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We were sad last fall that we weren’t able to record with our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller, manager at the Frankfort Ave location of Carmichael’s Bookstore for our Holiday Book Buying episode. But she is back for summer, telling us all about the new titles that will get you excited to sit back on a hot afternoon, either at the pool or in the air conditioning, and read to your heart’s content.
Books Mentioned In This Episode:
1- The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly
2- The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera
3- Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
4- A book that Changed a Life - Sisters of the Yam by bell hooks recommended by Briana Lathon Bluford
5- Yesteryear by Claro Claire Burke
6- American Fantasy by Emma Straub
7- Whistler by Ann Patchett
8- Puck by Samantha Allen
9- Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
10- Fortune of Sand by Ruta Sepetys
11- Go Gentle by Maria Semple
12- Country People by Daniel Mason
13- These Days by Lucy Caldwell
14- Devotions by Lucy Caldwell
15- Opening by Lucy Caldwell
16- Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhorn
17- The Keeper by Tana French (Cal Hooper #3)
18- Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
19- Killer Vibes by Jack Friday
20- Fishbone Cinderella by Elizabeth Lim
21- Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffman
22- Sublimation by Isabel Kim
23- Book Witch by Meg Shaffer
24- We Burn So Bright b y TJ Klune
25- Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorrne
26- American Rambler by Isaac Fitzgerald
27- Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess by Ben Mezrich
28- The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery by Kaitlyn Tiffany
29- The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan
30- The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh by James Lasdun
31- True Biz by Sara Novíc
32- Mother Tongue by Sara Novíc
33- The Left and the Lucky by Willy Vlautin
34- London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe
35- 4 Janes by Marian See
36- Love and Other Monsters by Emily Franklin
37- This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman
38- Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment by Rhae Lynn Barnes
39- Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
40- The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland
Media Mentioned:
1- White Lotus (2021 - present, HBO Max)
2-2026 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction - https://www.pulitzer.org/news/2026-pulitzer-prize-announcement
