EPISODE 48: Recommended Reads

A conversation recorded for KFSK Public Radio August 19, 2021 with Petersburg Public Library Staff members Orin Pierson, Heather Canik-Thomas, Martha Cummins, and Kari Petersen about books they would recommend.

Orin Pierson
Dune (Book 1 of 6 in Dune Chronicles) by Frank Herbert
The Way Winter Comes: Alaska Stories by Sherry Simpson

Heather Canik-Thomas
Gotham Central Omnibus by Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka
Resident Alien by Peter Hogan & Steve Parkhouse
Rasl by Jeff Smith
Chew: Tasters Choice by John Layman & Rob Guillory
Let’s Make Ramen!: A Comic Book Cookbook by Hugh Amano & Sarah Becan

Kids Books:
Science Comics published by FirstSecondBooks
History Comics published by FirstSecondBooks
Maker Comics published by FirstSecondBooks

Films:
Umbrella Academy
Star Trek Lower Decks

Martha Cummins:

The Silo Saga: Wool, Shift, Dust, and Sil0 Stories by Hugh Howey
Code Name Helene: A Novel by Ariel Lawhon
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek MD & T.J. Mitchell
A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Fredrick Backman

Kari Petersen:
Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Practical Pantry: Recipes and Techniques for Year-Round Preserving by Cathy Barrow

Picture Books:
The Guardians of Childhood Series by William Joyce
The Man in the Moon (Book 1)
The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie (Book 2)
Jack Frost (Book 3)

Kid’s Chapter Books:
Linked by Gorden Korman
The Guardians Series by William Joyce
Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King (Book 1)
E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth’s Core! (Book 2)
Toothiana, Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies (Book 3)
The Sandman and the War of Dreams (Book 4)
Jack Frost: The End Becomes the Beginning (Book 5) 

Young Adult Books:
The Benefits of Being an Octopus: A Novel by Ann Braden
Disney’s A Twisted Tale Series
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta