Our indie bookstore owners are back for our annual Holiday Book Show to discuss the books that flew off the shelves in 2018, and which might make for great gift-giving or to keep for yourself! Novelists tackled the idea of American identity, with characters who don't quite fit in, while history writers revealed hidden stories from our past, from code-breakers to the Korean War. And non-fiction covered famous figures including Ronald Reagan and Michelle Obama. Scroll down for the list of books mentioned on the show. GUESTS: Dan Chartrand - owner of Water Street Bookstore in Exeter. Michael Herrmann - owner of Gibson's Bookstore in Concord. Fiction Kingdom of the Blind, and others by Louise Penny Unsheltered, by Barbara Kingsolver Fox 8, by George Saunders Transcription, by Kate Atkinson Florida, by Lauren Groff There There, by Tommy Orange Washington Black, by Esi Edugyon Bitter Orange, by Claire Fuller Poetry Wade in the Water, by Tracy K. Smith Sports 90% Mental by Bob Tewksbury Bobby
Our indie bookstore owners are back for our annual Holiday Book Show to discuss the books that flew off the shelves in 2018, and which might make for great gift-giving or to keep for yourself! Novelists tackled the idea of American identity, with characters who don't quite fit in, while history writers revealed hidden stories from our past, from code-breakers to the Korean War. And non-fiction covered famous figures including Ronald Reagan and Michelle Obama. Scroll down for the list of books