In some of my (many, many) emails following up with fellow authors about their potential recommendations for #read99women, I joked that if I’d been thinking ahead, I would have titled my newest book differently. After all, this series is only #read99women because of the title WOMAN 99. If only I’d named it, say, WOMAN 33, I’d have so much less work to do!

(I have a spreadsheet for this project. A SPREADSHEET. Excel is a lot to ask of someone who spends the vast majority of her laptop time in Word.)

Anyway! The good news for you as readers is that the series will still be going strong through February… and March… and beyond.

And we’ve got SO many great authors lined up to recommend SO many great books.

Today’s guest is novelist Sonja Yoerg, who grew up in Stowe, Vermont, where she financed her college education by waitressing at the Trapp Family Lodge. She earned a Ph.D. in biological psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and wrote a nonfiction book about animal intelligence, CLEVER AS A FOX (Bloomsbury USA, 2001). Her novels include HOUSE BROKEN, MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE, ALL THE BEST PEOPLE, and TRUE PLACES. Her newest novel STORIES WE NEVER TOLD releases May 1. Sonja lives with her husband in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Sonja recommends SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid. Sonja calls the story “fast-paced, warm-hearted, and touching.” Balancing a “breezy style” with “the story's serious themes of identity, race, privilege, and motherhood” is where this debut author shines. With praise from NPR, the Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly and more, this novel’s getting a lot of attention, and it deserves yours, too.

Read the rest of Sonja’s recommendation on BookBub here.

And tune in tomorrow (and tomorrow, and tomorrow) for more #read99women recommendations!