Episode 26: A Deep Dive into Book Groups

Booklist's Shelf Care

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Indianapolis (IL) Public Library’s Montoya Barker about all things book group—selecting titles, leading a group, and all kinds of other stuff. Then, Susan chats with Booklist Audio Editor Heather Booth about what she’s reading and loving. Here’s what we talked about: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold Miss Benson’s Beetle, by Rachel Joyce The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, by Grady Hendrix Artemis, by Andy Weir Becoming, by Michelle Obama Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, by Alan Rickman Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster, by Adam Higginbotham Suburban Hell, by Maureen Kilmer Rules of Engagement, by Christine Dodd The Rewind, by Allison Winn Scotch, read by Julia Whelan and MacLeod Andrews The Passenger, by Cormac McCarthy, read by Julia Whelan and MacLeod Andrews Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk, by Buddy Levy, read by Will Damron Dear Prudence: Liberating Lessons from Slate.com’s Beloved Advice Column, by Daniel M. Lavery Paris, by Paris Hilton