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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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600 - Friend Groups: "So Old, So Young" by Grant Ginder and "Bad Asians" by Lillian LiThu, 05 Mar 2026
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599 - Celebrating Black Women: "Kin" by Tayari Jones, "Firstborn Girls" by Bernice McFadden, and "Finding Me" by Viola DavisWed, 25 Feb 2026
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598 - Road Trips: "The Rest of Our Lives" by Benjamin Markovits and "Solito" by Javier ZamoraThu, 19 Feb 2026
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597 - Jane Gardam Trilogy: Old Filth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last FriendsWed, 11 Feb 2026
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596 - Invisible Threads: are The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans, Palaver, by Bryan Washington and Deeper than the Ocean, by Mirta OjitaThu, 05 Feb 2026
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595 - Great New Memoirs from Iconic EntertainersWed, 21 Jan 2026
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594 - New Thrillers: "Best Offer Wins" by Marisa Kashino and "The Gallagher Place" by Julie DoarTue, 13 Jan 2026
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593 - Memorable Memoirs of 2025Wed, 07 Jan 2026
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592 - Memorable Memoirs of 2025Wed, 07 Jan 2026
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591 - Top Ten Fiction Titles of the Year 2025Tue, 30 Dec 2025
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590 - Non-fiction Gift Books 2025Mon, 15 Dec 2025
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589 - European Voices: "The Lack of Light" by Nino Haratischwili and "Serge" by Yasmina RezaTue, 02 Dec 2025
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588 - Happy 250th, Jane Austen!Tue, 25 Nov 2025
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587 - Writers' Memoirs: "Joyride" by Susan Orlean and "Book of Lives" by Margaret AtwoodWed, 19 Nov 2025
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586 - Just For Fun: "Henry and Grace's Holiday Movie Marathon" by Matt Norman and "The Literati" by Susan CollMon, 17 Nov 2025
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585 - Lives and Loves: Heart the Lover, by Lily King, and Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWed, 05 Nov 2025
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584 - Sappho In Space: "To the Moon and Back" by Eliana Ramage and "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins ReidThu, 30 Oct 2025
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583 - Sappho in Space: are "To the Moon and Back" by Eliana Ramage and "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins ReidThu, 30 Oct 2025
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582 - Super Stories: "Fools for Love" by Helen Schulman and "Mercy" by Joan SilberTue, 21 Oct 2025
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581 - Meet the Parents: "The Boy from the North Country" by Sam Sussman and "No Ordinary Bird" by Artis HendersonTue, 14 Oct 2025
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580 - Mommie Dearest: "Bad Bad Girl" by Gish Jen and "Mother Mary Comes to Me" by Arundhati RoyMon, 06 Oct 2025
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579 - Passage to India: "The Lonelinesss of Sonia and Sunny" by Kiran Desai and "A Guardian and A Thief" by Megha MajumdarTue, 30 Sep 2025
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578 - Passage to India: "The Lonelinesss of Sonia and Sunny" by Kiran Desai and "A Guardian and A Thief" by Megha MajumdarTue, 30 Sep 2025
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577 - New Romance: "August Lane" Regina Black, "Sweet Heat" by Bobu Babalola, and "Jamaica Road" by Lisa SmithTue, 16 Sep 2025
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576 - Gifted Children: "The Sunflower Boys" by Sam Wachman and "Life, Death and Giants" by Ron RindoTue, 09 Sep 2025
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575 - Goin' Out West, plus Paperback Releases For BookclubsMon, 25 Aug 2025
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574 - Trouble in Eastern Europe: "A Dog in Georgia" by Lauren Grodstein and "Endling" by Maria RevaThu, 07 Aug 2025
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573 - Comic Novels: "Vera, or Faith" by Gary Shteyngart and "Run for the Hills" by Kevin WilsonTue, 29 Jul 2025
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572 - Adventures in Travel: "Culpability" by Bruce Holsinger and "Sky Daddy" by Kate FolkWed, 23 Jul 2025
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571 - Magnificent Memoirs: "Flowers and Locusts" by Martha Reid Paradis and "Not My Type" by E. Jean CarrollWed, 16 Jul 2025
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570 - Magnificent Memoirs: "Flowers and Locusts" by Martha Reid Paradis and "Not My Type" by E. Jean CarrollWed, 16 Jul 2025
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569 - Seaside Reads: "Next to Heaven" by James Frey and "The Listeners" by Maggie StiefvaterWed, 09 Jul 2025
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568 - Must-Read Memoirs from Molly Jong-Fast and Sarah Wynn-WilliamsWed, 02 Jul 2025
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567 - The TV made me do it: "Small Game" and "Carrie Soto is Back"Thu, 08 Dec 2022
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566 - Back of the House: New adventures in the kitchenWed, 16 Nov 2022
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565 - Future Shock: Dystopian days ahead from Julia Glass and Bruce HolsingerWed, 09 Nov 2022
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564 - Coming of Age in a Rough World: New work from Barbara Kingsolver and Jonathan EscofferyWed, 02 Nov 2022
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563 - Scary Stories: Ling Ma's "Bliss Montage" and Ainslie Hogarth's "Motherthing"Wed, 26 Oct 2022
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562 - American Outsiders: New novels by Dur E Aziz Amna and Isaac BlumWed, 05 Oct 2022
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561 - Movie Biz: "Mercury Pictures Presents" by Anthony Marra and "Mr. Wilder and Me" by Jonathan CoeThu, 15 Sep 2022
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560 - Funny Ladies: "Bookish People" by Susan Coll and "The Means," by Amy FusselmanWed, 07 Sep 2022
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559 - Jean Hanff Korelitz SpecialWed, 17 Aug 2022
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558 - Technology R Us: New fiction from Gabrielle Zevin and Carter BaysWed, 10 Aug 2022
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557 - The Radical Power of Personal Narrative:"Body Work" by Melissa Febos and "Normal Family" by Chrysta BiltonWed, 03 Aug 2022
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556 - After Roe: Reproductive rights in AmericaThu, 07 Jul 2022
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555 - New novels from Britain: Moses McKenzie and Nina StibbeWed, 08 Jun 2022
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554 - Toni Morrison specialWed, 25 May 2022
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553 - Generations past: "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days" by Rebecca Donner and "Ancestor Trouble",by Maud NewtonTue, 17 May 2022
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552 - People who "get" people: new novels from Michelle Huneven and Anne TylerWed, 27 Apr 2022
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551 - New books from some favorite authors: Douglas Stuart's "Young Mungo" and Jennifer Egan's "The Candy House"Wed, 13 Apr 2022
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