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Tina Jordan’s book recommendations in 2018

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Every episode from 2018, newest first

Isabel Wilkerson Talks About Michelle Obama’s Memoir

The Book Review · 2018-12-21

The day that went missing by Beard, Richard · discussed · at 53:45

Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2018

The Book Review · 2018-11-30

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward · recommended · at 23:38
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-three mariners, one megastorm and the sinking of El Faro by Rachel Slade · recommended · at 42:31
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger · discussed · at 43:37

The Past, Present and Future of Jews in America

The Book Review · 2018-11-16

My sister, the serial killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite · recommended · at 54:46

Big New Biographies of Two Big American Lives

The Book Review · 2018-11-09

An elderly lady is up to no good by Helene Tursten · recommended · at 45:23

Lisa Brennan-Jobs on 'Small Fry'

The Book Review · 2018-10-26

The Secret Place by Tana French · discussed · at 48:58

Esi Edugyan on Her Booker-Shortlisted 'Washington Black'

The Book Review · 2018-09-21

Faithful Place by Tana French · recommended · at 46:00

A Memoir From the Hard-Working ‘Heartland’

The Book Review · 2018-09-14

The Fiend by Margaret Millar · recommended · at 47:15
How like an angel by Margaret Millar · recommended · at 47:44
Beast in View by Margaret Millar · recommended · at 48:01
Something in the water by Catherine Steadman · recommended · at 49:38
The Snowman by Jo Nesbø · discussed · at 50:00
Social creature by Tara Isabella Burton · critiqued · at 52:08
Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney · critiqued · at 52:28

Beth Macy on 'Dopesick'

The Book Review · 2018-08-03

Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown · recommended · at 41:20

Drawing History

The Book Review · 2018-07-27

Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown · discussed · at 40:43
Ulysses by James Joyce · discussed · at 45:42
The Odyssey by Homer · discussed · at 46:13

True Crime Starring the Creator of Sherlock Holmes

The Book Review · 2018-07-20

Give Me Your Hand by Megan E. Abbott · discussed · at 30:59
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg · discussed · at 35:48

The Life of Atticus Finch

The Book Review · 2018-06-22

Pale horse, pale rider by Katherine Anne Porter · recommended · at 45:29

Michael Pollan on His Acid Test

The Book Review · 2018-06-08

The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware · discussed · at 53:12
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware · critiqued · at 53:15
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware · discussed · at 53:31
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie · recommended · at 53:39

David Sedaris on ‘Calypso’

The Book Review · 2018-05-25

The Outsider by Stephen King · recommended · at 1:14:11
The Stand by Stephen King · discussed · at 1:14:48

Amy Chozick on 'Chasing Hillary'

The Book Review · 2018-05-11

Country dark by Chris Offutt · discussed · at 54:55

Julian Barnes on 'The Only Story'

The Book Review · 2018-04-27

Cost by Roxana Robinson · recommended · at 58:17
This could hurt by Jillian Medoff · discussed · at 59:19

Parenting in the Age of Omnipresent Screens

The Book Review · 2018-04-13

Two Sisters by Åsne Seierstad · recommended · at 46:09

All in the Family

The Book Review · 2018-03-30

The Italian party by Christina Lynch · recommended · at 46:25

Impeachment, Then and Now

The Book Review · 2018-03-16

Ulysses by James Joyce · recommended · at 50:00

Twilight's Last Gleaming?

The Book Review · 2018-01-26

Personal history by Katharine Graham · discussed · at 55:32
A Good Life by Ben Bradlee, Jr. · discussed · at 57:18
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani · recommended · at 59:50

Some Assembly Required

The Book Review · 2018-01-12

A Not Entirely Benign Procedure by Perri Klass · discussed · at 44:41
Better by Atul Gawande · discussed · at 45:31

Other mentions in 2018 (18: passing, ad reads, own books)