Jeff and Rebecca continue their annual tradition of responding to listener recommendation requests. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez for science history, The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen The Topeka School by Ben Lerner A Brief History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson The Man From the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba The Cheffe by Marie NDiaye Bibliolepsy by Gina Apostol Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso A Study in Scarlet by Sherry Thomas The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin A Man Called Ove by Frederick Backman Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney Wake Siren by Nina MacLaughlin The Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes The Heroine with 1001 Faces by Maria Tatar Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Best American Short Stories City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid The Martian by Andy Weir A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstein Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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