Here is a list of books mentioned on air during the show:

• Going Postal by Terry Prachett
• Murder in the Marais An Aimée Leduc Investigation, Vol. 1 by Cara Black
• Genius on the Edge: The Bizarre Double Life of Dr. William Stewart Halsted by Gerald Imber
• Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
• Project Moses - A Mystery Thriller by Robert Lowe
• Why The West Rules -- for Now by Ian Morris
• Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
• Wolf Whistle by Lewis Nordan
• Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
• Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
• The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
• To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal
• The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz
• The Occult by Colin Wilson
• Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru
• Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
• Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
• The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
• The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls by Jason Turbow and Michael Duca
• Blue Nights by Joan Didion
• The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris
• Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett
• The Gun: The AK-47 and the Evolution of War by C.J. Chivers
• Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel
• The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
• Alone in the Universe by John Gribbin
• The Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
• Dalva by Jim Harrison
• By Blood: A Novel by Ellen Ullman
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Hotel Honolulu: A Novel by Paul Theroux
• Epicurean Simplicity by Stephanie Mills
• The Chinese Jars by William Gordon
• Dog On It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn
• Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laury R. King
• Love Medicine: Newly Revised Edition by Louise Erdrich
• Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm
• Last Teardrop by A.M. Washington
• Reamde by Neal Stephenson
• When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man by Nick Dybek
• Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessi
• Antes de Ser Libres by Julia Alvarez
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
• 1Q84 Vol: 1-2 by Haruki Murakami
• Malibu Murders by Hope Newman
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
• West With The Night by Beryl Markham
• The Physician by Noah Gordon
• Three Boys Like You by William Gould
• Body and Soul by Frank Conroy
• House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
• Elegy for Eddie: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear
• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
• Nightwoods: A Novel by Charles Frasier
• This is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike. by Augusten Burroughs
• Girl Genius, Vol.1: Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank by Phil Foglio
• Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
• And Now You Can Go by Vendela Vida

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