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Best Backlist Books You Missed (Part 2)
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Jun 3, 2022
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No need to wait for the latest summer releases when you have this list of best backlist books to check out.This is the second part of our discussion today. My well-read co-host, Larry Hoffer, is back to talk about our favorite older books and why these should be in your stack this year too.Not familiar with the term backlist or frontlist books? The book industry groups published books into two types- frontlist (titles that have sold in the current year) and backlist (titles that are older than a year).We have resurrected some of our top recommendations in this two-part series that can keep you company while you wait for your library holds to come in. Today we discuss our favorites that are two years or more older.This list of older books have brought us great joy over our reading years and we can't wait to tell you why these will make the perfect addition to your reading life too. Mentioned in this episode:Book Gang Podcast: Best Backlist Books You Missed Part 1This Year's Summer Reading Guide (The Best Beach Reads For Your Summer Stack)This Will Be Funny Later by Jenny PentlandIn My Dreams I Hold A Knife by Ashley WinsteadFool Me Once by Ashley WinsteadThe View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli DattaThe Tobacco Wives by Adele MyersTobacco Wives Book ChatBook Gang Podcast: Best Books of 2021 with LarryAmy’s EmailAmy’s InstagramHouse in the Cerulean Sea by TJ KluneFoul is Fair by Hannah CapinMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of MacbethScribdMy Notorious Life by Kate ManningOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineKate Manning’s Author PageGilded Mountain by Kate ManningChristodora by Tim MurphyThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiPhiladelphiaThe Prettiest Star by Carter SickelsGoodbye, Vitamin by Rachel KhongChemistry by Weike WangJoan is Okay by Weike WangEmergency Contact by Mary HK ChoiEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellYolk by Mary HK ChoiPermanent Record by Mary HK ChoiThe Two Family House by Linda Cohen LoigmanThe Wartime Sisters by Linda Cohen LoigmanBook Gang Podcast: A Day In the Life of a Book Publicist with Kathleen CarterBrooklynFlorence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel BeanlandWe Are the Brennans by Tracey LangeSadness is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman-ZecherThe Orphans of Race Point by Patry FrancisAmy’s Interview with Patry FrancisAll the Children Are Home by Patry FrancisThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughMomAdvice on PatreonLarry on InstagramLarry on Goodreads
Released:
Jun 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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