Track down your library cards, charge up the Kindles, and find a bag big enough to haul all of your books to the pool this summer! This week, Megan welcomes regular co-host Laura Tremaine and returning guest Cara Pence to Sorta Awesome to spill on the best books you're going to want to read right now. From gorgeously crafted fiction to engaging true stories to books they can't wait to be released, this list won't let you down!
Awesome of the Week
Unreal
Raise You Up/Just Be, Kinky Boots
A Color Story
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Books mentioned in this episode (in order of discussion)
Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
A Man Called Ove, Fredrick Backman
The Neopolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante
Pretty Baby, The Good Girl, Mary Kubica
Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty
Ruby, Cynthia Bond
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
I Shall Not Hate, Izzeldin Abuelaish
While The City Slept, Eli Sanders
The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule
Becoming Wise, Krista Tippett
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
Girls & Sex, Peggy Orenstein
Life After Life, Kate Atkinson
City On Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg
The City of Mirrors, Justin Cronin
Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty
The Trespasser, Tana French
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