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Every book Jay McInerney recommended on podcasts
Jay McInerney appeared on The Megyn Kelly Show to recommend and discuss several notable literary works for Father's Day. McInerney recommended Frederick Exley's A Fan's Notes as his second book choice, describing it as unique and occupying an unconventional genre space. Following that, he recommended James Salter's Light Years as his third choice, praising the author as one of the great literary stylists of his lifetime. Expanding on Salter's bibliography, McInerney also discussed A Sport and a Pastime, characterizing it as one of the most erotic literary books he had ever read. In addition to Salter's work, McInerney touched upon Robert Stone's novel Dog Soldiers, noting that he felt Stone deserved a wider readership and recalling that Stone was a good friend whose work he had gotten hooked on early in his reading life.
Books recommended by Jay McInerney
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A fan's notes
Frederick Exley's semi-autobiographical classic A Fan's Notes explores the turbulent life of its fictionalized author through a unique blend of fiction and memoir.
Recommended“My next novel, let's uh is um A Fans Note by Frederick Axley. quite a different um quite a different genre if indeed it's any genre at all.”
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Berlin Game
Recommended“Well, um I'm going to start with my u crime thriller because I actually am not really a reader of crime fiction and and suspense novels. Um, but I I think for Christmas, uh, my friend Morgan Entreken, who's the publisher of Grove Atlantic, um, gave me this Len Dayton novel, um, called Berlin Game.”
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Light years
Light Years by James Salter is an evocative, melancholic novel that meticulously charts the gradual dissolution of a seemingly idyllic bourgeois marriage and the relentless passage of time.
Recommended“My last book is Light Years by James Salter. And um James James is I think one of the great great stylists of of certainly my lifetime.”
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A Sport and a Pastime
James Salter's A Sport and a Pastime is a celebrated novel that chronicles a passionate and illicit romance in provincial France through a distinctive narrative lens.
Discussed“I I could have picked a number of of his books, but uh, for instance, a sport in a pastime, which is one of the most erotic books, literary books I've ever read.”
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Dog Soldiers
Discussed“I agree about Robert Stone that he should be more read. He he was actually a pretty good friend of mine and u uh I first got hooked on dog soldiers. Yeah, that was a really good book. I think the pri prior novel”
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Books Jay McInerney wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Nine Books Every Dad Needs This Father's Day - "Dedicated with Doug Brunt" Special Episode | The Megyn Kelly Show | 2025-06-13 | 5 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I was very fortunate that when I was when when I was writing book you mentioned earlier Brightness Falls um uh he lent me his he he used to go to Aspen in the winter to ski”