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Kathryn Schulz's book recommendations
Key facts
- Kathryn Schulz has recommended or discussed 7 books on podcasts, as of December 22, 2022.
- Kathryn Schulz has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of December 22, 2022.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of December 22, 2022.
- The 3 books Kathryn Schulz has mentioned in the most episodes, not counting Kathryn Schulz's own, as of December 22, 2022: Fun, H Is for Hawk and Notes on Grief.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Kathryn Schulz aired on December 22, 2022.
Updated
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Kathryn Schulz appears on, in one place — not just one.
Kathryn Schulz’s most recommended books
- Fun by Unknown
- H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
- Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
- Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Kathryn Schulz is an American journalist and author. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker. In 2016, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her article on the risk of a major earthquake and tsunami in the Pacific Northwest. In 2023, she won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography. During podcast discussions, Schulz shared admiration for several works centered on grief and loss. She recommended Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk, describing it as a truly beautiful and unusual book about the author's grief over her father's death. She also praised Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Notes on Grief, which also concerns the death of a father, and mentioned Fun Home while discussing books about loss. Schulz reflected on her own writing by discussing her book Being Wrong, noting its evergreen nature and how she wrestles with abstract categories. She also compared her work obliquely to C.S. Lewis's A Grief Observed, a Christian reckoning with the death of a partner. Additionally, she mentioned reading Upton Sinclair's The Jungle while discussing journalistic exposés, and noted her recent reading of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian.
Books recommended by Kathryn Schulz
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Being Wrong
Being Wrong is a nonfiction book by Kathryn Schulz that explores the psychology, philosophy, and inevitability of human error and changing one's mind.
Discussed“you're right that it's an evergreen book that book came out in 2010”
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Fun
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel is a celebrated graphic memoir exploring family dynamics, sexuality, and the complex relationship between a daughter and her closeted father.
Recommended“I was devastated by wave by Fun home”
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H Is for Hawk
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald is a critically acclaimed memoir that chronicles the author's harrowing journey through grief following the sudden death of her father, which she processes by training a notoriously aggressive goshawk.
Recommended“what an enormous admirer I am of Helen McDonald's HS for Hawk a truly beautiful and unusual book about her grief over her father's death”
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Notes on Grief
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a deeply personal and reflective book documenting the author's experience following the death of her father.
Recommended“I really admired Chim manda's book notes on Grief about the death of her father”
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A Grief Observed
A Grief Observed by C.S.
Discussed“but but I think if there's one book that this book is sort of obliquely in conversation with it's probably CS Lewis's a grief observed which is about the death of a partner not the death of a parent and which is a profoundly Christian Reckoning with grief”
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Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is a harrowing and visceral historical novel that depicts the extreme violence and bleak reality of the American West through the harrowing journey of a runaway teenager known as the kid.
Discussed“But no, I most recently read Blood Meridian and then I'm only like two and a half years into my 10-year stint, which I'm slightly exaggerating about, but somehow I'm the last person in America not to have read The Road even though I understand exactly why I should.”
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The Jungle
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a 1906 novel that serves as a harsh expose of working conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry during the Gilded Age.
Discussed“I wrote about this in my first book which is what I'd read your book for um and and and actually as it happens Upton Sinclair wrote this expose of journalism in the 1900s right like right after he wrote The Jungle.”
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Books by Kathryn Schulz
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathryn Schulz on Gaslighting, Misinformation, and Coping with Grief | The Daily Stoic | 2022-12-22 | 2 |
| The Chinese Language Revolution | The Book Review | 2022-01-21 | 6 |
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“The book is called Lost and Found and the whole first part uh Lost uh is very explicitly about grief and and to be honest it then kind of runs continuously as a as a theme through the rest of it in various ways”
“I um it's incredible uh what we discover uh sometimes without even knowing it was missing from our lives.”
“There's a reason I titled my new book 'Lost and Found' —sometimes we discover what was missing from our lives.”
“my partner is Casey SE my my fellow New Yorker staff writer and and author of furious hours a book about Harper Lee”