The Book Show | Karl Ove Knausgaard - The School of Night
Feb 10 2026 |
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The Book Show | Karl Ove Knausgaard - The School of Night
Feb 10 2026 • 00:27:02
Few contemporary writers have examined the inner life with the intensity and candor of Karl Ove Knausgaard. His latest is “The School of Night.” In it...
The Book Show | George Saunders - Vigil
Jan 27 2026 • 00:27:27
George Saunders is one of the most original voices in American fiction. His new novel, “Vigil,” follows Jill “Doll” Blaine, an afterlife usher summone...
The Book Show | Patrick Ryan - Buckeye
Jan 06 2026 • 00:27:26
In his newest novel, "Buckeye," Patrick Ryan explores the ways families hold together even as the past threatens to pull them apart. Moving between ge...
The Book Show | Allison Russell - The Antidote [encore airing]
Dec 30 2025 • 00:27:21
Karen Russell's latest, “The Antidote,” is a dust bowl novel and a reckoning with a nation’s forgetting that enacts the settler amnesia and omissions ...
The Book Show | Ron Chernow - Mark Twain
Dec 23 2025 • 00:27:27
In his latest biography, “Mark Twain,” Ron Chernow brings to life the man known as the father of American literature, Mark Twain. Chernow peels back t...
The Book Show | Ann Packer - Some Bright Nowhere
Dec 16 2025 • 00:27:20
Ann Packer’s newest novel, “Some Bright Nowhere,” marks a profound return after a decade: it tells the story of Eliot and Claire, married nearly forty...
The Book Show | Susan Orlean - Joyride
Dec 09 2025 • 00:27:27
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The Book Show | Michael Connelly - The Proving Ground
Dec 02 2025 • 00:27:27
Michael Connelly has long been a master at mapping the evolving landscape of crime and justice in America, and in his latest, "The Proving Ground," he...
The Book Show | Chloe Dalton - Raising Hare
Nov 25 2025 • 00:27:27
When Chloe Dalton, a city-dwelling professional with a high-pressure job, finds a newly born hare - endangered, alone and no bigger than her palm - sh...
The Book Show | John Iriving - Queen Esther
Nov 18 2025 • 00:27:24
John Irving has long been one of America’s most distinctive and beloved novelists. With his new novel, “Queen Esther,” Irving once again returns to th...