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

1. The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck
2. The Poems of Octavio Paz by Octavio Paz
3. Secrets from the Center of the World by Joy Harjo and Stephen Strom

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

1. Stories From Suffragette City edited by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis
2. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
3. Hades, Argentina by Daniel Loedel

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

1.  Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed,
2. the Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan, and
3. Dominicana by Angie Cruz

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

1. Eat The Buddha by Barbara Demick
2. The Smallest Lights in the Universe by Sara Seager
3. Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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

• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen,
• A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama, and
• The Indian Lawyer by James Welch

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

• WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier,
• drawing the line by Lawson Fusao Inada, and
• Talking Dirty to the Gods by Yusef Komunyakaa

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

• Rebels of the Kasbah by Joe O'Neill,
• The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill, and
• Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn

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

• Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins,
• Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip, and
• Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

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

• The Year 1000 by Valerie Hansen,
• Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, and
• A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman

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

• The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer,
• Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones, and
• Dear Life by Alice Munro