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A bit of an experimental episode, Chad is joined by five indie booksellers to talk about the “new normal,” fears of reopening, what booksellers are doing now, and—most importantly—actual books. The complete rundown of recommendations is below, but one note: please buy these titles from the bookseller who recommended them. Sparks said it diplomatically at the end, but if at all possible, orderÌýdirectly, not through Bookshop.org. (Although given thatÌý³ú±ð°ù´ÇÌýOpen Letter books were plugged, maybe you should buy our books only from Amazon? KIDDING. Buy them from Bookshop.org.)

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Anyway, here are the recommendations, with links directly to the store recommending said title:

 

Emma Ramadan, Riffraff

Ìýby Elisa Gabbert (Black Ocean)

Ìýby Jean Kyoung Frazier (Doubleday)

by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump (or “Stumps” if you believe Amazon) (Two Lines)

Shuchi Saraswat, Brookline Booksmith

Ìýby Renee Gladman (Wave Books)

Ìýby Yuko Tsushima (Picador)

Ìýby Adania Shibli, translated from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette (New Directions)

Nick Buzanski, Books Are Magic

by Andres Barba, translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Ìýby Bohumil Hrabal (New Directions)

Ìýby Jazmina Barrera, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney (Two Lines)

Stephen Sparks, Point Reyes Books

Ìýby Roy Jacobsen, translated from the Norwegian by Don Shaw and Don Bartlett (Biblioasis)

Ìýby Esther Kinsky, translated from the German by Caroline Schmidt (Transit)

Cristina Rodriguez, Deep Vellum Books

by Jehanne Dubrow (New Rivers Press)

Ìýby María Fernanda Ampuero, translated from the Spanish by Frances Riddle (Feminist Press)

Ìýby Tatiana Ryckman (Deep Vellum)

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