119: Stephanie Sabol and Book Recommendations

Stephanie Sabol, Executive Director, Brand Management
at Penguin Young Readers, talks about The Penguin Hotline,
and writer friends share their most recommended books. 


Stephanie Sabol and Book Recommendation Episode


Stephanie Sabol


The Penguin Hotline


Who is Bruce Springsteen? by Stephanie Sabol


The Who Was? series


Where is the Solar System?


What Was the Titanic?


Jeff Kinney


Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore


The Graceling series by Kristin Cashore


Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys


Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys


The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas


Turtles All the Way Down by John Green


Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher


Alex and Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz


Once and for All by Sarah Dessen


The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr


Warcross by Marie Lu (listen to her First Draft episodes here and
here)


Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson


American Street by Ibi Zoboi


I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez


Here We Are: Feminism For the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen


Suspect by Robert Crais


Vanguard (Genesis Fleet book #1) by Jack Campbell


Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor


Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor


Looking for Alaska by John Green


The Fault in Our Stars by John Green


Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett


World Without End by Ken Follett 


A Column of Fire by Ken Follett


Grant by Ron Chernow


Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy


Hallelujah Anyway by Annie Lamott


Bird by Bird by Annie Lamott


Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul by Jeremiah
Moss


Vanishing New York, the blog by Jeremiah Moss


Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
by Joshua Foer, Ella Morton, Dylan Thuras


Los Angeles, Portrait of a City


Highbrow, Lowbrow, Brilliant, Despicable: Fifty Years of New York
Magazine by The Editors of New York Magazine


The Education of Margot Sánchez by Lilliam Rivera (listen to her
First Draft interview here)


Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson (listen to her First Draft
episode here)


Done Dirt Cheap by Sarah Nicole Lemon (listen to her First Draft
episode here)


Valley Girls by Sarah Nicole Lemon


A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi


Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (listen to her First Draft interview
here) 


White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by
Nancy Isenberg


Gray Wolf Island by Tracey Neithercott


On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marcheta


These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas


Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson


How to Break a Boy by Laurie Devore


Winner Take All by Laurie Devore


Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers (listen to her First Draft
interview here)


Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser


Light Years by Emily Ziff Griffin (listen to her First Draft
interview here) 


Sun in Days by Meghan O'Rourke


The Dark Dark: Stories by Samantha Hunt


Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés


Piper Perish by Kayla Cagan (listen to her First Draft interview
here)


Marlena by Julie Buntin


Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr (listen to her First Draft interview
here)


The Turner House by Angela Flournoy


Insecure (TV show)


Mirage by Somaiya Daud (listen to her First Draft interview here)


Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli


Die for Me by Amy Plum (listen to her First Draft interview here)


The Power by Naomi Alderman


Pierre François: 5th Grade Mishaps by Laurie Ann Stephens


A Song to Take the World Apart by Zan Romanoff (listen to her
First Draft interview here)


Grace and the Fever by Zan Romanoff


Ship It by Britta Lundin


Ten by Gretchen McNeil (listen to her First Draft interview here)


I’m Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Gretchen McNeil 


#MURDERTRENDING by Gretchen McNeil


The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones


The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo (listen to her First
Draft interviews here and here)


I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo


All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry (listen to her First
Draft interview here)


Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado