9 books to read this summer
from Happy To Be Here
Host Greta Johnsen talks to two of her favorite readers -- MJ Franklin, an editor at the New York Times Book Review and host of The Book Review Book Club podcast, and Traci Thomas, who hosts the wonderfully bookish podcast The Stacks. Even though the three of them have WILDLY different reading tastes, they also have an abundance of respect for each other, so these conversations are always a treat. Here’s a list of each of their recommendations: Greta’s picks: The Children, Melissa Albert (June 2) Land, Maggie O’Farrell (June 2) Etna, Paul Yoon August 4 Traci’s picks: Crossroads: A Memoir in Baseball and Life, Dusty Baker (June 9) The Great Wherever, Shannon Sanders (July 7) Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America, Rozina Ali (August 25) MJ’s picks: Country People, Daniel Mason (July 7) Fixer Chao, Han Ong (July 14) The Mortons, Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld (July 21) SHOW CREDITS Creator and host: Greta Johnsen Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg Composers: Ross Bellenoit and Jeremy Thal Tile art: Mac Maclean
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