In our final episode of the year, we count down our favorite books we read this year. (So if you’re still doing Christmas shopping, we got you covered!) What made our lists? What made yours?

In this Episode:

1 – Wishlists and Holiday Plans

9 – Best in Fiction

30 – Best in Non-fiction

49 – Our Books this Year

60 – What’s Fascinating Us

Episode Links

Best in Fiction

Kathy:

1. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
2. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Matt:

1. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
2. Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

Clay:

1. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
2. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

JR.:

1. The Witch Elm by Tana French
2. Transcription by Kate Atkinson

Best in Non-Fiction

Kathy:

1. The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
2. Race On Campus by Julie J. Park

Matt:

1. Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality by Richard Beck
2. Black Elk: the Life of an American Visionary by Joe Jackson

Clay:

1. Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey
2. The Big Fella by Jane Leavy

JR.:

 

1. Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness by Melissa Dahl
2. Homeland Insecurity by Daniel White Hodge
3. Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi

Our Books

Kathy: Raise Your Voice

Matt: Good News for a Change and The Crescent Stone

Clay: Gain Influence Through Communication

JR.: Empathy for the Devil

What’s Fascinating Us:

Matt: Patriot (Amazon Prime)

Kathy: bullet journaling

Clay: Becoming by Michelle Obama

JR.: Anna and the Apocalypse (Film) and Ravine (game)

Follow us on Twitter:

Kathy | Matt | Clay | JR.

Here’re our books:

Raise Your Voice (Kathy) | Matt’s Books | Undead (Clay) | Empathy for the Devil (JR.)

Here’s the stuff we’ve made:

Kathy’s Blog | Matt’s Books | Clay’s Books | JR.’s Site | JR.’s Email List

Audio Producer: Aaron Kretzmann

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What were your favorite books of the last year?