The Team at Books & Books Recommends Their Holiday Picks

On today’s episode, Mitchell’s joined by Books & Books colleagues Cristina Nosti, Gaël LeLamer, and Christina Russell to discuss their favorite books of the year to add to your holiday gift list.

Cristina N.’s picks:

To Be a Man by Nicole Krauss · Cleanness by Garth Greenwell · Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit · World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil · Begin Again by Eddie S. Glaude · Piranesi by Susanna Clarke · Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise by Scott Eyman

Christina R.’s picks:

Nasla’s Dream by Cécile Roumiguière, illustrated by Simone Rea · Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built by Angela Burke Kunkel, illustrated by Paola Escobar · Mythopedia: An Encyclopedia of Mythical Beasts and Their Magical Tales by Good Wives and Warriors · Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse by Chantel Acevedo · Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse · Beach Read by Emily Henry

Gael’s picks:

Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs · The Bear by Andrew Krivak · The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner · Via Negativa by Daniel Hornsby

Mitchell’s picks:

The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980 by Nicholas Griffin
Miami Noir: The Classics edited by Les Standiford · The Last Resort: Jewish South Beach, 1977-1986 by Gary Monroe · When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through edited by Joy Harjo · African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song: A Library of America Anthology edited Kevin Young · Deacon King Kong by James McBride · Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar · His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie · What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era by Carlos Lozada

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This episode of The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan was recorded between North Carolina and Miami. Subscribe now on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you find your podcasts!