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Books Are My People

Find your next great read. Book recommendations, book news and guests, including top authors and other book enthusiasts who discuss what’s happening in the world of books with a focus on frontlist and backlist fiction including literary fiction, suspense, historical, memoir and nonfiction.

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Books Are My People - Episode #21 Apr 20, 2020

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On this episode I discuss The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandell, We Used to be Friends by Amy Spalding and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell
We Used to be Friends by Amy Spalding
The Herd by Andrea Bartz
Other Things Discussed:
Greenlight Bookstore author talks
Politics and Prose author talks

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Books Are My People - Episode #20 Apr 06, 2020

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On this episode I discuss Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman, The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming and other great books!

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Books Discussed:
Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming
Temporary by Hilary Leichter
Other things discussed:
Dolly Parton reads bedtime stories
Little Free Library Guidelines
Ten Virtual Book Clubs

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Books Are My People - Episode #19 Mar 23, 2020

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On this episode I discuss The Holdout by Graham Moore, Things in Jars by Jess Kidd and other great books!

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Books Discussed:
The Holdout by Graham Moore

Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley

A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen

Night Theater by Vikram Paralkar

Other things Mentioned:

Gucci Osteria Mossimo Buttera @mossimobottera?

Universal Films to release movies early

Diesel Bookstore in Los Angeles

Free code camp 450 Ivy League Courses to take online for free

Cincinaati Zoo live video

Sourdough Tim
Walter Mosley reads from The Man In My Basement

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Books Are My People - Episode #18 Mar 09, 2020

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On this episode I discuss Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin, Long, Bright River by Liz Moore and other great books!

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Books Discussed:
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin
A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
Reputation by Sara Shepard
The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak
Long, Bright River by Liz Moore

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Books Are My People - Episode #17 Feb 24, 2020

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On this episode I discuss Weather by Jenny Offill, When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald and other great books!

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Books Discussed:
Weather by Jenny Offill
When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
Three Daughters Of Eve by Elif Shafak
Heathcliff Redux: A Novella and Stories by Lily Tuck
Oksana, Behave! Maria Kuznetsova

The Five Books vying for the Aspen Words Literary Prize:
Patsy, by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli

Lot, by Bryan Washington

Opioid, Indiana, by Brian Allen Carr

The Beekeeper of Aleppo, by Christy Lefteri

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Books Are My People - Episode #16 - Interview with short fiction writer, Colette Sartor Feb 10, 2020

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On this episode, we get a visit from writer, Colette Sartor and discuss her short fiction collection, Once Removed, as well as other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
The Giant Baby by Laurie Foos
The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery Of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton
The Chronology of Water by Lydia Yuknavitch
Other Books Mentioned:
Once Removed by Colette Sartor
The Penguin Book Of Japanese Short Stories by assorted authors
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder
Other Things Mentioned:
American Dirt Controversy Podcast
Colette Sartor on Facebook: colettesartor
Colette Sartor on Twitter: @colettesartor
Colette Sartor on Facebook: Colette Sartor - Author

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Books Are My People - Episode #15 Jan 27, 2020

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On this episode I discuss The Only Woman In The Room by Marie Benedict, The Inventors by Peter Selgin and other great books!

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Books Discussed:
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
The Worst Kind of Want by Liska Jacobs
White Elephant by Trish Harnetiaux
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
The Inventors by Peter Selgin
Click here to the see the top ten library book checkouts of all time from the New York Public Library.

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Books Are My People - Episode #14 Jan 13, 2020

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On this episode I discuss Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok, My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams and other great books!

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Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
The Wall – by John Lanhchester
My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams
The Grace Year by Kim Liggit
Tell The Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams

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Episode #13.5 - BONUS EPISODE! With Ron Clark Dec 30, 2019

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Join my dad and I and a bottle of vodka for some holiday cheer.

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Books Are My People - Episode #13 Dec 16, 2019

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On this episode I go back in time and discuss my favorite books from 2018.

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The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Small Animals: Parenting in the Age Of Fear
Other Books Mentioned:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Hundred Year House by Rebecca Makkai
Music For Wartime: Stories by Rebecca Makkai

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