The Weekly Reader

On this edition of  The Weekly Reader, our resident book critic Marion Winik shares  new work by two of her favorite fiction writers! We review  Secrets of Happiness by Joan Silber, and  The Blackmailers Guide to Love by Marian Thurm.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of T he Weekly Reader , two new memoirs about skeletons in the family closet. Marion Winik reviews Hunter Biden's  Beautiful Things  and Margaret Kimball's  And Now I Spill The Family Secrets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of  The Weekly Reader,  we explore three novels that plumb the possibilities -- both good, and bad -- of prep school life. Marion Winik reviews  All Girls  by Emily Layden,  The Starboard Sea  by Amber Dermont, and  Old School  by Tobias Wolff.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader , we review two new novels about life lessons learned whilst on the job: Mateo Askaripour's Black Buck and Chang Rae Lee's My Year Abroad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on The Weekly Reader, we are marking four years on the air! To celebrate, we are featuring two very different books about babies:  Detransition, Baby,  by Torrey Peters, and  American Baby  by Gabrielle Glaser.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two novels about two rather uncommon families: What Could Be Saved by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz, and Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books that search for meaning by reflecting on the past: Cold Moon: On Love, Life and Responsibility , by Roger Rosenblatt, and A World Out of Reach: Dispatches from Life Under Lockdown , edited by Meghan O'Rourke.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, fact and fiction about life in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. We review Maggie Gallen's big Girl Small Town and Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that bring New York City to life: Debra Jo Immergut's You Again, and Caroline Leavitt's With or Without You. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels that manage to capture the current cultural zeitgeist: Memorial by Bryan Washington, and Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

American Identity is often complex, and sometimes, hyphenated! On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review Chinese-American author Susie Yang's White Ivy and Pakistani-American playwright Ayad Akhtar's Homeland Elegies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews three books by one of her favorite authors, Curtis Sittenfeld. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two novels about the characters and secrets of small towns with big stories: The Cold Millions by Jess Walter, and The Lost Shtetl by Max Gross. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we travel from Southern California to the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and small town Texas with two new collections featuring inter-related stories: Emma Cline's Daddy, and Kelli Jo Ford's Crooked Hallelujah. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new books that seek to illuminate the uncommon lives of American women who are often overshadowed by the stories of their male counterparts: Seward Darby's Sisters in Hate, and Laila Lalami's Conditional Citizens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new novels about navigated the sometimes complicated waters of modern marriage, both at home and abroad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, debuts from two authors you will want to get to know: Marion Winik reviews Raven Leilani 's Luster, and Deesha Philyaw's The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we go behind the scenes with ghost writers and gatecrashers to see how the other half lives. Marion Winik reviews Heidi Pitlor's Impersonation and Ben Widdicombe's Gatecrasher. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about the complex, full, and fascinating world of mature women's lives: Charlotte Wood's The Weekend and Larry Watson's The Lives of Edie Pritchard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs that examine the effects and aftermath of civil war and civil unrest: Wayetu Moore's The Giant, The Dragons, and The Women, and Wes Moore's Five Days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs that are very "of the moment": Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl and Duchess Goldblatt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we celebrate the release of the Everyman's Library collection of 40 short stories by Lorrie Moore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, Marion Winik reviews two new collections of short stories from authors Francesca Marciano and Stephen King. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new novels about the perils of trying to fit in: Marion Winik reviews Rufi Thorpe's The Knockout Queen, and Frances Cha's If I had Your Face. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new great novels by two great writers: Anne Tyler's Redhead by the Side of the Road and Julia Alverez's Afterlife. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.