Atmospheric Book Picks with Rebecca

Beyond the Shelves: A Podcast from the Des Moines Public Library

Crashing waves, falling leaves, a shadowy forest - books that provide a strong sense a place are what we're talking about on the latest episode of the DMPL Podcast. Book Chat team member Rebecca talks about three new books that she thinks of when she thinks "atmosphere."

Rebecca's Picks

• What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher
• Daisy Darker, by Alice Feeney
• Our Wives Under the Sea, by Julia Armfield

Other Book Suggestions

• Her Body and Other Parties, by Carmen Maria Machado
• Crooked House, by Agatha Christie
• Just Like Home, by Sarah Gailey
• White is for Witching, by Helen Oyeyemi
• Black Rabbit Hall, by Eve Chase
• Wilder Girls, by Rory Power
• Moon of the Crusted Snow, by Waubgeshig Rice
• Five Little Indians, by Michelle Good
• Once There Were Wolves, by Charlotte McConaghy
• Stephen Graham Jones books
• Alice Hoffman books