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Whether you are creating your own bookish wish list, looking to get a jump on your holiday gifts, or just looking for a fantastic read, our literary experts have you covered! Our very own Roxanne Coady recently had the pleasure of hosting a live event with Penguin Random House publishing powerhouses Michael Kindness, Jennifer Black and author, Matthew Dicks. The event, which took place at the JCC in West Hartford, Connecticut, was titled "Buzz About Books" and Just the Right Book Podcast was there every step of the way! Stay tuned after the events to hear what folks are reading, straight from the New York Public Library in New York City. Books in this episode: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe by Dawm Tripp Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships by Deborah Tannen Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe by Mike Massimino The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's a Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever by Mark Frost Dinner at the Center of the Earth by Nathan Englander Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul by Naomi Levy The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne Underground Airlines by Ben Winters Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice by Adam Makos The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays by Samantha Irby Neverwhere (Audio) by Neil Gaiman Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo Chemistry by Weike Wang Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed Wild by Cheryl Strayed This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression by Daphne Merkin Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro A Grandfather's Lessons: In the Kitchen with Shorey by Jacques Pepin Dying: A Memoir by Corey Taylor Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club) by Imbolo Mbue If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice to the Young: The Graduation Speeches by Kurt Vonnegut Rules for a Knight by Ethan Hawke Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites by Deb Perelman The Whites by Richard Price Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem by Amir D. Azcel Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way: Revised Edition by Susan McCutcheon |