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Episode Forty-Five: Top Six of 2016 (so far)

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In This Episode: Summer hath arrived and so the guys decide it's never too early to start making lists. They deliver six of their favorites from the year so far - and then gaze into the crystal ball of time and books to see what's coming down the pike for the rest of 2016.

Other highlights:

* The return of the NPR Voice
* It's a SHORT one, so you can get back to reading
* The Monkees, just because

LISTEN:


The Ep. 45 Bookshelf

TOP 6 OF 2016 (SO FAR AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER):

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue
The Girls by Emma Cline
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

COMING UP IN 2016:

I Hate the Internet by Jarrett Kobeck (June 2016)
A Hundred Thousand Worlds by Bob Proehl (June 2016)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne, from a story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany (July 2016)
The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville (August 2016)
The Nix by Nathan Hill (August 2016)
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (September 2016)
The Mothers by Brit Bennett (October 2016)
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood (October 2016)
* The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang (October 2016)
Swing Time by Zadie Smith (November 2016)
Moonglow by Michael Chabon (November 2016)