Slate's Audio Book Club

Slate's Audio Book Club

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Slate's Audio Book Club episodes

  • "The Martian" by Andy Weir

    Slate critics Dan Kois, Laura Miller, and Katy Waldman discuss Andy Weir's tense space procedural.

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    45 min
  • "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Slate critics Jamelle Bouie, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katy Waldman discuss Ta-Nehisi Coates' searing book about being black in America.

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    48 min
  • "Go Set a Watchman" by Harper Lee

    Slate critics Dan Kois, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katy Waldman discuss Harper Lee's newly published sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird."

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    39 min
  • "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel

    Slate critics Jamelle Bouie, Hanna Rosin, and Katy Waldman discuss Emily St. John Mandel's award-winning novel.

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    47 min
  • "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

    Slate critics Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin, and Katy Waldman discuss Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

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    46 min
  • "H Is for Hawk" by Helen MacDonald

    Slate critics Katy Waldman, Julia Turner, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Helen MacDonald's shapeshifting memoir.

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    43 min
  • "How to Be Both" by Ali Smith

    Slate critics Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin, and Katy Waldman discuss Ali Smith's novel about a prickly, grief-torn teenager and her Renaissance painter counterpart.

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    52 min
  • "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

    Slate critics Dan Kois, Katy Waldman, and Laura Bennett discuss Paula Hawkins' bestselling thriller.

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    37 min
  • "Redeployment" by Phil Klay

    Slate critics Dan Kois, Meghan O'Rourke, and Hanna Rosin discuss Phil Klay's National Book Award-winning debut collection of stories about the Iraq war.Complete Slate's podcast listener survey! Tell us about yourself and your favorite podcasts so Slate can serve you better. We'd appreciate two minutes of your time. Go to http://slate.com/survey …

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    35 min
  • "My Brilliant Friend" by Elena Ferrante

    Slate critics Katy Waldman, David Haglund, and Parul Sehgal discuss the first in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan trilogy.

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    44 min

About 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.

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