Each new year, the Sound of Ideas looks back at some literary highlights from the previous 12 months and recommends them to our listeners.
It's part of our resolution to read more, and to share thoughtful and illuminating conversations with authors here on the program.
On Tuesday's show, a panel of area bibliophiles discuss their favorite reads from 2024, spanning everything from nonfiction, to memoir, poetry, and more.
We'll hear about what books were the most sought out from the Lorain County Public Library system, and what titles were flying off the shelves at Mac's Backs Books on Coventry.
The panel will also talk about some Northeast Ohio writers who released new titles in 2024, several of which we've featured here on the Sound of Ideas.
Guests:
- Karen Long, Former Manager, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
- Scott Allyn, Adult Services Librarian, Lorain County Public Library
- Michelle Smith, Programming Director, Literary Cleveland
- Rosa Ransom, Store Manager, Mac's Backs-Books on Coventry
Guest Recommendations:
鈥淎udition鈥� by Katie Kitamura
鈥淐ue the Sun!鈥� by Emily Nussbaum
鈥淓veryone Who is Gone is Here鈥� by Jonathan Blitzer
鈥淭he Mighty Red鈥� by Louise Erdrich
鈥淢y Friends鈥� by Hisham Matar
鈥淲e Were Once a Family鈥� by Roxanna Asgarian
Be Say Doo by Yalie Saweda Kamara
The Practice, The Horizon & The Chain by Sofia Samatar
suddenly we by Evie Shockley
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
Fugitive/Refuge by Phil Metres
Oily Doily by Alyssa Perry
Octopus Hunting by Richey Piiparinen
Fall & Response by Dr. Mary E. Weems
The Journey of Other Sons by Rosary Kennedy
Throughline by Cora McCann Liderbach
World's Too Much by Russell Atkins
My House and The Women & The Men by Nikki Giovanni
Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became A Writer by Quartez Harris
An Alternative History of Cleveland by Jon Wlasiuk
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Bottoms Up and The Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State by Kerry Howley
One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Amar El Akkad
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
Little Detours by Regina Brett
Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs by Annie Zaleski
The Hundred Years War on Palestine by Rahid Khalidi
Listener Recommendations:
The Unbeloved by Amonte Littlejohn
Swingtime by Zadie Smith
We Made It To School Alive by Quartez Harris
The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
The Human Zoo and Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
Dream Town by Laura Meckler
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Earth is a Nuclear Planet by Mike Conley and Tim Maloney
Untethered by Angela Jackson-Brown
Doppleganger by Naomi Klein
Good Energy by C. Means
