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The Roundtable

Book Picks - Golden Notebook and Open Door Bookstore

By Joe Donahue
Published March 18, 2026 at 11:33 AM EDT
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This week's Book Picks comes from James Conrad from The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, NY and Lily Bartels from Open Door Bookstore in Schenectady, NY.

Lily Bartels

  • The Last Spirits of Manhattan by John A. McDermott
  • Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera
  • Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams
  • Under Water by Tara Menon
  • Cave Mountain by Benjamin Hale
  • Kids, Wait Till You Hear This by Liza Minnelli as told to Michael Feinstein

James Conrad

  • The Quarry Fox and Other Critters of the Wild Catskills by Leslie T. Sharpe
  • This Incredible Longing: Finding My Self in a Near-Cult Experience by Blair Glaser
  • Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian
  • Lake Effect: A Novel by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
  • Because of a Shoe by Julie Fogliano and Marla Frazee
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