The beginning of a new year is a good time to think about how we want to better ourselves over the coming year. Maybe your New Year's resolution is to eat healthier, or go for more walks outside, or try meditation.
Year after year, the Sound of Ideas team thinks about their reading habits, how much they want to read, and how to share that love of reading with the listeners.
On Wednesday's Sound of Ideas, we talked to some local bibliophiles and had them give us some of their favorite book recommendations from the past year. The panel included librarians, book shop owners, writing instructors, and the former book editor for The Plain Dealer.
They told us about the best literary works, including novels, non-fiction, poetry, and more, that should be on your reading list to feed your soul, inform you about the world, and just make you think.
We also discussed how to get children more interested in reading, and how to combat the pervasiveness of screen-time.
GUESTS:
- Karen Long, Manager, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards; Former Book Editor, The Plain Dealer
- Wendy Bartlett, Collection Development and Acquisitions Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library
- Kate Schlademan, Owner, The Learned Owl Book Shop
- Michelle Smith, Program Director, Literary Cleveland
Book recommendations from our panel:
鈥淏ig Swiss鈥� by Jen Beagin
鈥淎 Day in he Life of Abed Salama鈥� by Nathan Thrall
鈥淭he Family Chao鈥� by Lan Samantha Chang
鈥淔ire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World鈥� by John Valliant
鈥淭he Other Eden鈥� by Paul Harding
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Story by James McBride
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of American History by Ned Blackhawk
Black Folk: the Roots of The Black Working Class by Dr. Blair LM Kelley
The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and The Teenagers Whose Lives it Changed by Dashka Slater
Daisy Woodworm Changes the World by Melissa Hart
The Children's Book of Birdwatching by Dan Rouse
Big Swiss by Jenn Beagin
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson
Unto Dogs by Stephanie Ginese
Book Recommendations from our listeners:
The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy by Ross Gay
Picasso's War by Hugh Eakin
The Tiger in the Attic by Edith Milton
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
