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Parul Sehgal’s book recommendations in 2019

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Every episode from 2019, newest first

Times Critics Talk About Their Year-End Lists

The Book Review · 2019-12-20

Women Talking by Miriam Toews · recommended · at 23:38

Poems About the Challenges of Life After Prison

The Book Review · 2019-12-13

The story of a goat by Murugan Perumal · recommended · at 49:27

Among the Trolls

The Book Review · 2019-11-08

The Funny Thing by Wanda Gág · discussed · at 47:46
The mean mouse, and other mean stories by Janice (May) Udry · discussed · at 49:05
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado · discussed · at 56:59
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado · discussed · at 59:42

Thomas Chatterton Williams on ‘Unlearning Race’

The Book Review · 2019-10-18

The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy · discussed · at 1:05:33
The cost of living by Deborah Levy · recommended · at 1:09:05

Two Times Reporters on ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’

The Book Review · 2019-09-20

The Volcano Lover by Susan Sontag · discussed · at 59:24

Trump, TV and America

The Book Review · 2019-09-06

Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann · discussed · at 47:17
Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy · discussed · at 59:26

Toni Morrison's Legacy

The Book Review · 2019-08-09

Beloved by Toni Morrison · discussed · at 6:50
Jazz by Toni Morrison · discussed · at 13:12

Picking the Best Memoirs Since 1969

The Book Review · 2019-07-05

Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel · discussed · at 3:06
A Childhood by Harry Crews · discussed · at 3:12
Dancing with Cuba by Alma Guillermoprieto · discussed · at 3:21
Fierce attachments by Vivian Gornick · discussed · at 8:47
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala · discussed · at 21:55

The World's Far Corners and Deepest Depths

The Book Review · 2019-06-14

Outrages by Naomi Wolf · discussed · at 48:56
Let Me Not Be Mad by A. K. Benjamin · discussed · at 49:08

Harper Lee's Unwritten True-Crime Book

The Book Review · 2019-05-17

A case of exploding mangoes by Mohammed Hanif · discussed · at 46:01
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif · discussed · at 46:01
Red Birds by Mohammed Hanif · discussed · at 46:17

Laila Lalami on 'The Other Americans'

The Book Review · 2019-05-03

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi · discussed · at 47:12
Those who knew by Idra Novey · discussed · at 47:12

Isaac Mizrahi on His New Memoir

The Book Review · 2019-03-15

The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson · discussed · at 52:29

Seeking Silence

The Book Review · 2019-02-22

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya V. Hartman · discussed · at 45:56
Lose your mother by Saidiya V. Hartman · discussed · at 49:33

Dani Shapiro on Her Surprising 'Inheritance'

The Book Review · 2019-01-25

Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li · discussed · at 54:03

Fugitive Slaves and the Road to the Civil War

The Book Review · 2019-01-04

Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin · discussed · at 41:10
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin · discussed · at 41:42
A life's work by Rachel Cusk · discussed · at 49:29
Making babies by Anne Enright · recommended · at 50:16

Other mentions in 2019 (8: passing, ad reads, own books)