Tuesday on RadioWest we bring you our annual holiday book show. Here's how it works: we gather up our experts from local bookstores in Utah and ask them to make a list of the best books of the year so you can find just the right gift. They'll bring dozens of books with them into the studio – novels, mysteries, children's books, some meaty history and biography. There's sure to be a title that matches someone on your list.
Adult Titles
Betsy Burton, Ken Sanders, Catherine Weller
Children's Books
Betsy Burton, Ken Sanders, Catherine Weller
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Our panel of local booksellers agreed to stay with us after the show to not only talk about their favorite books ... but also to show us their favorite books:
Betsy Burton's Books for Children
The King's English
Children's Picture Books
- Home for Christmas by Jan Brett, hardcover, Putnam, $17.99
- Chanukah Lights by Michael Rosen and Robert Sabuda, hardcover, Candlewick, $34.99
- The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man by Michael Chabon, illustrated by Jake Parker, hardcover, HarperCollins Childrens, $17.99
- How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum by Jessie Hartland, hardcover, Blue Apple, $17.99
The Man in the Moon by William Joyce, hardcover, Atheneum, $17.99
Children’s Chapter Books
- Charlotte’s Rose by Ann Edwards Cannon, paperback, University of Utah Press, $9.95
- The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, drawings by Barry Moser, hardcover, Peachtree, $16.95
- Bigger than a Breadbox by Laurel Snyder, hardcover, Random House, $16.99
- Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos, hardcover, Farrar Strauss Giroux, $15.99
Blue Fish by Pat Schmatz, hardcover, Candlewick, $15.99
Young Adult
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, hardcover, Doubleday, $26.95 (also adult)
- Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick, hardcover, Egmont, $17.99
- How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr, hardcover, Little Brown, $17.99
- Crossed by Ally Condie, hardcover, Dutton, $17.99
Girls Don’t Fly by Kristen Chandler, hardcover, Viking, $16.99
Ken Sanders' Kids Books (for Adults)
Ken Sanders Rare Books- Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes by Carl Barks, Fantagraphics Books, $24.99
- Baby Get Me Some Lovin' by Lisa Brown, McSweeney's Irregulars, $9.00
- Baby Make Me Breakfast by Lisa Brown, McSweeney's Irregulars, $9.00
- Baby Mix Me a Drink by Lisa Brown, McSweeney's Irregulars, $9.00
- The Rainbow Goblins by Ul De Rico, Thames & Hudson Inc., $19.95
- Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 1 + 2 Box Set by Floyd Gottfredson, Fantagraphics Books, $49.99
- Pogo - Through the Wild Blue Wonder Vol. 1 of the Complete Syndicated Comic Strips by Walt Kelly, Fantagraphics Books, $39.99
- The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald, Puffin Books, $4.99
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, Calla Editions, $40.00
- Bumble-Ardy by Maurice Sendak, Harper Collins, $17.95
- Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein, Harper Collins, $19.99
The Ship That Sailed To Mars by William A. Timlin, Calla Editions, $40.00
Catherine Weller's Books for Children
Sam Weller's Zion Bookstore- Between Shades of Gray by Rupta Septys, hardcover, Philomel Books, $17.99
- Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg, hardcover, Houghton Mifflin, $24.99
- Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler, hardcover, Razorbill, $18.99
- Grandpa Green by Lane Smith, hardcover, Roaring Brook, $16.99
- Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies, hardcover, Beach Lane, $12.99
- How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr, hardcover, Little Brown & Co., $17.99
- Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver, hardcover, Harper, $16.99
- Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxler, hardcover, Amulet, $16.95
- Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, paperback, Yearling Books, $6.99
Return to Exile by E.J. Patten, hardcover, Simon & Schuster, $16.99
Betsy Burton's Books for Adults
The King's EnglishFiction
- The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, hardcover, Knopf, $23.95
- The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje, hardcover, Knopf, $26
- Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante, hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Press, $24
- Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch, hardcover, Doubleday, $25.95
- We the Animals by Justin Torres, hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18
Voices of the River by Melanie Rae Thon, Paperback, University of Alabama, $15.50
Nonfiction
- Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard, hardcover, Doubleday, $32
- A Thousand Voices by Jeri Parker, hardcover, Winter Beach, $22
- London Under by Peter Ackroyd, hardcover, Nan Talese, $25
- My Song by Harry Belafonte, hardcover, Knopf, $30.50
- Catherine the Great by Robert Massie, hardcover, Random House, $35
- Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean, hardcover, Simon & Schuster, $26.95
A Thousand Voices by Jeri Parker, hardcover, Winter Beach Press, $22
Big Books for the Family
- The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins, hardcover, Free Press, $29.95
- The Louvre: All the Paintings by Erich Lessig and Vincente Pomarede, hardcover, Black Dog and Leventhal, $75
- History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil Macgregor, hardcover, Viking, $45
- Saveur: The New Comfort Food: Home Cooking from Around the World edited by James Oseland, hardcover, 35
- Animal: The Definitive Guide edited by David Burnie and Son E. Wilson, hardcover, Smithsonian/DK, $50
- M.C. Escher Pop-Ups by Courtney Watson McCarthy, hardcover, Thames & Hudson, $29.95
- The Great Big Book of Horrible Things by Matthew White, hardcover, W.W. Norton, $35
Books: A Living History by Martyn Lyons, hardcover, Getty, $34.95
Mystery
- The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen, hardcover, Dutton, $25.95
- Or The Bull Kills You by Jason Webster, hardcover, Minotaur, $24.99
- The Chinese Jars by William C. Gordon, paperback, Bay Tree Publishing, $14.95
- The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin, hardcover, Reagan Arthur, $25.99
Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill, hardcover, Random House, $25
Ken Sanders' Books for Adults
Ken Sanders Rare BooksUtah & the Mormons
- The Man Who Never Died The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon by William M. Adler, Bloomsbury, $30.00
- The Mormon Rebellion: America's First Civil War, 1857-1858 by David L. Bigler and Will Bagley, University of Oklahoma Press, $35.00
- Fire in the Pasture: 21st-Century Mormon Poets by Tyler Chadwick (editor), Peculiar Pages and B10 Mediaworx, $27.99
- A Selection of Early Mormon Hymnbooks 1832-1872 Hymnbooks and Broadsides from the First 40 Years of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Shane J. Chism, $45.00
- Everett Ruess: His Short Life, Mysterious Death, and Astonishing Afterlife by Philip K. Fradkin, University of California Press, $24.95
- Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism by Terryl L Givens and Matthew J Grow, Oxford University Press, $34.95
- Decades of Daring Midget Racing in the Rocky Mountains by Bill Hill, Bill Hill Productions, $75.00
- Pie in the Sky: How Joe Hill's Lawyers Lost His Case, Got Him Shot, and Were Disbarred by Kenneth Lougee, iUniverse, Inc., $14.95
- In Search of Dominguez & Escalante: Photographing the 1776 Spanish Expedition through the Southwest by Greg MacGregor & Siegfired Halus, Museum of New Mexico Press, $50.00
- A History of Utah Radicalism: Startling, Socialistic, and Decidedly Revolutionary by John S. McCormick and John R. Sillito, Utah State University Press, $37.95
- Last of the Robbers Roost Outlaws: Moab's Bill Tibbetts by Tom McCourt, Canyonlands Natural History Association, $14.99
- Bones in the Well: The Haun's Mill Massacre, 1838 by Beth Shumway Moore, Arthur H. Clark Company, $29.95
- The Savage View: Charles Savage, Pioneer Mormon Photographer by Bradley W. Richards, M.D., Carl Mautz Publishing, $25.00
3D Atlas of Zion National Park by Steven L Richardson and Benjamin M. Richardson,, 2i3D Imaging, $29.95
Literature
- El Sicario The Autobiography of Mexican Assassin by Charles Bowden & Molly Molloy, Nation Books, $15.99
- The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27.00
- The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28.00
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50
- Just Kids by Patti Smith, Ecco Press, $16.00
- Woolgathering by Patti Smith, A New Directions book, $18.95
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, Penguin Classics, $20.00
New Poetry
- it doesn't get any better than this by Shana Agid, Brooklyn Artists Alliance, $7.00
- Names by Jane LeCroy, Brooklyn Artists Alliance, $7.00
- Like a Cure by Jane LeCroy (editor), Brooklyn Artists Alliance, $7.00
Scream at the Librarian by Joel J. Rane, Brooklyn Artists Alliance, $7.00
Art & Music
- Everything is an Afterthought: The Life and Writings of Paul Nelson by Kevin Avery, Fantagraphics Books, $30.00
- The Alphabet in Woodcut by Royden Card, Self-published, $20.00
- R. Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection by R. Crumb, W.W. Norton, $27.95
- Starlight on the Rails: A Songbook by Utah Phillips, Dream Garden Press, $30.00
F*** You: Finally a book about me by Frank Anthony Smith, Global Interprint, Inc, $38.00
Catherine Weller's Books for Adults
Sam Weller's Zion Bookstore
- 1Q84 by Haruku Murakami, hardcover, Knopf, $30.50
- Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach, hardcover, Little Brown & Co., $25.99
- Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie, hardcover, Random House, $35.00
- Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller, hardcover, WW Norton, $25.95
- How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond by John Powell, paperback, Little Brown and Co. $19.99
- Kearny’s March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846 - 1847 by Winston Groom, hardcover, Knopf, $27.95
- Lenningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-44 by Anna Reid, hardcover, Walker & Co., $30.00
- Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: The Tipsy Baker’s Guide to the Best Homemade Foods by Jennifer Reese, paperback, Free Press, $24.00
- Moby Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page by Matt Kish, paperback, Tin House, $39.95
- Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age by Douglas Rushkoff, paperback, Soft Skull Press, $14.95
- R. Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection by R. Crumb, hardcover, WW Norton, $27.95
- Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, hardcover, Alfred A Knopf, $23.95
- Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt, hardcover, WW Norton, $26.95
- Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh, hardcover, Random House, $40.00
- Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941 - 1942 by Ian W. Toll, hardcover, W.W. Norton, $35.00
Rome: A Cultural, Visual and Personal History by Robert Hughes, hardcover, Knopf, $35.00
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