Episode 555 || Annie Recommends: Nonfiction

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Arts:books, Arts, Books, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s an episode of Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you – just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. This month, Annie recommends a short list of her favorite nonfiction reads. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 555) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Cherished Belonging by Gregory Boyle Awake by Jen Hatmaker Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li Bone Valley by Gilbert King Blessings and Disasters by Alexis Okeowo From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. This week, Annie is reading The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to From the Front Porch, a conversational podcast about books, small business, and life in the South.
0:08.0	Most of us don't hide the truth because we are unrepentant liars.
0:28.6	We simply know the truth will disrupt it all.
0:31.6	The life we've built, the marriage we have, the image we've nurtured, the career we enjoy, the approval we've secured.
0:40.5	Admitting the truth, hearing the truth, confronting the truth is all highly consequential.
0:48.0	We want the story of our lives, not necessarily our actual lives.
0:55.2	Jen Hatmaker, Awake.
0:58.2	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
1:02.5	Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm recommending some of my favorite nonfiction
1:06.8	books for nonfiction November.
1:09.8	Do you love listening to From the Front Porch every week?
1:12.6	Spread the word by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. All you have to do is open up the podcast app on
1:18.4	your phone, look for From the Front Porch, scroll down until you see write a review and tell us
1:24.6	what you think. Here's a recent review from Patty. Another reason to love
1:30.3	Thursdays. I truly love this podcast and the fact that there is a new episode every Thursday.
1:36.0	I enjoy very much Annie's knowledge and recommendations and specifically her soothing voice.
1:41.3	When I listen to this podcast, I feel as if I'm sitting with a group of friends
1:44.9	enjoying a good cup of coffee and pastries while learning about what we should read next.
1:50.2	Thank you, Annie, and team for what you do. Thank you, Patty, and thank you to all of the reviewers
1:55.5	who've left kind words and thoughtful reviews for our show. We're so grateful anytime you
2:00.5	share from the front porch with your friends,
2:02.5	thanks for spreading the word about our podcast and our bookstore too.
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