Gayle and Nicole talk to Ron Charles, book critic for The Washington Post‘s Book World, about many aspects of his reading life, from the genres he prefers to the way he structures his reading day and the books he found way overrated. We also ask the questions we’ve always wanted to know, such as who opens the 150 pieces of book mail that arrive at the Post every day.

You can find Ron’s Totally Hip Book Review Videos here.

Books mentioned on this episode:

There There by Tommy Orange
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
When You Read This by Mary Adkins
Trust Exercise by Susan Cho
The Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
The Unfortunates by Sophie McManus
Days Of Awe by Lauren Fox
Girl In Snow by Danya Kukafka
How To Be Safe by Tom McAllister
Our Short History by Lauren Grodstein
Friend Of The Family by Lauren Grodstein
The Explanation For Everything by Lauren Grodstein
The River Of Kings by Taylor Brown
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

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