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Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Ep. 198: Best of Thrillers with Anderson McKean of Page & Palette (@PagePalette)

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson

Arts, Books

4.7 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Ep. 198 is the second episode of our brand-new "Best of…" series. Anderson McKean of Page & Palette Bookstore joined me for the Best of Thrillers, with her all-time TOP TEN favorite thriller novels…and, a couple buzzy thrillers that didn't work for her.⁠ Also, Anderson talks about how she started reading thrillers, the wide variety available in the genre, and books from her list that would be perfect for those new to the genre!

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Highlights

  • What draws her to the thriller genre.
  • From domestic to psychological thrillers, Anderson talks about the variety of the genre.
  • Her favorite sub-genres and what doesn't work for her.
  • Anderson picks a few books from her list that would be good starter books for those new to the genre.

Anderson's All-Time Top Ten Thrillers [10:33]

High-Profile Thrillers That She Didn't Love [48:35] 

Other Books Mentioned

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live.

0:11.9

I'm your host, Sarah Dickinson.

0:13.9

Join me every other week as we get real and sometimes a bit snarky about books and reading.

0:19.2

Let's get rolling.

0:20.6

Welcome to the second episode of our new

0:22.9

Best of series. Best ofs are a series where we bring on guests who are great evangelizers for a

0:28.8

particular genre that Catherine, Susie, and I may not read as much of. Our experts are expert

0:34.3

readers of a particular genre. They're not necessarily industry experts,

0:39.0

meaning an author or somebody who works at a publisher. And they share their all-time top 10

0:44.1

best of list for that particular genre and a couple of well-known books in that genre that

0:49.4

they did not like. I thought it would be fitting to kick off June with a best of thrillers episode. We know many

0:56.7

readers love to read thrillers in the summer, and no one on the Sarah's Bookshelves' lives team

1:01.6

is an avid thriller reader. Yes, we all do read thrillers occasionally, but not in huge quantities.

1:09.1

So we are bringing on Anderson McKean to help us here.

1:13.0

Anderson works for Page and Palette, which is a third-generation family-owned bookstore in

1:17.9

downtown Fairhope, Alabama. She's worked in various capacities over the last decade and is

1:23.4

currently the book buyer and publicity manager there. She also handles their social media,

1:28.2

promotions, and planning of author events. And she is a mother of three. Welcome, Anderson.

1:35.2

Thank you so much for having me. This is just an absolute treat. I'm thrilled to be here.

1:39.6

I am so happy that we are finally getting to talk live, if you will, because we have DMed on

1:45.1

Instagram for quite a while now about books. So this is exciting for me too. So tell us about your

1:51.1

background with reading thrillers. How long have you been reading thrillers? How did you get started

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