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399 - The World of Work: "Help Wanted" by Adelle Waldman and "Burn Book: A Tech Love Story" by Kara Swisher

----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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399 - The World of Work: "Help Wanted" by Adelle Waldman and "Burn Book: A Tech Love Story" by Kara Swisher

Wed, 10 Apr 2024
398 - Funny Women: "Worry" by Alexandra Tanner and "Sylvia's Second Act" by Hillary Yablon

Wed, 03 Apr 2024
397 - Black American Fiction: "James" by Percival Everett and "Neighbors and Other Stories" by Diane Oliver

Thu, 28 Mar 2024
396 - On Immigration: "The Prince of Los Cocuyos" by Richard Blanco, "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here" by Jonathan Blitzer and "A Map of Future Ruins" by Lauren Markham

Fri, 22 Mar 2024
395 - Fabulous Fables: "The Bullet Swallower" by Elizabeth Gonzalez James and "The Fox Wife" by Yangsee Choo

Wed, 13 Mar 2024
394 - Mental Illness: "The Best Minds" by Jonathan Rosen and :"While You Were Out" by Meg Kissinger

Thu, 07 Mar 2024
393 - The Art World: "Get the Picture" by Bianca Bosker and "The Art Thief" by Michael Finkel

Thu, 29 Feb 2024
392 - People With Causes: "Martyr" by Kaveh Akbar and "Birnam Wood" by Eleanor Catton

Wed, 21 Feb 2024
391 - My Moody Valentine: Roxana Robinson's "Leaving" and Emily Austin's "Interesting Facts About Space"

Wed, 14 Feb 2024
390 - Life During COVID: "Joan is Okay" by Weike Wang, and "Fourteen Days" edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston

Thu, 08 Feb 2024
389 - The Mothers: "Flores and Miss Paula" by Melissa Rivero and "The Underburn" by Bill Gaythwaite

Tue, 06 Feb 2024
388 - Family Life: "Mercury" by Amy Jo Burns" and "Welcome Home, Stranger" by Kate Christensen

Thu, 01 Feb 2024
387 - Breaking Taboos: "The Fetishist" by Katherine Min and "Alice Sadie Celine" by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

Thu, 11 Jan 2024
386 - Christmas in Nantucket with Elin Hilderbrand

Wed, 03 Jan 2024
385 - Adventure Time: "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey and "Airplane Mode" Shahnaz Habib

Thu, 28 Dec 2023
384 - Historical Fiction from Ariel Lawhon and Paulette Jiles

Tue, 12 Dec 2023
383 - Texas Size: "The Madstone" by Elizabeth Crook and "Mr. Texas" by Lawrence Wright

Mon, 11 Dec 2023
382 - Great Reporting: "The Times" by Adam Nagourney, and "Gator Country" by Rebecca Renner

Wed, 06 Dec 2023
381 - "My Name is Barbra"

Wed, 29 Nov 2023
380 - Social Circles: "Ana Turns" by Lisa Gornick and "The Children's Bach" by Helen Garner

Wed, 15 Nov 2023
379 - Dispatches from Southeast Asia: Alice McDermott and Vanessa Chan

Tue, 14 Nov 2023
378 - When in Rome: "Roman Stories" Jhumpa Lahiri, and "The Helsinki Affair" by Anna Pitoniak

Thu, 02 Nov 2023
377 - Non-fiction Update: Nathan Thrall, Alexandra Robbins, and Claire Dederer

Wed, 25 Oct 2023
376 - Social Satire: "Wellness" by Nathan Hill and "The Book of Ayn" by Lexi Freiman

Wed, 18 Oct 2023
375 - Book Award Finalists: "The Bee Sting" by Paul Murray and "How to Say Babylon" by Safiya Sinclair

Wed, 11 Oct 2023
374 - Ben Fountain Special: "Devil Makes Three" and "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk"

Thu, 05 Oct 2023
373 - Women on the Verge: "Breaking and Entering" by Don Gillmor and "Search History" by Amy Taylor

Wed, 27 Sep 2023
372 - Dramatic Interpretation: "Speech Team" by Tim Murphy, and "Sugarless" by James Magruder

Sun, 24 Sep 2023
371 - New books from old favorites: Ann Patchett and Angie Kim

Fri, 15 Sep 2023
370 - Cristina Garcia Special

Wed, 06 Sep 2023
369 - More Memoirs: "Everything/Nothing/Someone" by Alice Carrière and "Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City" by Jane Wong

Wed, 30 Aug 2023
368 - On the Road: American Ramble, by Neil King, and White Sands, by Geoff Dyer

Thu, 24 Aug 2023
367 - Sequels from the Masters: New books by Colson Whitehead and Richard Russo

Tue, 22 Aug 2023
366 - Great Memoirs from Mary Rodgers and Frieda Hughes

Wed, 16 Aug 2023
365 - DC Authors: Mary Kay Zuravleff, Michelle Brafman and Paul Goldberg

Thu, 03 Aug 2023
364 - Friends and Lovers: "The Rachel Incident" by Caroline O’Donoghue, and "Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style" by Paul Rudnick

Mon, 31 Jul 2023
363 - Merry Widows: "The Five Star Weekend" by Elin Hilderbrand and "You Can't Stay Here Forever" by Katharine Lin

Wed, 19 Jul 2023
362 - Seaside Reads: "Beach Week" by Susan Coll and "Silver Alert" by Lee Smith

Wed, 12 Jul 2023
361 - Local Authors Special: Jane Delury, Christine Grillo, and Matt Norman

Wed, 05 Jul 2023
360 - Hot Summer Reads: "Friends Like These" by Meg Rosoff and "The Guest," by Emma Cline

Wed, 28 Jun 2023
359 - Interracial Complications: "Everything is Fine" by Cecilia Rabess and "Wade in the Water" by Nyani Nkrumah

Thu, 22 Jun 2023
358 - New Work from Cool Writers: "Lucky Dogs" by Helen Schulman and "Fireworks Every Night" by Beth Raymer

Wed, 14 Jun 2023
357 - Mother - Daughter Memoirs

Thu, 08 Jun 2023
356 - it Happened on Twitter: "The Society of Shame"by Jane Roper and "Yellowface" by R.F. Kuang

Thu, 01 Jun 2023
355 - In and Out of Love: "Romantic Comedy" by Curtis Sittenfeld and "How to Fall Out of Love Madly" by Jan Casales

Fri, 26 May 2023
354 - Back of the House: New Adventures in the Kitchen

Tue, 16 May 2023
353 - Small Towns, Great Books: "Big Swiss" by Jen Beagin, and "Take What You Need" by Idra Novey

Wed, 03 May 2023
352 - London Calling: New books from Ore Agbaje-Williams and Eirinie Carson

Wed, 26 Apr 2023
351 - Southeast Asia Focus: New work from Rachel Heng and Ralph White

Thu, 20 Apr 2023
350 - Pandemic Possibilities: “Kunstlers in Paradise” by Cathleen Schine and “The Fun Widow's Book Tour” by Zoe Fishman

Thu, 13 Apr 2023