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How We Choose Our Book Club Books Featuring… Our Book Club!

August 24, 2022
Episode 67

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How We Choose Our Book Club Books Featuring… Our Book Club!

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting with our in real life book club!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.

Literally Reading:

The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian (Traci)

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (Ellie)

Open the Book:

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

Bewilderment by Richard Powers

Sansei and Sensibility by Karen Tei Yamashita

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Books in this episode:

Authors in this episode:

Genres in this episode:

Action & Adventure
Action & Adventure - General
African American - General
African American - Historical
Animals
Asian American
Biographical - United States
Christian - General
Classics
Comics & Graphic Novels - Action & Adventure
Comics & Graphic Novels - Coming of Age
Coming of Age
Crime
Crime & Mystery
Cultural Heritage
Dystopian
European - English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh
Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General
Family - General
Family - General (see also headings under Social Themes)
Family - Multigenerational
Family - Siblings
Family Life - General
Family Life - Siblings
Fantasy - Historical
Feminist
Friendship
General
Girls & Women
Historical - Civil War Era
Historical - General
Historical - United States - 19th Century
Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Historical - United States - General
Holidays - Christmas & Advent
Humorous - General
Library & Information Science - General
Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life
Literary
Love & Romance
Magical Realism
Media Tie-In
Media Tie-In - General
Mysteries; Espionage & Detective Stories
Mystery & Detective - Cozy - Cats & Dogs
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Nature & the Environment
People & Places - United States
Political
Psychological
Romance - Collections & Anthologies
Romance - Contemporary
Romance - General
Romance - Multicultural & Interracial
Romance - Romantic Comedy
Romance - Suspense
Sagas
Science Fiction - Action & Adventure
Science Fiction - General
Science Fiction - Time Travel
Short Stories (single author)
Social History
Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming of Age
Social Themes - Dating & Sex
Social Themes - Friendship
Social Themes - Values & Virtues
Thrillers - General
Thrillers - Historical
Thrillers - Psychological
Thrillers - Suspense
United States - 20th Century
United States - State & Local - West
Women
World Literature - England - 20th Century