Book Riot - The Podcast29 Apr 2019

#309: 2019 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations, Part 1

Our annual Moms, Dads, and Grads recommendation show! This episode is sponsored by: Libro.fm William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher Kindle Unlimited TBR Books Recommended in this episode: Trail Like Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse Buckskin by Erika Wurth The River by Peter Heller A Mercy by Toni Morrison Idaho by Emily Ruskovich Buttermilk by Ed Lee. Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi I Hear She’s a Real Bitch by Jen Agg Blood Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton Yes Chef by Marcus Samuelsson American Spy by lauren wilkinson The Taipei Night Market series by Ed Lin (starts with Ghost Month) How Will You Measure Your Life? By Clayton Christenson So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport The Power of Meaning by Emily Eshfahani Smith, Daring Greatly by Brene Brown Chemistry by Weiki Wang A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC series by VE SCHWAB Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Mr Fox by Helen Oyeyemi A Study in Scarlet by Sherry Thomas Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn The Greatest Cook in the World by Rick Bragg The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis, Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl, Blueplate Special and How to Cook a Moose by Kate Christensen Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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