Spring 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 1

Book Riot - The Podcast

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News, News Commentary, Arts, Tv & Film, Books

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Part 1 of our Spring 2026 Moms, Dads, and Grads recommendations extravaganza. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Join The Book Riot Podcast Patreon for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: Emma Straub Taylor Jenkins Reid The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory Go Gentle by Maria Semple Marie Helene Bertino God of the Woods by Liz Moore Abby Jimenez Sarah McLean The Hacienda by Isabel Canas Claire Lombardo The Fraud by Zadie Smith A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead Percival Everett. Maybe also Matrix by Lauren Groff. The Dog Stars by Peter Heller I, Claudius by Robert Graves The Road by Cormac McCarthy Small World by Jonathan Evison, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese Behind the Bedroom Wall by Larry Woiwode Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicol Alone Time by Stephanie Rosenbloom This Land is Your Land by Beverly Gage The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimaki James by Percival Everett Han Kang Katie Kitamura The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood Palaver by Bryan Washington Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante Light Years by James Salter Splinters by Leslie Jamison Literary Theory by Terry Eagleton Professing Literature by Gerald Graff Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicol Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed edited by Megan Daum This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks to our sponsor, Merit Beauty. Right now, Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag with your first order at meritbeauty.com. Head to quince.com/bookriot for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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