The annual tradition returns! In this first of two episodes, Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener recommendation requests. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon A Year in the Woods by Torbjorn Ekelund Life is Meals by James & Kay Salter The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis Pig Years by Ellyn Gaydos Braiding Sweetgrass How to Do Nothing Moneyball Some old-fashioned John Irving Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Hunters by James Salter Emperor of All Maladies Michael Lewis Confidence Man by Haberman Barbarian Days by William Finnegan Matthew Perry’s memoir Rebel Chef by Dominique Cren Born a Crime Inside Voice by Lake Bell Intimations by Zadie Smith The Guide by Peter Heller Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Now is Not the Time to Panic The Change by Kristen Miller The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Powder Days by Heather Hansman Mary Roach Isabel Wilkerson An Immense World by Ed Yong Stephen Johnson Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe When Women Were Birds How to Be Perfect Let’s Talk About Hard Things Big Friendship Hunger by Roxane Gay Heartbreak by Florence Williams Happy Holigays! New LGBTQ Holiday Romances for 2022 Kiss Her Once for Me The Holiday Trap Trust by Hernan Diaz The Candy House by Jennifer Egan While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams Jane Harper Hammerhead by Nina Mcloughlin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices