Episode 24 - Always Been a Fan of a List with Ian Gillham

On this episode, Ian Gillham, @criticalgayze on Instagram, and I discuss our shared love of book lists, book awards, and reading these lists. We also discuss Ian’s Substack project focusing on the Pulitzer Prize and how it has morphed throughout the years. Also, stick around for some hot takes about super popular books!

 

Here is the link to Ian’s Substack so you can follow along with his prize project. 

 

Books mentioned in this episode: 

 

What Betsy’s reading: 

My Friends by Hisham Matar 

Colored Television by Danzy Senna 

Summerdale by David Jay Collins 

 

Books Highlighted by Ian:

Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet

Any Person is the Only Self by Elisa Gabbert

Wolfsong by T.J. Klune

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

Devil House by John Darnielle 

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzalúda

 

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.  

Other books mentioned in this episode:

All Fours by Miranda July 

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun 

The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon 

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell & Emily Arnold McCully 

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket & Brett Helquist 

The Giver by Lois Lowry 

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix & Cliff Nielsen 

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead 

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 

This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud 

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange 

Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips 

Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park 

Wednesday’s Child: Stories by Yiyun Li 

Trust by Hernan Diaz 

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob 

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 

James by Percival Everett 

Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain 

Blake; Or the Huts of America by Martin R. Delany, Sandra M. Grayson, & Patty Nicole Johnson 

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar 

Telephone by Percival Everett 

Orbital by Samantha Harvey 

11/22/63 by Stephen King 

The Long Walk by Stephen King 

The Institute by Stephen King 

The Shining by Stephen King 

Matrix by Lauren Groff 

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff 

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff 

Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 

The Running Man by Stephen King 

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara