I sat down with Angie Kim this week to discuss getting inspiration from your location, isolation, and community. Happiness Falls, a Good Morning America Book Club pick, was published in August 2023 by Random House.

This week, our Friday readers are buzzing about Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renée Lavoie, Theatre Kids by John DeVore, Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky, and The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei.

The resurrection of Shogun is explained during this week's Pop! Goes the Culture

This week, my Six Recs are: Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie, March by Geraldine Brooks, James by Percival Everett, and A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley.

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All titles mentioned: Happiness Falls and Miracle Creek by Angie Kim, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renée Lavoie, Theatre Kids by John DeVore, Hot Air, Bad Marie, Very Nice, and The Red Car by Marcy Dermansky, The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei, Avengers directed by Joss Whedon, Shogun directed by Jonathan van Tulleken (and others), Orange is the New Black directed by Andrew McCarthy, Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie, March by Geraldine Brooks, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, James by Percival Everett, A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley and King Lear by William Shakespeare.