Slate's Audio Book Club

Slate's Audio Book Club

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Slate's Audio Book Club episodes

  • "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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    51 min
  • "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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    46 min
  • "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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    46 min
  • "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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    41 min
  • "Ender’s Game" by Orson Scott Card

    Slate critics David Haglund, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss Orson Scott Card’s science fiction classic.

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    42 min
  • "The Flamethrowers" by Rachel Kushner

    Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund debate Rachel Kushner’s novel of the New York art scene, Italian revolutionaries, and motorcycle racing.

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    40 min
  • "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson

    Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Katy Waldman discuss Kate Atkinson’s historical novel about a British woman who lives World War II over and over again.

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    40 min
  • "The Interestings" by Meg Wolitzer

    Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Plotz discuss Meg Wolitzer's novel.

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    41 min
  • "Tenth of December" by George Saunders

    Slate critics Dan Kois and David Haglund discuss George Saunders’ celebrated collection of short stories.

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    41 min
  • "Swann's Way" by Marcel Proust

    Emily Bazelon, David Haglund, and Meghan O'Rourke celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.

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    40 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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