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----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new powerful memoirs about some of the unique challenges women face in the world of politics and power in the United States: One Way Back, by Christine Blasey Ford, and True Gretch, by Gretchen Whitmer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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https://susanbernofsky.com/ Get the book from https://www.ndbooks.com/book/paul-celan-and-the-trans-tibetan-angel/ in the US https://www.dialoguebooks.co.uk/titles/yoko-tawada/spontaneous-acts/9780349704234/ in the UK Gateway books / Authors Robert Walser Shirley Hazzard Angela Carter Barbra Comyns Nabokov Handke Kobo Abe Current reads/Looking forw…
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new incredible memoirs about wealth, privilege and its abiding pain: The Friday Afternoon Club, by Griffin Dunne, and Do Something, by Guy Trebay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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Rod Moody Corbett https://rodmoodycorbett.com/fiction/ https://breakwaterbooks.com/products/hides Current reads / recently enjoyed or looking forward to American Abductions - Mauro Javier Cárdenas Europeana - Patrik Ouředník Joy Williams - Concerning The Future of Souls The Witches - Stacy Schiff Greg Gerke - In The Suavity of the Rock Garielle Lut…
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On this beach-ready edition of The Weekly Reader we review two new novels that take us to the sunny shores of coastal New England: Sandwich, by Catherine Newman, and The Wedding People, Alison Espach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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Brett Biebel https://www.brettbiebel.com/books Buy the book here https://ugapress.org/book/9780820365831/a-mason-and-dixon-companion/ Gateway books /Authors Narnia DFW Bolano Ducks, Newburyport Current reads Vollmann - Europe Central Jenny Erpenbeck Nate Silver - On The Edge Desert Island Books Gravity’s Rainbow Mason and Dixon 2666 Moby Dick Old P…
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Jón Kalman Stefánsson Buy the book from: https://www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-releases/your-absence-is-darkness/ Gateway books Master and Margarita - Bulgakov Halldór Laxness Gunnar Gunnarsson Knut Hamsun Tonio Kröger - Thomas Mann Moby Dick Current Reads Nomad Century - Gaia Vince Herta Muller Dante Desert Island Books Collected poetry Your Face To…
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about mysterious visitors and life changing relationships with both two legged and four legged friends: Bear, by Julia Phillips, and The Horse, by Willie Vlautin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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http://ritabullwinkel.com Get the book from https://dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/headshot/ or https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723031/headshot-by-rita-bullwinkel/ Gateway books All American - Diane Williams The Way Through Doors - Jesse Ball Current reads Ten Planets - Yuri Herrera Kaveh Akbar Yr Dead - Sam Sax Desert Island Books Collec…
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On this edition of the Weekly Reader, we review two new novels perfect for a summer read, at home or at the beach: The Same Bright Stars, by Ethan Joella, and Swan Song, by Elin Hilderbrand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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https://annedemarcken.com Get the book from AUST https://giramondopublishing.com/books/anne-de-marcken-it-lasts-forever-and-then-its-over/ UK https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/it-lasts-forever-and-then-it-s-over/ US https://www.ndbooks.com/book/it-lasts-forever-and-then-it-s-over/?source=search Gateway books Jane Eyre Calvino - Six Memos for t…
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https://mjnichollswriter.com Buy the book here : https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_fall_and_fall_of_derek_haffman/ Gateway books Mulligan Stew - Gilbert Sorrentino Poor Things - Alasdair Gray Darconville's Cat - Alexander Theroux Don Quixote Current reads Red Handler - Johan Harstad Desert Island Books Don Quixote Mulligan Stew - Gilbert …
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review new work from two American authors that are possibly even better than their debuts: Long Island Compromise, by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and Familiaris, by David Wrobliewski. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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http://www.adamehrlichsachs.com Buy GRETEL AND THE GREAT WAR from https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374614249/gretelandthegreatwar Gateway books - The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein - Pale Fire - Nabokov - Rings Of Saturn - Sebald - Cat's Cradle - Vonnegut - Borges - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark Current reads - Harold Pinter (plays…
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that capture the enormous complexities and immense landscapes of India: are The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese and Victory City by Salman Rushdie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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https://laurenoyler.com Gateway books Lolita Crying of Lot 49 The Known World Giovanni's Rooms The Wasteland Current reads The Lodgers - Holly Pester White Out - Michael Clune Complete Poems - Anne Sexton A Woman - A Woman Sibilla Aleramo Desert Island Books Don Juan - Lord Byron Book of Memories - Péter Nádas Pale Fire - Nabokov Diaries of Virgini…
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about women facing incredible uncertainty with grace, power, and fearlessness under staggering circumstances: Daughters of Shandong, by Eve Chung, and The Women, by Kristin Hannah. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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Ah, summer. when if we are lucky, our work loads gets a little lighter, and our reading gets a little lighter, too. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new, not-so-terribly serious releases sure to help you enjoy a day at the beach or by the pool: Come and Get It, by Kiley Reid, and Margo Has Money Troubles, by Rufi Thorpe. See omny…
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https://www.nicholasrombes.com Buy the Rachel Condition from Clash Books https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/nicholas-rombes-the-rachel-condition-preorder Gateway books Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 Paul Auster - City of Glass Rachel Cusk - Second Place Currently reading/ Looking forward to Kevin Barry Denis Johnson - Jesus' Son /Poetry Brian…
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels full of weird events, bizarre coincidences, and almost unbelievable outcomes: Real Life and Other Fictions, by Susan Coll, and The Husbands, by Holly Gramazio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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https://josevergara.net https://encyclopediaofthedog.com Gateway books James and the Giant Peach - Dahl Redwall books - Brian Jacques In Cold Blood - Capote Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude Invisible Man - Ellison Slaughter House Five - Vonnegut Ceremony - Leslie Marion Silko Lolita - Nabokov Crime and Punishment - Dostoy…
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review three new thrillers: One of Our Kind, by Nicola Yoon, Death in the Air, by Ram Murali, and The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com Gateway books Nikolay Kun. “Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece”.Yulian Semyonov. “Seventeen Moments of Spring”.Alexander Belyaev. “Professor Dowell's Head” and “Amphibian Man”.Steven King's novels.Vladimir Sorokin. Collected Works in two volumes and “Blue Lard”Recently finished bookAntonio Moresco. “Canto del …
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Rońań Hession - GHOST MOUNTAIN @MumblinDeafRo Buy Rońań’s books from ; https://bluemoosebooks.com/books/author/ronan-hession Gateway books / Authors Asterix Comics Samuel Beckett Walter Macken Eileen Battersby - reviews Japanese literature Strange Weather in Tokyo - Hiromi Kawakami Chichi to Ran - Mieko Kawakami Yoko Tawada Current reads / recently…
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Sometimes, you think you know a lot about a favorite author, and then, they write a memoir. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new, revealing memoirs from a pair of famous writers: And Then? And Then? What Else?, by Daniel Handler and Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, by Salman Rushdie. See omnystudio.com/listener for p…
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https://www.maurojaviercardenas.com buy the book from : https://dalkeyarchive.store/products/american-abductions Current reads /looking forward to The Pinochet File - Peter Kornbluh Mónica Ojeda Herscht 07769 - László Krasznahorkai Gateway books Correction - Thomas Bernhard Austerlitz - W. G. Sebald Mezzanine - Nicholson Baker To The Light House - …
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The extreme lifestyles of the rich and famous can be somewhat fascinating. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books about the ultra wealthy and their unique challenges: Wives Like Us, by Plum Sykes, and Lies and Weddings, by Kevin Kwan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Chris Via https://www.youtube.com/@LeafbyLeaf/videos Gateway books and authors Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson Michael Crichton Stephen King Richard Laymon Current reads, Looking forward to Nexus - Noah Yuval Harari Rachel Cusk new book Herscht 07769 - László Krasznahorkai The Empusium - Olga Tokarczuk Annihilation - Michel Houellebecq Every Arc…
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https://www.meganmcdowelltranslation.com Order here : https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-obscene-bird-of-night/ Other books coming up from Megan in translation José Donoso - La misteriosa desaparición de la marquesita de Loria - Coming next year Mariana Enriquez - A Sunny Place for Shady People (SEPT) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757704/a…
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new extraordinary memoirs about the exquisite joy of true love and the nearly unbearable pain of losing one we love: Fi, A Memoir of My Son, by Alexandra Fuller and My Beloved Monster, by Caleb Carr. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Adam Levin Buy The Bar Mitzva Edition here: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-instructions-bar-mitzvah-edition?taxon_id=1 Other books mentioned Camille Bordas - The Material https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737042/the-material-by-camille-bordas/ No Judgment - Lauren Oyler Wild Houses - Colin Barrett…
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Nathan Knapp ⁠https://nathanknappwrites.wordpress.com/⁠ Buy Daybook here https://www.thisissplice.co.uk/ Gateway books Lord of the Rings Notes From The Underground - Dostoyevsky Fear and Trembling - Søren Kierkegaard Annie Dillard é Hill Cormac McCarthy In The Suavity of The Rock - Greg Gerke Mauro Javier Cardenas - American Abductions Adam Erlich …
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review new biographies about two women who led mysterious lives in the glamorous, gloriously seedy New York cultural scene in the 1960s and 70s: Candy Darling, by Cynthia Carr, and To Anyone Who Ever Asks, by Howard Fishman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Children of the Dead by Elfriede Jelinek translated by Gitta Honegger Buy the book here : https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780300142150 Part 1 Dustin Illingworth https://www.dustinillingworth.com/ Other books mentioned - The Obscene Bird of Night - Jose Donoso Adam Erlich Sachs - Gretel and the Great War Paul Celan And The Trans-Tibetan Ange…
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American author Sloane Crosley is best known for her humorous essays and stories, but her new book takes a different tack. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review some of her earlier work, The Clasp and I was Told There Would be Cake, and her latest, a memoir called Grief is for People. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Garielle Lutz - Backwardness Get the book here: https://www.hobartpulp.com/books/backwardness Recently enjoyed / Currently Reading / Looking forward to: The Copenhagen Trilogy - Tove Ditlevsen James Salter Janet Malcolm Greg Gerke - The Suavity of the Rock William Hazlitt Virginia Woolf - Essays Mice 1961 - Stacey Levine Our Long Marvelous Dying - …
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader we review two new books that take us behind the scenes of two very different and oddly intriguing work environments: Help Wanted, by Adelle Waldman, and Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, by Kara Swisher. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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Ben Tanzer https://www.tanzerben.com/ Get The Missing From : https://713books.com/forthcoming/ Gateway books The Basketball Diaries - Jim Carroll Cruddy - Linda Barry Hairstyles of the Dammed - Joe Meno American Skin - Don De Grazia Meditations from a Movable Chair - Andre Dubus Bastard out of Carolina - Dorothy Allison Torres Currently reading and…
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There are many good reasons to read a book: to study history, learn a new skill, practice our empathy, have a good cry, or, perhaps, a good laugh. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books about funny women doing some pretty crazy things: Worry, by Alexandra Tanner, and Sylvia's Second Act, by Hillary Yablon. See omnystudio.com/…
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Robert Chandler Buy Chevengur from NYRB https://www.nyrb.com/products/chevengur Gateway books Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov War and Peace - Tolstoy Lord of the Rings - Tolkien Currently reading; Emily Dickinson Dante John Clare Andrei Kurkov Vladimir Sharov Penelope Fitzgerald D.H. Lawrence Desert Island Books The Rainbow - D.H. Lawrence …
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a novel and a collection of short fiction from two important black American writers finally getting their due: James, by Percival Everett, and Neighbors and Other Stories, by Diane Oliver. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Oleh WYPR Baltimore
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