Ep. #15 -- Feminist Reads and True Crime

Episode Overview In today's episode we are talking about two of our favorite non-fiction categories: feminist/women's studies titles and true crime! We also talk about all of the recent non-fiction books of all genres that we've read and the forthcoming books that have us super excited. In our intro, Adam shares some celebrity memoirs that he has recently read and enjoyed. Share your own favorite women's studies and true crime titles by finding OverDrive on Facebook at facebook.com/OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @OverDriveLibs or you can email the podcast directly at [email protected]    Featured OverDrive Staff Jill, Cindy, and Rachel K.   Intro (0:00-2:44) You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal Born Standing Up by Steve Martin    Big Library Read (2:45-5:49) American Sniper by Chris Kyle The Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell American Wife by Taya Kyle   Recent Reads (5:50-18:59) Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer Attempting Normal by Marc Maron A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold I Will Find You by Joanna Connors All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister Modern Romance by Aziz Ansarai At the Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell   Feminist Studies/Women's Issues (19:00-23:09) Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Heartburn by Nora Ephron Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham   True Crime (23:10-32:29) In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth Pretty Little Killers by Daleen Berr My Story by Elizabeth Smart A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard Finding Me by Michelle Knight Hope by Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus Fatal Vision by Joe McGinnis The Innocent Killer by Michael Griesbach Worse than the Devil by Dean A. Strang The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin   Forthcoming Titles and Other Books (32:30-End) Hunger by Roxane Gay Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman by Lindy West Lust and Wonder by Augusten Burroughs Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs Porcelain by Moby Paper by Mark Kurlansky Salt by Mark Kurlansky Longitude by Dava Sobel Zero by Charles Seife Mauve by Simon Garfield A Mind of its Own by David M. Friedman Grunt by Mary Roach Maximum Security Book Club by Mikita Brottman American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes, and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough The Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt The Arm by Jeff Passan Becoming Grandma by Lesley Stahl   Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com    Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices