We all find comfort in different ways, and returning to favorite TV shows is a common stress management strategy. Today’s guest would love to find books that deliver the same soothing feelings she gets from re-watching her favorite comfort shows.

Kayla King is joining me today from her home on a small-scale dairy and hobby farm in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband. Kayla is a lifelong reader, and she’s recently started to branch out from her usual genres of mysteries, thrillers, and science fiction and fantasy. When Kayla wrote in with her request to help her find books that could offer alternatives to her regular comfort TV viewing, it felt like such a relatable question.

I can’t wait to dive into this topic with Kayla and leave her with recommendations that she can reach for the next time she wants to channel those comforting vibes and experience a great story in book form at the same time.

Please share your suggestions for Kayla by leaving a comment below.

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Books mentioned in this episode:

• Happy Place by Emily Henry
❤ Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
❤ On Earth As It Is On Television by Emily Jane
❤ The Red Rising Saga by Pierce Brown (#1: Red Rising)
▵ The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
• Karen Slaughter (try Pieces of Her)
• The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson (#1: Mistborn)
• Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaughey
• Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
• The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers (#1: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet)
• Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen
• Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
• Flush by Carl Hiaasen
• Skink by Carl Hiaasen
• Wrecker by Carl Hiaasen
• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
• The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
• Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
• The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
• When in Rome by Sarah Adams
• The Chance of a Lifetime series by Kate Clayborn (#1: Beginner’s Luck)

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