Can’t think of what book to give this holiday season? On today’s Brian Lehrer Show, Amy Eddings talks to Dwight Garner of the New York Times Book Review, Susan McHenry of Black Issues Book Review, and Sarah McNally of the McNally Robinson NYC bookstore about some of their recommendations and why. Suggestions from Garner include Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas, Out Stealing Horses by Per Patterson, and Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris.

Listen below for the rest of the suggestions, and also tips on how to buy various types of books.

Think the U.S. Constitution needs a rewrite to reflect modern times? So does Larry Sabato. The author of A More Perfect Constitution: 23 Proposals to Revitalize Our Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country, sat down with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show this morning on an election day. Sabato is the founder and director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. You can listen to the interview below, where he talks about topics such as amending the electoral college to reflect the popular vote and eliminate electors.

You can listen to the interview below.