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Every book Jim Rutenberg recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Jim Rutenberg has recommended or discussed 1 book on podcasts, as of May 20, 2022.
- Jim Rutenberg has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of May 20, 2022.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of May 20, 2022.
- The book Jim Rutenberg has mentioned in the most episodes, as of May 20, 2022: The Last Samurai.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Jim Rutenberg aired on May 20, 2022.
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Jim Rutenberg appeared as a guest on the podcast The Book Review for an episode titled Brian Morton on Tasha: A Sons Memoir, which aired on July eighteenth, twenty twenty-four. During the episode, Jim Rutenberg discussed current reading habits and shared insights about literature with the audience of the podcast. Specifically, Jim Rutenberg brought up the novel The Last Samurai, written by Helen Dewitt. While discussing the book, Jim Rutenberg humorously remarked on being perhaps the last person in a personal radius who had not yet read the work, thereby introducing the book as a notable title that had finally made its way to the reading pile. Through this discussion on The Book Review, Jim Rutenberg offered listeners an engaging look at the experience of catching up with widely recognized contemporary fiction.
Books recommended by Jim Rutenberg
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The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt is a critically acclaimed and inventive novel that follows a single mother raising a precocious young boy in Tokyo as he becomes obsessed with Akira Kurosawa's film.
Recommended“well okay so I might be the last person in my radius who has not read The Last Samurai”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Morton on ‘Tasha: A Son’s Memoir’ | The Book Review | 2022-05-20 | 1 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“it came to her sort of sideways because the first thing I read by her was actually a short story collection called some trick”