Welcome to The Laydown!

Ryan, Kelso, and Hillary discuss what they're currently reading, their most anticipated books of this year, and some bookstore lingo.

• The Nix by Nathan Hill
• Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend 

• Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household by Adrian Tinniswood
• The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America by Sarah Kendzior

• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
• The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

• Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman (Out 2/12)

• Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James (Out 2/5)

• Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott (Out 3/26)
• Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell (Out 8/27)

• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

• How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee

• The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin 
  • EDIT: it was the Hugo award, not the Nebula award, the N.K. Jemisin won for each of the Broken Earth books!