Bretts Book Stack
Ten (Books) Before The End Challenge
updated
Melinda has posted hers:
youtube.com/@awebofstories
other booktubers mentioned in this ep:
youtube.com/@UCBWnfrLiYSQtfgRVhWxCQ8A
youtube.com/@benreadsgood
luisjaramillo.com
The FictionMatters substack:
fictionmatters.substack.com
Novel Pairings Podcast:
novelpairings.com
Sarah Instagram:
instagram.com/fictionmatters
Abdi Nazemian:
abdinazemian.com
Support a Classroom:
donorschoose.org
Louis Bayard: louisbayard.com
Follow both of them at the links below:
instagram.com/bernie.lombardi
instagram.com/christophermetts
Shannon can be found:
shannonlbowring.com
instagram.com/shannonbowring.writer
And also, the book is featured in the following:
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BookTubers Mentioned on this Vlog:
youtube.com/@UCJfaNX8dIh7wbzArIv_ARXg
youtube.com/@UCYaEzF1HghMIPm7d226gjIQ
Also, I've now started a bookshop.org page the link is below so you can find all the books I talk about in each episode in one place!
bookshop.org/shop/brettsbookshop
More Things Booker:
podcast.gaysreading.com/2195508/13623705-the-booker-prize-episode-feat-gaby-wood-and-tan-twan-eng
The Books:
-There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
-Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
-Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly
-The Coin by Yasmin Zaher
-The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
-Green Dot by Madeline Gray
-Radiant the life and line of Keith Haring by brad Gooch
-Lost Man Lane by Scott Carson
-Celedonian Road by Andrew O'Hagen
-Southern Man by Greg Iles
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-Pretty by KB Bookins
-Bad Habit by Alana S Portero
-The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasi
-The road To The Country by Chigozie Obioma
-Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
-All This & More by Peng Shepherd
-Sapphire Dawn by Christopher Rice
-The Future Was Color by Patrick Nathan
-Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
-Evenings & Weekends by Oisín McKenna
-Henry Henry by Allen Bratton
-Bear by Julia Phillips
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Christopher Rice is the recipient of the Lambda Literary Award and is the Amazon Charts and New York Times bestselling author of A Density of Souls; Bone Music, Blood Echo, and Blood Victory in the Burning Girl series; and Bram Stoker Award finalists The Heavens Rise and The Vines. An executive producer for television, he collaborated with his mother Anne Rice on the novel Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra and Ramses The Damned: The Reign of Osiris. Together with his best friend and producing partner, New York Times bestselling novelist Eric Shaw Quinn, Christopher runs the production company Dinner Partners. Among other projects, they produce the podcast and video network TDPS, which can be found at:
https://www.TheDinnerPartyShow.com
He lives in West Hollywood, California
visitsapphirecove.com
http://www.christopherricebooks.com
boddington-royall.myshopify.com
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The following books are discussed:
-Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
-The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
-The Coin by Yasmin Zaher
-Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler
-Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi
-Seeing Though by Ricky Ian Gordon
-The Same Bright stars by Ethan Joella
-The Wedding People by Allison Espach
-This Great Hemisphere by Mateo Askaripour
-Liars by Sarah Masnguso
-Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen
-The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
-All This & More by Peng Shepherd
-The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
-No Road Home by John Fram
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-The End of The World Is A Cul De Sac by Luise Kennedy
-A Station On The Path To Somewhere Better by Benjamin Wood
-Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
-This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
-Evocation by ST Gibson
-Bunyan And Henry by Mark Cecil
-You Like It Darker by Stephen King
-Love in The Big City by Sang Young Park
-My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris
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-Hall Of Mirrors by John Copenhaver
-The Future Was Color by Patrick Nathan
-How To Write An Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
-Henry Henry by Allen Bratton
-The Stardust Grail by Yuri Kitasei
-Evenings & Weekends by Oisín McKenna
-Change by Édouard Louis
-Headhot by Rita Bullwinkel
-Sapphire Dawn by C.Travis Rive aka Christopher Rice
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for the #AsianClassicsReadAlong on instagram:
instagram.com/ktlee.writes
-Fervor by Toby Lloyd
-The God of The Woods Liz Moore (out 7/3)
-River East, River West by Tube Rey Lescure
-Earth by John Boyne
-Edinburgh by Alexander Chee
-There's Going To Be Trouble by Jen Silverman
-The Bump by Sydney Karger
-Sandwich by Catherine Newman (out 6/18)
-In Tongues by Thomas Grattan
-How It Works Out Myriam Lacroix
-Exhibit by R.O. Kwon
-Fire Exit by Morgan Talty (out 6/4)
-Clear by Carys Davies
-Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson (out 7/9)
-The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang
-We Were the Universe by Kimberly King Parsons
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Books discussed are the following:
-Sandwich by Catherine Newman
-All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whittaker
-Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
-Margot's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
-Jackpot Summer by Elyssa Friedland
-The Road To The Country by Chigozie Obioma
-Bear by Julia Phillips
-Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
-The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
-Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
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When Cassie Wolfe brings her mother, Nina, to the Albuquerque Presbyterian Hospital to be detoxed, the doctors ask her to write a profile of the patient. But how can she fit Nina into a Word document? The last two years have left Cassie stunned, unable to reconcile the shell of a woman lying in the hospital bed with the force of nature that was her mother.
Cassie's memories of Nina span decades and landscapes, from a farmhouse in Massachusetts to the streets of New York and the mountains of New Mexico. Nina was a charismatic iconoclast―an architect and builder who could wield a circular saw as easily as discuss politics art. But as Cassie comes to realize, Nina's brilliant constructions were only possible when she walled off whole sides of herself. Hiding is not unique to Nina―Cassie knows AA is full of just such intelligent, hilarious, powerful women. And when her critical gaze turns to her own life and how she’s raising her two daughters, she sees her mother's influence everywhere. In the end, Nina's devastating descent threatens to pull the family under, and Cassie's constant action is propelled by grief until she realizes that all that remains is to let it go.
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-In Tongues by Thomas Grattan out 5/21
-There's Going To Be Trouble by Jen Silverman
-Reboot by Justin Taylor
-How It Works Out by Miriam LaCroix
-Earth by John Boyne
-Restless Dolly Mauder by Kate Grenville
-River East, River West by Aubrey Lescure
-Clear by Carys Davies
-Exhibit by RO Kwon out 5/21
-Fire Exit by Nathan Talty out 6/4
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The following books are discussed:
=The Wren The Wren by Anne Enright
-Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
-Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville
-Soldier Sailor Claire Kilroy
-Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
-The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
-Real Americans by Rachel Khong
-Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez
-Another Word For Love by Carvell Wallace
-I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop
-The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
-The Safekeep by Yale Van Der Wouden
-All The Colors of The Dark by Chris Whittaker
-Wolf At The Table by Adam Rapp
-Oye by Melissa Mogollon
-The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
-Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
-Witness by Jamel Brinkley
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-The Fellowship Of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr
-Wolf At The Table by Adam Ramp
-Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
-River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
-Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
-Tell Me Who You Are by Louisa Luna
-Clear by Carys Davies
-Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
-Lila Dean's Little Library Of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
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-Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace
-The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
--The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
-All the Colors of The Dark by Chris Whitaker
-The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
-There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
-The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
-Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez
-Margo's Got Money Problems by Rufi Thorpe
-Real Americans by Rachel Khong
-The Safekeeping by Yale Van Der Wouden
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-The Husbands by Holly Gamazio
-All The World Beside by Garrard Conley
-How to End A Love Story by Yulia Kuang out 4/9
-Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg out 5/28
-Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
-Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
-The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
-Sociopath by Patric Gagne
-Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang out 5/7
-Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
-Loot by Tania James
-Ours by Phillip B Williams
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Books Discussed:
-How To End A Love Story by Yulia Kuang
-The Ministry Of Time by Kaline Bradley
-The Last Murder At The End of The World by Stuart Tinton
--The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
-Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
-Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg
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-Ours by Phillip B Williams
-Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
-Oye by Melissa Mogollon
-Henry, Henry by Allen Bratton
-The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
-Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg
-Change by Édouard Louis
-Sociopath by Patric Gagne
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Talked about:
kirkusreviews.com
-All The World Beside By Garrard Conley
-Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulla
-Mona of The Manor by Armistead Maupin
-The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
-The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian
-The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
-How We Named The Stars by Andreas N Ordorica
-James by Percival Everett
-I Finally Bought Some Jordans by Michael Arcineaux
-Providence by Craig Willse
-Everyone On The Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
-A Short Walk Though A Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke
-The Absolutist by John Boyne
-The Wager by David Grann
-Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson
Shout of to: @abookolive
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Books discussed:
-The Second Coming by Garth Risk Hallberg
-Same As It Ever Was by Calire Lombardo
-All The Colors of The Dark by Chris Whitaker
-The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
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The following books are discussed:
-Water by John Boyne
-Get The Picture by Bianca Bosker
-Good Material by Dolly Alderton
-The Words That Remain by Stenio Gardel
-Grief Is For People by Sloane Crosley
-Piglet by Lottie Hazell
-Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura
-Dead in Long Beach California by Venita Blackburn
-The Laughter by Sonora Jha
-Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
-Unsub by Meg Gardiner
-Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
-My Friends by Hisham Matar
-Hard By A Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/14/meet-10-best-new-novelists-for-2024-fiction-reading
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-The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
-Dinner on Monster Island by Tania de Rozario
-Good Material by Dolly Alderton
-Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham
-My Friends by Hisham Matar
-Dead in Long Beach California by Venita Blackburn
-Everyone on This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
-Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly
-Grief if For People by Sloane Crosley
-The Words That Remain by Stenio Gardel
-Mercury by Amy Jo Burns
-The Book Of Love by Kelly Link
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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Bellies by Nicola Dinan
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
All The Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby
Spare by Prince Harry
The Delufe by Stephen Markley
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Maame by Jessica George
Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Strange Sally Diamoind byLiz Nugent
Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Books discussed:
-Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
-The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller
-Good Material by Dolly Alderton
-The Bridges I've Burnt by Brontez Purnell
-The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler
-The Words That Remain by Stenio Gardel
-My Friends by Hisham Mater
-How We Named The Stars by Andres n Ordorica
-All The Lovers In The Night by Mieko Kawakami
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-The family way by Chris Diraddo
-Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
-Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
-Day by Michael Cunningham
-Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke
-The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas
-Stay True by Hua Hsu
-Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
-Ways and Means by Daniel Lefferts
-Safe by Mark Daley
-The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
-Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by Nash Jenkins
-The Proposla by Jasmine Guillory
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The books discussed are the following:
-The Book of Love by Kelly Link
-The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
-Grief Is For People by Sloane Crosley
-The Tusks Of Extinction by Ray Nayler
-Bear by Julia Phillips
-Real Americans by Rachel Khong
-Get The Picture by Bianca Bosker
-Anita De Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
-All The World Beside by Garrard Conley
-Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin
-Safe by Mark Daley
-Ways & Means by Daniel Lefferts
-Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
-Brougtypsy by Christina Cooke
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-Ways and Means by Daniel Lefferts (feb 2024)
-Safe by Mark Daley (jan 2024)
-Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (jan 2024)
-Boughtupsy by Christina Cooke (jan 2024)
-The Fury by Alex Michaelides (jan 2024)
-The Wager by David Grann
-Edith Holler by Edward Carey
-The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
-Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye
-Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
-Stay True by Hua Hsu
-Let Us Descend by Jessmyn Ward
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