Read or Dead Book Riot

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books for Native American Heritage Month.
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Things Mentioned
Goodreads Choice Awards
The Indigenous Reading Circle Book Club

BOOKS DISCUSSED
Twilight Falls - Juneau Black
And Then She Fell - Alicia Elliott
This Town Sleeps - Dennis E. Staples
The Berry Pickers - Amanda Peters
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology - ed. Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
The Fiction Writer - Jillian Cantor
The Folly - Gemma Amor

Contact
If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com.
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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books perfect for holiday gifting!
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Books Discussed
All the Fighting Parts - Hannah V. Sawyerr
Happiness Falls - Angie Kim
General Mystery: The Woman in the Library - Sulari Gentill
Psychological suspense/horror crossover: Help for the Haunted - John Searles
True crime: American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land - Monica Hesse
Middle Grade: Spirit Hunters - Ellen Oh
Literary Mystery: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride
Cozy Mystery: Shady Hollow - Juneau Black

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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester books about vampires!
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
And Then She Fell - Alicia Elliot
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse / Southern Vampire Mysteries)
A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising - Raymond A. Villareal
Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Cañas
Fangs - Sarah Andersen
The Reformatory - Tananarive Due
Blackwater Falls - Ausma Zehanat Khan
Blood Betrayal - Ausma Zehanat Khan

If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com.
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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss great picks for book clubs.
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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes!
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NEWS
Time Magazine - 100 best mystery and thriller books of all time. 
Jessica Knoll’s latest novel, Bright Young Women, is getting a TV adaptation.

BOOKS DISCUSSED
Blackwater Falls - Ausma Zehanat Khan
While Justice Sleeps - Stacey Abrams
Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Cañas
Anywhere You Run - Wanda M. Morris
Mrs. Poe - Lynn Cullen
Anoka - Shane Hawk
Indigenous Reading Circle
Firekeeper’s Daughter - Angeline Boulley
Reese’s Book Club
A Haunting on the Hill: A Novel - Elizabeth Hand
Lay Them to Rest: On the Road With the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless - Laurah Norton

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Katie and Kendra are out this week, so we're sharing this episode of First Edition, where Jeff interviews James McBride on the occasion of the publication of his new novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. This book has a murder mystery at its core, so we know you will love it!
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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes!
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Discussed in this episode:
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Beverly Cleary
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss book picks for Hispanic Heritage Month!
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NEWS
2023 Anthony Awards

BOOKS DISCUSSED
Small Spaces - Katherine Arden
The House in the Pines - Ana Reyes
Untamed Shore - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Ghost Squad - Claribel A. Ortega
Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado
Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Black Sheep - Rachel Harrison

If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com.
Otherwise you can:
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Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady
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