Jael Richardson's holiday book picks for 2019

Jael Richardson is q's books columnist. She drops by every couple weeks to fill us in on a new book to check out, but today she'll be doing something a little different. As the gift-giving season is now upon us, Richardson joins us to recommend some of her favourite books from the past year: 

• Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel by Casey McQuiston
• 26 Knots by Bindu Suresh
• Turbulence by David Szalay
• The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• The Innocents: A Novel by Michael Crummey
• The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

Click the 'Listen' link above to hear the full conversation with Jael Richardson.

— Produced by Danielle Grogan