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For readers who are listeners, for listeners looking for something to read—this feed includes book discussions and conversations with authors from across the Slate Podcast network.

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The Audio Book Club: Americanah 06.06.2014 50:12

Slate critics Dan Kois, Jamelle Bouie, and Emily Bazelon discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel about Nigerians immigrating abroad and returning home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: Dept. of Speculation 09.05.2014 41:55

Slate critics Dan Kois, Meghan O'Rourke, and Jessica Winter discuss Jenny Offill's novel about the struggle to make art part of a full life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: Where'd You Go, Bernadette 11.04.2014 38:47

Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Maria Semple's bestselling comic novel set in Seattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club Live: Slaughterhouse-Five 07.03.2014 1:11:55

Recorded live at Town Hall Seattle, Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and special guest Hugh Howey discuss Kurt Vonnegut's countercultural classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audio Book Club: The Group 06.02.2014 52:47

Slate critics David Haglund, Emily Bazelon and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Mary McCarthy's classic 1953 novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audio Book Club: The Good Lord Bird 10.01.2014 47:38

Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and David Haglund discuss James McBride’s National Book Award winning novel about slavery and John Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audio Book Club: The Goldfinch 05.12.2013 48:26

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss Donna Tartt’s big literary adventure novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: Bleeding Edge 08.11.2013 40:25

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Forrest Wickman discuss Thomas Pynchon's mystery set in the New York tech world around 9/11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: Ender’s Game 11.10.2013 44:23

Slate critics David Haglund, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss Orson Scott Card’s science fiction classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: The Flamethrowers 05.09.2013 42:11

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund debate Rachel Kushner’s novel of the New York art scene, Italian revolutionaries, and motorcycle racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audio Book Club: Life After Life 08.08.2013 42:03

Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Katy Waldman discuss Kate Atkinson’s historical novel about a British woman who lives World War II over and over again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audio Book Club: The Interestings 11.07.2013 42:45

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Plotz discuss Meg Wolitzer's novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slate Audio Book Club: Tenth of December 17.06.2013 42:58

Slate critics Dan Kois and David Haglund discuss George Saunders’ celebrated collection of short stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slate Audio Book Club: Swann's Way 02.05.2013 42:18

Emily Bazelon, David Haglund, and Meghan O'Rourke celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: Going Clear 12.04.2013 48:32

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Lawrence Wright's epic investigation into Scientology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: Arcadia by Lauren Groff 01.03.2013 51:12

Slate’s Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Lauren Groff’s novel of a 1970s hippie commune. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: Pride and Prejudice 01.02.2013 47:13

Slate’s David Plotz, Julia Turner, and Seth Stevenson celebrate Jane Austen’s classic novel on its 200th birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers 04.01.2013 50:47

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Emily Bazelon discuss Katherine Boo’s National Book Award-winning story of life in a Mumbai slum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: Zadie Smith’s NW 30.11.2012 49:54

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Zadie Smith’s novel about four Londoners from the same council estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Audio Book Club: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 02.11.2012 43:40

Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss David Mitchell's epic novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Book Club: How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti 05.10.2012 37:06

Slate critics Dan Kois, Meghan O’Rourke, and David Haglund discuss Sheila Heti’s polarizing novel about life and art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audio Book Club: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 07.09.2012 42:21

Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the plot-twisting thriller Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audio Book Club: Capital by John Lanchester 03.08.2012 48:28

Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon and David Haglund discuss the sprawling London novel Capital by John Lanchester. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audio Book Club: Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James 29.06.2012 43:56

Dan Kois, Meghan O'Rourke, and Hanna Rosin discuss the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audio Book Club: Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel 01.06.2012 47:41

Emily Bazelon, Dan Kois, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Alison Bechdel's comic memoir Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices