We need the escape that books provide now more than ever. So this week, we're joined by the National Book Foundation's Lisa Lucas, calling in from Los Angeles, and New York Times-bestselling author and Books Are Magic owner Emma Straub, who's currently self-isolating with her family in Brooklyn. Throughout the episode, we share the books that are transporting us to the places we miss (New York City included) and the places we’ve never been (and can't wait to get to). Plus, we have tips for getting out of a reading rut, how to support local bookstores when they need it most, and more.
What we're reading right now:
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
Surviving Autocracy by Mashe Gessen
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Arbitrary Stupid Goal by Tamara Shopsin
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante]
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Eagan
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Preorder, out June 2)
Middlemarch by George Elliot (a.k.a Mary Ann Evans)
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
My Autobiography of Carson McCulle…
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