It’s bigger than Santa, it’s bigger than the Super Bowl…it’s Editors’ Choice! The full list is a highlight of our December issue, but every winter, Booklist editors gather ‘round the podcast mic and share some of their favorites from the list. Prepare your TBR piles, because we’ve got a little something for every reader.
Here’s what we talked about:
Donna:
The Phoebe Variations, by Jane Hamilton
The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: A New Life, by Graham Watson
Mother Mary Comes to Me, by Arundhati Roy
Song of Ancient Lovers, by Laura Restrepo. Translated By Caro De Robertis
Annie:
Heart the Lover, by Lily King
Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America, by Sean Sherman and others
Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook, by Samin Nosrat. Illustrated by Aya Brackett
All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now, by Ruby Tandoh
Susan:
The Listeners, by Maggie Stiefvater
The View from Lake Como, by Adriana Trigiani
The Filling Station, by Vanessa Miller
Heather:
Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz. Read by Em Grosland
How to Dodge a Cannonball, by Dennard Dayle. Read by William DeMeritt
Songs for Other People’s Weddings, by David Levithan and Jens Lekman. Read by Jefferson Mays
The Dead of Summer, by Ryan La Sala. Read by Pete Cross and others
Soundtrack, by Jason Reynolds. Read by Nile Bullock and others
Sarah:
The Witch in the Tower, by Júlia Sardà. Illustrated by the author
Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (a Love Story), by Deborah Heiligman
More Weight: A Salem Story, by Ben Wickey. Art by the author
Angelica and the Bear Prince, by Trung Le Nguyen. Art by the author
Julia:
Bad Badger: A Love Story, by Maryrose Wood. Illustrated by Giulia Ghigini
The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest, by Aubrey Hartman. Illustrated by Marcin Minor
The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham, by Ryan James Black
Scarlet Morning, by ND Stevenson. Illustrated by the author
Graciela in the Abyss, by Meg Medina. Illustrated by Anna Balbusso and Elena Balbusso
Xolo, by Donna Barba Higuera. Illustrated by Mariana Ruiz Johnson
Ronny:
The Bi Book, by A. J. Irving. Illustrated by Cynthia Alonso
Kelly:
Fable for the End of the World, by Ava Reid
A Fix of Light, by Kel Menton
One of the Boys, by Victoria Zeller
They Bloom at Night, by Trang Thanh Tran
Scarlet Morning, by ND Stevenson. Illustrated by the author
Saint Catherine, by Anna Meyer. Art by the author
