As the year comes to a close, we hear from book lovers about which books they most enjoyed, which ones they found overrated, and what they are looking forward to reading. And we'll hear from our listeners about their top book picks.
Note: Maine Public's next All Books Considered book club meets Dec 7th at 7 pm. Host Bill Nemitz will speak with author Paul Harding about his book This Other Eden, and also with actor Edoardo Ballerini, who narrated the audio version of the book
Click here to see the list of books mentioned on-air and recommended by our panelists/VIP callers/listeners as well as recommendations emailed to us and posted on our Facebook/Instagram pages
Panelists:
Hannah Lafferrandre, manager, Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop in Portland
Gibson Fay-Leblanc, writer, poet; executive director, Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
Josh Christie, co-owner of Print: A Bookstore; author, beer educator
VIP Caller:
Paul Burlin, author; professor emeritus of history, University of New England
Emily Connelly, assistant editor, AudioFile magazine
Click here to see AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2023