In the fall of 2021, we offered up Season 3 of The New Classical FM’s popular segment heard on The Oasis: “Book City Book Club”.
Mark Wigmore welcomed Chris Galloway of Book City once again to discuss book recommendations for a wide variety of tastes and interests. They covered topics like history, food, sports, and much more!
We’ve compiled a list of every book that was discussed on Book City Book Club in 2021. Check it out below!
September 15th – Summer Highlights
Indigenous Toronto by Denise Bolduc
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
How Iceland Changed the World by Egill Bjarnason
September 22nd – Fiction
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
September 29th – Sociology
Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine by Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley
Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
October 6th – Fiction II: Crime/Mystery
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Work for a Million by Amanda Deibert
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
October 13th – Kids
Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew
On the Trapline by David Robertson
October 27th – Nature
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
Field Study by Helen Humphreys
November 3rd – History
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
The Gallery of Miracles and Madness by Charlie English
The Secret History of Food by Matt Seigel
November 10th – Food
Truffle Hound by Rowan Jacobson
Cooking at Home by David Chang
November 24th – Sports
Year of the Rocket by Paul Woods
Raise a Fist, Take a Knee by John Feinstein
December 1st – Ideas for Books as Gifts
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh
December 8th – Ideas for Books as Gifts II
The Whisper on the Night Wind by Adam Shoalts
December 15th – Ideas for Books as Gifts III
Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe Jorge Cham/Daniel Whiteson
AI 2041 by Kai-Fu Lee/Chen Qiufan
100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul