Today Anne chats with Anissa Davis, a family physician who lives with her family in California. She likes smart, funny, contemporary fiction with diverse protagonists, and she wants to be blown away by more books.
Many of you will relate when Anissa says sometimes finding great fiction feels like kissing a lot of frogs before you find your prince. Anissa says she has Very High Standards, so Anne says recommending books to her was a privilege—and also kind of terrifying.
Books discussed in this episode:
• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
• The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
• Vinegar Girl, by Anne Tyler
• Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, by Anne Tyler
• Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler
• Into Thin Air, by John Krakauer
• Missoula, by John Krakauer
• SuperBetter, by Jane McGonigal
• Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
• Me Before You, by JoJo Moyes
• Before The Fall, by Noah Hawley
• The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henriquez
• How It Went Down, by Kekla Magoon
• Daring Greatly, by Brene Brown
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering & Organizing, by Marie Kondo
• Where'd You Go Bernadette, by Maria Semple
• Be Frank With Me, by Julia Claiborne Johnson
• Wave, by Sonali Deraniyagala
• Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
• The Mothers, by Brit Bennett
Jane McGonigal TEDTalks:
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• Gaming can make a better world
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