Episode 224 || Quick Reads

Published: May 23, 2019, 10 a.m.

b"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."