AOT #479: Craig Johnson Podcasts Dry Bones

Bestselling Wyoming author Craig Johnson reads from and discusses Dry Bones, the newest installment in his beloved Walt Longmire mystery series. When Jen, the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found surfaces in Sheriff Walt Longmire’s jurisdiction, it appears to be a windfall for the High Plains Dinosaur Museum-until Danny Lone Elk, the Cheyenne rancher on whose property the remains were discovered, turns up dead, floating face down in a turtle pond.

($27.95) Viking ISBN # 9780525426936. You can visit Craig Johnson‘s official web site as well.

AOT #478: Sam Quinones Podcasts Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic

Acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones discusses his revelatory new book Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America – addiction like no other the country has ever faced. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland.

($28.00) Bloomsbury ISBN # 9781620402504. You can visit Sam Quinones‘s official web site as well.

AOT #477: T. C. Boyle Podcasts The Harder They Come

Critically-acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author T. C. Boyle reads from and discusses his eagerly anticipated new novel The Harder They Come, a powerful, gripping novel that examines the roots of violence and anti-authoritarianism inherent in the American character. As he explores a father’s legacy of violence and his powerlessness in relating to his equally violent son, Boyle offers unparalleled psychological insights into the American psyche. Inspired by a true story, The Harder They Come is a devastating and indelible novel from a modern master.

($27.99) Ecco ISBN # 9780062349378. You can visit T. C. Boyle‘s official web site as well.

AOT #476: Andrew Gross Podcasts One Mile Under

New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross reads from and discusses his new novel One Mile Under, a propulsive thriller set amid the drought-stricken oil country of Colorado’s beautiful high plains. In this new story, Ty Hauck makes his long-awaited return – rallying beaten-down farmers and ranchers against a giant energy company in a deadly confrontation involving murder, retaliation, and cover-up.

($26.99) William Morrow ISBN # 9780061655999. You can visit Andrew Gross‘s official web site as well.

AOT #475: Ann Packer Podcasts The Children’s Crusade

Ann Packer, the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of The Dive From Clausen’s Pier, joins us in conversation with bestselling Colorado author Eleanor Brown, to discuss Packer’s new novel The Children’s Crusade. A sweeping, masterful book that explores the secrets and desires, the remnant wounds and saving graces of one California family over the course of five decades, The Children’s Crusade is an extraordinary study in character, and a rare and wise examination of the legacy of early life on adult children attempting to create successful families and identities of their own.

($26.99) Scribner ISBN # 97801476710457. You can visit Ann Packer‘s official web site as well.

AOT #474: Benjamin Percy Podcasts The Dead Lands

Benjamin Percy, the author of Red Moon and The Wilding, reads from and discusses his critically acclaimed new post-apocalyptic thriller The Dead Lands. “Benjamin Percy’s The Dead Lands is a case of wonderful writing and compulsive reading. You will not come across a finer work of sustained imagination this year. Good God, what a tale. Don’t miss it.”- Stephen King

($26.00) Grand Central Publishing ISBN # 9781455528240. You can visit Benjamin Percy‘s official web site as well.

AOT #473: Francine Mathews Podcasts Too Bad to Die

Bestselling Colorado author Francine Mathews, who also writes the beloved Jane Austen mystery series under the name Stephanie Barron, reads from and discusses her new novel Too Bad to Die, a tense and enthralling historical thriller in which British Naval Intelligence officer Ian Fleming attempts to foil a Nazi plot to assassinate FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. Brilliantly inventive, utterly gripping and suspenseful, Too Bad to Die is Mathews’s best novel yet, and confirms her place as a master of historical fiction.

($27.95) Riverhead ISBN # 9781594631795. You can visit Francine Mathews‘s official web site as well.

AOT #472: Joseph Kanon Podcasts Leaving Berlin

Joseph Kanon, the bestselling author of Istanbul Passage, discusses his new novel Leaving Berlin, a sweeping, atmospheric novel of postwar East Berlin, a city caught between political idealism and the harsh realities of Soviet occupation. Filled with intrigue, and the moral ambiguity of conflicted loyalties, Kanon’s new novel is a compelling thriller and a love story that brings a shadowy period of history vividly to life.

($27.00) Atria ISBN # 9781476704647. You can visit Joseph Kanon‘s official web site as well.

AOT #471: Cory Doctorow Podcasts Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free

Award winning science fiction author, activist, blogger and journalist Cory Doctorow discusses Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, which takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. The co-editor of Boing Boing, he is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group.

($22.00) McSweeney’s Books ISBN # 9781940450285. You can visit Cory Doctorow‘s official web site as well.

AOT #470: Gretchen Rubin Podcasts Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives

Gretchen Rubin, author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, has helped millions of readers to get happier. Rubin reads from and discusses her new book Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of our Everyday Lives, in which she tackles the critical question: How can we make good habits and break bad ones?

($26.00) Crown ISBN # 9780385348614. You can visit Gretchen Rubin‘s official web site as well.

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