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.

Te-Ping Chen - LAND OF BIG NUMBERS

Te-Ping Chen - LAND OF BIG NUMBERS

Te-Ping and I discuss her short story collection Land of Big Numbers, how the people she met as a journalist in Beijing inspired some of these stories, what it is like for people who live in a society where many circumstances are outside their control, the universality of intergenerational family stories, and more.

Te-Ping and I discuss her short story collection Land of Big Numbers, how the people she met as a journalist in Beijing inspired some of these stories, what it is like for people who live in a society where many circumstances are outside their control, the universality of intergenerational family stories, and much more.

Land of Big Numbers can be purchased at Murder by the Book. 

Te-Ping’s 2 recommended reads are:

  1. Half in Love: Stories by Maile Meloy
  2. What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories by Lesley Nneka Arimah

If you enjoy reading fiction and want to listen to more podcast episodes like this one, try Liese O’Halloran Schwarz, Nancy Johnson, Lisa Duffy or Julie Carrick Dalton.