We kick off the new year with two books that transport readers to exotic locales that we can't wait to visit once we can travel freely again.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We close out the year with two books that channel all the emotions 2020 has caused us to feel.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a *star-studded* part two of our annual holiday gift giving guide with a space encyclopedia for kids and a new biography of one of greatest pitchers to ever play the game.Learn more about your ad choices.…

In this first half of our annual book gifting guide we have suggestions for the youngest readers, stir-crazy travelers and that person who can't watch enough holiday romance movies.Learn more about your ad choi…

We talk with Jane Igharo, author of one of the best romance novels of the year according to the Washington Post. Then Dominic Martell tells us why he decided to revive his anti-hero character after a 20 year hi…

What if guys read romance novels? Lyssa Kay Adams explores the hilarious results in her Bromance Book Club series. Then we jump to the distant future with Ariel S. Winter whose new mystery isn't your typical ro…

A new kids book puts a humorous spin on how the COVID-19 pandemic has upended our daily lives. Then we turn up the heat with best-selling suspense novelist Mary Burton.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po…

We chat with author Tana French about her new suspense novel, set in rural Ireland, but inspired by classic American westerns. Then we hear about the new crime fiction series set in Chicago from author and well…

We chat with debut British author Richard Osman and award-winning Australian author Charlotte Wood who both happen to highlight the joys (and pains) of getting old in their respective new novels.Learn more abou…

A fictional book about climate change that's rapidly becoming non-fiction. Then we get a physics lesson from best selling thriller writer Brad Parks.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad…

She's written 82 best sellers, but author Sandra Brown tells us she's afraid of running out of ideas. Then author Signe Pike tells us about the unknown Scottish queens she stumbled across in an English bookstor…

Young adult author Tehlor Kay Mejia wonders what if the ghost stories we were told as kids were real. Plus a Jazz Age tale of redemption from debut novelist Liza Nash Taylor.See omnystudio.com/policies/listener…

Our news colleague Lynda Lopez stops by to chat about her book about AOC. Then thriller writer Megan Collins shares her tips for dealing with anxiety.See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information…

A multi-generational immigration story featuring fast Italian cars. Plus a frank discussion about violence towards women with best-selling thriller writer Karin Slaughter.See omnystudio.com/policies/listener fo…

Super spy Scot Harvath returns in the latest thriller from Brad Thor. Plus we go behind the scenes of a New York City landmark with Fiona Davis.See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.Learn…

Jamie Beck explores why siblings sometimes drift apart. It's taken Suzanne Allain 18 years to get her highly anticipated period drama published. And we talk disco and nerds with crime fiction writer Richie Narv…

We talk with The Strand Magazine Managing Editor Andrew Gulli about the release of a previously unpublished story from Louisa May Alcott. Then we shine a light on a trio of female athletes who paved the way for…

The working class takes center stage in the debut novel from Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Connie Schultz. Then we have a spoiler-free discussion with Emily Liebert about her new thriller's surprise ending.…

We hit the road with National Geographic's Joe Yogerst whose new book is the perfect summer road trip companion. Then we travel to the dark side of love with debut thriller writer Elizabeth Kay.See omnystudio.c…

This week we travel to Antarctica for a heartwarming novel featuring a stubborn old lady and a bunch of penguins. Then we spend some time on an East Coast college tour with a single mom and her teenage daughter…