Professional Book Nerds

Adam and Jill are here with their roundup of the best books they read in 2018. Both books published this year but also books they read that were published other years.

Adam interviews Lincoln Peirce, best known for his long running comic and novels in the Big Nate universe. He is back with a new book called Max and the Midknights, his first story outside of the the Big Nate world.

Nathan Hill joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss his book The Nix, choose your own adventure books, and how books can provide different endings depending on the reader.

Carol Weston joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss her book Speed of Life, dealing with emotional loss, as a teenager and how she became an advice columnist for young adults.

Megan Abbott joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to talk about her book, You Will Know Me, her love of the Olympics, and writing suspeneful thrillers.

Fleur McDonald joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to chat about her Australian rural fiction books and celebrate the holidays.

Science Fiction author extraordinaire, Ann Leckie, joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss world building and the pressure of following a wildly successful debut novel.

Drew Magary joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss his book The Hike, his experience writing for GQ and Deadspin, and what it was like to win Chopped.

Chelsea Sedoti joins the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss her book The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett, experiencing the rush of author events for the first time as a young adult author, and why everyone can relate to books about teenagers.

Dav Pilkey joins the Professioinal Book Nerds podcast to chat Captain Underpants, creating countless young readers with his works, and the best reading spot of all time.