As has become traditional (see 2014, 2013, 2012), here are some recommendations from folks at this year’s Barry Goldblatt Literary retreat. And even though the post is called book recommendations, there are also things that aren’t books.
I always enjoy finding the link for each thing; book trailers, author sites, publisher pages, reviews, interviews. One of the links below is to a glowing review that also contains adorable photos and a brownie recipe. (And now you’ll click them all, won’t you?)
In no particular order:
Yes Please, particularly the audiobook, by Amy Poehler
Young Elites, Marie Lu
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman and Zachariah OHora
I Don’t Like Koala by Sean Ferrell and Charles Santoso
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau by Michelle Markel and Amanda Hall
The Iridescence of Birds by Patricia MacLachlan and Hadley Hooper
Tricky Vic: the Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower by Greg Pizzoli
Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel
Armand Gamache mysteries by Louise Penny
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
All the Rage by Courtney Summers
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Salvage by Alexandra Duncan
Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A.S. King
Uprooted by Naomi Novak
His Fair Assassin series by Robin LaFevers
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
The Sixth Gun by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Journey by Aaron Becker
Locomotive by Brian Floca
The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight by Tony DiTerlizzi
Southern Reach trilogy [aka Area X] by Jeff VanderMeer
The Vorrh by Brian Catling
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Float by Daniel Miyares
Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend by Erika T. Wurth
Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt & Rob Dunleavy
The Jumbies by Tracey Batiste
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee
The Detective’s Assistant by Kate Hannigan
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
The Truth About Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and LeUyen Pham
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
Show and Prove by Sofia Quintero
Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios
ODY-C by Matt Fraction and Christian Ward
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge
The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
Courtney Barnett, “Pedestrian at Best”
The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: the history of a lesbian community by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline D. Davis
Art and Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland
