Season 11, Episode 245 2024 Holiday Book Buying Guide with Bookseller, Sam Miller
The delightful Sam Miller, store manager at Carmichael’s Book Store, comes to save the day. She has, as usual, tons of great new reads that are already on shelves and would make perfect gifts this holiday for the book lovers in your life.
Books Mentioned in this Episode:
1- The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
2- The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
3- Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
4- Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
5- The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya
6- This is Happiness by Niall Williams
7- Time of the Child by Niall Williams
8- Jim the Boy by Tony Early
9- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
10- The Fortnight in September by RC Sherriff
11- The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973 by Clara Bingham
12- Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
13- The Elements of Madame Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel
14- The Universe in Verse by Maria Popov
15- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
16- The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
17- Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Revived Pop Music by Rob Sheffield
18- The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
19- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
20- Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway
21- William by Mason Coile
23- Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison
24- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
25- House of Frank by Kay Synclaire
26- Pride and Prejudice in Space by Alexis Lampley
27- Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
28- From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
29- Cher: The Memoir (Part One) by Cher
30- The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
31- Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
32- The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon
33-Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories by Ann Byrn
34- Kentucky Ya'll: A Celebration of the People and Culture of the Bluegrass by Blair Thomas Hess and Cameron Ludwick
35- The Stackpole Legend by Wendell Berry
36- In Praise of Mystery by Ada Limon, illustrated by Peter Sis
37- Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid
38- A Five Star Read recommended by fellow Book Lover Perin @mjreadsmagic - Sir Callie and the Dragon's Roost by Esme Symes-Smith
39- Gather by Kenneth Cadow
40- The Horse by Willy Vlautin
41- Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon
42- How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery
43- The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
Media mentioned--
1- A Real Pain (2024)
2- Wicked Little Letters (Netflix, 2023)
3- The Lost Daughter (Netflix, 2021)
4- The Return (2024)