Episode Forty-Five: Top Six of 2016 (so far)

In This Episode: Summer hath arrived and so the guys decide it's never too early to start making lists. They deliver six of their favorites from the year so far - and then gaze into the crystal ball of time and books to see what's coming down the pike for the rest of 2016.

Other highlights:

* The return of the NPR Voice
* It's a SHORT one, so you can get back to reading
* The Monkees, just because

LISTEN:

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The Ep. 45 Bookshelf

TOP 6 OF 2016 (SO FAR AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER):

* Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
* Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue
* The Girls by Emma Cline
* All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
* Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
* Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

COMING UP IN 2016:

* I Hate the Internet by Jarrett Kobeck (June 2016)
* A Hundred Thousand Worlds by Bob Proehl (June 2016)
* Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne, from a story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany (July 2016)
* The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville (August 2016)
* The Nix by Nathan Hill (August 2016)
* The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (September 2016)
* The Mothers by Brit Bennett (October 2016)
* Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood (October 2016)
* The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang (October 2016)
* Swing Time by Zadie Smith (November 2016)
* Moonglow by Michael Chabon (November 2016)