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Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener requests for recommendations for moms, dads, grads (and themselves).

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Books and Authors discussed in this episode:

Shop Class as Soul Craft

Flight: The Complete History of Aviation

The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

How to Build a Car by A. Newey

World of Wonders

In the Dream House

How to Do Nothing

The Night Tiger

The Book of Delights

Rich and Pretty

Bring Your Baggage and Don’t Pack Light

Friends & Strangers

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

Summer of Jordi Perez

The Wedding Date

Malibu Rising

The Barbarian Nurseries by Hector Tobar

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Notes on a Nervous Planet

See No Stranger

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series

The Thursday Murder Club

While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Wild Women and the Blues

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia

The House of Spirits by Isabelle Allende

Susan Gregg Gilmore

Megan Mayhew Bergman

Jesmyn Ward

The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang

 Now My Heart is Full by Laura June

Lexicon by Max Barry

The Gilded Wolves

Finding Meaning

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

Blue Nights by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Emperor of All Maladies

Who Ate the First Oyster?

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

The Group

In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

Trace by Lauret E. Savoy

Earth Keeper by N Scott Momaday

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Your House Will Pay

When No One is Watching

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Klara & the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener requests for recommendations for moms, dads, grads (and themselves).


This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission.


Books and Authors discussed in this episode:


Shop Class as Soul Craft


Flight: The Complete History of Aviation


The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell


How to Build a Car by A. Newey


World of Wonders


In the Dream House


How to Do Nothing


The Night Tiger


The Book of Delights


Rich and Pretty


Bring Your Baggage and Don’t Pack Light


Friends & Strangers


Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler


Summer of Jordi Perez


The Wedding Date


Malibu Rising


The Barbarian Nurseries by Hector Tobar


Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke


Real Life by Brandon Taylor


Notes on a Nervous Planet


See No Stranger


Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid


The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch


Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series


The Thursday Murder Club


While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams


Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke


Do Not Say We Have Nothing


Wild Women and the Blues


Sharks in the Time of Saviors


Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia


The House of Spirits by Isabelle Allende


Susan Gregg Gilmore


Megan Mayhew Bergman


Jesmyn Ward


The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss


How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang


 Now My Heart is Full by Laura June


Lexicon by Max Barry


The Gilded Wolves


Finding Meaning


H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald


Blue Nights by Joan Didion


The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion


The Emperor of All Maladies


Who Ate the First Oyster?


Maybe You Should Talk to Someone


The Group


In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez


Trace by Lauret E. Savoy


Earth Keeper by N Scott Momaday


Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby


Your House Will Pay


When No One is Watching


Deacon King Kong by James McBride


Klara & the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro


Pachinko by Min Jin Lee


Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.