Slate's Audio Book Club
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
"A Visit From the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan
29 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Agger, Emily Bazelon, and Julia Turner talk about the memorable themes and intricate structure of Jennifer Egan's prize-winning A Visit From t...
The "Harry Potter" Series by J.K. Rowling
16 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the final book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Joining them are two Potter enthusiasts: E...
"Caleb’s Crossing" by Geraldine Brooks
27 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, and the New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot discuss Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks’ latest historica...
"Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara
31 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Our critics, including Yale historian David Blight, discuss the Civil War classic The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-...
"Moonwalking with Einstein" by Joshua Foer
27 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s audio book club, Slate’s Daniel Engber, David Plotz and Hanna Rosin discuss Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein, about his qu...
"Swamplandia!" by Karen Russell
27 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Audio Book Club, Slate’s Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and Hanna Rosin discuss Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!, a new novel about t...
"Room" by Emma Donoghue
27 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Slate’s Audio Book Club discusses Emma Donoghue’s Room, a best-selling novel about a 5-year-old boy raised by his mother in a shed where she has b...
"Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua
26 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Hanna Rosin, Ann Hulbert, and Nina Shen Rastogi discuss Amy Chua's book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother." We recommend, but don't insist, that you r...
Lydia Davis’ Translation of "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert
30 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin and Margaret Talbot discuss the new translation of Gustave Flaubert's nineteenth century French classic Madame Bovary. Reli...
"Lord of Misrule" by Jaimy Gordon
19 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Michael Agger discuss Jaimy Gordon's book, Lord of Misrule. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the ...
"Great House" by Nicole Krauss
02 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s gabfest, DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, along with The New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot, discuss Nicole Krauss’ latest nove...
"Remainder" by Tom McCarthy
15 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Michael Agger discuss Tom McCarthy's book, Remainder. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book be...
"Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen
07 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's audio book club, DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin and The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot discuss Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. The ...
"Super Sad True Love Story" by Gary Shteyngart
20 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob Weisberg, Jody Rosen and Troy Patterson discuss Gary Shteyngart's book, Super Sad True Love Story. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read...
"The Imperfectionists" by Tom Rachman
16 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Turner, June Thomas and Troy Patterson discuss Tom Rachman's book, "The Imperfectionists." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the boo...
"Imperial Bedrooms" by Bret Easton Ellis
18 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Michael Agger discuss Bret Easton Ellis’ book, Imperial Bedrooms. We recommend, but don't insist, that you rea...
"Reality Hunger - A Manifesto" by David Shields
21 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson and Jody Rosen discuss David Shields’ book, Reality Hunger - A Manifesto. We recommend, but don't insist, that you...
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
17 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin and Emily Bazelon, along with The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot, discuss Rebecca Skloot's new non-fiction book, The Immorta...
"To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
16 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson and Emily Bazelon discuss Harper Lee's book, To Kill A Mockingbird. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read th...
"The Surrendered" by Chang-rae Lee
06 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin and Emily Bazelon along with The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot discuss Chang-rae Lee's new novel, The Surrendered. Join Sl...
"The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" by Michael Lewis
19 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Daniel Gross discuss Michael Lewis' book, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. We recommend, but don't ins...
"Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel
15 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Troy Patterson, Jacob Weisberg, and John Swansburg discuss Hilary Mantel's book, Wolf Hall. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book bef...
"White Noise" by Don DeLillo
14 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan O’Rourke, Stephen Metcalf, and Troy Patterson discuss Don DeLillo's book, White Noise. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book...
"Lit" by Mary Karr
18 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan O’Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Mary Karr's memoir, Lit. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before lis...
"The Original of Laura" by Vladimir Nabokov
21 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan O’Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Vladimir Nabokov's book, The Original of Laura. We recommend, but don't insist, that you r...
"The Bath" and "A Small Good Thing" by Raymond Carver
16 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson compare two versions of a story by Raymond Carver - "The Bath," and "A Smal...
"The Anthologist" by Nicholson Baker
19 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan O’Rourke, Michael Agger, and Troy Patterson discuss Nicholson Baker's book, The Anthologist. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read th...
"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
17 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and James Ryerson discuss J.D. Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye. We recommend...
"A Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-First Century" by Cristina Nehring
20 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and guest Laura Kipnis discuss Cristina Nehring's "A Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance f...
"Thy Neighbor's Wife" by Gay Talese
15 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Gay Talese's "Thy Neighbor's Wife." We recommend, but don't insist,...
John Cheever's "The Swimmer" and Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard To Find"
18 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss two short stories - John Cheever's 'The Swimmer,' and Flannery O'Co...
"Atmospheric Disturbances" by Rivka Galchen
21 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Rivka Galchen's Atmospheric Disturbances. We recommend, but don't i...
"Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace
18 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Katie Roiphe, Troy Patterson, and James Surowiecki discuss David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. We recommend, but don't insi...
"Rabbit, Run" by John Updike
19 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss John Updike's Rabbit, Run. We recommend, but don't insist, that you...
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
25 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the American classic The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. We r...
"The Night of the Gun" by David Carr
09 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss New York Times columnist David Carr's The Night of the Gun, a memoi...
"American Wife" by Curtis Sittenfeld
08 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Julia Turner discuss the novel American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld. We recommend, but don'...
"Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh
06 Aug 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh. We recommend, but ...
"Netherland" by Joseph O'Neill
16 Jul 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill. We recommend, but don't i...
"Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
04 Jun 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. We recommend, but don't insist, that...
"Beautiful Children" by Charles Bock
16 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Beautiful Children, by Charles Bock. We recommend, but do...
"All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren
13 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Jacob Weisberg discuss the novel All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren. We recommend, ...
"Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
07 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Katie Roiphe, and Julia Turner discuss Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert. We recommend, but don't insist, ...
"Tree of Smoke" by Denis Johnson
03 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and James Surowiecki discuss the novel Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson. We recommend, but don'...
"The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama
20 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and John Dickerson discuss The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama. We recommend, but don't insi...
"The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama
20 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and John Dickerson discuss The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama. We recommend, but don't insi...
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
30 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz discuss the novel The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. We recommend, but do...
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
30 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz discuss the novel The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. We recommend, but do...
"The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton
10 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, along with a new bi...
"The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton
10 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, along with a new bi...
"Independence Day" by Richard Ford
29 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz discuss the novel Independence Day by Richard Ford. We recommend, bu...
"Independence Day" by Richard Ford
29 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz discuss the novel Independence Day by Richard Ford. We recommend, bu...
"The Emperor's Children" by Claire Messud
27 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud. We reco...
"The Emperor's Children" by Claire Messud
27 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud. We reco...
"The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
01 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the nonfiction book The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural Hist...
"The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
01 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the nonfiction book The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural Hist...
"Beloved" by Toni Morrison
19 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison. Join Slate Plus for f...
"Beloved" by Toni Morrison
19 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison.Join Slate Plus for ful...
"Everyman" by Philip Roth
14 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Everyman by Philip Roth. Join Slate Plus for fu...
"Everyman" by Philip Roth
14 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Everyman by Philip Roth.Join Slate Plus for full...
"Saturday" by Ian McEwan
31 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Saturday by Ian McEwan. Thanks to the Housing Wo...
"Saturday" by Ian McEwan
31 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Saturday by Ian McEwan. Thanks to the Housing Wo...
"The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion
31 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe sit down at the Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York's Soho neighborhood to discu...
"The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion
31 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe sit down at the Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York's Soho neighborhood to discu...