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Parul Sehgal’s book recommendations in 2018

22 books · 11 episodes · Parul Sehgal’s most recommended books, all years →

Every episode from 2018, newest first

Michael Lewis and Tana French on Their Latest Books

The Book Review · 2018-10-12

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry · discussed · at 55:57
Melmoth by Sarah Perry · discussed · at 55:57

The End of the ‘Struggle’

The Book Review · 2018-09-28

Your duck is my duck by Deborah Eisenberg · recommended · at 48:21

The Most Secretly Interesting Place in America

The Book Review · 2018-09-07

CoDex 1962 by Sjón · discussed · at 59:20

Lydia Millet on 'Fight No More'

The Book Review · 2018-08-10

The tangled tree by David Quammen · discussed · at 46:16

The Things We Inherit

The Book Review · 2018-06-15

Unbound by Arlene Stein · discussed · at 1:05:43

There Is Nothin' Like a Tune

The Book Review · 2018-05-04

Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston · discussed · at 1:03:03

Jo Nesbo Reimagines ‘Macbeth’

The Book Review · 2018-04-20

The emissary by Yōko Tawada · discussed · at 55:05
The Bridegroom Was a Dog by Yōko Tawada · recommended · at 56:09
Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada · discussed · at 56:21

Just the Funny Parts

The Book Review · 2018-03-23

The Vegetarian by Han Kang · discussed · at 39:05
The flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner · discussed · at 39:06
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado · discussed · at 39:08
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill · discussed · at 39:12
Homesick For Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh · discussed · at 39:16
NW by Zadie Smith · discussed · at 39:16
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward · discussed · at 39:18
Mislaid by Nell Zink · discussed · at 39:18

A Marine’s Inventive Memoir

The Book Review · 2018-03-02

Blue dreams by Lauren Slater · discussed · at 45:32
Prozac Diary by Lauren Slater · discussed · at 46:18

Lisa Halliday on 'Asymmetry'

The Book Review · 2018-02-16

The heart is a shifting sea by Elizabeth Flock · discussed · at 43:15

Rose McGowan on 'Brave'

The Book Review · 2018-02-02

Heart berries by Terese Marie Mailhot · discussed · at 47:46

Other mentions in 2018 (2: passing, ad reads, own books)