Books We Can't Stop Recommending

When you think about it, we all have a list of books at the ready to recommend. Very often, these are the same books to new people. Today, we've checked our Goodreads lists, Libby Borrowed Smart Tag, and most recent texts with book buds, and we’re ready to share the books we ALWAYS share when someone asks what they should read next.

Books mentioned in this episode:
Marissa’s Titles:  

The Transall Saga by Gary Paulson 

Endurance by Alfred Lansing 

The Food Lab by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt 

Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden 

 
Joe’s Titles: 

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware 

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (and From Here to Eternity) by Caitlin Doughty 

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 

The Diviners by Libba Bray 

 
Jill’s Titles:  

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn 

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 

 
Emma’s Titles:  

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter 

Sadie by Courtney Summers 

You series by Caroline Kepnes  

Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid 

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace here.
We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to [email protected]. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse).
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When you think about it, we all have a list of books at the ready to recommend. Very often, these are the same books to new people. Today, we've checked our Goodreads lists, Libby Borrowed Smart Tag, and most recent texts with book buds, and we’re ready to share the books we ALWAYS share when someone asks what they should read next.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Marissa’s Titles:  

The Transall Saga by Gary Paulson 

Endurance by Alfred Lansing 

The Food Lab by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt 

Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden 

Joe’s Titles: 

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware 

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (and From Here to Eternity) by Caitlin Doughty 

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 

The Diviners by Libba Bray 

Jill’s Titles:  

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn 

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 

Emma’s Titles:  

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter 

Sadie by Courtney Summers 

You series by Caroline Kepnes  

Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid 

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace here.

We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to [email protected]. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse).

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