69: Our Favorite Books of 2021!

Happy New Year! Ryan and Jo are joined by Michael, the owner of Gibson's, to chat about their favorite books of 2021. Come for the book recommendations, stay for the tangents! Books Mentioned During This EpisodeRyan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow (audiobook) Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesMoon Witch, Spider King Electric Idol (Dark Olympus #2) by Katee Robert Wicked Beauty (Dark Olympus #3) Neon Gods (Dark Olympus #1) My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite Join the Jack of All Graves Book Club!  Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Daughter of Doctor Moreau One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner  Something to Hide by Elizabeth George  Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds, Jason Griffin Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Mantel Pieces by Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain Michael, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/michael-herrmann City on Fire by Don Winslow This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub  Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood Priestdaddy  Animal by Lisa TaddeoThree Women Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Our Favorite Books of 2021! https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff-favorites-2021 The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Matrix by Lauren Groff A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske  The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe Say Nothing Siren Queen by Nghi Vo A Restless Truth by Freya Marske Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw Goblin by Josh Malerman Pearl  OTHER LINKSShop The Laydown Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates!  Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebook TwitterTikTok Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1! Email us at [email protected]