The Literary Life Podcast - Books & Books Recommendations

1.
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family 4.15 avg rating — 139,634 ratings
2.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating — 149,037 ratings
3.
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity 4.19 avg rating — 24,319 ratings
4.
Generations: A memoir
Generations: A memoir 4.31 avg rating — 697 ratings
5.
Boomerang / Bumerán: Poetry / Poesía
Boomerang / Bumerán: Poetry / Poesía 3.85 avg rating — 47 ratings
6.
Cuba: An American History
Cuba: An American History 4.46 avg rating — 4,958 ratings
7.
Godlis Miami
Godlis Miami 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
8.
TouchThinkLearn: ABC
TouchThinkLearn: ABC 4.43 avg rating — 253 ratings
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life 4.54 avg rating — 23,125 ratings
10.
Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life
Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life 4.51 avg rating — 283 ratings
11.
Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These 4.13 avg rating — 350,136 ratings
12.
Deacon King Kong
Deacon King Kong 4.17 avg rating — 78,002 ratings
13.
Men Explain Things to Me
Men Explain Things to Me 3.83 avg rating — 85,147 ratings
14.
I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
I Miss You When I Blink: Essays 3.78 avg rating — 14,367 ratings
15.
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir 4.34 avg rating — 19,532 ratings
16.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,000 ratings
17.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating — 1,755,963 ratings
18.
Orange World and Other Stories
Orange World and Other Stories 3.97 avg rating — 6,568 ratings
19.
Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race 3.67 avg rating — 4,356 ratings
20.
Swamplandia!
Swamplandia! 3.28 avg rating — 59,346 ratings
21.
Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement
Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement 4.42 avg rating — 4,017 ratings
22.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,054 ratings
23.
The Guest Book
The Guest Book 3.61 avg rating — 30,100 ratings
24.
Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir
Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir 4.17 avg rating — 10,375 ratings
25.
Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells
Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells
by: Pico Iyer
3.97 avg rating — 1,536 ratings
26.
Very Nice
Very Nice 3.24 avg rating — 7,388 ratings
27.
The Grief Keeper
The Grief Keeper 3.97 avg rating — 2,983 ratings
28.
Las hijas del capitan
Las hijas del capitan 3.73 avg rating — 7,990 ratings
29.
Warlight
Warlight 3.60 avg rating — 46,239 ratings
30.
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Underland: A Deep Time Journey 4.23 avg rating — 20,152 ratings
31.
The Farm
The Farm 3.49 avg rating — 40,387 ratings
32.
Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life
Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life 3.69 avg rating — 1,025 ratings
33.
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss 4.30 avg rating — 7,307 ratings
34.
Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)
Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 26,813 ratings
35.
Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth 3.83 avg rating — 56,367 ratings
36.
Battle for the Big Top: P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus
Battle for the Big Top: P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus 3.90 avg rating — 486 ratings
37.
Everything Inside
Everything Inside 3.69 avg rating — 11,977 ratings
38.
The Dutch House
The Dutch House 4.10 avg rating — 527,343 ratings
39.
When We Cease to Understand the World
When We Cease to Understand the World 4.11 avg rating — 56,510 ratings
40.
The Prophets
The Prophets 3.91 avg rating — 21,638 ratings
41.
Intimacies
Intimacies 3.64 avg rating — 38,879 ratings
42.
Bewilderment
Bewilderment 3.91 avg rating — 68,462 ratings
43.
The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980
The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980 4.21 avg rating — 782 ratings
44.
All Adults Here
All Adults Here 3.57 avg rating — 87,085 ratings
45.
Breasts and Eggs
Breasts and Eggs 3.85 avg rating — 75,042 ratings
46.
Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley 3.64 avg rating — 34,806 ratings
47.
We Begin at the End
We Begin at the End 4.18 avg rating — 153,818 ratings
48.
Girl, Serpent, Thorn
Girl, Serpent, Thorn 3.64 avg rating — 41,357 ratings
49.
The Glass Hotel
The Glass Hotel 3.69 avg rating — 190,415 ratings
50.
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories 3.81 avg rating — 3,467 ratings
51.
And I Do Not Forgive You: Stories & Other Revenges
And I Do Not Forgive You: Stories & Other Revenges 3.42 avg rating — 2,938 ratings
52.
The Book of V.
The Book of V. 3.32 avg rating — 5,633 ratings
53.
The Bear
The Bear 3.90 avg rating — 12,180 ratings
54.
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You 4.47 avg rating — 53,566 ratings
55.
A Burning
A Burning 3.72 avg rating — 52,147 ratings
56.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman 4.09 avg rating — 87,960 ratings
57.
Crooked Hallelujah
Crooked Hallelujah 3.48 avg rating — 3,387 ratings
58.
Hard Wired
Hard Wired 3.79 avg rating — 626 ratings
59.
Dear Edward
Dear Edward 4.08 avg rating — 208,638 ratings
60.
Topics of Conversation
Topics of Conversation 2.81 avg rating — 9,638 ratings
61.
Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir
Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir 4.20 avg rating — 8,039 ratings
62.
Constellations: Reflections from Life
Constellations: Reflections from Life 4.16 avg rating — 2,384 ratings
63.
Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain 4.30 avg rating — 180,968 ratings
64.
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion 4.03 avg rating — 76,748 ratings
65.
LaBrava
LaBrava 3.81 avg rating — 4,156 ratings
66.
The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise 4.19 avg rating — 1,873 ratings
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Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean 4.09 avg rating — 4,524 ratings
68.
Up for Grabs: A Trip Through Time and Space in the Sunshine State (Florida Sand Dollar Books)
Up for Grabs: A Trip Through Time and Space in the Sunshine State (Florida Sand Dollar Books) 4.06 avg rating — 32 ratings
69.
The Trojan War Museum and Other Stories
The Trojan War Museum and Other Stories 3.88 avg rating — 406 ratings
70.
Matrix
Matrix 3.68 avg rating — 64,937 ratings
71.
Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World
Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World 4.07 avg rating — 591 ratings
72.
Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness
Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings
73.
The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History
The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History 3.95 avg rating — 209 ratings
74.
Our Country Friends
Our Country Friends 3.20 avg rating — 16,251 ratings
75.
Beetles for Breakfast, and Other Weird and Wonderful Ways to Save the Planet
Beetles for Breakfast, and Other Weird and Wonderful Ways to Save the Planet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings
76.
The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club 4.22 avg rating — 2,616 ratings
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The Sentence
The Sentence 3.94 avg rating — 79,824 ratings
78.
Orwell's Roses
Orwell's Roses 4.17 avg rating — 4,432 ratings
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The Project
The Project 3.51 avg rating — 15,715 ratings
80.
Mrs. March
Mrs. March 3.25 avg rating — 25,734 ratings