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For readers who are listeners, for listeners looking for something to read—this feed includes book discussions and conversations with authors from across the Slate Podcast network.

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The Audio Book Club: Americanah

The Audio Book Club: Americanah

Slate critics Dan Kois, Jamelle Bouie, and Emily Bazelon discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel about Nigerians immigr... Read more

6 Jun 2014

50mins

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Slate's Audio Book Club: Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace

Slate's Audio Book Club: Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace

Slate's Audio Book Club. Katie Roiphe, Troy Patterson, and James Surowiecki discuss David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest... Read more

18 Mar 2009

1hr 1min

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Slate Audio Book Club: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Slate Audio Book Club: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss David Mitchell's epic novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi... Read more

2 Nov 2012

43mins

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Slate's Audio Book Club: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Slate's Audio Book Club: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the American classic The Great Gatsby... Read more

25 Nov 2008

46mins

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Audio Book Club: J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series

Audio Book Club: J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series

Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the final book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Joining them a... Read more

16 Jul 2011

40mins

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ABC: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

ABC: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Katy Waldman, Meghan O'Rourke, and Emily Bazelon discuss Margaret Atwood's dystopic novel The Handmaid's Tale and the Hu... Read more

21 May 2017

1hr 4mins

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The Audio Book Club Live: Slaughterhouse-Five

The Audio Book Club Live: Slaughterhouse-Five

Recorded live at Town Hall Seattle, Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and special guest Hugh Howey discuss Kurt Vonnegut's counterc... Read more

7 Mar 2014

1hr 11mins

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Slate's Audio Book Club: The Catcher in the Rye

Slate's Audio Book Club: The Catcher in the Rye

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and James Ryerson discuss J.D. Salinger's classic novel The Ca... Read more

17 Sep 2009

1hr 5mins

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Slate's Audio Book Club: Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy

Slate's Audio Book Club: Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. We rec... Read more

4 Jun 2008

47mins

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Audio Book Club: Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

Audio Book Club: Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

Dan Kois, Meghan O'Rourke, and Hanna Rosin discuss the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James. Learn more abou... Read more

29 Jun 2012

43mins

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ABC: The Girl on the Train

ABC: The Girl on the Train

Slate critics Dan Kois, Katy Waldman, and Laura Bennett discuss Paula Hawkins' bestselling thriller. Learn more about yo... Read more

6 Mar 2015

39mins

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Audio Book Club: The Goldfinch

Audio Book Club: The Goldfinch

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss Donna Tartt’s big literary adventure novel. Learn more ... Read more

5 Dec 2013

48mins

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The Audio Book Club: Pride and Prejudice

The Audio Book Club: Pride and Prejudice

Slate’s David Plotz, Julia Turner, and Seth Stevenson celebrate Jane Austen’s classic novel on its 200th birthday. Learn... Read more

1 Feb 2013

47mins

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ABC: A Little Life

ABC: A Little Life

Slate critics Laura Bennett, Andrew Kahn, Dan Kois, and Katy Waldman discuss Hanya Yanagihara's misery-soaked epic. Lear... Read more

6 Nov 2015

55mins

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ABC: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

ABC: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Katy Waldman is joined by Slate's Dan Kois and L.V. Anderson to discuss the play by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack... Read more

4 Aug 2016

50mins

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DoubleX Audio Book Club: Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom.

DoubleX Audio Book Club: Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom.

In this week's audio book club, DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin and The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot discuss Jo... Read more

7 Oct 2010

53mins

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ABC: My Brilliant Friend

ABC: My Brilliant Friend

Slate critics Katy Waldman, David Haglund, and Parul Sehgal discuss the first in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan trilogy. Le... Read more

9 Jan 2015

46mins

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ABC: All the Light We Cannot See

ABC: All the Light We Cannot See

Slate critics Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin, and Katy Waldman discuss Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Learn m... Read more

5 Jun 2015

48mins

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Audio Book Club: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Audio Book Club: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the plot-twisting thriller Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Learn more about ... Read more

7 Sep 2012

42mins

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Audio Book Club: White Noise, by Don DeLillo

Audio Book Club: White Noise, by Don DeLillo

Meghan O’Rourke, Stephen Metcalf, and Troy Patterson discuss Don DeLillo's book, White Noise. We recommend, but don't in... Read more

14 Feb 2010

53mins

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