Recently Read - book reviews from The Incomparable

People from an alternate timeline live as refugees in our New York City. It’s full of grief, sadness, frustration, and coincidences.

Host Jason Snell.

Nathan reviews Ben H. Winters’s Underground Airlines, a gripping thriller set in an alternate history that feels too close to our own.

Host Nathan Alderman.

Antony discusses SIX STORIES by Matt Wesolowski, a book tailor-made for podcast listeners.

Host Antony Johnston.

How hard is it to do nothing, anyway?

Host Quinn Rose.

Re-reading the Travis McGee adventure novels of the 60’s and 70’s in the twenty-first century.

Host John McCoy.

The sequel to “Children of Time” does the original one better by adding new planets, new species, and maybe even aliens?

Host Jason Snell.

Once again, Neal Stephenson has buried 250 great pages in a 900-page book.

Host Jason Snell.

Antony discusses the infamously-not-dead Genesis road manager’s story, finally told in a delightful book.

Host Antony Johnston.

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Erika needed some dragons. She got them. She also got a war. So, swings and roundabouts.

Host Erika Ensign.

Quinn talks about school closings, civil responsibility, and Eve Ewing’s sociology book “Ghosts in the Schoolyard.”

"Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side"

Host Quinn Rose.