Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Goodreads Choice Winners, Bill Gates' recommended books for 2019, more wrong-headed prison books news, and more. This episode is sponsored by: Sips by The Read Harder Journal Switched On Pop: How Popular Music Works, and Why it Matters Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding Book Riot's YA Instagram Links discussed in this episode: Fresh round of resignations at the Nobel Prize for Lit Goodreads winners The Critics Version Amazon charts of 2019 Bill Gates’s End-of-Year book list West Virginia will charge prisoners by the minute to read ebooks And Kansas still unfairly bans books in prisons Audiobooks predicted to overtake ebooks in UK See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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