All That and a Bag of Chips: 1990s Book Recs

Emma is joined by Sydney and Jane to discuss 1990s nostalgia, essential books of the 90s, and share a list of fresh books set in their favorite decade! This episode is packed full of book recommendations and waxing poetic about malls, layered tank tops, time travel, and revisiting our favorite decade from a 2024 perspective.

Emma’s Picks:  

• Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
• The Mall by Megan McCafferty

Jane’s Picks:  

• How to Build a Girl – Caitlin Moran
• Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
• Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
• I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

Sydney’s Picks:  

• The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
• The Crow Road by Iain Banks

If you want to listen to our conversation with Rainbow Rowell, you can listen here. If you want to listen to the conversation with Emma Straub, that’s here. If you’re a librarian and you’re looking to shop more 90s reads in OverDrive Marketplace, check out As If: Modern Books Featuring 80s and 90s Nostalgia, Books of the 90s, and Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.

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