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569 - Seaside Reads: "Next to Heaven" by James Frey and "The Listeners" by Maggie Stiefvater

----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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569 - Seaside Reads: "Next to Heaven" by James Frey and "The Listeners" by Maggie Stiefvater

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566 - Back of the House: New adventures in the kitchen

Wed, 16 Nov 2022
565 - Future Shock: Dystopian days ahead from Julia Glass and Bruce Holsinger

Wed, 09 Nov 2022
564 - Coming of Age in a Rough World: New work from Barbara Kingsolver and Jonathan Escoffery

Wed, 02 Nov 2022
563 - Scary Stories: Ling Ma's "Bliss Montage" and Ainslie Hogarth's "Motherthing"

Wed, 26 Oct 2022
562 - American Outsiders: New novels by Dur E Aziz Amna and Isaac Blum

Wed, 05 Oct 2022
561 - Movie Biz: "Mercury Pictures Presents" by Anthony Marra and "Mr. Wilder and Me" by Jonathan Coe

Thu, 15 Sep 2022
560 - Funny Ladies: "Bookish People" by Susan Coll and "The Means," by Amy Fusselman

Wed, 07 Sep 2022
559 - Jean Hanff Korelitz Special

Wed, 17 Aug 2022
558 - Technology R Us: New fiction from Gabrielle Zevin and Carter Bays

Wed, 10 Aug 2022
557 - The Radical Power of Personal Narrative:"Body Work" by Melissa Febos and "Normal Family" by Chrysta Bilton

Wed, 03 Aug 2022
556 - After Roe: Reproductive rights in America

Thu, 07 Jul 2022
555 - New novels from Britain: Moses McKenzie and Nina Stibbe

Wed, 08 Jun 2022
554 - Toni Morrison special

Wed, 25 May 2022
553 - Generations past: "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days" by Rebecca Donner and "Ancestor Trouble",by Maud Newton

Tue, 17 May 2022
552 - People who "get" people: new novels from Michelle Huneven and Anne Tyler

Wed, 27 Apr 2022
551 - New books from some favorite authors: Douglas Stuart's "Young Mungo" and Jennifer Egan's "The Candy House"

Wed, 13 Apr 2022
550 - Memoirs from around the world

Thu, 17 Mar 2022
549 - Female friendships: "Wildcat" by Amelia Morris and "Fiona and Jane" by Jean Chen Ho

Wed, 02 Mar 2022
548 - Stories from New York City

Wed, 09 Feb 2022
547 - Amazing childhood memoirs from Faith Jones and Ly Tran

Wed, 12 Jan 2022
546 - Big American stories from Amor Towles and Honorée Fannone Jeffers

Wed, 29 Dec 2021
545 - Pandemic memories from Gary Shteyngart and Jodi Picoult

Wed, 01 Dec 2021
544 - Ann Patchett essays

Thu, 25 Nov 2021
543 - Women's Friendships: new books by Sally Rooney and Christina Pride & Jo Piazza.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021
542 - Family Matters: New novels from Jonathan Franzen and Atticus Lish.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021
541 - Asian-American Memoirs From Qian Julie Wang And Michele Zauner

Wed, 15 Sep 2021
540 - Truth Be Told: New Memoirs From Nancy Jo Sales And Alison Bechdel

Wed, 25 Aug 2021
539 - Thrillers, Part Two

Wed, 11 Aug 2021
538 - Summer Thrillers, Part One

Thu, 05 Aug 2021
537 - Thrillers, Big And Small: New Work From Alex Michaelides and Bruce Henderson

Thu, 24 Jun 2021
536 - The Joys Of Marriage

Thu, 17 Jun 2021
535 - Marion's Favorite Fiction Writers: Joan Silber and Marian Thurm.

Tue, 25 May 2021
534 - Family Secrets: New Memoirs From Hunter Biden and Margaret Kimball

Wed, 28 Apr 2021
533 - Boarding School Special

Tue, 06 Apr 2021
532 - On the Job: Life Lessons From Mateo Askaripour and Chang Rae Lee

Mon, 22 Mar 2021
531 - Smart Books For Thoughtful People

Wed, 13 Jan 2021
530 - Happy Birthday To Us! 'Detransition, Baby' and 'American Baby'

Wed, 10 Feb 2021
529 - New York Stories: Debra Jo Immergut's 'You Again' and Caroline Leavitt's 'With or Without You'

Tue, 24 Nov 2020
528 - Books with Big Buzz: Bryan Washington's 'Memorial' and Rumaan Alam's 'Leave the World Behind.'

Tue, 17 Nov 2020
527 - New Fiction from Chinese-American author Susie Yang and Pakistani-American playwright Ayad Akhtar

Tue, 03 Nov 2020
526 - Big Stories from Small Towns: Jess Walter's 'The Cold Millions' and Max Gross's 'The Lost Shtetl.'

Tue, 20 Oct 2020
525 - Short and Sweet: New Story Collections from Emma Cline and Kelli Jo Ford.

Wed, 14 Oct 2020
524 - To Have and To Hold: New Fiction about Marriage from Sue Miller and Peace Adzo Medie

Tue, 15 Sep 2020
523 - New Voices: Debut Work from Raven Leilani and Deesha Philyaw

Tue, 08 Sep 2020
522 - Champagne Dreams: New Books About Celebrity Life from Heidi Pitlor and Ben Widdicombe

Tue, 25 Aug 2020
521 - Women of a Certain Age: New Fiction from Charlotte Wood and Larry Watson.

Tue, 11 Aug 2020
520 - Panic in the Streets: New Memoirs from Wayetu Moore and Wes Moore.

Tue, 28 Jul 2020

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