Challenge Yourself With Award-Winning Books

Books and Bites Podcast, Ep. 35

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them. On this episode, we kick off the Books & Bites 2020 Reading Challenge with a discussion of award-winning books.

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Book Notes

Michael recommends:

  • The North Water by Ian McGuire, winner of the Royal Society of Literature Encore Award (2017)
  • The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock, winner of the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (2012), the Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing (2012), and the Prix Mystère de la critique (2013)

Melissa recommends:

  • Days Without End by Sebastian Barry, winner of the Costa Award for the Novel and Book of the Year (2017)
  • Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, winner of the Newbery Medal (2018), National Book Award Nominee for Young People’s Literature (2017), Odyssey Award Nominee (2018), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2017), Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2018)

Carrie recommends:

  • The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, winner of The Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize (2018)
  • Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, a New York Times Notable Book (2019) and a LibraryReads favorite (2019)

Bite Notes