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Episodes
Helen MacDonald on VESPER FLIGHTS
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've run out of superlatives to describe Helen Macdonald's memoir, H is For Hawk. She's followed her acclaimed bestseller — which showed many reade...
Catherine Raven on FOX & I
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fox & I, Catherine Raven's tale of an intentional friendship with a wild red fox and how it changed her, is a kaleidoscopic meld of quiet observation,...
Sam Kean on THE ICEPICK SURGEON
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Kean is an eclectic writer with an affinity for scientific subjects and their weird and darker paths, and he has an inimitable knack for transform...
Matt Haig on THE BOOK OF COMFORT
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Readers LOVE Matt Haig's charming, full of heart, and genuinely unputdownable novels The Midnight Library and How to Stop Time and made both of them b...
S. A. Cosby on RAZORBLADE TEARS
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're huge fans of S.A. Cosby's pulse-pounding noir novels set in Red Hill County, VA—and we're not alone: Dennis Lehane, Walter Mosley, Lee Child,...
Ayad Akhtar on HOMELAND ELEGIES
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ayad Akhtar's plays—Disgraced (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama), The Who and the What, and Junk¬—and his novels, American Dervish and Home...
Casey McQuiston on RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're not the only readers who adore Casey McQuiston's super-fun, hilarious—and bestselling—love stories. She joins us on the show to talk about u...
Kiese Laymon on LONG DIVISION
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kiese Laymon — memoirist, essayist, novelist — is one of the most extraordinary and exciting writers working today. Best known for his acclaimed m...
Laura Lippman on DREAM GIRL
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Gerry Allen is trapped at home after a bad fall, isolated in his swank apartment high over Baltimore Harbor — and the strange calls and lette...
Kristen Arnett on WITH TEETH
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We fell head over heels for Mostly Dead Things, Kristen Arnett's wonderful, darkly comic debut novel about family (and taxidermy) set in central Flori...
John MacLean on HOME WATERS
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You don't have to be an avid fly fisher to appreciate John Maclean's beautiful new book HOME WATERS, but it will certainly inspire you to spend more t...
Danielle Henderson on THE UGLY CRY
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You might know Danielle Henderson as the creator of the legendary feminist Ryan Gosling meme (which she later turned into a book); or from her most ex...
Clint Smith on HOW THE WORD IS PASSED
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HOW THE WORD IS PASSED is one of our most anticipated books for June 2021 — it's a powerful portrait of America today, built from our history and Cl...
Ashley C. Ford on SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley C. Ford's essays and journalism have run in The Guardian and Buzzfeed; She's profiled Serena Williams and Anne Hathaway for Allure, Stacey Abra...
Maggie O'Farrell on HAMNET
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie O'Farrell joins us to talk about HAMNET, her dreamy, intoxicating story of grief and love and Shakespeare, now out in paperback. Featured Books...