Episode Ninety-Three: Summer Reading!

In This Episode:

We took a break during the heat wave, which got us thinking about SUMMER READING! Plus, it's officially more than halfway through the year and so we can do our "as of halfway, the best books" list. And for the hell of it, we threw in a bunch of books that we're excited about in the back half of the year. Put 'em in your beach bag!

Oh and Christopher didn't make a drink because we were both too enamored of Sixpoint's Gin Jammer gose. Those Sixpoint folks are magical.

The Ep. 93 Bookshelf

TOP 5 (so far) OF 2018:

Joint Picks:
There There by Tommy Orange
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
Self-Portrait with Boy by Rachel Lyon

Individual Nominations:
Christopher: Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
Drew: Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

SUMMER READING:

The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris
Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton

ALSO MENTIONED:

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Florida by Lauren Groff
Sourdough by Robin Sloan
Leatherheads (2008)
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
The Instructions by Adam Levin

UPCOMING BOOKS WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT:

The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon
The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
Bluff by Michael Kardos
Certain American States: Stories by Catherine Lacey
The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London by Christopher Skaife
The Eden Book Society reissues from Dead Ink Books

The Damn Bar