Annie's back from SIBA, and we're here to let you in on a long-distance version of the Fall Literary Luncheon we hosted in the Bookshelf last week. Here's what we're recommending for the fall!

+ Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
+ Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
+ Artemis by Andy Weir
+ The Senator's Children by Nicholas Montemarano
+ The Glass Eye by Jeannie Vanasco
+ Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
+ Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
+ My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
+ Five-Carat Soul by James McBride
+ The Floating World by C. Morgan Babst
+ Grant by Ron Chernow
+ An Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn
+ The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers
+ Blood at the Root by Patrick Phillips
+ What Unites Us by Dan Rather

Also mentioned:
+ Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
+ Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
+ The Martian by Andy Weir

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Annie, Hunter, and Emily are back with another volume of Love It or Loathe It, our show within a show in which we have a book club-style discussion about a divisive book. This week: When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon.

Also mentioned this week:
+ The Blondes by Emily Schultz
+ Looking for Alaska by John Green
+ The Big Sick
+ Master of None
+ The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson
+ Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
+ Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith
+ Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Special mid-credits guest appearance by Margery K. Bear. 

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We've survived the hurricane and the new Bachelor announcement, and we're back with another conversation on books, TV, and life in the South. The 2017 Emmy Awards air on September 17, and so many of the honorees this year are adapted from books! We've got thoughts and opinions. Also, Seth Meyers is blond.

Mentioned this week:
+ The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
+ The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu
+ Hagseed by Margaret Atwood
+ The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
+ The Leftovers on HBO
+ Big Little Lies by Lianne Moriarty
+ Big Little Lies on HBO
+ Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
+ Fargo on FX
+ Fargo by the Coen Brothers
+ Legion on FX

If you liked The Crown on Netflix, you might enjoy:
+ The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
+ Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
+ China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
+ Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

If you liked The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu, you might enjoy:
+ Children of Men by P. D. James
+ Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

If you liked This is Us on NBC, you might enjoy:
+ The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
+ Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
+ Adopted by Kelley Nikondeha
+ Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

If you liked Westworld on HBO, you might enjoy:
+ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
+ Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

If you liked Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix, you might enjoy:
+ The Girls by Emma Cline
+ The Assistants by Camille Perri

If you liked Stranger Things on Netflix, you might enjoy:
+ Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

If you liked Master of None on Netflix, you might enjoy:
+ Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
+ Read Bottom Up by Neel Shah and Skye Chatham

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Welcome to the brand new month of September! School is back in session, Fall is (kinda-sorta) in the air, and change is afoot. Check out our new podcast website and see all the new, special content we've been making just for you! Also, Nick and Vanessa? Donezo. 

Mentioned this week:
+ The Secret History by Donna Tartt
+ Liberal Arts 
+ Shadow of the Lions by Christopher Swann
+ A Separate Peace by John Knowles
+ Looking for Alaska by John Green
+ The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
+ The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
+ Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
+ Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
+ Friends from College 
+ Tribal by Diane Roberts
+ Tribe by Sebastian Junger
+ Against Football by Steve Almond
+ The One and Only by Emily Giffin

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