Best of 2015 Halftime Show
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss their favorite books of 2015 so far, including The Fishermen, Sweetland, and A Little Life. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Live.
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Books discussed on the show:
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
(My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum)
Escape from Baghdad! by Saad Hossain
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
The Ghost Network by Catie Disbato
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
What we’re reading:
As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew by Jen Chaney
Books out today:
Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins
When You’re Back by Abbi Glines
Falling for June by Ryan Winfield
I Am Charlie Wilson by Charlie Wilson
Ana of California by Andi Teran
Weightless by Sarah Bannan
Stilletto by Daniel O’Malley
A Thorn Among the Lilies by Michael Hiebert
Run Away by Laura Salters
The Dragons of Heaven by Alyc Helms
The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath: From the Peculiar Adventures of John Lovehart, Esq., Volume 1 by Ishbelle Bee
The English Spy by Daniel Silva
Against All Enemies by John Gilstrap
Murder, D.C. by Neely Tucker
The Mask by Taylor Stevens
As Night Falls by Jenny Milchman
Follow You Home by Mark Edwards
Fatal Deception by Marie Force
Run You Down by Julia Dahl
The Tide Watchers by Lisa Chaplin
Minutes to Kill by Melinda Leigh
The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton
New Frontiers by Ben Bova
Severed Souls by Terry Goodkind
Margaret Truman’s Undiplomatic Murder by Donald Bain
Dead Out by Jon McGoran
A House Made of Stars by Tawnysha Greene
The Hollow Queen by Elizabeth Haydon
The House of Four Winds by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
Artemis Invaded by Jane Lindskold
American Craftsmen by Tom Doyle
Alien Hunter: Underworld by Whitley Streiber
Kill Again by Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene
The Insider Threat by Brad Taylor
The Bones of You by Debbie Howells
The Assassins by Gayle Lynds
Exit Strategy by Kena Diaz
The Book of James by Ellen J. Green
The Little Town Where Time Stood Still by Bohumil Hrabal
The Flemish House by Georges Simenon
Death at Tammany Hall by Charles O’Brien
What Doesn’t Kill Her by Carla Norton
A Less Perfect Union by Adam Freedman
Viral: Stories by Emily Mitchell
Matt Helm – The Terminators by Donald Hamilton
The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
Black Valley by Charlotte Williams
A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America by Ted Cruz
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck
Tommy: The Gun That Changed America by Karen Blumenthal
Flame Tree Road by Shona Patel
Little Girls by Ronald Malfi
I Greet You at the Beginning of a Great Career: The Selected Correspondence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, 1955-1997 edited by Bill Morgan
Ghost Fleet by P. W. Singer and August Cole
White Crocodile by K. T. Medina
The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson
Local Girls by Caroline Zancan
Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
The Map of Chaos by Félix J. Palma
To Hold the Bridge by Garth Nix
Sweet Forgiveness by Lori Nelson Spielman
Death in Brittany by Jean-Luc Bannalec
Finding Love, Self, and Home on the Far Side of the World by Tracy Slater
How Did I Get Here?: Making Peace with the Road Not Taken by Jesse Browner
The Mountain and the Wall by Alisa Ganieva
Kitty Peck and the Child of Ill-Fortune by Kate Griffin
Hardcovers now in paperback:
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
The Happiest People in the World by Brock Clarke
The Remedy for Love by Bill Roorbach
The Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
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