The Book Show
By Joe Donahue
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Episodes: 200
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Each week on The Book Show, host Joe Donahue interviews authors about their books, their lives and their craft. It is a celebration of both reading and writers.
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The Book Show | Susan Orlean - Joyride
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Michael Connelly - The Proving Ground
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Chloe Dalton - Raising Hare
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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The Book Show | John Iriving - Queen Esther
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Jeffrey Archer - End Game
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Dan Brown - The Secret of Secrets
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Mona Awad - We Love You, Bunny
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Dan Chaon - One of Us
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Fannie Flagg - Something to Look Forward To: Fictions
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Elizabeth Strout - Tell Me Everything [encore airing]
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Ken Follett - Circle of Days
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Sam Sussman - The Boy from the North Country
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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The Book Show - John Boyne - The Elements
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Stacey Abrams - Coded Justice
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Kate Russo - Until Alison
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Bruce Holsinger - Culpability
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Jason Mott - People Like Us
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Sue Halpern - What We Leave Behind
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Jess Walter - So Far Gone
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Alison Bechdel - Spent
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Gary Shteyngart - Vera, Or Faith
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Ron Chernow - Mark Twain
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Wally Lamb - The River is Waiting
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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The Book Show - Rick Atkinson - The Fate of the Day
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Richard Russo - Life And Art
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Chris Bohjalian - The Jackal's Mistress
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Helen Phillips - Hum [encore]
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Miranda July - All Fours [encore]
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Russell Shorto - Taking Manhattan
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May 27, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Adrian McKinty - Hang On St. Christopher
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May 20, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Joy Harjo - Washing My Mother's Body
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May 06, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Chris Hayes - The Sirens' Call
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Emma Donoghue - The Paris Express
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Karen Russell - The Antidote
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Colum McCann - Twist
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Julia Alvarez - The Cemetery of Untold Stories [encore airing]
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Allegra Goodman - Isola
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Charlotte Wood - Stone Yard Devotional
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Robert Crais - The Big Empty
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Scott Turow - Presumed Guilty
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Adam Ross - Playworld
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Sheila Heti - Alphabetical Diaries [encore airing]
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Kaveh Akbar - Martyr! [Encore airing]
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Pico Iyer - Aflame
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Tim Matheson - Damn Glad To Meet You
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Alafair Burke - The Note
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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The Book Show | Percival Everett - James (encore airing)
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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The Book Show | 1901 - Kristin Hannah - The Women
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Mark Haddon - Dogs and Monsters
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Billy Collins - Water, Water
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Danzy Senna - Colored Television
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Richard Price - Lazarus Man
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Ian Rankin - Midnight and Blue
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Susan Minot - Don't Be a Stranger
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Edwidge Danticat - We're Alone: Essays
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Liz Moore - The God of the Woods
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Roddy Doyle - The Women Behind the Door
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Lauren Groff - The Vaster Wilds (encore airing)
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Richard Powers - Playground
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Louise Erdrich - The Mighty Red
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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The Book Show - Amor Towles
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Elizabeth Strout - Tell Me Everything
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Book Show | Peter Heller - Burn
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Rachel Kushner - Creation Lake
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Helen Phillips - Hum
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Jodi Picoult - By Any Other Name
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Simon Rich - Glory Days
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Bret Anthony Johnston - We Burn Daylight
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Kevin Barry - The Heart in Winter
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Tana French - The Hunter
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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The Book Show| Doris Kearns Goodwin - An Unfinished Love Story - Part 2
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Doris Kearns Goodwin - An Unfinished Love Story (Part 1)
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Griffin Dunne - The Friday Afternoon Club
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Jake Tapper - All the Demons are Here
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Lorrie Moore - I
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Garrard Conley - All the World Beside
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Caroline Leavitt - Days of Wonder
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May 28, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Colm Tóibín - Long Island
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May 21, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Miranda July - All Fours
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May 14, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Chris Bohjalian - The Princess of Las Vegas
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May 07, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Julia Alvarez - The Cemetery of Until Stories
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Anne Lamott - Somehow: Thoughts on Love
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Percival Everett - James
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Don Winslow - City in Ruins
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Tommy Orange - Wandering Stars
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Anna Quindlen - After Annie
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Amitava Kumar - My Beloved Life
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Kaveh Akbar - Martyr!
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Danielle Trussoni - The Puzzle Master
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Kristin Hannah - The Women
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Ann Napolitano - Hello Beautiful
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Karl Marlantes - Cold Victory
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Sheila Heti - Alphabetical Diaries
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Paul Murray - The Bee Sting
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Paul Lynch - Prophet Song
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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The Book Show | Tim O'Brien - America Fantastica
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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The Book Show - Carl Hiaasen - Wrecker
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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The Book Show - Ann Patchett - Tom Lake
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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The Book Show - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Chain-Gang All-Stars
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Book Show | Michael Cunningham - Day
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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The Book Show | Jake Tapper - All the Demons are Here
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Sigrid Nunez - The Vulnerables
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Alice McDermott - Absolution
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Jane Smiley - A Dangerous Business
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Jonathan Lethem - Brooklyn Crime Novel
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Ayana Mathis - The Unsettled
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Joe Nesbø - The Night House
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Nathan Hill - Wellness
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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The Book Show - George Saunders - Liberation Day
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Anne Enright - The Wren, The Wren
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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The Book Show - John Irving - The Chairlift (encore airing)
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Esmeralda Santiago - Las Madres
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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The Book Show - James McBride - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Book Show - Lauren Groff - The Vaster Wilds
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Ana Reyes - The House in the Pines
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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The Book Show - Peter Heller - The Last Ranger
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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1831 - Lorrie Moore - I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home | 1831
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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1830 - Richard Russo - Somebody's Fool | The Book Show
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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1829 - Ann Patchett - Tom Lake | The Book Show
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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1828 - Simon Winchster - Knowing What We Know |The Book Show
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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1827 – Sadeqa Johnson - The House of Eve | The Book Show
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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1826 - Danielle Trussoni - The Puzzle Master | The Book Show
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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1825 - Luis Alberto Urrea - Good Night, Irene | The Book Show
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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1824 – Ottessa Moshfegh – Lapvona | The Book Show
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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1823 - Elliot Ackerman - Halcyon: A Novel | The Book Show
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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1822 - Steven Wright - Harold | The Book Show
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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1821 - Susanna Moore - The Lost Wife | The Book Show
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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1820 - Dennis Lehane - Small Mercies | The Book Show
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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1819 - Ann Napolitano - Hello Beautiful | The Book Show
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May 30, 2023 |
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1818 - Abraham Verghese - The Covenant of Water | The Book Show
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May 23, 2023 |
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1817 - Susanna Hoffs - This Bird has Flown |The Book Show
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May 16, 2023 |
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1816 – Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry | The Book Show
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May 09, 2023 |
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1815 - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Chain Gang All Stars | The Book Show
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May 02, 2023 |
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1814 – Charles Frazier – The Tracker | The Book Show
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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1812 - John Sayles - Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade’s Journey | The Book Show
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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1811 - Owen King - The Curator | The Book Show
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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1810 - Rebecca Makkai - I Have Some Questions for You | The Book Show
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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1809 - Thomas Mallon - Up With the Sun | The Book Show
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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1808 - Deepti Kapoor - Age of Vice | The Book Show
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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1807 - Scott Turow - Suspect | The Book Show
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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1806 - Paul Harding - This Other Eden | The Book Show
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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1805 - Lydia Millet - Dinosaurs | The Book Show
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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1804 - Tracy Kidder and Dr. Jim O'Connell - Rough Sleepers (Part 2) | The Book Show
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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1803 - Tracy Kidder - Rough Sleepers (Part 1) | The Book Show
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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1802 - Jane Smiley - A Dangerous Business
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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1801 - Emma Donoghue - Haven | The Book Show
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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1800 - Andrew Sean Greer - Less is Lost | The Book Show
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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1799 - Billy Collins - Musical Tables | The Book Show
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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1798 - Geraldine Brooks - Horse: A Novel | The Book Show
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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1797 - Emily St. John Mandel - Sea of Tranquility | The Book Show
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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1796 - Nick Hornby - Dickens and Prince | The Book Show
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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1795 - John Banville - The Singularities | The Book Show
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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1794 – Sheila Heti – Pure Colour | The Book Show
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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1793 - John Grisham - The Boys from Biloxi - The Book Show
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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1792 - Jennifer Egan - The Candy House - The Book Show
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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1791 - Celeste Ng - Our Missing Hearts - The Book Show
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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1790 - John Iriving - The Last Chairlift - The Book Show
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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1789 - Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead | The Book Show
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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1787 - Andrea Barrett - Natural History: Stories | The Book Show
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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The Book Show #1785 - T.C. Boyle - I Walk Between the Raindrops
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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The Book Show #1784 - Julian Barnes - Elizabeth Finch
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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The Book Show #1783 - Joyce Carol Oates - Babysitter
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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The Book Show #1782 - Dan Brown
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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The Book Show #1782 - Abdulrazak Gurnah - Afterlives
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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#1780 - The Book Show - Susan Orlean - On Animals
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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#1779 - The Book Show - Stephen Lloyd - Friend of the Devil
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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The Book Show #1778 - Sarah Pearse - The Retreat
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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The Book Show #1777 - Elisa Albert - Human Blues
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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#1776 – Séamas O'Reilly - Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? | The Book Show
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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#1775 Ottessa Moshfegh - Lapvona | The Book Show
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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#1774 Emma Straub “This Time Tomorrow” | The Book Show
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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#1773 Tom Perotta - Tracy Flick Can't Win | The Book Show
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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#1772 Geraldine Brooks "Horse" | The Book Show
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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#1771 Dan Chaon “Sleepwalk” | The Book Show
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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#1770 Jennifer Egan "The Candy House" | The Book Show
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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#1769 Bill McKibben “The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon” | The Book Show
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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#1768 Nathaniel Philbrick “Travels with George” | The Book Show
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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#1767 Emily St. John Mandel “Sea of Tranquility” | The Book Show
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May 31, 2022 |
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#1766 Julianna Margulies “Sunshine Girl” | The Book Show
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May 24, 2022 |
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#1765 Stephen Harrigan "The Leopard is Loose" | The Book Show
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May 17, 2022 |
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#1764 Douglas Stuart "Young Mungo | The Book Show
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May 10, 2022 |
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#1763 Gregory Maguire "Cress Watercress"|The Book Show
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May 03, 2022 |
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#1762 Amy Bloom “In Love”| The Book Show
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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#1761 Sheila Heti “Pure Colour”| The Book Show
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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#1760: Peter Heller's "The Guide" | The Book Show
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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#1759 Stewart O'Nan "Ocean State"| The Book Show
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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#1758 Colm Tóibín "The Magician" | The Book Show
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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#1757: Susan Orlean “On Animals” | The Book Show
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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#1756: Roddy Doyle "Life Without Children" | The Book Show
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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#1755: Isabel Allende "Violeta" | The Book Show
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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#1754: Elizabeth George's “Something to Hide” | The Book Show
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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#1753: Brendan Slocumb’s “The Violin Conspiracy” | The Book Show
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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#1752: Noah Hawley’s “Anthem” | The Book Show
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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#1751: Jason Mott’s "Hell of a Book" | The Book Show
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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#1750: Lisa Napoli's "Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie" | The Book Show
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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#1749: Anne Tyler's "Redhead by the Side of the Road" | The Book Show
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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#1748: Alison Gaylin's "The Collective" | The Book Show
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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#1747: Gary Shteyngart's "Our Country Friends" | The Book Show
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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#1746: Jodi Picoult's "Wish You Were Here" | The Book Show
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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#1745: Imbolo Mbue's "How Beautiful We Were" | The Book Show
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Dec 28, 2021 |