S12:Ep258 - Summer Reading with Bookseller Sam Miller - 5/21/25

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This week we have Sam Miller, manager at Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, with us to chat about books readers might want to consider for their summer reading. It is always fun to hear what is new and notable from Sam. 

 

This is our last episode of the season.  We will be back in July after our summer hiatus with all new episodes. Happy Reading!

 

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

 

1- The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebowitz

 

2- Northern Spy by Flynn Berry

 

3- Big Girl Small Town by Michelle Gallen

 

4- Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen

 

5- Cat's People by Tanya Guerrero

 

6- The View from Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani

 

7- Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani

 

8- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 

9- Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

 

10- So Far Gone by Jess Walter

 

11- A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle

 

12- A Lesser Light by Peter Geye

 

13- Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippmann

 

14- El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott

 

15- Big Bad Wool by Leonie Swann

 

16- Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

 

17- First Gentleman by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

 

18- King of Ashes by SA Cosby

 

19- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab

 

20- Katabasis by RF Kuang

 

21- Country Under Heaven by Frederic Durbin

 

22- A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

 

23- Isabella Nag and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire

 

24- The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar

 

25- Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs

 

26- Plato and the Tyrant by James Romm

 

27- Turning to Birds by Lili Taylor

 

28- Is A River Alive? by Robert McFarlane

 

29- Mark Twain by Ron Chernow

 

30- Charlottesville by Deborah Baker

 

31- Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser

 

32- Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser

 

33- Fulfillment by Lee Cole

 

34- If You Love It, Let it Kill You by Hannah Pittard

 

35- The Fire Concerto by Sarah Landenwich

 

36- Black Cohosh by Eagle Valiant Brosi

 

37- Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

 

38- I Am the Arrow: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath in Six Poems by Sarah Ruden

 

39- Red Comet by Heather Clark

 

40- Bad Badger : A Love Story by Maryrose Wood

 

Media mentioned--

 

1- Derry Girls (Netflix, 2018-2022)

 

2- Christoph Waltz on Jimmy Fallon --https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0jr-HQeT74

 

3- Floyd Collins Broadway show--https://floydcollinsbroadway.com