We all know that book gifts are the best gifts, and today I’m talking with a devoted reader who’s come to the show looking for guidance on selecting great bookish gifts for the season to come.
Meredith Amadee lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she works as a wedding photographer and hosts a book club that’s come to play a big part in her life. Every year, this book club hosts a book exchange for its members, and today Meredith would love recommendations that will be perfect for the readers in her life.
She’s on the hunt for backlist selections for her fellow members, and is looking for help in choosing the specific titles. We’ll also talk more broadly about what is it that makes a good literary gift good. My hope is that this conversation might be just the inspiration and empowerment you need to find great gifts for the readers in your life, too.
Please share your recommendations for Meredith or her book club members by leaving a comment below.
Connect with Meredith at her website and on Instagram.
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Books mentioned in this episode:
• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
❤ Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones
❤ It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
❤ The Favorites by Layne Fargo
• Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
▵ James by Percival Everett
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
• The Measure by Nikki Erlick
• The Postcard by Anne Berest
• Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
• Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
• Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
• Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
• Orbital by Samantha Harvey
• Miller’s Valley by Anna Quindlen
• Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
• Shiner by Amy Jo Burns
• How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
• A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas (#1: A Court of Thorns and Roses)
• Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore
• Clear by Carys Davies
• Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
• Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
• The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker
• Family Family by Laurie Frankel
• Weyward by Emilia Hart
• The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
• The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik (#1: A Deadly Education)
• The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
• The Change by Kirsten Miller
Also mentioned:
• Tucson Tome Gnomes
• Tucson Festival of Books
• WSIRN Ep 44: Like speed dating, but with authors
• WSIRN Ep 132: The books we can’t wait to read this summer
• WSIRN Ep 319: A grumpy man whisperer on a literary mission
• WSIRN Ep 369: State of the Bookstore
• Patreon Mini Matchmaking series
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