Episode 25: Reading Brings Us Joy

Sharjah Sketchbook By Marek Bennett Cover Image
$10.00
ISBN: 9781734386905
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Published: Comics Workshop - May 11th, 2020

Diary comics from a teaching trip to Sharjah International Book Fair, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Cartoonist Marek Bennett exlores the role of images & storytelling in Islam & in secular society, while drawing stories & inspiration from the crowds thronging the largest book fair in the Arab world.


True Grit: 50th Anniversary Edition By Charles Portis, Roy Blount (Introduction by), Jay Jennings (Contributions by) Cover Image
By Charles Portis, Roy Blount (Introduction by), Jay Jennings (Contributions by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781468316407
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Published: The Overlook Press - June 12th, 2018

The landmark anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling classic novel, “an epic and a legend” (The Washington Post)
    
Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America’s most enduring and incomparable literary voices, and his novels have left an indelible mark on the American canon.


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The Return By Rachel Harrison Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593098677
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Published: Berkley - October 6th, 2020

A group of friends reunite after one of them has returned from a mysterious two-year disappearance in this edgy and haunting debut.


Survivor Song: A Novel By Paul Tremblay Cover Image
$27.99
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ISBN: 9780062679161
Published: William Morrow - July 7th, 2020

A propulsive and chillingly prescient novel of suspense and terror from the Bram Stoker award–winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.

“Absolutely riveting.” — Stephen King


The Year of the Witching By Alexis Henderson Cover Image
$26.00
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ISBN: 9780593099605
Published: Ace - July 21st, 2020

A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut.
 


The Once and Future Witches By Alix E. Harrow Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316422048
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Published: Redhook - October 13th, 2020

"A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women. The characters live, bleed, and roar.


The Ten Thousand Doors of January By Alix E. Harrow Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316421973
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Published: Redhook - May 12th, 2020

"A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers, and the doors they lead us through...absolutely enchanting."—Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boys

LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER!


The House in the Cerulean Sea By TJ Klune Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250217288
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Published: Tor Books - March 17th, 2020

A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER!
A 2021 Alex Award winner!
The 2021 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy Winner!
An Indie Next Pick!

One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2020"
One of Book Riot’s “20 Must-Read Feel-Good Fantasies”


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Squeeze Me: A novel By Carl Hiaasen Cover Image
$28.95
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ISBN: 9781524733452
Published: Knopf - August 25th, 2020

“If you could use some wild escapism right now, Hiaasen is your guy.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
 
From the author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl, a hilarious, New York Times best-selling novel of social and political intrigues, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida’s gold coast.


Tourist Season: A Suspense Thriller By Carl Hiaasen Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780399587146
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Published: Berkley - November 1st, 2016

Take a trip to exotic South Florida with this dark, funny book that established Carl Hiaasen as one of the top mystery writers in the game.

The first sign of trouble is a Shriner's fez washed up on a Miami beach. The next is a suitcase containing the almost-legless body of the local chamber of commerce president found floating in a canal...


Ghostwritten (Vintage Contemporaries) By David Mitchell Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780375724503
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Published: Vintage - October 9th, 2001

By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas


Cloud Atlas: A Novel By David Mitchell Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780375507250
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - August 17th, 2004

By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks | Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize


Utopia Avenue: A Novel By David Mitchell Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780812997439
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Published: Random House - July 14th, 2020

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks.


Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money By Zephyr Teachout, Bernie Sanders (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Zephyr Teachout, Bernie Sanders (Foreword by)
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ISBN: 9781250200891
Published: All Points Books - July 28th, 2020

"[We need] a grassroots, bottom-up movement that understands the challenge in front of us, and then organizes against monopoly power in communities across this country. This book is a blueprint for that organizing.


Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents By Isabel Wilkerson Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593230251
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times