Recs if you like Our Souls at Night...

I think more books should be about old people getting into shenanigans. There is this small part of the book space with the stories of people who find the meaning of their life or mess others up because they don't care anymore. These are their stories , hilarious, emotional, heartwarming and heartbreaking, each unique...

Hope they make you feel alive!

“We live a full human life not by stopping at any stage, but by becoming all that is in us to become.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

Books that talk about or illustrate aging, elderhood, and living the last chapters of a life.

book recs for blue readers according to read your color on substack | updated periodically

This is a list of books for the Read The States Challenge. Read any on each of the state lists and be awarded the pride of knowing you have read all across the US!

I've listened to every episode of the Book Riot Podcast post-2021. Below are Rebecca & Jeff’s recurring faves, or books that I just associate with them through osmosis. Disclaimer: this list starts once you’ve read the complete works of Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead, Zadie Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, Percival Everett, and, of course, Marilynne Robinson.

Books mentioned in Welcome to Hyunam-dong's Bookshop (adding as I go)

Others not here:

• Escort of Light 빛의 호위 (Cho Haejin)
• Too Bright Outside for Love (Kim Keumhee)
• A Standing Woman (Park Wan-Suh)