On this episode of Second Look, our Growing Place Library staff member, Merrill Skipworth, along with 2PC members, Jennifer Wilson and Lacey Moody, sit down for the seventh annual book talk! The list below features books recommended and mentioned in this episode.
Also available to listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
General Fiction:
Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner
Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jiminez
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
The Love Haters by Katherine Center
Tilt by Emma Pattee
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
Historical Fiction:
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams
Husbands and Lovers by Beatriz Williams
Classics:
Emma by Jane Austen
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainJames by Percival Everett
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rom Com:
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Is She Really Going Out with Him? By Sophie Cousens
Quiet Literature:
Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell
This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach
Good Material by Dolly Alderton
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell
Young Adult:
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
Light-Hearted Mystery:
Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Mystery:
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Non-Fiction/Memoir:
Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten
What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones
Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers and Liturgies for Parents by Kayla Craig
Parenting Without Panic in an LGBT-Affirming World by Rachel Gilson
Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren
Middle Grade:
Bad Badger: A Love Story by Maryrose Wood
The Next Great Jane by K.L. Going
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Book Scavenger Series by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Series by Maryrose Wood
Check Out From Our Library:
Books:
Skymar Series by Pepper Basham
The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh
Timeless Series by Gabrielle Meyer
The Perfect Rom-Com by Melissa Ferguson
Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson
Murphy Shepherd Series by Charles Martin
The Extraordinary Death of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold
Authors:
Courtney Walsh
Pepper Basham
Gabrielle Meyer
Melissa Ferguson
New Books We Are Excited About:
Steeped in Stories by Mitali Perkins
Tim Keller on the Christian Life by Matt Smethurst
Trembling Faith by Taylor Turkington
Joyful Outsdiers by Patrick Miller
Faithful Exiles by Ivan Mesa
What Do I Say When…? by Andrew Walker and Christian Walker