Best Backlist Books You Missed (Part 1)

No need to wait for the latest summer releases when you have this list of best backlist books to check out.My well-read co-host, Larry Hoffer, is back to talk about our favorite older books and why these should be in your stack this year too.Not familiar with the term backlist or frontlist books? The book industry groups published books into two types- frontlist (titles that have sold in the current year) and backlist (titles that are older than a year).We have resurrected some of our top recommendations in this two-part series that can keep you company while you wait for your library holds to come in. Today we discuss our favorites that are two years or more older.This list of older books have brought us great joy over our reading years and we can't wait to tell you why these will make the perfect addition to your reading life too.Mentioned in this episode:This Will Be Funny Later by Jenny PentlandThe Lady’s Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness by Sarah RameyBookclub EventThe Prettiest Star by Carter SickelsLarry’s Best Of ListLily and the Octopus by Steven RowleyThe Guncle by Steven RowleyBook Gang Podcast: A Reader’s Backlist Book ChallengeStandard Deviation by Katherine HeinyEarly Morning Riser by Katherine HeinyTell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka BruntParty of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs by Dave HolmesMy Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache WilliamsInventing AnnaThe Thing About PamA Place For Us by Fatima Farheen MirzaFatima Mirza and Riz Ahmed on the Oscars Red CarpetCruel Beautiful World by Caroline LeavittIs This Tomorrow by Caroline LeavittAmy’s Interview with Caroline LeavittWith or Without You by Caroline LeavittPictures of You by Caroline LeavittWe Contain Multitudes by Sarah HenstraValley of the Moon by Melanie GideonThe Dream Daughter by Diane ChamberlainDid I Say You Could Go by Melanie GideonDark Matter by Blake CrouchThe Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTime and Again by Jack FinneyWife 22 by Melanie GideonConnect With UsAmy is @momadvice on InstagramLarry on InstagramMomAdvice.comJoin the Patreon Community For the Bonus Content