International Women's Day was this past weekend so Paige and I thought we'd jump in and talk about women authors. So we're here to recommend books we've read and books we want to read by women! Check out the list below and jump over to Instagram to let us know which authors are your favorite!

Daryn's Author List:

• Lauren Kung Jessen
• Erin Morgenstern
• Fonda Lee
• Shannon (S.A.) Chakraborty

Paige's Author List:

• Jodi Picoult
• Samantha Shannon
• Amber McBride

Non-Fiction:

• Alexandra Elle
• Rebekah Taussig
• Kate Winkler Dawson

Paranormal Romance:

• Jennifer L. Armentrout
• Cassandra Claire
• Gena Showalter
• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Poetry:

• Amanda Gorman
• Nikita Gill
• Amanda Lovelace

Historical Fiction:

• Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Brit Bennett
• Sarah Waters
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer

Fantasy:

• Olivie Blake
• Sarah Gailey
• Emma Törzs

General Fiction:

• Claire Keegan
• Donna Tart
• Barbara Kingsolver
• Ann Patchett

Picture Books:

• Jan Brett
• Barbara Cooney

Horror:

• Cassandra Khaw
• Han Kang

Young Adult:

• Sarah Dessen
• Isabel Allende
• Maggie Stiefvater
• Libba Bray
• Tiffany D. Jackson
• Maureen Johnson

Romance:

• Yulin Kuang
• Chloe Liese
• India Holton
• Claudia Gray
• Julia Stuart
• Jenna Levine
• Evie Dunmore
• Lex Croucher
• Emilia Hart
• Lex Croucher
• Meryl Wilsner
• KT Hoffman
• Clare Gilmore

Welcome back to the podcast! This episode is about the books that made us love reading as kids. We're both diving into the nostalgia and diving into the stories that made us love stories. Jump into the conversation on our Instagram to tell us the books that made you love books!

Paige's Books:

• The Children of the Red King Series by Jenny Nimmo (no spoilers)
• The Inkworld Series by Cornelia Funke (light spoilers)
• The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede (light spoilers)
• Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (no spoilers - it's poetry)
• Falling Up by Shel Silverstein (no spoilers - still poetry)
• A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (you must know what I'm going to say by this point)

Daryn's Books:

• The Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce (thematic spoilers)
• The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce (thematic spoilers)
• The Protector of the Small Quartet by Tamora Pierce (thematic spoilers)
• Daughter of the Lioness Duology by Tamora Pierce (thematic spoilers)
• The Beka Cooper Chronicles by Tamora Pierce (thematic spoilers)
• Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (spoilers but it's a kid's book so calm down)
• The Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix (light spoilers)

This week we're diving into book clubs - how to find them, how to join them, what to look for in a book club...you know...book clubs! Should we be telling you to like and subscribe? Do that if so.

See everyone next week!