Radio Book Club: Titles That Tantalize, Taking time to Smell the Roses

Books with great titles can cause storylovers to swoon. Today on Radio Book Club, host Jessie Magleby and guest Nat Smith from Back of Beyond Books list a toothsome few, such as: “I Cheerfully Refuse; The Man Who Shot My Eye Out is Dead” and “My Favorite Thing is Monsters”. It’s a freewheeling ode of a show for books which remind you of the importance of the little pleasures in life, things easy to take for granted, or not notice. Gardens, music, friendship, good books, warm bread, and radio. Books mentioned: The Three Body Problem, Cixin Liu Sea of Dreams, Cixin Liu The Wandering Earth Cixin Liu A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders (Also The 10th of December, and Fox 8, and Lincoln in the Bardo) I Cheerfully Refuse by Lilef Enger (also Peace Like a River) The Man Who Shot My Eye Out is Dead by Chanelle Benz My Favorite Thing is Monsters Part 1 and Part 2 by Emil Ferris Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven Enlightenment, and The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry Mentions from the Indie Bestseller List: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko, The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides James by Percival Everett