Episode Description
On this episode, Alexander Davidson, an English teacher and author, talks about his life as a self-proclaimed chaotic mood reader and gives a lot of really excellent book recommendations from a wide range of genres. He also talks about his recently developed love for audiobooks, and gives some great recommendations for narrators to look out for.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and his Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
Books Highlighted by Alexander:
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Young Mungo by Douglas Stewart
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei Brenyah
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Holes by Louis Sachar
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
James by Percival Everett
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart