Episode 84: Best of 2020 with Rachel

I was joined by my original co-host Rachel, as is our annual tradition on the podcast, to talk about our standout books this year. We had quite a few favorites spread throughout MANY categories, and we hear some listener picks as well. The listed books are affiliate links where a part of the price goes to help the show.

Books Mentioned:

• The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry
• Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
• Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay
• The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren
• Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren
• The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson
• It Will Just Be Us by Jo Kaplan
• The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
• We Need to Do Something by Max Booth III
• Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess
• All You Need is Love and A Strong Electric Current by Mackenzie Kiera
• Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
• The Girl in the Video by Michael David Wilson
• Venus in the Blindspot by Junji Ito
• After Sundown edited by Mark Morris
• Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories
• Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
• You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann
• Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
• Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus
• Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
• Into the Forest and All the Way Through by Cynthia Pelayo
• La Belle Ajar by Adrian Ernesto Zapeda
• The Third Hotel by Laura Van Den Berg
• Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson
• The Changeling by Victor LaValle
• Midnight Rain by James Newman
• Shit, Actually by Lindy West
• The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
• Open Book by Jessica Simpson
• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
• Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
• Jade City by Fonda Lee
• Jade War by Fonda Lee
• Saturn Run by John Sandford

Final Girl Spotify Playlist

Rachel went classic 00’s with Survivor by Destiny’s Child, Stephanie chose her Spotify song of the year Rage by Rico Nasty . Check it out here!

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