"The KAXE Bookshelf" is our occasional list of books featured or discussed on the KAXE Morning Show and from our community of readers via our text line and What We’re Reading group on Facebook.
It’s a great place for book recommendations, or if you heard us talking about a book but didn’t catch the title.
It’s summer! How about a good romance?
- Summers at the Saint, by Mary Kate Andrews
- The Wedding People, by Alison Espach
Forbidden Love is a new bookstore in Bemidji with a focus on romance novels and romance subgenres. Co-owner Olivia Pack joined the “KAXE Morning Show” to talk about the shop.
Curious how summer reading became a nationwide phenomenon?
- Books for Idle Hours: Nineteenth-Century Publishing and the Rise of Summer Reading, by Donna Harrington-Lueker
Get ready for the movie
- Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson
- The Magician’s Nephew, by C.S. Lewis
- The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
- Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi
- Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins
- Verity, by Colleen Hoover
- Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
Contributed/Simon & SchusterLots of people are reading Theo of Golden by Allen Levi.
What We’re Reading / What We've Read
- The Children of Gods and Fighting Men, by Shauna Lawless
- Social Animals, by Camille Perri
- The Finlay Donovan series, by Elle Cosimano
- Last Night in Brooklyn, by Xochitl Gonzalez
- Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi
- Love Walked In, by Marisa de los Santos
- If It Bleeds, by Stephen King
- On the Calculation of Volume, by Solvej Balle
More What We're Reading
Looking for a good book recommendation? Want to recommend a book you've just read? Check out our What We're Reading page on Facebook, or text us at 218-326-1234.
What We're Reading is made possible in part by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the citizens of Minnesota.
