The Book Show

Each week on The Book Show, host Joe Donahue interviews authors about their books, their lives and their craft. It is a celebration of both reading and writers.

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March 22, 2022 00:27:30
#1757: Susan Orlean “On Animals” | The Book Show

#1757: Susan Orlean “On Animals” | The Book Show

New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean gathers a lifetime of musings, meditations, and in-depth profiles about animals in her new collection, “On Animals.” Orlean...

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March 15, 2022 00:27:30
#1756: Roddy Doyle "Life Without Children" | The Book Show

#1756: Roddy Doyle "Life Without Children" | The Book Show

Booker Prize–winning author Roddy Doyle’s latest is "Life Without Children." The book is a warm and witty portrait of our pandemic lives told in...

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March 08, 2022 00:27:29
#1755: Isabel Allende "Violeta" | The Book Show

#1755: Isabel Allende "Violeta" | The Book Show

Isabel Allende’s new novel “Violeta” is a sweeping epic that tells the story of a woman whose life spans one hundred years from 1920–2020...

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March 01, 2022 00:27:23
#1754: Elizabeth George's “Something to Hide” | The Book Show

#1754: Elizabeth George's “Something to Hide” | The Book Show

1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George and Thomas Lynley, the protagonist in her Lynley mystery series, have a long history together. The...

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February 22, 2022 00:30:00
#1753: Brendan Slocumb’s “The Violin Conspiracy” | The Book Show

#1753: Brendan Slocumb’s “The Violin Conspiracy” | The Book Show

Brendan Slocumb’s debut thriller, “The Violin Conspiracy,” is a page-turner about a Black classical musician’s desperate quest to recover his lost family heirloom violin...

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February 15, 2022 00:28:30
#1752: Noah Hawley’s “Anthem” | The Book Show

#1752: Noah Hawley’s “Anthem” | The Book Show

Noah Hawley is the award-winning creator of shows like “Fargo” and “Legion” and the bestselling author of “Before the Fall.” His new novel, “Anthem,”...

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