Episode Eighty-Two: Top Six of 2017

In This Episode:

The guys return from their holiday break rested, relaxed, and ready to read! They deliver a considered "Best of" for 2017, talk a bit about 2018 excitement, and of course... some #ToB18 talk.

Other Highlights:
* So many good books we had to include runners-up
* No drink, because it's Dry January and Drew dragged Christopher into it.
* The Rooster crows... soon...

The Ep. 82 Bookshelf

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: Autumn and Winter by Ali Smith
Christopher: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

THE SMDB TOP 6 OF 2017:

Made for Love by Alissa Nutting
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
Marlena by Julie Buntin
Vacationland by John Hodgman
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
Arbitrary Stupid Goal by Tamara Shopsin
HONORABLE MENTIONS: Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli & Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

ALSO MENTIONED:

The Accidental by Ali Smith
Autumn and Winter by Karl Ove Knausgård
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Tampa by Alissa Nutting
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Complete World Knowledge by John Hodgman
Mumbai, New York, Scranton by Tamara Shopsin
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers by Tom Rachman
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
White Tears by Hari Kunzru
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2018:

Drew: The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman
Christopher: Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl