Episodes

  • Recommended By The Numbers

    Recommended By The Numbers
    Nov 14 2019
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 mins
  • Wendy Xu and Tommy Pico

    Wendy Xu and Tommy Pico
    Nov 13 2019
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • Jeanette Winterson and Nafiza Azad

    Jeanette Winterson and Nafiza Azad
    Nov 6 2019
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • Garth Nix and Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Garth Nix and Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    Oct 30 2019
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • Jami Attenberg and Valerie Valdes

    Jami Attenberg and Valerie Valdes
    Oct 23 2019
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 mins
  • Sonali Dev and Maris Kreizman

    Sonali Dev and Maris Kreizman
    Oct 16 2019
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • Kristen Lepionka and Kekla Magoon

    Kristen Lepionka and Kekla Magoon
    Oct 9 2019
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • Alexis Hall and Maika and Maritza Moulite

    Alexis Hall and Maika and Maritza Moulite
    Oct 2 2019
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins