Episode 476 || Into the Backlist, Vol. 3

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a new episode series: Into the Backlist! Today, Annie changes her focus from new releases to dive into the backlist: the books that came out years ago, the books that didn’t get enough attention, the books you may stumble upon while browsing in an indie bookstore like The Bookshelf.

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The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Annie would put The Mothers on a shelf with these books:

Revival Season by Monica West

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Memorial Drive by Natasha Tretheway

A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson (unavailable to order)

The Color of Water by James McBride

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is listening to Funny Story by Emily Henry.

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Our Executive Producers are...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.