Greta Johnsen is the host of WBEZ’s Nerdette podcast and a known super-reader, regularly knocking out at least a book a week. Rundown host Erin Allen talks with Greta about her favorite fall reads, new and old, where to find them and what a poll of readers is consuming right now.

Here’s just a few of the many recommendations in this episode:

• “Happiness Falls” by Angie Kim (2023)
• “Worthy” by Jada Pinkett Smith (2023)
• “Crying in H Mart” by Michelle Zauner (2021)
• “Throne of Glass” series by Sarah J. Maas (2012-2018)
• “Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman (2011)
• “Who Fears Death” by Nnedi Okorafor (2010)
• “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt (1992)