On this special holiday episode, the staff of The Village Well recommends gifts for 2024! See what we picked out below:
Fiction
American Rapture by CJ Leede
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Nonfiction
The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
Cherished Belonging by Father Greg Boyle
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Hitler in Los Angeles by Steven J. Ross
Kids
Scythe by Neil Shusterman
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
All About U.S. by Jenny Volvoski and Matt Lamothe
The Name of this Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
Gifts
Accidentally Wes Anderson by Amanda and Wally Koval
Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook by Wizards of the Coast
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