Professional Book Nerds

It's a new month, a new year, and a new decade! The passage of time doesn't stop and so neither will our book recommendations. Check out the books we're most excited about that are coming out in January.

Robin Whitten of AudioFile Magazine joins the Nerds to discuss a few of their Best Audiobooks of the year.

Adam interviews Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg about their new children's book series ASTRONUTS! They chat about creating this unique and incredible story together while Adam asks about working with family (Jon is Steven's father-in-law). Adam then has to ask about The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs.

The Professional Book Nerds share their favorite books of 2020.

Adam chats with Nghi Vo about their new book The Chosen and the Beautiful, their respective experiences with Gatsby, and Adam expresses his angst over naming his dog Holden a decade ago.

Designer and children's author Sarah Jacoby joins the nerds to chat about illusrtating for both herself and others and her beatufiul debut novel Forever or a Day.

Adam catches up with his good buddy Sara Faring! Sara's first book The Tenth Girl was a masterpiece and her new book White Fox is more of the same perfection. They discuss voyeurism vs. exhibitionism, how we show ourselves to the world, the hardest parts of writing this book, and the message of hope she wants readers to get after reading it.

Zoraida Cordova returns to the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss her writing, how she uses social media to connect with readers, and holiday traditions.

Adam sits down with Raj Haldar about his exceptional children's books, his life as a rapper, creating music and stories for all ages, and much more.

On today's episode, Jill is joined by comedy-horror author Grady Hendrix to discuss his new book The Final Group Support Group. Jill and Grady discuss horror movies, horror novels, and other spooky scary things.