Welcome to the Fall 2020 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!
Catherine and I share our most anticipated books coming out August – December 2020.
Also, stay tuned for my Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2020 blog post, which is coming out soon. I’ll share some of the books I talked about in this podcast, but also some that I didn’t!
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Highlights
- Catherine and my success rate for books we shared in our Summer 2020 Preview episode.
- Why our ability to pick books feels off right now.
- Our Best and Worst picks from the Summer 2020 Preview episode.
- An inadvertent running theme in this episode.
- Sarah’s and Catherine’s #1 Fall book picks.
Fall 2020 Book Preview [8:04]
August
Sarah’s Picks:
- A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom
by John Boyne (August 11) | Buy from Amazon
[8:41]
Catherine’s Picks:
- When These Mountains Burn by David Joy (August 18) | Buy from Amazon [13:46]
September
Sarah’s Picks:
- Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (September 1) | Buy from Amazon
- Majesty by Katharine McGee (September 1) | Buy from Amazon [21:57]
- His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie (September 1) | Buy from Amazon [32:41]
- Good Morning, Monster by Catherine Gildiner (September 22) | Buy from Amazon
[32:49]
Catherine’s Picks:
- The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (September 1) | Buy from Amazon [19:43]
- A Knock at Midnight by Brittany Barnett (September 1) | Buy from Amazon [24:24]
- Anxious People by Fredrick Backman (September 8) | Buy from Amazon [29:54]
October
Sarah’s Picks:
- The Searcher by Tana French (October 6) | Buy from Amazon
- Group by Christie Tate (October 6) | Buy from Amazon [42:02]
Catherine’s Picks:
- Earthlings by Sayaka Murata (October 6) | Buy from Amazon [35:18]
- Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman (October 6) | Buy from Amazon [39:38]
- No Heaven for Good Boys by Keisha Bush (October 13) | Buy from Amazon [44:43]
- Memorial by Bryan Washington (October 27) | Buy from Amazon [51:31]
November
Sarah’s Picks:
- White Ivy by Susie Yang (November 3) | Buy from Amazon
Other Books Mentioned
- Craigslist Confessional by Helena Dea Bala (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
- What’s Left of Me is Yours by Stephanie Scott (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [5:50]
- The Loyalties by Delphine de Vigan (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [6:36]
- Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan (My Review) |
Buy from Amazon [6:44]
- Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino | Buy from Amazon [7:10]
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [11:25]
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell | Buy from Amazon [13:20]
- The Line That Held Us by David Joy (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [13:50]
- Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [15:35]
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi | Buy from Amazon [16:31]
- Dopesick by Beth Macy (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [17:22]
- Smacked by Eilene Zimmerman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [18:14]
- Long Bright River by Liz Moore (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[18:21]
- Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok | Buy from Amazon [21:00]
- Saving Ruby King
by Catherine Adel West (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [21:17]
- American Royals by Katharine McGee | Buy from Amazon [22:17]
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson | Buy from Amazon [25:35]
- Americanah by Chimamonda Ngozi Adichie | Buy from Amazon [29:12]
- Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams | Buy from Amazon [29:12]
- Beartown by Fredrick Backman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [30:11]
- Us Against Them by Fredrick Backman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [30:11]
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman | Buy from Amazon [32:26]
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb | Buy from Amazon [33:19]
- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata | Buy from Amazon [35:18]
- The Witch Elm by Tana French (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [37:48]
- The Secret Place by Tana French (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [38:51]
- In the Woods by Tana French | Buy from Amazon [39:05]
- Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman | Buy from Amazon [39:57]
- The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [39:57]
- Stray by Stephanie Danler (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [43:36]
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [43:36]
- Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [50:14]
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [50:14]
- Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll | Buy from Amazon [50:14]
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [50:14]
- Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington | Buy from Amazon [53:09]
- One to Watch
by Kate Stayman-London (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [55:02]
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Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over 6 years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. She loves books and reading (surprise!) and currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI.
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