2022 in books (plus a gift guide!) feat. Ruby Smith.

For Lit Up’s final episode of 2022, Angie and Ruby (a brilliant colleague who works on the Sugar23 Books imprint, and spent a past life as a bookseller at New York City’s iconic Three Lives & Company), catch up about their year in great books, titles they’ve loved, what’s topping their list for winter break marathon reading sessions, and recommended book gifts for all the avid readers in your lives this holiday season.

Books we talk about on this ep include:

The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt

The Midcoast by Adam White

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Acne: A Memoir by Laura Chinn

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly

Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee

Fly Girl: A Memoir by Ann Hood

Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

The World of Natural Wine: What It Is, Who Makes It, and Why It Matters by Aaron Ayscough

Catch up on any episodes you missed this year at https://www.lituppodcast.com/ (or wherever you like to listen!).

More to come in the shiny new year.

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