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Every book Sarah Weinman recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Sarah Weinman has recommended or discussed 14 books on podcasts, as of May 15, 2020.
- Sarah Weinman has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of May 15, 2020.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of May 15, 2020.
- The 3 books Sarah Weinman has mentioned in the most episodes, as of May 15, 2020: Strangers On a Train, Murder is Easy and Pretty as a picture.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Sarah Weinman aired on May 15, 2020.
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Sarah Weinman’s most recommended books
- Strangers On a Train by Patricia Highsmith
- Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie
- Pretty as a picture by Elizabeth Little
- Take me apart by Sara Sligar
- Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
- Beast in View by Margaret Millar
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
- The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Sarah Weinman appeared on The Book Review to share a series of thoughtful recommendations and discussions centered on crime fiction, mysteries, and audiobooks. As someone deeply engaged in the genre, Weinman highlighted classic detective works as well as contemporary debuts. She recommended Dorothy L. Sayers's Whos Body?, describing the Lord Peter Whimsy novels as larkish romps that grow richer over time while starting out as sheer entertainment. For Agatha Christies Murder is Easy, she pointed to the standalone nature of the mystery as a strong audio recommendation. Weinman also praised the audiobook narration of Patricia Highstrins Strangers on a Train, noting how the reader matched the pace and tone of the novel, and she detailed its famous bargain plot where two men agree to swap murders. In addition to these classic titles, Weinman recommended newer contributions to the field, including Sara Sligars debut novel Take Me Apart, Elizabeth Littles second book Pretty as a Picture, and Steph Chas gripping novel Your House Will Pay. Finally, she briefly brought up Gillian Flynns Gone Girl to provide historical context regarding the release timing of an earlier short story anthology she had edited featuring various women crime writers.
Books recommended by Sarah Weinman
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Strangers On a Train
Strangers On a Train is a psychological thriller by Patricia Highsmith that examines a dark and fateful bargain between two men.
Discussed“two of them are featured in strangers on a train and that now famous or inFAMOUS bargain and it's supposed to be a lark but one man suggests killing the other's wife and then he is supposed to kill the other's father”
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Murder is Easy
Murder is Easy is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie following a clever protagonist who investigates a series of suspicious deaths in a quiet English village.
Recommended“and then I think the next one that I talked about was murder is Easy by Agatha Christie and that's a little bit of perhaps not a departure but it's what we would Now call a standalone”
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Pretty as a picture
Pretty as a Picture is a contemporary crime novel by Elizabeth Little that blends sharp wit, media commentary, and an engaging amateur sleuth mystery.
Recommended“and Elizabeth Little's pretty as a picture which was her second book that was published in February”
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Take me apart
Take Me Apart is a compelling contemporary crime debut novel by Sara Sligar that delves into art history, family secrets, and psychological suspense.
Recommended“included Sarah sar's take me apart a wonderful debut novel that was just published in late April”
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Whose Body?
Whose Body? by Dorothy L.
Recommended“and she writes these detective novels featuring Lord Peter Whimsy that are kind of larkish but over time they become much more complicated and really rich but starting with whose body it's just really fun and entertaining”
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Your House Will Pay
Your House Will Pay is a powerful novel by Steph Cha that explores the complex historical and racial tensions in Los Angeles through the lens of two families connected by a tragic shooting.
Recommended“and from a few months back I still think a lot about your house will pay by Steph cha”
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Beast in View
Beast in View by Margaret Millar is a classic psychological thriller focusing on a reclusive young woman living in a hotel suite who becomes increasingly terrorized by a series of unsettling prank phone calls.
Discussed“and so beast in view which is the book that I reprinted in the library of America set and the one that I discuss in the piece”
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is a dark psychological thriller that unravels the turbulent marriage and sudden disappearance of Amy Dunne through the increasingly suspect perspective of her husband, Nick.
Discussed“so I was putting together an earlier anthology of short stories by these writers and it was right around the time when Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl came out”
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The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler is a quintessential hardboiled detective novel that introduced private investigator Philip Marlowe and established the shadowy, cynical atmosphere of Los Angeles crime fiction.
Discussed“he worked in the oil industry and he was writing stories on the side and this is how he developed his extremely romantic style detective Philip Marlo who traveled the Mean Streets of Los Angeles and so the big sleep is the first introduction in novel format”
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The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey is a popular 1950s detective novel that reimagines the disappearance of the two princes as a modern Scotland Yard murder mystery, offering an alternative historical theory that challenges the traditional view of Richard III.
Discussed“it's no accident for me that if I reread a book and I actually just finished rereading Josephine T's absolutely wonderful the daughter of time”
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie is a celebrated and deeply influential work of detective fiction renowned for its groundbreaking narrative structure.
Discussed“I always find it interesting that the murder of Roger akroy which more than 90 years later it was published in 1926 it still infuriates people because of the twist ending”
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie is a classic detective novel that introduced the brilliant Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot to the world and launched the author's legendary career.
Discussed“so Agatha Christie published her first detective novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920 and it was the first book to introduce one of her classic detectives Hercule parro”
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr.
Discussed“we first meet him in The Talented Mr Ripley and that's another classic heith book”
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Troubled daughters, twisted wives
Discussed“oh yes I mean for the original Anthology that I edited which was called troubled daughters Twisted wives”
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Books Sarah Weinman wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Young Mother and the Homelessness Crisis | The Book Review | 2020-05-15 | 15 |