Ep. 23: Wiley Cash & Year-End Recommendations Pt. 2

As he prepares to follow up his novels A LAND MORE KIND THAN HOME and THIS DARK ROAD TO MERCY, Wiley Cash tells James how touring, independent booksellers, and sales reps worked together to make him a success. They talk about Southern fiction, writing about place, and the subject of his next book, due out Fall 2017. Then, past guests give recommendations for 2016.  

Wiley and James discuss:

The Odyssey Bookshop

BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter 

BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK by Ben Fountain 

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WITH CHE GUEVARA by Ben Fountain 

Thomas Wolfe 

Charles Chesnutt 

Nat Sobel (agent) 

CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW 

ELLEN FOSTER by Kaye Gibbons 

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee 

I AM ONE OF YOU FOREVER by Fred Chappell 

Ernest Gaines 

Clyde Edgerton 

Jill McCorkle 

Woody Guthrie 

Ella May Wiggins 

Pete Seeger 

James Fenimore Cooper 

Frank Norris 

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Sarah Domet Recommends: 

SHOUTING WON'T HELP by Katherine Bouton 

THE NIX by Nathan Hill 

THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS by Laurie Frankel 

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Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes Recommends: 

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT by Alexander Chee 

HERE COMES THE SUN by Nicole Dennis-Benn 

THE WINTERLINGS by Cristina Sanchez-Andrade 

LAND OF LOVE AND RUINS by Oddny Eir 

MARGARET THE FIRST by Danielle Dutton 

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Jesse Donaldson Recommends: 

THE FAR EMPTY by J. Todd Scott

BUTCHER'S CROSSING by John Williams

LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry 

HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi

BORN TO RUN by Bruce Springsteen 

THE GIFT by Lewis Hyde 

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Howard Axelrod Recommends: 

MOBY DICK by Herman Melville 

THE WEST WING (tv show) 

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Laura van den Berg Recommends: 

WHAT IS YOURS IS NOT YOURS by Helen Oyeyemi 

WE SHOW WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED by Clare Beams 

THE UNFINISHED WORLD by Amber Sparks 

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Mona Awad Recommends: 

HAGSEED by Margaret Atwood 

IN-BETWEEN DAYS by Teva Harrison 

THE VEGETARIAN by Han Kang 

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Daniel Torday Recommends: 

Rebecca Curtis's short stories including "The Christmas Miracle" 

GET IN TROUBLE by Kelly Link 

FOR THE TIME BEING by Annie Dillard 

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