We did it! We reached our 100th episode of Book Dreams! In celebration, we went back to our guests and asked them this question: What's one book you love and why do you love it? And so now, have we got book recommendations for you! Twenty-eight beloved books from twenty-four of our beloved guests. From old favorites to new discoveries, from short stories to epic doorstoppers, we’ve got your reading list mapped out for you for at least the next 100 episodes. Enjoy! And thanks, as always, for book dreaming with us.
Our Returning Guests & The Books They Love
Moon Witch, Spider King, by Marlon James
The Time of Our Singing, by Richard Powers
The Grand Sophy, by Georgette Heyer
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold
“The Fourth State of Matter,” by Jo Ann Beard
You Are Here: A Memoir of Arrival, by Wesley Gibson
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny, by Ann Marks
On Photography, by Susan Sontag
How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater, by Marc Acito
The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, by Casey Cep
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place, by Harry Crews
Lost & Found: A Memoir, by Kathryn Schulz
All the Living: A Novel, by C. E. Morgan
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, by Tom Lin
Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America, by Eric Jay Dolin
Still Life with Woodpecker: A Novel, by Tom Robbins
The Invisible Collection: Tales of Obsession and Desire, by Stefan Zweig
One, Two, Three, by Laure Frankel
Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline
The Exiles, by Christina Baker Kline
The Hours, by Michael Cunningham
Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto, by Michelle Bowdler
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers
A Room of One's Own, by Virginia Woolf
Nana Akua Goes to School, by Tricia Elam Walker
Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine Evaristo
In the Company of Killers, by Bryan Christy
Anonymous Sex, by Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
The Women's Suffrage Movement, by Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner
Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, by Gerald Brom
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom, by Leonard S. Marcus
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed, by Karla Kuskin, illustrated by Marc Simont