It’s a celebration of books! Patty is joined in the studio by Joanne Berg and Jayne Rowsam of independent bookstore Mystery to Me for their annual chat about the year in books. They discuss surviving the Monroe Street construction as a small business, the bookstore’s involvement in the Wisconsin Book Festival, and their support of small presses and independent publishers. And as always, they list their personal favorites and store bestsellers from 2018, including political nonfiction, literary fiction, children’s, and mystery titles.

Take Patty’s advice and shop local this holiday season!

Books Mentioned
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker by Katherine J. Cramer
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Marlon Bundo, Jill Twiss, and EG Keller
The Cold Dish: A Longmire Mystery by Craig Johnson
Milkman by Anna Burns (winner of the Man Booker Prize)
Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
The Witch Elm by Tana French
The Scribe of Siena by Melodie Winawer
In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons From 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules by Karen Karbo
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
A Small Death in the Great Glen by A. D. Scott
The Lacemaker’s Secret by Kathleen Ernst
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Prague Sonata by Bradford Morrow
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder