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Parul Sehgal’s book recommendations in 2021

15 books · 7 episodes · Parul Sehgal’s most recommended books, all years →

Every episode from 2021, newest first

An Outsider Finds Suspense in Hollywood

The Book Review · 2021-07-02

Wayward by Dana Spiotta · recommended · at 44:38
Two Lives by Janet Malcolm · recommended · at 56:21
The Silent Woman by Janet Malcolm · recommended · at 57:45
Forty-One False Starts by Janet Malcolm · recommended · at 57:50

Reimagining the Aftermath of a Wartime Attack

The Book Review · 2021-06-04

The talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar · discussed · at 40:15

Michael Lewis on 'The Premonition'

The Book Review · 2021-05-07

The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel · recommended · at 59:20
Fun by Unknown · discussed · at 59:56
Are you my mother? by Alison Bechdel · discussed · at 1:00:02

Blake Bailey on Writing His Life of Philip Roth

The Book Review · 2021-04-09

Francis Bacon by Mark Stevens · discussed · at 54:13
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown · discussed · at 57:37

Tillie Olsen and the Barriers to Creativity

The Book Review · 2021-03-26

100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell · discussed · at 46:51
Yoga by Emmanuel Carrère · discussed · at 1:01:57

This Land Is Whose Land?

The Book Review · 2021-02-12

Native speaker by Chang-rae Lee · recommended · at 49:31
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy · discussed · at 53:53

James Comey and Truth in Government

The Book Review · 2021-01-15

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald · discussed · at 50:49

Other mentions in 2021 (10: passing, ad reads, own books)