Happy Half Hour (7/27/26)

Today, we’re chatting about gods old and new fighting for dominance of Rome as magic returns to the world; Jimmy Chin interviewing the people who inspired him with their meaningful life lessons and rules to live by; and students at rival schools who must navigate an anonymous gossip account, family secrets, and pressure from their sports.

PAN by Francesco Dimitri; translated by Sophia McDougall | 9781250406989 | 10/13/26
RULES TO LIVE BY: How Extraordinary Lives Define What Really Matters by Jimmy Chin | 9781250371645 | 9/29/26
OFF BALANCE by Paula Chase | 9781250809414 | 10/20/26

Additional titles we mentioned:
TWO LIVES by Alexis Schaitkin | 9781250439277 | 1/26/27
MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING by Madeline Bell | 9781250373496 | 3/23/27
BRIGHT MONDAY by David Leavitt | 9781639738632 | 1/12/27
NOT MY TYPE by Jayci Lee | 9781250907806 | 2/16/27
THE HAUNTING OF LADY DEATH by Maddie Martinez | 9781250367907 | 2/9/27
GIRLS WALKING WITH WOLVES by Jenna Baner | 9798890034984 | 11/10/26
THE TRAVELING AUDIENCE by Jason Neese | 9781969905087 | 11/3/26
THEY BLEED BLACK by J. Holtsham; illustrated by Daz Tibbles | 9781962594738 | 11/17/26
BAD BOY FOR LIFE: The Rise and Fall of Sean Combs by Cheyenne Roundree | 9781250411167 | 9/29/26
YOSEMITE FALLS: Reckoning with California History and the Gospel of John Muir by Daniel Duane | 9780865475564 | 11/17/26
TYRANT LIZARD QUEEN: The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore  by Riley Black | 9781250403483 | 10/27/26
A LITTLE SOMETHING SWEET: 75 Decadent Single-Serve Desserts to Satisfy Last-Minute Cravings by Kathleen Hansen | 9798890035097 | 9/22/26
HUMPTY DUMPTY by Harold Rogers | 9780374620400 | 11/10/26
HER ADVANTAGE by Hannah Bicknell | 9781037402890 | 3/30/27
FAKE-OUT FIANCEE by Helena Hunting | 9781682817599 | 2/2/27
THE BLOODFIRE OATH by Chloe C. Peñaranda | 9781250441324 | 12/1/26
LIGHTNING & THUNDER by Sara Raasch | 9781250428813 | 12/29/26
DEAD BEAT by Leigh Bardugo | 9781250884312 | 9/15/26
THE NAMES OF THE NEW WORLD by Kawai Strong Washburn | 9780374619701 | 10/6/26
MOTHER DEAREST by Clare Bird | 9781250433992 | 3/9/27
THIS WILD WANTING by Sophie Gonzales | 9781250352521 | 11/17/26