Jo is back on the podcast to help us review the year 2018 in books. She shares highlights from our annual Favorite Fiction/Nonfiction booklets now available online and at the Reference Desk.

We talk about the titles that topped the national best-of lists along with the unique reads our staff couldn’t stop raving about. This episode is guaranteed to add at least one new book to your reading list.

Books mentioned…

• Educated by Tara Westover
• The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
• An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
• Circe by Madeline Miller
• Our House by Louise Candlish
• Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
• The Lido by Libby Page
• There There by Tommy Orange
• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
• November Road by Lou Berney
• Calypso by David Sedaris
• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
• The Beatles Yellow Submarine by Bill Morrison
• Fox 8 by George Saunders
• Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
• SkinnyTaste One & Done by Gina Homolka
• Once Upon A Chef by Jennifer Segal
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
• The Library Book by Susan Orlean
• My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh
• Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
• Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles by Mark Russell

More blog posts/podcast episodes…

• Educated podcast discussion and Andrea’s recommendation
• Andrea’s An American Marriage recommendation
• Jean’s The Word is Murder recommendation
• Sonia’s Summer Hours at the Robbers Library recommendation
• Erica’s The Lido recommendation
• Jo’s The Great Believers recommendation
• Jo’s November Road recommendation
• Ellen’s Children of Blood and Bone recommendation
• Jennifer Segal Once Upon A Chef podcast interview
• Jean’s The Library Book recommendation
• Mark Russell podcast interview