For readers who are listeners, for listeners looking for something to read—this feed includes book discussions and conversations with authors from across the Slate Podcast network.
Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Plotz discuss Meg Wolitzer's novel.
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The Slate Audio Book Club: Tenth of December
Slate critics Dan Kois and David Haglund discuss George Saunders’ celebrated collection of short stories.
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The Slate Audio Book Club: Swann's Way
Emily Bazelon, David Haglund, and Meghan O'Rourke celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.
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The Audio Book Club: Going Clear
Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Lawrence Wright's epic investigation into Scientology.
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The Audio Book Club: Arcadia by Lauren Groff
Slate’s Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Lauren Groff’s novel of a 1970s hippie commune.
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The Audio Book Club: Pride and Prejudice
Slate’s David Plotz, Julia Turner, and Seth Stevenson celebrate Jane Austen’s classic novel on its 200th birthday.
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The Audio Book Club: Katherine Boo’s Behind the...
Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Emily Bazelon discuss Katherine Boo’s National Book Award-winning story of life in a Mumbai slum.
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The Audio Book Club: Zadie Smith’s NW
Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Zadie Smith’s novel about four Londoners from the same council estate.
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Slate Audio Book Club: Cloud Atlas by David Mit...
Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss David Mitchell's epic novel.
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The Audio Book Club: How Should a Person Be? by...
Slate critics Dan Kois, Meghan O’Rourke, and David Haglund discuss Sheila Heti’s polarizing novel about life and art.
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Audio Book Club: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the plot-twisting thriller Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.
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Audio Book Club: Capital by John Lanchester
Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon and David Haglund discuss the sprawling London novel Capital by John Lanchester.
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Audio Book Club: Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. ...
Dan Kois, Meghan O'Rourke, and Hanna Rosin discuss the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James.
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Audio Book Club: Are You My Mother? by Alison B...
Emily Bazelon, Dan Kois, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Alison Bechdel's comic memoir Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
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Audio Book Club: The Good Mother by Sue Miller
Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin, and special guest novelist Amy Bloom discuss Sue Miller's The Good Mother on the novel's 25th anniversary.
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Audio Book Club: This Beautiful Life by Helen S...
Slate editors discuss Helen Schulman's "This Beautiful Life," a new novel about a video that goes viral and ruins the lives of two teenagers at a posh New York City private school.
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Audio Book Club: The Submission by Amy Waldman
For Slate's September Audio Book club, Yale art historian and architect Kishwar Rizvi joins Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin to discuss The Submission, Amy Waldman's novel about memorializing 9/11.
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Audio Book Club: Jennifer Egan's A Visit From t...
Michael Agger, Emily Bazelon, and Julia Turner talk about the memorable themes and intricate structure of Jennifer Egan's prize-winning A Visit From the Goon Squad.
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Audio Book Club: J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter se...
Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the final book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Joining them are two Potter enthusiasts: Emily’s son Simon, 8, and Hanna’s daughter Noa, 10. They discuss death, loyalty and Snape's love for L
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Audio Book Club: Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine ...
Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, and the New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot discuss Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks’ latest historical novel, Caleb’s Crossing.
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Audio Book Club: Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Our critics, including Yale historian David Blight, discuss the Civil War classic The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara.
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Audio Book Club: Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with...
In this week’s audio book club, Slate’s Daniel Engber, David Plotz and Hanna Rosin discuss Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein, about his quest to compete in the U.S. Memory Championships, and what he learned about the human brain along the way.
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Audio Book Club: Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!
In this week’s Audio Book Club, Slate’s Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and Hanna Rosin discuss Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!, a new novel about the struggle of a family who runs an alligator-wrestling theme park.
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Audio Book Club: Emma Donoghue’s Room
Slate’s Audio Book Club discusses Emma Donoghue’s Room, a best-selling novel about a 5-year-old boy raised by his mother in a shed where she has been held prisoner since before he was born.
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Audio Book Club: "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Moth...
Hanna Rosin, Ann Hulbert, and Nina Shen Rastogi discuss Amy Chua's book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program.