Books Are My People

This week, I recommend Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh and Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh as well as other great books! I also announce my next guest author and host a book giveaway for Let's Get Back to the Party.  Books Recommended: This Golden State – Marit Weisenberg Let’s Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih Mercy Street – Jennifer Haigh Quiet in her Bones – Nalini Singh Essays Two - Ly...

This week, author Sarah Blake visits to talk about her latest novel, Clean Air! We also recommend books, books and more books including When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill and Hard Child by Natalie Shapero.   Books Recommended: A Lesser Love by E. J. Koh When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill The Naomi Letters by  Rachel Mennies Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Hard Child by Natalie...

This week, I'm joined by librarian and J3  children's literacy program director, Valerie Jauregui of the J3 Foundation. We discuss some of our favorite recent reads including The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson and The Upstairs House by Julia Fine. Click links below to be taken to my Bookshop.org shop!   Books Discussed: How to Write one Song by Jeff Tweedy The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto...

This week, I'm joined by Carrie and Amy from the podcast, The Perks of Being a Podcast Lover and we discuss some of our favorite recent reads, crochet and sweating in closets.  Books Discussed: The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia All the Frequent Troubles of our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner Perestroika in Paris by...

This week, I look at Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson, Reckless Girls. by Rachel Hawkins and other great books out now!  Books Discussed: Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez The School for Good Mothers: A Novel by Jessamine Chan The Maid by Nita Prose Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins   Other Books The Ex Hex Erin Sterling Email me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com T...

This week, I go back in time to my favorite books in 2016 as well as recommend my favorite reads form 2021. Get your to read list ready! I'm slinging a ton of titles your way!    Books Recommended:  The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan  Homegoing by Ya Gyassi Dark Matter by Blake Crouch The Red Parts: An Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson  Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr...

This week, author and actor, Dinah Manoff is here to discuss her novel, The Real True Hollywood Story of Jackie Gold and recommend some of her favorite reads! Books discussed : Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison Wayward by Dana Spiotta One Simple Thing by Warren Read My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa  Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen   Next up for us: Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson Matrix by Lauren Groff...

This week, bookstagrammer Jessica Laguna from The Towering TBR visits and recommends some great reads! We discuss The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman, The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas and other great books! Books discussed  The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames Chouette by    Claire Oshetsky Cackle by Rachel Harrison   Ot...

On episode 63 of Books Are My People, I talk about Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg, The Teller of Secrets by Bise Adjapon and other great books! Book Recommendations: (Click book titles to be taken to my Bookshop.org page.)  What Just Happened by Charles Finch Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg The Guide by Peter Heller The Teller of Secrets by Bise...

On this episode I talk about Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu, New York My Village by Uwem Akpan and other great books!  Books Discussed: Win me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu The Cabinet by Un-Su Kim Carry the Dog by Stephanie Gangi The Turnout by Megan Abbott New York, My Village by Uwem Akpan Reading next: Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg   Saint Heron Community LIbrary Su...

This week, on episode 61, author Darrin Doyle and I discuss his latest  novel, The Beast in Aisle 34 and other great books including, The Auctioneer by Joan Sampson and An Elderly Lady Can Do No Wrong by Ellen Tursdon. Click any book below to be taken to my Bookshop.org bookstore! Books Discussed: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix The Auctioneer by Joan Samson Nightbitch by Rachel Yode...

This week on Books Are My People I recommend some new books including A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris , The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller and other great books! Click on the links below to be taken to my Bookshop.org shop.  A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris Brood by Jackie Polzin Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney Performance Art, stories by David Kranes The Neighbor’s...

This week, author Jen Michalski  joins me to talk about her latest novel , You'll Be Fine. We also discuss books including The Spectacular by Zoe Whitall  and The City We Became by N.K. Jemisen. Click on the links below to be taken to my Bookshop.org shop. Books Discussed: The Spectacular         Zoe Whittall      I am Faithful by Jenny Irish The Best Short Stories of 2021 The O. Henry Prize...

This week, I look at Hell of a Book by Jason Mott, Mrs. March by Virginia Feito and other great books! Books Recommended: Hell of a Book by Jason Mott The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley The Photographer by Marie Dixie Carter Ghosts by Dolly Alderton Mrs. March by Virginia Feito Other Books Mentioned: The English Patient by Michael Ondaji  Animal by Lisa Taddeo A Calling for Charlier Barnes by Joshua F...

This week, my friend Michael Levin joins the show and talks about reading his way through Nobel Prize winners including Thomas Mann and A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe. Click on the links below to be taken to my Bookshop.org shop. Books Discussed: Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann The Plague by Albert Camus A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe  One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez For Who...

This week, I discuss some new releases, including All's Well by Mona Awad and Edge Case by YZ Chin. Books Discussed: (Click book title to be taken to my Bookshop.org store. It's a GREAT way to support this show!) All's Well by Mona Awod Immediate Family by Asjley Nelson Edge Case YZ Chin The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives by Kristen Miller.  Safe in My Arms by Sara Shepard Support the...

This week, Rachel Donohue, the author of The Temple House Vanishing,  visits and we talk about books, including Embers and Love and Fury. This episode is sponsored by OMIO. Click here to learn more. Books Discussed: Embers by Sandor Marai Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft by Samantha Silva The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Mother for Dinner: Shalom Auslander The Age of Innocence...

This week, I recommend five great books including Build Your House Around My Body, Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead and other great books!  Click on the link to purchase books at my bookshop.org shop.  Books Discussed: Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon The Temple House Vanishing by Rebe...

This week, Ellen Birkett Morris, author of Lost Girls , visits and we talk about writing, teaching and books, including Klara and the Sun and Euphoria. Books Discussed: KLARA AND THE SUN ISHIGURO EUPHORIA BY LILY KING THE GIRLS I’VE BEEN BY TESS SHARPE ABIDE WITH ME BY ELIZABETH STROUT THE PLOT BY JEAN HANFF Korelitz Find Ellen Birkett Morris  on Social Media: Website: Ellenbirkettmorris.ink Faceb...

This week, I recommend four books including The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia and other great books! Books Recommended: The Son of the House Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia  With Teeth Kristen Arnett. How to Stop Time by Matthew Haig Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto   Other Books Mentioned Next up for me is Build Your House Around my body by Violet Kupersmith. Ellen Birkett M...

This week, Missy Dunaway, author of The Traveling Artist: A Visual Journal , visits and talks about writing and some of her favorite books, including Astray by Emma Donahue. Books Discussed: The Journey is the Destination: The Journals by Dan Eldon Bluets by Maggie Nelson Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence by Nick Bantock My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Astray by Emma Donoghue  Othe...

This week, May Cobb, author of The Hunting Wives, visits and talks about writing and some of her favorite books, including Hollow by Owen Egerton and Woman on the Edge by Samantha Bailey.  Books Discussed: Woman on the Edge by Samantha Bailey The Shark Club by Ann Kid Taylor Hollow by Owen Egerton World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezukumatath...

On this episode, I discuss No One is Talking about This, Hot Stew and other great books!  Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras email me at booksaremypeople at gmail dot com Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) The Hunting Wives by May Cobb out  May 18 Why Peacocks : An Unlikeyly Search For Meaning I...

On this episode, I discuss No One is Talking about This, Hot Stew and other great books!  Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras email me at booksaremypeople at gmail dot com Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood. Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia To...

On this episode, I discuss Hummingbird Salamander, Love in Case of Emergency and other great books!  Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras email me at booksaremypeople at gmail dot com Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VenderMeer Love In Case of Emergency   Daniela K...