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We Like Long Books and We Cannot Lie!

July 7, 2021
Episode 35

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We Like Long Books and We Cannot Lie!

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about reading long books.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.

Literally Reading:

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean (Ellie)

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (Traci)

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

Literally Listening: 

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Ellie)

The Martian by Andy Weir

The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian (Traci)

Long Books:

The Stand by Stephen King

11/22/63 by Stephen King

The Dublin Murder Squad by Tana French

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa Sea

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Becoming by Michelle Obama

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwann

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Witch Elm by Tana French

Outlander by Diana Galbaldon

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

What’s Next:

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

Books in this episode:

11/22/63
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Anna Karenina
Becoming
Crazy Rich Asians
East of Eden
Everything I Never Told You
Gone With the Wind
House of Earth and Blood
I Capture the Castle
Lonesome Dove
Outlander
Project Hail Mary
The Alice Network
The Book of Longings
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Dublin Murder Squad
The Four Winds
The Grapes of Wrath
The Hour of the Witch
The Huntress
The Island of Sea Women
The Martian
The Nightingale
The Poisonwood Bible
The Rose Code
The Stand
The Witch Elm
Tokyo Ever After

Authors in this episode:

Alexander Dumas
Andy Weir
Barbara Kingsolver
Celeste Ng
Chris Bohjalian
Diana Galbaldon
Dodie Smith
Emiko Jean
John Steinbeck
Kate Quinn
Kevin Kwann
Kristin Hannah
Larry McMurtry
Leo Tolstoy
Lisa Sea
Margaret Mitchell
Michelle Obama
Sarah J. Maas
Stephen King
Sue Monk Kidd
Tana French

Genres in this episode:

Action & Adventure
Action & Adventure - General
Action & Adventure - Survival Stories
Alternative History
Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Asian American
Classics
Coming of Age
Crime
Cultural
Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black
Fairy Tales; Folk Tales; Legends & Mythology
Family - Parents
Family Life - General
Family Life - Marriage & Divorce
Family Life - Siblings
Fantasy - Action & Adventure
Fantasy - Epic
Fantasy - Historical
Fantasy - Paranormal
Fantasy - Romantic
Fantasy - Urban
Friendship
General
Girls & Women
Historical - Ancient
Historical - Colonial America & Revolution
Historical - General
Historical - World War I
Historical - World War II
Horror - General
Humorous - General
Literary
Media Tie-In - General
Modern - 19th Century
Motivational & Inspirational
Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
People & Places - Asia
People & Places - United States - Asian American
Personal Memoirs
Political
Psychological
Romance - Contemporary
Romance - Fantasy
Romance - General
Romance - Historical - General
Romance - Historical - Victorian
Romance - New Adult
Romance - Paranormal - General
Romance - Romantic Comedy
Romance - Suspense
Romance - Time Travel
Royalty
Russian & Former Soviet Union
Sagas
Science Fiction - Action & Adventure
Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
Science Fiction - General
Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction
Short Stories
Technology
Thrillers - Espionage
Thrillers - General
Thrillers - Psychological
Thrillers - Suspense
War & Military
Westerns - General
Women
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