Recommended

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.