Recommended

In this episode, John Scalzi recommends The People’s Almanac by David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace, and Irving Wallace and Alisha Rai recommends A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Renegades by Marissa Meyer. To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com.

In this episode, Andy Weir recommends Small Gods by Terry Pratchett and Louise Erdrich recommends The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater.

In this episode, Valentine De Landro recommends Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick and Sarah Wendell recommends The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com.

In this episode, Lisa Lucas recommends The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton and Leigh Bardugo recommends Catwitch by Una Woodruff and Lisa Tuttle. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Berserker by Emmy Laybourne. To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com.

In this episode, Joe Hill recommends Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill and Attica Locke recommends 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Ally by Anna Banks. To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com.

In this episode, Malinda Lo recommends Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters and Jason Reynolds recommends The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore. To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com.

In this episode, Tom Perrotta recommends The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and Nnedi Okorafor recommends What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani. To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com.

In this episode, Zareen Jaffery recommends Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri and James McBride recommends To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo. To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com.

In this episode, Tessa Dare recommends Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase and Malka Older recommends An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu. To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go to FierceReadsRecommended.com.

In this episode, Annalee Newitz recommends The Mount by Carol Emshwiller and Jesmyn Ward recommends The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. Baptist. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Spinning by Tillie Walden.

In this episode, Celeste Ng recommends The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Tara Clancy recommends The Wanderers by Richard Price. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by: You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

In this episode, Samantha Irby recommends The Mothers by Brit Bennett and Robin Sloan recommends The Parable of The Sower by Octavia Butler. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by: Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary by Martha Brockenbrough To enter the giveaway of all twelve of the books sponsoring this season of Recommended, go here.

This is a teaser/preview of the first episode of Recommended, Book Riot's new audio podcast featuring interesting people talking about their favorite books. Episode 1 will be released September 6.   This 12-episode season of Annotated is presented by Fierce Reads.