In this bonus episode of Recommended, producer Jenn Northington takes us through the numbers of the past five seasons. BOOKS & AUTHORS DISCUSSED Samantha Irby Jeanette Winterson Ursula Le Guin (Changing Planes, The Left Hand of Darkness) Terry Pratchett (Small Gods) Sarah Waters (Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith) Dominick Dunne (People Like Us, An Inconvenient Woman) Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre, Villette) Octavia Butler (Wild Seed, Lilith’s Brood, Parable of the Sower) Alexandre Dumas (Three Musketeers, Count of Monte Cristo) Sonali Dev Silvia Moreno-Garcia Zen Cho Becky Chambers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Wendy Xu recommends Claudia Gray and Tommy Pico recommends A.R. Ammons. This episode is sponsored by Lanternfish Press and HMH. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS DISCUSSED Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray Lost Stars by Claudia Gray Uprooted by Naomi Novik Pluto by Naoki Urasawa Feed by Tommy Pico Tape for the Turn of the Year by A.R. Ammons See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Jeanette Winterson recommends Virginia Woolf and Nafiza Azad recommends Shailja Patel. This episode is sponsored by Lerner Books and Wednesday Books. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS DISCUSSED Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson Orlando by Virginia Woolf The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad Migritude by Shailja Patel Fatima Asghar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Garth Nix recommends Alexandre Dumas and Silvia Moreno-Garcia recommends Charles Williams. This episode is sponsored by OwlCrate Jr, a subscription box for middle grade readers, and Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu, with Fierce Reads. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS DISCUSSED Angel Mage by Garth Nix The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, translated and abridged by Lowell Bair Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Hot Spot, a.k.a. Hell Hath No Fury, by Charles Williams Dead Calm by Charles Williams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Jami Attenberg recommends Patti Smith and Valerie Valdes recommends Diana Wynne Jones. This episode is sponsored by The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz, new from Algonquin Young Readers, and William Morrow Paperbacks. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS DISCUSSED All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg Just Kids by Patti Smith Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Sonali Dev recommends Kate Clayborn and Maris Kreizman recommends Dominick Dunne. This episode is sponsored by Tor Teen and Change is the only Constant by Ben Orlin, in Hardcover from Black Dog and Leventhal. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS DISCUSSED Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn (January 28, 2020) Slaughterhouse 90210 by Maris Kreizman An Inconvenient Woman by Dominick Dunne See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Kristen Lepionka recommends Carol Anshaw and Kekla Magoon recommends Pamela F. Service. This episode is sponsored by Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke and By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Stories You Tell by Kristen Lepionka Seven Moves by Carol Anshaw Light It Up by Kekla Magoon Being of Two Minds by Pamela F. Service See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alexis Hall recommends Terry Pratchett, Maika Moulite recommends Elizabeth Acevedo, and Maritza Moulite recommends Maria Semple. This episode is sponsored by The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger and Motherhood So White by Nefertiti Austin. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall Small Gods by Terry Pratchett Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple Ola Shakes It Up by Joanne Hyppolite See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Jackson Bird recommends Stephen Chbosky and Kim Scott recommends Elizabeth Knox. This episode is sponsored by The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz and The Infinite Noise by Lauran Shippen. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS DISCUSSED Sorted by Jackson Bird The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Taboo by Kim Scott The Vintner’s Luck by Elizabeth Knox See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Jen Wang recommends Wilson Rawls and Courtney Maum recommends Aja Gabel. This episode is sponsored by Pretty Guilty Women by Gina Lamanna and The Years That Matter Most by Paul Tough. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Tamsyn Muir recommends Peter Høeg and Keah Brown recommends Casey McQuiston. This episode is sponsored by The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos and Yale Needs Women by Anne Gardiner Perkins. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS DISCUSSED Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow by Peter Høeg Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Pretty One by Keah Brown Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Samantha Allen recommends Ursula K. Le Guin and Lauren Wilkinson recommends Nicholas Mancusi. This episode is sponsored by Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman and Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS DISCUSSED: Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen Love & Estrogen by Samantha Allen The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson A Philosophy of Ruin by Nicholas Mancusi See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Nicole Dennis-Benn and Dr. Jen Gunter each recommend a personal favorite read. This episode is sponsored by The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett and Circe by Madeline Miller. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher. A transcript of this episode is available here. BOOKS Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn The Yellow House by Sarah Broom Heavy by Kiese Laymon Toni Morrison Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Zora Neale Hurston The Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter Watership Down by Richard Adams The Plague Dogs and Shardik Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Nicky Drayden and Helen Ellis talk about books that captured their attention in big ways. This episode is sponsored by William Shakespeare’s Get Thee Back to the Future! and William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. A transcript of this episode is available here. Books Discussed: Temper by Nicky Drayden Nigerians in Space by Deji Bryce Olukotun After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun Southern Lady Code by Helen Ellis Wifey by Judy Blume Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Forever by Judy Blume Lace by Shirley Conran The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins The Lord Won’t Mind by Gordon Merrick See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Lori Gottlieb and Nikesh Shukla join us to talk about books that have shaped their own craft. This episode is sponsored by The Five by Hallie Rubenhold and The Fall of Crazy House by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. A transcript of this episode is available here.   Books Discussed: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb Love’s Executioner by Irvin Yalom The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar Us by Zaffar Kunial Ocean Vuong Terrance Hayes Kaveh Akbar The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi Family Life by Akhil Sharma Good Talk by Mira Jacob See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Elizabeth McCracken and Rincey Abraham talk about favorites that are hard to categorize. This episode is sponsored by In the Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen and Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. A transcript of this episode is available here.   Books Discussed: Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields The Passion by Jeanette Winterson Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Swati Teerdhala recommends Alanna: The First Adventure and Mary Norris recommends The War That Killed Achilles. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. A transcript of this episode is available here.   Books Discussed: The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce Greek to Me by Mary Norris The War That Killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Jean Kwok and Sarah Enni talk about books that have influenced their own writing. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. A transcript of this episode is available here.   Books Discussed: Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok Tell Me Everything by Sarah Enni The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Laurie Halse Anderson and Mikki Kendall talk about books that have shaped how they write. This episode is sponsored by Internment by Samira Ahmed and TheNOVL, and The Fifth Doctrine by Karen Robards. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. A transcript of this episode is available here.   Books Discussed: SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, G. Willow Wilson and Zen Cho talk about two of their favorite unreliable narrators. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and  CHENDELL: A Natural Warrior by Leslie Landis. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. A transcript of this episode is available here.   Books Discussed: The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson The Hunters by Claire Messud The True Queen by Zen Cho Villette by Charlotte Brontë   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.