Bonus Episode! Reading Glasses and The Professional Book Nerds recommend...

It was written in the stars that someday we'd join forces with the Reading Glasses gals and create the nerdiest book event ever. Here it is. An hour of live book recommendations done over Zoom. If you missed out and would like us to do this again, reach out to us via twitter or email and let us know! Book requests and our recommendations"  “I just finished the first book in The Witcher series and I’d love more fantasy short story recommendations.”   Jill - Rogues (Anthology) https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780345537263 Dangerous Women https://www.overdrive.com/media/2052864/dangerous-women https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780765332073   Adam - Toil and Trouble (Anthology) https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781335016270   “Looking for a read-a-like for Little Women and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.”   Mallory - Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780316204262 https://www.overdrive.com/media/650438/whered-you-go-bernadette   When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781534432871 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4815623/when-we-were-magic   The Girl Who Slept With God by Val Brelinki https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780143109433 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2015858/the-girl-who-slept-with-god   “Looking for recommendations for books about small towns with quirky characters, with a sense of a small community where the characters get all up in each other’s business” Adam - Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby https://www.overdrive.com/media/4297634/cedar-valley   Nathan Coulter by Wendell Berry https://www.overdrive.com/media/228070/nathan-coulter https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781582434094 Mallory - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781492623441 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2139814/the-readers-of-broken-wheel-recommend   “Looking for a read-a-like for Bunny by Mona Awad, something weird and creepy but with no violence and or horror.”   Mallory - The Return by Rachel Harrison https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780593098660 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4838379/the-return   Sarah Waters https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781594633928 https://www.overdrive.com/media/1742956/the-paying-guests Sarah Perry https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062856401 https://www.overdrive.com/media/5130366/melmoth Dare Me by Megan Abbott https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780316430173 https://www.overdrive.com/media/1089210/dare-me Adam - Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781101974445 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3108736/meddling-kids   Jill - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781683691433 https://www.overdrive.com/media/5038989/the-southern-book-clubs-guide-to-slaying-vampires   “Looking for queer sci-fi.”   Adam - The Disasters by M.K. England https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062657688 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3900835/the-disasters Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780316449274 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4659499/once-future   Mallory - The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781481447942 https://www.overdrive.com/media/5038996/the-stars-are-legion   “Looking for a book recommendation to get me out of a slump. I love sci fi and fantasy and need something that will really get its claws in me and get me excited and invested right away.”   Adam - The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781524739010 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4775066/the-kingdom-of-back   Brea - The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780765392107 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4500036/the-future-of-another-timeline   Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781101886717 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2466122/sleeping-giants   The Test by Sylvain Neuvel https://www.overdrive.com/media/4297407/the-test “Can you recommend any novellas? Big books are intimidating and hard to focus on.” Mallory - The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781250294807 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4288450/the-haunting-of-tram-car-015   Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780143198055 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3970894/split-tooth   Phantom Twin by Lisa Brown https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781626729247 https://www.overdrive.com/media/5243308/the-phantom-twin   Brea - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780525541332 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4159273/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead   “Looking for recommendations along the lines of Ghost Maps, nonfiction about diseases.” Brea - The Great Influenza by John M. Barry https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780143036494 https://www.overdrive.com/media/204479/the-great-influenza New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers: Tales of Parasites and People by Robert S. Desowitz https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780393304268   “Looking for a good stand alone middle grade novel.”   Adam - Sunnyside Plaza by Scott Simon https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780316531207 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4669399/sunnyside-plaza   Doll Bones by Holly Black https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781416963998 https://www.overdrive.com/media/1139037/doll-bones   Mallory - Small Spaces by Katherine Arden https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780525515043 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3656348/small-spaces    “I really love a teenage girl/young adult detective story. Any recommendations in that realm?   Mallory - Goldie Vance https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781608868988 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3007148/goldie-vance-volume-1   Jill - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780385343497 https://www.overdrive.com/media/199312/the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie   Adam & Brea - A Study in Charllote by Brittany Cavallaro https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062398918 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2236808/a-study-in-charlotte   “Looking for a read-a-like for Seanin McGuire/Mira Grant, historical or modern fantasy, maybe combined with a fairytale.”   Mallory - The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781250147936 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4559254/the-hazel-wood   Adam - Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781594634666 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4394966/gingerbread   Brea - A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781250211668 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3750319/a-blade-so-black The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781481466516 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2988715/the-strange-case-of-the-alchemists-daughter   “Looking for diverse mystery recommendations.”   Jill - The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781492670124 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3877587/the-seven-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle   Ruth Ware https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781501132957 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2526344/the-woman-in-cabin-10 Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062645234 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2962692/magpie-murders   Mallory - Sarah Waters https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781573228732 https://www.overdrive.com/media/242291/affinity   “I’ve been into nonfiction comics lately … looking for more.” Adam - The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781419718786 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3135209/the-best-we-could-do   Brea - My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris “Looking for a read-a-like for the Wayward Children series, reverse portal fantasy.”   Mallory - Ten Thousands Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780316421997 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4513546/the-ten-thousand-doors-of-january   Brea - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780385541213 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4716002/the-starless-sea   “Looking for nihilistic YA…  desperately want more reads with nihilistic young adults as they go through a crisis of self and get closer to university. ”   Mallory - A.S. King   Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future https://www.overdrive.com/media/1547918/glory-obriens-history-of-the-future   Dig https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781101994917   Adam - The Rest of Us Just Live by Patrick Ness https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062403179 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2052828/the-rest-of-us-just-live-here   “Read-a-like for an adult version of Yoon Ha Lee’s books, looking for a Star Trek vibe.”   Brea - Space Opera by Catherynne Valente https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781481497503 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3442025/space-opera   Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780765336309 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2875604/dark-orbit   Jill - The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062444134 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2245998/the-long-way-to-a-small-angry-planet   “Looking for lush historical horror a la Alma Katsu.”   Mallory - The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781594484469 https://www.overdrive.com/media/552325/the-little-stranger   The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780143131632 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3309311/the-silent-companions Learn more about your ad choices. 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