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Episode 47: Three Conversations about Reading
Monday, 26 January, 2026
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire speaks to Seattle Public Library Reader Services Librarian Misha Stone about nerding out about reading, reading more (or at least reading more intentionally), and the thrill of the backlist (along with Heated Rivalry, of course). Then, Booklist’s Audio Editor Heather Booth drops some brief but powerful insight into what makes an audiobook reader, and what makes them valid readers (because, yes, audiobooks count as reading), and what you can look forward to in Booklist. Finally, Booklist’s Editor-in-Chief and Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman chats with Susan about some forthcoming books all kinds of readers can look forward to. Here's what we talked about: To register for Readers’ Advisory: Ideas and Practice, visit booklistonline.com/webinars Take our brief Readers’ Advisory survey (please and thank you!) How to Read More in 2025 – Shelf Talk (from Seattle Public Library) “Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking.” ― Christopher Morley Heated Rivalry, by Rachel Reid Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee Cat Sebastian Pagebound GoodReads The Storygraph SPL’s Your Next Five Books Hemlock & Silver, by T. Kingfisher The Mountains We Call Home, by Kim Michele Richardson The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, by Kim Michele Richardson “Reading Is a Vice,” by Adam Kirsch, published in The Atlantic on Jan. 2, 2026 Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan saga Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary, by Terry Tempest Williams The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change, Rebecca Solnit Men Explain Things to Me, by Rebecca Solnit Figuring, by Maria Popova Traversal, by Maria Popova Isola, by Allegra Goodman This Is Not about Us, by Allegra Goodman The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978 – 2008, by Louise Erdrich Python’s Kiss, by Louise Erdrich Discipline, by Larissa Pham Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimacy, by Larissa Pham No Way Home, by T. C. Boyle Five Weeks in the Country, by Francine Prose
