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In this episode, Jane Mount picks The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Oyinkan Braithwaite talks Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

Sam Maggs talks about her love for Becky Chambers’ Record of a Spaceborn Few and Ausma Zehanat Khan discusses the impact of Dune by Frank Herbert on her writing life.

Joseph Fink picks Vacation by Deb Olin Unferth, and Kate Gavino discusses It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini.

In this episode, Nicole Chung recommends Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers and Becky Chambers recommends Changing Planes by Ursula K. LeGuin.

In this episode, Kim Stanley Robinson discusses Solar Bones by Mike McCormack and Sonia Faruqi picks Silent Spring by Rachel Carson.

John Jennings talks about Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed, and R.F. Kuang picks The Buddha In the Attic by Julie Otsuka.

In this episode, Nic Stone recommends The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides and Ryan North recommends Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by The Rule of One by Ashley Saunders and Leslie Saunders, and We That Are Young By Preti Taneja.

In this episode, Sara Gran recommends Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov and Greg Pak recommends The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep and The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox.

In this episode, Gretchen Rubin recommends Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language and Cynthia Leitich Smith recommends Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Vampires Like It Hot by Lynsay Sands and TBR.

In this episode, Rebekah Weatherspoon recommends If the Dress Fits by Carla de Guzman and Dessa recommends A Heart-Breaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Vampires Like it Hot by Lynsay Sands and Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground by T.R. Simon.

Jasmine Guillory picks Betsy and Joe by Maud Hart Lovelace, and historical novelist Amy Stewart talks Canteening Overseas by Marian Baldwin This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Hollywood Dead by Richard Kadrey and The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien.

In this episode, Karina Yan Glaser recommends Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor and Alyssa Cole recommends To Find You by Cerece Rennie Murphy. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Annotated. A transcript of this episode is available here.

In this episode, Caitlin Doughty recommends The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker and Sherry Thomas recommends The Legends of the Condor Heroes by Louis Chan. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by our $500 YA Giveaway and Book Riot Insiders.

In this episode, Julie Murphy recommends Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and Kevin Kwan recommends People Like Us by Dominick Dunne. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Annotated.

In this episode, Walter Mosley recommends Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber and Doree Shafrir recommends Camille Perri's When Katie Met Cassidy. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Book Riot's Best of the Year YA Giveaway and the Annotated podcast.

This week we talked to Victor LaValle about Kenzaburō Ōe’s A Personal Matter and V.E. Schwab about Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Mae V. 1 & Series 2 by Gene Ha and Green Almonds by Anaële Hermans, illustrated by Delphine Hermans.

This week on Recommended, Lauren Groff discusses Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick and Zoraida Córdova raves about Blanca and Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Annotated.

In this episode, Ellen Oh recommends The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and Cat Sebastian recommends Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Frolic Media and Annotated.

In this episode, Madeline Miller recommends Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, and Sabaa Tahir recommends The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and our bookstore gift card giveaway.

In this episode, Rebecca Roanhorse recommends Erika Wurth's Buckskin Cocaine and Finn Murphy recommends George Orwell's 1984. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by The Wormworld Saga Vol. 1: The Journey Begins by Daniel Lieske and All the Little Lights by Jamie McGuire.

In this episode, Sylvain Neuvel recommends Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain and Tayari Jones recommends Alice Walker's Meridian. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Annotated and Book Riot Insiders.

In this episode, Sandhya Menon recommends Sophie Kinsella's The Undomestic Goddess and Alexander Chee recommends Anne Carson's Plainwater. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Furyborn by Claire Legrand and Penguin Random House Audio.