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Books by Zadie Smith mentioned on podcasts
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Swing Time
Swing Time by Zadie Smith is an intricate novel that explores themes of race, class, friendship, and cultural identity through the lens of young girls dreaming of becoming tap dancers.
Recommended“if you've not read her back catalog like white teeth and on beauty and swing time I almost Envy you”
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The Fraud
The Fraud by Zadie Smith is a rich historical novel set in Victorian London during the era of Charles Dickens, centering around the famous Tichborne claimant case and themes of complicity and imposture.
Discussed“still I was surprised when I finally read the fraud the book she released last year”
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White Teeth
White Teeth by Zadie Smith is a vibrant debut novel that explores multicultural contemporary London through the intersecting lives of various immigrant families.
Discussed“it reminded me as a book more than anything else as I read it of white teeth by Zade Smith”
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NW
NW is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel by Zadie Smith that follows the intertwined lives and experiences of four individuals growing up together in a diverse section of London.
Discussed“homesick for another world bya mve NW by Zade Smith”
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Feel Free
Feel Free by Zadie Smith is a wide-ranging collection of essays offering sharp cultural, literary, and political commentary from one of contemporary literature's most distinctive voices.
Discussed“reading the introduction to Zade Smith's 2018 book of essays feel free”
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On Beauty
On Beauty by Zadie Smith is a contemporary novel that explores family dynamics, academic rivalries, cultural identity, and morality against the backdrop of a university town in New England.
Recommended“And the last one, just for fun, uh Zadeie Smith's On Beauty.”
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Grand Union Stories
Zadie Smith's collection Grand Union was featured across multiple episodes of The Book Review in July 2024.
Discussed“I talked in a recent podcast about her Story collection Grand Union”
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Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
Discussed“the book that I have opened with great Delight U it's a book that I've read in pieces as they've appeared in other places but I had never um picked it up as a book in itself is Zade Smith's changing my mind occasional essays”
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Dead and Alive
Discussed“So her new book is out, Dead and Alive, and there is an incredible essay in it called Craft and Conscience I believe.”
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