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Katherine and Ashley discuss their current reads, book news, most anticipated summer releases, and their summer reading plans.

Books mentioned in order:
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace
The Loneliness Files by Athena Dixon
Love & Salt by Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
Live by Night by Denis Lahane
Little Rot by Awaeke Emezi
Parade by Rachel Cusk
Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

Katherine and Ashley discuss Tommy Orange's highly anticipated sophomore novel: Wandering Stars.

Books mentioned in order of appearance:
- The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsen
- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
- Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
- Lit by Mary Karr
- The Wren, The Wren by Ann Enright

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- Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
- March by Geraldine Brooks
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- Live by Night by Dennis Lehane

Katherine and Ashley recap their Indie Bookstore Day book crawl and discuss their current reads and book news. Then, in celebration of their mothers, they discuss favorite books their mother's read to them as children and their mothers' favorite recommendations.

Books mentioned in order:
Wandering Stars byTommy Orange
Lit by Mary Karr
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

Ashley's Childhood Favorites:
Big Susan
Heidi
Little House on the Prairie

Kat's Childhood Favorites:
The Count of Monte Cristo
Danny Champion of the World
The Phantom Tollbooth

Molly's Favorite Recommendations
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Ruthie Fear by Maxim Loskutoff

Melinda's Favorite Recommendations
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay

Katherine and Ashley discuss Kaveh Akbar's highly acclaimed debut novel, Martyr!

Books mentioned in order of appearance:
The Immortal Life of King Rao by Vauhini Vara
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Micki Brammer

In anticipation of Independent Bookstore Day (April 27th!), Katherine and Ashley discuss their favorite indie bookstores.

Books mentioned in order of appearance:
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
The Immortal Life of King Rao by Vauhini Vara
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Long Way Down by Jason Reynold
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Whose Afraid of Gender by Judith Butlet

Bookstores Mentioned by Location:

Chicago:
Unabridged
Open Books

New York
Books Are Magic
Unnameable Books

Kansas City:
Rainy Day Books

Boulder:
Boulder Bookstore

Portland:
Powells

Nashville:
Parnassus

Seattle:
Elliot Bay

Katherine and Ashley discuss their current reads, big news in the book world, and their book of the month: Redwood Court by DeLana R.A. Dameron.

Books mentioned in the episode:
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsen
Sure I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid I. Khalidi
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Glossy by Marisa Meltzer
Pelican Girls by Julia Malye
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Redwood Court by DeLana RA Dameron
Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange