In which John recommends some of his favorite fiction, poetry, and nonfiction reading of the year. Books discussed in this video include:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz
We Are Okay by Nina Lacour
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The King Is Always about the People by Daniel Alarcon
Ordinary Beast by Nicole Sealey
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar
Counting Descent by Clint Smith
City of Light, City of Poison by Holly Tucker
City of Thorns by Ben Rawlence
The Man Who Couldn’t Stop by David Adam
The Water Will Come by Jeff Goddell
Also very excited for E. Lockhart’s Genuine Fraud, Maggie Steifvater’s All the Crooked Saints, and Nnedi Okorafor’s Akata Warrior.