Summary: Creepy book recommendations for October. Hardcovers and paperbacks. And we love Some Luck by Jane Smiley and Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult. Note: Apologies to those on our mailing list who received an e-mail containing several podcasts. It was a glitch that shouldn't be repeated. Creepy Reads for October Emily from Los Angeles, asked, back in September (sorry for the delayed response!), for a creepy read for her book club to read in October. Here are some suggestions for books we loved and a book I'm planning to read in October:(https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1287589949l/9542538.jpg) * The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson * The Woman in Black by Susan Hill * The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon * The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce * World War Z by Max Brooks * Fragment by Warren Fahy (http://booksonthenightstand.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/audiobooks.jpg)Audiobook of the week (10:25) (http://covers.audiobooks.com/images/covers/full/9781490657585.jpg)Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty, narrated by the author, is my pick for this week’s Audiobooks.com Audiobook of the Week. Special thanks to Audiobooks.com (http://www.audiobooks.com/freebook) for sponsoring this episode of Books on the Nightstand. Audiobooks.com allows you to listen to over 40,000 audiobooks, instantly, wherever you are, and the first one is free. Download or stream any book directly to your Apple or Android device. Sign up for a free 30-day trial and free audiobook download by going to www.audiobooks.com/freebook (http://www.audiobooks.com/freebook) Hardcover, Paperback, When Does It Matter? (15:14) This week, we have a discussion about the differences in hardcovers and paperbacks. Last week I referred to a book as a "trade paperback original." That means a book that was published first as a paperback; something that didn't have a hardcover release. Trade paperbacks are the larger size of paperbacks, and tend to be of a higher physical quality than mass market paperbacks which are the smaller paperbacks you're likely to find at a supermarket or newsstand. There are many promotional reasons for publishers to choose to do a book as a paperback original, and recent statistics from the Nielsen company show that paperbacks still outsell hardcovers, and we can point to several book success stories that can possibly be attributed to the fact that they were released as paper originals. Two Books We Can't Wait For You to Read (30:14) (https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1413128987l/20587777.jpg) (https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1394487223l/18816603.jpg) Ann recommends Jane Smiley's Some Luck, the first in a trilogy that will cover 100 years in the Langdon family of Denby, Iowa. This book spans 1920-1953 (each chapter covers one year) and features the voices of several of the family members. Jodi Picoult's new book Leaving Time was the first of hers that I've read, but it certainly won't be the last. The story of thirteen-year-old Jenna Metcalf and her search for her missing mother is wonderful on its own, but is enhanced even more by all of the incredible background on elephant emotions, specifically grief. For further non-fiction reading on elephant emotions, check out When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, and Elephant Memories by Cynthia Moss.
