Sarah and Ellison “Book Bully” Weist get cozy and delve into a discussion of their favorite new—and upcoming—books. The books they recommend and are looking forward to, plus one suggested by producer Alex Ward are: Boom Town: the Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City by Sam Anderson The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know about Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld The conversation turns from letter-writing to books at 13:21. When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR. We appreciate your--and their--support! Cheers: Celebrate your 2020 finish lines with a Sufferfest Beer. Check out the goods at SufferfestBeer.com To buy the audiobook How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings by comedian Sarah Cooper, go to http://bit.ly/mens-feelings Get two leggings for only $24 ($99 value) at Fabletics.com/amr when you sign up for a VIP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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