My 17-page 2025 Winter Reading Guide is live! The guide contains 45 recent and upcoming releases plus new titles in book series, fiction/nonfiction pairings, stellar mystery series and some anticipated spring and summer releases. All of these will make great reads for this winter and many are books you won’t see many other places; I strive to find those under-the-radar gems. If you are interested, fill out the Google form and submit a tip of your choosing.

Julia Cooke - COME FLY THE WORLD

Julia Cooke - COME FLY THE WORLD

Julia and I discuss her new book Come Fly the World, how she discovered and decided to tell these women’s stories, approaching the issue of memory and recall with her interviews, the importance of stewardesses’ contributions to the feminist movement, and much more.

Julia and I discuss her new book Come Fly the World, how she discovered and decided to tell these women’s stories, approaching the issue of memory and recall with her interviews, the importance of stewardesses’ contributions to both the feminist movement and to present-day women and their ability to travel freely, and much more.

Come Fly the World can be purchased at Murder by the Book. 

Julia’s  recommended reads are:

  1. Musings of a Curious Aesthete by Leonard Koren
  2. Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York by Alexander Nemerov
  3. Things I Don’t Want to Know: On Writing by Deborah Levy

If you enjoy reading nonfiction and want to listen to more podcast episodes like this one, try Anna Malaika Tubbs, Joe Berkowitz, Eric Eyre, or Bridgett Davis.