On today's episode, Adam & Jill are joined by Emma and Kristin to dish out oodles of recommendations for the Professional Book Nerds 2019 Reading Challenge! Also they make lots of good, good jokes.
Books mentioned in this episode (broken out by category)
 
Book written by two or more authors
 
Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona
The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
Josh and Hazel's guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza
My Plain Jane Cynthia Hand & Brodi Ashton
All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
 
Book that has appeared on the ALA's frequently challenged book list
Scary Stories to tell in the dark
Perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Harry Potter
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Of Mice and men by John Steinbeck
A lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Grendel by John Gardner
 
 
Audiobook of a memoir or autobiography read by the author
Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
Still Foolin' em by Billy Crystal
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
As You Wish by Cary Elwes
My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum
We're going to need more win Gabrielle Union
In pieces by Sally Field
Hunger makes me a modern girl by Carrie Brownstein
Party of One by Dave Holmes
Yes, Please by Amy Poehler
This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Phillips
 
 
Retelling of a classic book, fairy tale, or play
The Hogarth Shakespeare series of books-
The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson (The Winter's Tale)
Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson (The Merchant of Venice)
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood (The Tempest)
 
The Forest Queen by Betsy Cornwell - Genderbent Robin Hood
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Blanca and Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore - Swan Lake
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran & Larissa Zageris
A Blade so Black by LL McKinney
The Winters by Lisa Gabrielle
The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin
Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi
Jane Steele by Lindsay Faye

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