Books (and whatnot) discussed in this episode:
- North Woods by Daniel Mason
- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
- We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
- On James Baldwin by Colm Tóibín
- Go Tell it On the Mountain by James Baldwin
- Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
- Long Island by Colm Tóibín
- Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith
- Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
- On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- Our Narrow Hiding Places by Kristopher Jansma
- The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma
- Hum by Helen Phillips
- The Need by Helen Phillips
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
- The Fraud by Zadie Smith
- Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
- Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
- The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
- Here's that AI conversation.
- Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
- All Fours by Miranda July
- The First Bad Man by Miranda July
- That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
- And here's that letter from John Green.
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
September/October releases with Holland Saltsman of The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis:
- Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger
- The Fallen Fruit by Shawntelle Madison
- COMP: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
- The Queen of Ocean Parkway by Sarvenaz Tash
- COMP: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
- The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
- (The Midnight Library by Matt Haig)
- Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast by Josh Funk and Brendan Kearney
- Attack of the Scones by Josh Funk and Brendan Kearney
- The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi
- COMP: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Good People: Stories from the Best of Humanity by Gabriel Reilich and Lucia Knell
