In this episode, the first page of three books will be read:

1. Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalie Hodges
2. Ninth Street Women, Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art by Mary Gabriel
3. POPS: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout

In this episode, the first page of three books of essays will be read:

1. A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home edited by Nicole Chung and Mensah Demary
2. In Sensorium: Notes for my People by Tanais
3. The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

In this episode, the first page of three books of fiction will be read:

1. Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera
2. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
3. Skinship by Yoon Choi

In this episode, the first page of three YA novels will be read:

1. Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
2. The Epic Story of Every Living Thing by Deb Caletti
3. Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia

In this episode, the first page of three poetry books will be read:

1. All the Flowers Kneeling by Paul Tran
2. On Entering the Sea by Nizar Qabbani
3. Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye

In this episode, the first page of three middle grade books will be read:

1.  Thirst by Varsha Bajaj
2. The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
3. Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono

In this episode, the first page of three non-fiction books will be read:

1.  The History of the Medieval World by Susan Wise Bauer
2. Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes
3. Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity by Alberto Angela

In this episode, the first page of three novels will be read:

1. Gardens in the Dunes by Leslie Marmon Silko
2. The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Le Thi Diem Thuy
3. The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

In this episode, the first page of three books of poetry will be read:

1.  The Undressing by Li-Young Lee
2. Enchanted Air, Two Cultures, Two Wings by Margarita Engle
3. The Darkness Around Us Is Deep by William Stafford

In this episode, the first page of three YA books will be read:

1. Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian
2. The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga
3. Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri