Episode 24 - Always Been a Fan of a List with Ian Gillham
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On this episode, Ian Gillham, @criticalgayze on Instagram, and I discuss our shared love of book lists, book awards, and reading these lists. We also discuss Ian’s Substack project focusing on the Pulitzer Prize and how it has morphed throughout the years. Also, stick around for some hot takes about super popular books!
Here is the link to Ian’s Substack so you can follow along with his prize project.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Colored Television by Danzy Senna
Summerdale by David Jay Collins
Books Highlighted by Ian:
Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet
Any Person is the Only Self by Elisa Gabbert
Wolfsong by T.J. Klune
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
Devil House by John Darnielle
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzalúda
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
All Fours by Miranda July
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell & Emily Arnold McCully
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket & Brett Helquist
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix & Cliff Nielsen
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
Wednesday’s Child: Stories by Yiyun Li
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
James by Percival Everett
Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
Blake; Or the Huts of America by Martin R. Delany, Sandra M. Grayson, & Patty Nicole Johnson
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar
Telephone by Percival Everett
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Long Walk by Stephen King
The Institute by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Running Man by Stephen King
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
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