Slate's Audio Book Club

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Join Slate’s critics for monthly discussions of new and important books. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold lively—and sometimes heated—debates about the works.... more

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The podcast currently has 84 episodes available.

Slate's Audio Book Club episodes:

August 07, 2014 "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?" by Roz Chast
Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Hanna Rosin discuss Roz Chast's cartoon memoir about her parents' decline.
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51min
July 11, 2014 "My Struggle" by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Slate's Dan Kois and David Haglund talk with New York Times Book Review editor Parul Sehgal about Book 1 of Karl Ove Knausgaard's 6-volume autobiographical epic.
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57min
June 06, 2014 "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Slate critics Dan Kois, Jamelle Bouie, and Emily Bazelon discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel about Nigerians immigrating abroad and returning home.
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51min
May 09, 2014 "Dept. of Speculation" by Jenny Offill
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.
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42min
April 11, 2014 "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple
Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Maria Semple's bestselling comic novel set in Seattle.
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39min
March 07, 2014 "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Recorded live at Town Hall Seattle, Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and special guest Hugh Howey discuss Kurt Vonnegut's countercultural classic.
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1h 12min
February 06, 2014 "The Group" by Mary McCarthy
Slate critics David Haglund, Emily Bazelon and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Mary McCarthy's classic 1953 novel.
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53min
January 10, 2014 "The Good Lord Bird" by James McBride
Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and David Haglund discuss James McBride’s National Book Award winning novel about slavery and John Brown.
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48min
December 05, 2013 "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss Donna Tartt’s big literary adventure novel.
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49min
November 08, 2013 "Bleeding Edge" by Thomas Pynchon
Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Forrest Wickman discuss Thomas Pynchon's mystery set in the New York tech world around 9/11.
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41min

FAQs about Slate's Audio Book Club:

How many episodes does Slate's Audio Book Club have?

The podcast currently has 84 episodes available.