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Every book Liz Harris recommended on podcasts
Liz Harris appeared across multiple episodes of The Book Review, where she discussed a wide variety of contemporary literature, publishing trends, and challenged books. During a listeners' questions episode, Harris recommended Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun, expressing how much she loved the book. In the same segment, she mentioned Malinda Lo's Last Night at the Telegraph Club as part of her young adult book collection following its National Book Award win. In other discussions focusing on immigrant experiences and historical nonfiction, Harris highlighted Abdulrazak Gurnah's previously published works, including Memory of Departure and Pilgrims Way. She also touched upon high-profile publishing and sales figures, noting Mark R. Levin's book American Marxism as one of the top-selling print titles appearing alongside children's books like Dog Man and Diary of a Wimpy Kid on independent bookstore shelves. Additionally, Harris addressed the broader cultural landscape by discussing books that have faced challenges or bans in libraries, specifically mentioning Juno Dawson's This Book Is Gay and Cory Silverberg's Sex Is a Funny Word.
Books recommended by Liz Harris
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Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro is a dystopian novel narrated by an artificial intelligence companion who observes human society and reflects on the nature of love and loneliness.
Recommended“I read Kaz suar Clara and the Sun and I absolutely loved it I love that book was so good so good”
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Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro is a thought-provoking dystopian novel that explores the nature of artificial intelligence, companionship, and humanity through the eyes of an engineered solar-powered friend.
Recommended“I read Kaz suar Clara and the Sun and I absolutely loved it I love that book was so good so good”
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American Marxism
American Marxism is a political commentary by conservative author and media host Mark R.
Discussed“so only two books and maybe three once everything's all counted are expected to hit a million print copies sold those are a new dog man book a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book and American Marxism by Mark Levan all appearing together on the same Shelf at your nearest independent book seller”
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Beloved
Beloved by Toni Morrison is a powerful, haunting novel about a formerly enslaved woman haunted by the trauma of her past and the literal ghost of the daughter she lost.
Discussed“feature a mother who wanted beloved removed from her son's High School curriculum some years ago”
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Gender Queer
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is a graphic memoir depicting the author's journey of self-discovery, gender identity, and coming out.
Discussed“so the most targeted was a book called gender queer by Maya kabi”
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Discussed“I also have some ya I have last night at the telegraph club which won the national book award this year for y”
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Lawn boy
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison is a contemporary novel that follows a young Mexican-American man working as a landscaper while coming to terms with his sexual identity and navigating socioeconomic challenges.
Discussed“the number two book was a book called lawn booy by Jonathan everon which is a novel that follows a young Mexican-American man who works as a landscaper and is coming to terms with his sexual identity”
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Memory of departure
Discussed“he lives in Britain and has written several books about the Immigrant experience in Britain including memory of departure and Pilgrim's way”
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Pilgrims way
Discussed“he lives in Britain and has written several books about the Immigrant experience in Britain including memory of departure and Pilgrim's way”
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Sex is a funny word
Discussed“A County prosecutor's office in Wyoming considered Criminal charges against Library employees for stocking books like this book is gay and sex is a funny word”
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This Book Is Gay
This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson is an informational and inclusive guide designed to help teenagers navigate LGBTQ+ identities, relationships, and adolescence.
Discussed“A County prosecutor's office in Wyoming considered Criminal charges against Library employees for stocking books like this book is gay and sex is a funny word”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Second Annual Listeners’ Questions Episode | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 3 |
| Robert Gottlieb on ‘Garbo’ and ‘Babbitt’ | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 1 |
| Andrea Elliott on ‘Invisible Child’ | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 2 |
| Fiction About Lives in Ukraine | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 5 |
Other mentions (28: passing, ad reads, own books)
“there is Landslide by Michael wolf published by Henry Holt”
“frankly we did win this election by Wall Street Journal reporter Michael C Bender which is published by 12”
“there's American Marxism by Mark Levan published by threshold and this is a Fox News host talking about issues like the green New Deal social activism and critical race Theory”
“there's the authoritarian Moment by Ben Shapiro published by broadside describing what he considers to be threats to American Business education and politics”
“and then how I saved the World by Jesse Waters who is another Fox News host published by broadside and Wat is writing about his career and fighting what he describes as left-wing radicalism”
“she's got two books in the top 10 this week faity and ugly love”
“she's got two books in the top 10 this week faity and ugly love”
“whereas you know trade paper grack for like a Casey misten book for example who wrote red white morial blue”
“it could be they're concerned about a book being sexually explicit or maybe they're concerned about the treatment of race in Of Mice and Men”
“it could be they're concerned about a book being sexually explicit or maybe they're concerned about the treatment of race in Of Mice and Men”
“and you know they say that on any given deal at least one smaller publisher will often compete and that some of the biggest authors in the country are not published by the big five like someone like Jeff Kenny for example who writes Diary of a Wimpy Kid series was published by Abrams”
“we also got the national book award finalists this week which includes Cloud cucko Land by Anthony der matrix by Lauren grath and zory by lar hunt”
“we also got the national book award finalists this week which includes Cloud cucko Land by Anthony der matrix by Lauren grath and zory by lar hunt”
“in the fiction category in non-fiction a little devil in America by hanif ABD duib and Grace Cho tastes like War a memoir”
“in the fiction category in non-fiction a little devil in America by hanif ABD duib and Grace Cho tastes like War a memoir”
“and then in poetry we have what noise against the cane by Desiree Bailey and floaters by Martin Espada”
“and then in poetry we have what noise against the cane by Desiree Bailey and floaters by Martin Espada”
“the award for fiction went to Jason mot who won for his novel hell of a book which weaves together three different narrative threads”
“the non-fiction winner was tyia Miles who won for all that she carried the Journey of Ashley sack a black family's Keepsake”
“the award for poetry went to Martinez bada for his book floaters which honors migrants who have drowned in the Rio Grand”
“the award for translated literature went to Winter and Soo which is by Alisa shua dapa translated from French by Ana Bas Higgins”
“then the award for young people's literature went to last night in Telegraph City by Melinda low which follows a queer 17-year-old in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare”
“so the prize for fiction went to Joshua Cohen for the Netanyahu”
“so for history there were actually two winners covered with Knight a story of murder and Indigenous Justice in early America which is by Nicole Eustace”
“The Bluest Eye comes up a lot all right”
“so this week we had a story written by Katie Rossman and myself about Scholastic which is the 100-year-old publisher behind books like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games and the baby bitters Club”
“so this week we had a story written by Katie Rossman and myself about Scholastic which is the 100-year-old publisher behind books like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games and the baby bitters Club”
“so this week we had a story written by Katie Rossman and myself about Scholastic which is the 100-year-old publisher behind books like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games and the baby bitters Club”