Greetings, all you bourbon-making billionaires and smartypants spies! In this episode, we'll wave our arms around a lot, but you won't be able to see us, so we'll also talk about our favorite crossover books -- mystery, historical fiction, contemporary fiction, and YA that brings the true love, the drama, and maybe the warm fuzzies. Plus, Shannon reveals her Muppet heritage, Shandy reminisces about the best author hug ever, and we both grapple with a beloved yet problematic novel from our pasts.
For readalikes, book lists, and antiracism resources, to learn more about attending a virtual book club meeting, or just to chat with us about romance, find us here or email us directly at ssedell@lakeoswego.city (Shannon) or sdickinson@lakeoswego.city (Shandy). Our next meeting is Sunday, November 8, at 11:00 a.m. PST. We'll be discussing Silver Silence by Nalini Singh, and we would love to have you join us.
You can also find us on Instagram at @theknitterlybookworm and @shandybeereads! (Disclaimer: these are our personal bookstagram accounts and the opinions espoused on those accounts do not necessarily reflect the views of LOPL.)
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Green Darkness by Anya Seton
Katherine by Anya Seton
The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Going Dutch by James Gregor
The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
One Day by David Nicholls
The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo
More Than Words by Jill Santopolo
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan
How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan
Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams
Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar
Charlotte and Emily by Jude Morgan
Passion by Jude Morgan
Young Romantics: The Tangled Lives of English Poetry’s Greatest Generation by Daisy Hay
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Empress of Rome series by Kate Quinn
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
Her Royal Spyness series by Rhys Bowen
Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich
Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
Marcus Didius Falco series by Lindsey Davis
Flavia Albia series by Lindsey Davis
Timothy Wilde series by Lyndsay Faye
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye
Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
The Strivers’ Row Spy by Jason Overstreet
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Just One Year by Gayle Forman
Ash by Malinda Lo
Huntress by Malinda Lo
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
With the Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
Halloween Boo by Sarah Spade
Auld Lang Mine by Sarah Spade
Silver Silence by Nalini Singh
There isn't enough space in these show notes to list all of the other authors we mentioned, so we'll get that list out next week!
