No need to wait for the latest summer releases when you have this list of best backlist books to check out.
My well-read co-host, Larry Hoffer, is back to talk about our favorite older books and why these should be in your stack this year too.
Not familiar with the term backlist or frontlist books? The book industry groups published books into two types- frontlist (titles that have sold in the current year) and backlist (titles that are older than a year).
We have resurrected some of our top recommendations in this two-part series that can keep you company while you wait for your library holds to come in. Today we discuss our favorites that are two years or more older.
This list of older books have brought us great joy over our reading years and we can't wait to tell you why these will make the perfect addition to your reading life too.
Mentioned in this episode:
This Will Be Funny Later by Jenny Pentland
The Lady’s Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness by Sarah Ramey
The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Book Gang Podcast: A Reader’s Backlist Book Challenge
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny
Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs by Dave Holmes
My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache Williams
A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Fatima Mirza and Riz Ahmed on the Oscars Red Carpet
Cruel Beautiful World by Caroline Leavitt
Is This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt
Amy’s Interview with Caroline Leavitt
With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt
Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt
We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra
Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon
The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
Did I Say You Could Go by Melanie Gideon
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Time and Again by Jack Finney
Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon
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