About this episode
If you're new to From the Front Porch, this episode will introduce you to hosts Annie and Chris. Learn about their reading tastes, what they do when their not at The Bookshelf, and who they'd have over for their dream literary dinner party. (The interview was inspired by the New York Times ' By the Book interviews. Gretchen Rubin's is here .) Books and authors mentioned include: + Station Eleven + My Brilliant Friend + Present Over Perfect + Pond + Boss Life + Grit + Neil Gaiman + Mindy Kaling + F. Scott Fitzgerald + Umberto Ecco + Hannah Arendt + Flannery O'Connor + Madeleine L'Engle + J.K. Rowling + Shauna Niequist + Swing Time + The Martian + Bread and Wine + The Mothers + Another Day in the Death of America + The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Find The Bookshelf online here .