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Sometimes you need to build some momentum between your hefty tomes, and sometimes you're sitting in an airport and just want a book you can finish before the plane lands. In any case, Chris and Annie are here for you to recommend some one- or two-sitting reads. Ben Dolnick's\xa0New York Times article on the Binge Read is here. +\xa0We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson +\xa0If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin +\xa0The Pearl by John Steinbeck +\xa0The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway +\xa0The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald +\xa0State of the Union by Nick Hornby +\xa0The End We Start From by Megan Hunter +\xa0Waiting for Eden by Elliot Ackerman + My Name is Lucy Barton\xa0by Elizabeth Strout +\xa0Our Souls at Night by Kent Harouf +\xa0We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie +\xa0Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie +\xa0Department of Speculation by Jenny Offill +\xa0Shopgirl by Steve Martin +\xa0The Vanderbeekersof 141st Street by Karina Glaser +\xa0The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall +\xa0The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley +\xa0Bloomability by Sharon Creech +\xa0Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli +\xa0Holes by Louis Sachar +\xa0Wonder by R. J. Palacio Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more\xa0here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show\xa0here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Chris and Annie's\xa0Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon\xa0here.