What was the best book you read this summer? Book commentator Nancy Pearl joins us with her picks, and we want to hear yours, too.
Nancy’s Picks:
- "The Woman Who Lost Her Soul," Bob Shacochis
- "Americanah," Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- "Eleven Days," Lea Carpenter
- "A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana," Haven Kimmel
Recommended By Listeners:
- "Heirs & Spares," J. L. Spohr
- "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics," Daniel James Brown
- "The Death of Bees: A Novel," Lisa O'Donnell
- "Legends from Camp," Lawson Fusao Inada
- "Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East," Scott Anderson
- "Exiled (The Protector Book 1)," M.R. Merrick
- "The Passage: A Novel," Justin Cronin
- "Neverwhere," Neil Gaiman
- "World War Z," Max Brooks