Whether you’re a library reader, a used bookstore connoisseur, or just buy books faster than you read ‘em, this episode is for you! We’re chatting about the backlist books (AKA books released over 1 year ago) on our TBR.
Olivia’s List
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin (2020)
Godshot by Chelsea Bieker (2020)
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (2018)
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (1993)
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1998)
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy (2020)
Ghosts by Dolly Alderton (2020)
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (2019)
Becca’s List
Greenlights by Matthew McConaghey (2020)
Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiney (2021)
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (2020)
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (2001)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020)
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)
Happy All The Time by Laurie Colwin (1978)
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (1956)
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (2008)
Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand (2019) or Summer People (2003)
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors (2022)
Listener Reccomendations
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (2018)
The Country Club Murders (Book 1 The Deep End by Julie Mulhern)
The Cave Dwellers by Christina McDowell
Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McCallister
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas
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