Tiny Book Club

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss nonfiction books about food.

Books discussed:

• The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food, by Mark Kurlansky
• My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings, edited by Zosia Mamet
• The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past, by Taras Grescoe

Other books mentioned: Enter Ghost by Isabelle Hammad, Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, and The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss recent releases they enjoyed.

Books discussed:

• The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
• Absolution by Alice McDermott
• The Skull by Jon Klassen

Other books mentioned: Mister Magic by Kiersten White, Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel, Happiness Falls by Angie Kim.

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books on journalists and journalism.

Books discussed:

• Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe
• The Woman Who Fell from the Sky by Jennifer Steil
• Newsroom Confidential by Margaret Sullivan

Other books mentioned: The Last Watch by J. S. Dewes, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey, Absolution by Alex McDermott, Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by Richard Adams, James Sturm, and Joe Sutphin.

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books they wish more people would read.

Books discussed:

• Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry
• The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
• Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

Other books mentioned: The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang, The Guest List by Lucy Foley, No Mercy by Joanna Schaffhausen, Drood by Dan Simmons, The Mysteries by Bill Watterson

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books from different perspectives.

Books discussed:

The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Pageboy by Elliot Page

Other books mentioned: The Cliff's Edge by Charles Todd, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss fiction featuring the natural world. 

Books discussed: 

The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr

The River by Peter Heller

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

Other books mentioned: Horse by Geraldine Brooks, All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books with a strong sense of place. 

Books discussed: 

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel 

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry 

Other books mentioned: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan, The Visitors by Sally Beauman, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe.

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss Asian-American authors. 

Books discussed: 

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

The Evening Hero by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books they have recommended to each other. 

Book discussed:

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell 

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab 

Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about libraries and librarians. 

Books discussed: 

The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai 

The Library Book by Susan Orlean 

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer