We know that UPR listeners are avid readers. We’ve had a lot of fun on past episodes of AU, putting together UPR Book Lists, and it’s time to do it again. What are you reading? You may have discovered a must-read book that we’d all enjoy. We’re looking for everything from fiction, non-fiction, and classic literature to young adult and children’s books. It might even be a textbook or manual that you recommend.
Tom Williams will be joined by UPR member and avid reader, Elaine Thatcher, and several Utah booksellers.
Tom’s List:
- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (re-watched the BBC TV series, would like to read the book)
- Added Upon by Nephi Anderson
- A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman
- The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
- The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
- Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
- A Basque History of the World by Mark Kurlansky
- Meet Mr. Mulliner by P.G. Wodehouse
- Mulliner Nights by P. G. Wodehouse
Elaine Thatcher's List:
- Euphoria by Lily King
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- The Cold Dish of the Walt Longmire Series by Craig Johnson
- The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
- The Art Spirit by Robert Henri
- The Mote in God's Eye of the Moties Series by Larry Niven
The King's English Anne Holman’s List:
- All The Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
- The Plover, Brian Doyle
- Dear Committee Members, Julie Schumacher
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin
- The Princess in Black, Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
- Nuts to You, Lynne Rae Perkins
- The Fourteenth Goldfish, Jennifer Holm
- Telephone, Mac Barnett
- The Animals' Santa, Jan Brett
- Skippyjon Jones Snow What, Judy Schachner
From Back Of Beyond Books In Moab Andy Nettell’s List:
- Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies as Rediscovered by Brooke Williams and Terry Tempest Williams, Torrey House Press
- The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Harcourt
- Most Dangerous Book-The Battle of James Joyce's Ulysses by Kevin Birmingham, Penguin
- In the Kingdom of Ice-The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides, Doubleday
- Pale Harvest by Braden Hepner, Torrey House Press
- The Painter by Peter Heller, Knopf
From Weller's Books In SLC Catherine Weller’s List:
ADULT
- Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
- Capturing Music: The Story of Notation by Thomas Forrest Kelly
- High Divide by Lin Enger, History of Rock ‘N’ Roll in Ten Songs by Greil Marcus
- How to Cook Everything Fast: A Better Way to Cook Great Food by Mark Bittman
- In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeanette by Hampton Sides
CHILDRENS
- Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
- Stick by Clay Rice
- Tip Top Cat by C. Roger Mader
Producer Andrew Robertson's List:
- Become What You Are by Alan Watts
- The Way Of Zen by Alan Watts
- What The Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
Bryan in Hyde Park's List:
- The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James Bradley
Barbara in Hyrum's List:
- Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
Betty in Washington County's List:
- I Capture the Castle by Dotie Smith (heard about it on NPR)
Eleanor's List:
- 7 Tipping Points That Saved the World by Chris Stewart
- The Great and the Terrible by Chris Stewart
Jennifer Hawkins' List:
- The Servant of the Shard by R.A. Salvatore
- The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha by Bhikku Bodhi
Steven MacIntyre's List:
- Flirting with French by William Alexander
- Secrets of the Greates Snow on Earth by Jim Steenburgh
Joseph Anderson's List:
- Icons of England edited by Bill Bryson
- Early Mormonism and the Magic World View by D. Michael Quinn
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
- The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kinds and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones
- Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
