In this bonus episode of Recommended, producer Jenn Northington takes us through the numbers of the past five seasons.

BOOKS & AUTHORS DISCUSSED

Samantha Irby

Jeanette Winterson

Ursula Le Guin (Changing Planes, The Left Hand of Darkness)

Terry Pratchett (Small Gods)

Sarah Waters (Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith)

Dominick Dunne (People Like Us, An Inconvenient Woman)

Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre, Villette)

Octavia Butler (Wild Seed, Lilith’s Brood, Parable of the Sower)

Alexandre Dumas (Three Musketeers, Count of Monte Cristo)

Sonali Dev

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Zen Cho

Becky Chambers

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In this episode, Wendy Xu recommends Claudia Gray and Tommy Pico recommends A.R. Ammons.

This episode is sponsored by Lanternfish Press and HMH.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker

Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray

Lost Stars by Claudia Gray

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Pluto by Naoki Urasawa

Feed by Tommy Pico

Tape for the Turn of the Year by A.R. Ammons

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In this episode, Jeanette Winterson recommends Virginia Woolf and Nafiza Azad recommends Shailja Patel.

This episode is sponsored by Lerner Books and Wednesday Books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad

Migritude by Shailja Patel

Fatima Asghar

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In this episode, Garth Nix recommends Alexandre Dumas and Silvia Moreno-Garcia recommends Charles Williams.

This episode is sponsored by OwlCrate Jr, a subscription box for middle grade readers, and Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu, with Fierce Reads.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Angel Mage by Garth Nix

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, translated and abridged by Lowell Bair

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Hot Spot, a.k.a. Hell Hath No Fury, by Charles Williams

Dead Calm by Charles Williams

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In this episode, Jami Attenberg recommends Patti Smith and Valerie Valdes recommends Diana Wynne Jones.

This episode is sponsored by The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz, new from Algonquin Young Readers, and William Morrow Paperbacks.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg

Just Kids by Patti Smith

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

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In this episode, Sonali Dev recommends Kate Clayborn and Maris Kreizman recommends Dominick Dunne.

This episode is sponsored by Tor Teen and Change is the only Constant by Ben Orlin, in Hardcover from Black Dog and Leventhal.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn (January 28, 2020)

Slaughterhouse 90210 by Maris Kreizman

An Inconvenient Woman by Dominick Dunne

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In this episode, Kristen Lepionka recommends Carol Anshaw and Kekla Magoon recommends Pamela F. Service.

This episode is sponsored by Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke and By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Stories You Tell by Kristen Lepionka

Seven Moves by Carol Anshaw

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

Being of Two Minds by Pamela F. Service

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Alexis Hall recommends Terry Pratchett, Maika Moulite recommends Elizabeth Acevedo, and Maritza Moulite recommends Maria Semple.

This episode is sponsored by The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger and Motherhood So White by Nefertiti Austin.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple

Ola Shakes It Up by Joanne Hyppolite

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In this episode, Jackson Bird recommends Stephen Chbosky and Kim Scott recommends Elizabeth Knox.

This episode is sponsored by The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz and The Infinite Noise by Lauran Shippen.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Sorted by Jackson Bird

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Taboo by Kim Scott

The Vintner’s Luck by Elizabeth Knox

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In this episode, Jen Wang recommends Wilson Rawls and Courtney Maum recommends Aja Gabel.

This episode is sponsored by Pretty Guilty Women by Gina Lamanna and The Years That Matter Most by Paul Tough.

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In this episode, Tamsyn Muir recommends Peter Høeg and Keah Brown recommends Casey McQuiston.

This episode is sponsored by The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos and Yale Needs Women by Anne Gardiner Perkins.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow by Peter Høeg

Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Pretty One by Keah Brown

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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