Book Recommendations For The Holiday Season From NPR's Petra Mayer

Published December 4, 2020 at 1:52 PM EST

A staff member picks out a book for an order inside Shakespeare and Company Bookshop on Nov. 4, 2020 in Paris, France. (Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Petra Mayer of NPR Books about book sales during the pandemic as well as a few of her favorite books of the year.

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Books Discussed In The Segment

“The Death of Vivek Oji,” by Akwaeke Emezi

“Dirt,” by Bill Buford

“The Things They Fancied,” by Molly Young

“We Are Water Protectors,” by Carole Lindstrom

Petra Mayer’s Book Recommendations

Fiction

“Crooked Hallelujah,” by Kelli Jo Ford

“Mexican Gothic,” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

“Snapped,” by Alexa Martin

“The Faithless Hawk,” by Margaret Owen

“Raybearer,” by Jordan Ifueko

Nonfiction

“Banned Book Club,” by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada

“I Don't Want to Die Poor: Essays,” by Michael Arceneaux

Cookbooks

“In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes And Stories Of Grandmothers From The Eight African Countries That Touch The Indian Ocean,” by Hawa Hassan with Julia Turshen

“Pie Academy: Master The Perfect Crust And 255 Amazing Fillings,” by Ken Haedrich

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.