray
Lost Stars by Cl...
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November 6, 2019 • 22 mins
In this episode, Jeanette Winterson recommends Virginia Woolf and Nafiza Azad recommends Shailja Patel.
This episode is sponsored by Lerner Books and Wednesday Books.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The ...
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October 30, 2019 • 23 mins
In this episode, Garth Nix recommends Alexandre Dumas and Silvia Moreno-Garcia recommends Charles Williams.
This episode is sponsored by OwlCrate Jr, a subscription box for middle grade readers, and Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu, with Fierce Reads.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
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October 23, 2019 • 19 mins
In this episode, Jami Attenberg recommends Patti Smith and Valerie Valdes recommends Diana Wynne Jones.
This episode is sponsored by The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz, new from Algonquin Young Readers, and William Morrow Paperbacks.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
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October 16, 2019 • 23 mins
In this episode, Sonali Dev recommends Kate Clayborn and Maris Kreizman recommends Dominick Dunne.
This episode is sponsored by Tor Teen and Change is the only Constant by Ben Orlin, in Hardcover from Black Dog and Leventhal.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Pride, ...
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October 9, 2019 • 21 mins
In this episode, Kristen Lepionka recommends Carol Anshaw and Kekla Magoon recommends Pamela F. Service.
This episode is sponsored by Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke and By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery.
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October 2, 2019 • 27 mins
Alexis Hall recommends Terry Pratchett, Maika Moulite recommends Elizabeth Acevedo, and Maritza Moulite recommends Maria Semple.
This episode is sponsored by The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger and Motherhood So White by Nefertiti Austin.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
BOOKS DISCUS...
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September 25, 2019 • 22 mins
In this episode, Jackson Bird recommends Stephen Chbosky and Kim Scott recommends Elizabeth Knox.
This episode is sponsored by The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz and The Infinite Noise by Lauran Shippen.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Sorted by Jacks...
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September 18, 2019 • 20 mins
In this episode, Jen Wang recommends Wilson Rawls and Courtney Maum recommends Aja Gabel.
This episode is sponsored by Pretty Guilty Women by Gina Lamanna and The Years That Matter Most by Paul Tough.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
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September 11, 2019 • 21 mins
In this episode, Tamsyn Muir recommends Peter Høeg and Keah Brown recommends Casey McQuiston.
This episode is sponsored by The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos and Yale Needs Women by Anne Gardiner Perkins.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
M...
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September 4, 2019 • 19 mins
In this episode, Samantha Allen recommends Ursula K. Le Guin and Lauren Wilkinson recommends Nicholas Mancusi.
This episode is sponsored by Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman and Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
BOOKS DISCUSSED:
Re...
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August 28, 2019 • 22 mins
In this episode, Nicole Dennis-Benn and Dr. Jen Gunter each recommend a personal favorite read.
This episode is sponsored by The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett and Circe by Madeline Miller.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
BOOKS
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Here Comes the Sun ...
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April 24, 2019 • 22 mins
In this episode, Nicky Drayden and Helen Ellis talk about books that captured their attention in big ways.
This episode is sponsored by William Shakespeare’s Get Thee Back to the Future! and William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher.
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April 17, 2019 • 20 mins
In this episode, Lori Gottlieb and Nikesh Shukla join us to talk about books that have shaped their own craft.
This episode is sponsored by The Five by Hallie Rubenhold and The Fall of Crazy House by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet.
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April 10, 2019 • 19 mins
In this episode, Elizabeth McCracken and Rincey Abraham talk about favorites that are hard to categorize.
This episode is sponsored by In the Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen and Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn.
You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.
A transcript of this episode is available here.
Books Discussed:
Bow...
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April 3, 2019 • 18 mins
In this episode, Swati Teerdhala recommends Alanna: The First Adventure and Mary Norris recommends The War That Killed Achilles.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
Books Discussed:
The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala
Al...
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March 27, 2019 • 20 mins
In this episode, Jean Kwok and Sarah Enni talk about books that have influenced their own writing.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
Books Discussed:
Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwo...
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March 20, 2019 • 20 mins
In this episode, Laurie Halse Anderson and Mikki Kendall talk about books that have shaped how they write.
This episode is sponsored by Internment by Samira Ahmed and TheNOVL, and The Fifth Doctrine by Karen Robards.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
Books Discussed:
SHOU...
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March 13, 2019 • 22 mins
In this episode, G. Willow Wilson and Zen Cho talk about two of their favorite unreliable narrators.
This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and CHENDELL: A Natural Warrior by Leslie Landis.
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A transcript of this episode is available here.
Books Discussed:
The Bird King by G. Willow Wils...
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