S10:Ep205 - 2023 Year in Review - 1/17/24

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Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Paddling North by Audrey Sutherland (Rec by Ritu Mukerji)

2- Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann (Rec by Anna Pitoniak)

3- The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Rec by Anna Pitoniak)

4- Working by Robert Caro (Rec by Rachel M. Harper)

5- The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Rec by Mel Joulwan of Strong Sense of Place Podcast)

6- A Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel (Rec by David Humphries of Strong Sense of Place Podcast)

7- The Gilded Page by Mary Wellesley (Rec by Kristine Eckart of Gilmore Book Club)

8- Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs (Rec by Kristine Eckart of Gilmore Book Club)

9- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett (Rec by Kika Hatzapoulou)

10- All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby (Rec by Katrina Kittle)

11- Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (Rec by Katrina Kittle)

12- Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Century by Dana Stephens (Rec by Mick Sullivan of The Past and The Curious Podcast)

13- River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit (Rec by Mick Sullivan of The Past and the Curious Podcast)

14- If We Were Villains by ML Rio (Rec by Katrina Monroe)

15- The Wanderers by Meg Howrey (Rec by Lydia Welker of the Appalachian Prison Book Project)

16- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Rec by Kelsey Madges, middle school librarian)

Carrie's Favorite Books of the Year

1- The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

2- Atomic Family by Ciera Horton McElroy

3- Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan

4- Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith

5- We All Wants Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

Amy's Favorite Books of the Year

1- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

2- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

3- Martin Marten by Brian Doyle

4- Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year by Arwen Donahue

5- The Keeper by Kelcey Ervick

6- Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Other Recommendations:

1- American Murderer by Gail Jarrow

2- Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and 500 Miles Across Spain by Andrew McCarthy

3- These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

4- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

5- Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

6- The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

7- Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby

8- Wool by Hugh Howey (and the TV adaptation on Apple + called Silo)

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