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Audio Book Club
by Slate Podcasts
Join Slate’s critics for monthly discussions of new and important books. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold lively—and sometimes heated—debates about the works.
Episodes
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"The Sparsholt Affair" by Alan Hollinghurst
Laura Miller, Alex Barasch, and Gabriel Roth discuss the new novel by Alan Hollinghurst, The Sparsholt Affair, a multigenerational saga about gay life. Following this episode, the Audio Book Club will be going on hiatus. From the hosts and producers of the show, thanks for listening. Join Slate...
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"The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Laura Miller, Jacob Brogan, and Charlie Jane Anders discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Left Hand of Darkness". Please fill out the Slate podcast survey at slate.com/podcastsurvey Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate...
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"Her Body and Other Parties" by Carmen Maria Machado
Katy Waldman, Parul Sehgal, and Laura Bennett discuss Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado. This episode is Katy's last episode as host of the Audio Book Club, but watch this space for more about the future of the show. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and...
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"The Odyssey" by Homer; Translated By Emily Wilson
Katy Waldman, Parul Seghal, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey by Homer. Next month's book will be Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can...
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"Manhattan Beach" by Jennifer Egan
Katy Waldman, Laura Miller, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss the novel Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Our selection for next month will be Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe...
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"What Happened" by Hillary Clinton
Katy Waldman, Meghan O'Roark, and Emily Bazelon discuss Hilary Clinton's memoir, What Happened. Next month's book will be Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio...
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"Conversations with Friends" by Sally Rooney
Laura Bennett, Katy Waldman, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Sally Rooney's debut novel Conversations with Friends, and idea-driven novel about a group of four young people in Dublin struggling with ideology and identity. Next month's book with be What Happened, by Hillary Clinton. Join Slate Plus…
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"The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" by Arundhati Roy
Katy Waldman, Isaac Chotiner, and Laura Miller discuss The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, the sprawling novel by Arundhati Roy about sectarian violence in India. Next month's book will be Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and…
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"Do Not Become Alarmed" by Maile Meloy
Katy Waldman, Jacob Brogan, and Dan Kois discuss Maile Meloy's novel Do Not Become Alarmed. Next month's book will be The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly...
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"Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays" by Durga Chew-Bose
Katy Waldman, Jacob Brogan, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Durga Chew-Bose's collection of essays Too Much and Not the Mood. Next month's book is Do Not Become Alarmed, by Maile Meloy. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can…
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"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 Hulu television adaptation. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club...
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"Lincoln In the Bardo" by George Saunders
This month Katy Waldman, Meghan O'Rourke, and Nora Caplan-Bricker discuss George Saunders' Lincoln In the Bardo. Next month is Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from...
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"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu
In this bonus episode, Katy Waldman, Jeremy Stahl, and Ava Lubell discuss The Art of War by Sun Tzu as self-help and potential guide to understanding the world of 2017. April's Audio Book Club will be on Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio…
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"Swing Time" by Zadie Smith
Slate's Katy Waldman and Laura Miller discuss Zadie Smith's new novel, Swing Time with The New York Time's Parul Sehgal. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple...
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"The Lyrics: 1961-2012" by Bob Dylan
Slate's Katy Waldman, John Dickerson of Face the Nation, and writer and poet Meghan O'Rourke discuss Bob Dylan's The Lyrics: 1961-2012. They discuss whether his work should be considered poetry, how his work functions on the page, and what makes a great Dylan song. Join Slate Plus for full…
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"Postcards from the Edge" by Carrie Fisher
Slate's Katy Waldman, Aisha Harris, and Laura Bennett discuss Carrie Fisher's Postcards from the Edge, a novel inspired in part by the author's own struggles with drug abuse and experiences as an actor in Hollywood. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other…
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"Moonglow" by Michael Chabon
Katy Waldman is joined by Slate's Gabriel Roth and Jacob Brogan to Michael Chabon's new novel Moonglow. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify....
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"The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead and "Underground Airlines" by Ben Winters
Katy Waldman is joined by Slate's Laura Miller and Jamelle Bouie to compare and contrast Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and the new book by Ben Winters Underground Airlines. Join us in December for a conversation about Bob Dylan's The Lyrics 1961-2012. Join Slate Plus for full…
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"Shrill" by Lindy West
Katy Waldman is joined by Slate's Meg Wiegand and Nora Caplan-Bricker to talk about Lindy West's confident book Shrill. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple…
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"The Girls" by Emma Cline
Katy Waldman is joined by NPR's Hanna Rosin and Slate's Laura Bennett to sort through their respective feelings on Emma Cline's novel, The Girls. Join us in October for a conversation about two books: Underground Airlines by Ben Winters and The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Join Slate...
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"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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 Thorne – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from...
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"All the Single Ladies" by Rebecca Traister
Slate critic, Katy Waldman, is joined by Parul Sehgal of the New York Times Book Review and culture critic, Meghan O'Rourke, to discuss Rebecca Traister's All the Single Ladies. Next month, Slate's Audio Book Club will discuss The Girls by Emma Cline. Read the book and join us for a conversation…
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"Eligible" by Curtis Sittenfeld
Katy Waldman, Emily Bazelon, and Jessica Winter discuss Curtis Sittenfeld's modern retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Eligible. Next month, the Audio Book Club will dig into All The Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister. Read the book and stay tuned for our discussion in July! Join Slate...
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"Lab Girl" by Hope Jahren
Katy Waldman, Laura Miller, and Susan Matthews discuss Hope Jahren's budding debut memoir, Lab Girl. Join us next month to discuss Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the...
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"When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi
Critics Katy Waldman, Parul Sehgal, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Paul Kalanithi's bestselling memoir, When Breath Becomes Air. Join us next month to discuss A Hologram for the King by Dave Egger's. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts....
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"Better Living Through Criticism" by A.O. Scott
Critics Katy Waldman, Laura Miller, and Laura Bennett discuss A.O. Scott’s insightful new book, Better Living Through Criticism. Next month, Slate's Audio Book Club will be chatting about When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Read the book and join us for our conversation in April! Join…
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"The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and John Dickerson discuss The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other...
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"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz discuss the novel The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your…
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"The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, along with a new biography of Wharton by Hermione Lee. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read The House of Mirth before listening to this audio program. Join...
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"Independence Day" by Richard Ford
Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz discuss the novel Independence Day by Richard Ford. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your...
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"The Emperor's Children" by Claire Messud
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club...
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"The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the nonfiction book The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by journalist Michael Pollan. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Join...
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"Beloved" by Toni Morrison
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on…
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"Everyman" by Philip Roth
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Everyman by Philip Roth. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple...
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"Saturday" by Ian McEwan
Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Saturday by Ian McEwan. Thanks to the Housing Works Book Store Cafe in New York City for providing the venue for this month's club meeting. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book...
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"The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe sit down at the Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York's Soho neighborhood to discuss The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion's memoir of the year following the death of her husband John Gregory Dunne, during which her daughter...
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How many episodes does Audio Book Club have?
Audio Book Club currently has 84 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Audio Book Club about?
Join Slate’s critics for monthly discussions of new and important books. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold lively—and sometimes heated—debates about the works.
How often does Audio Book Club release new episodes?
Audio Book Club has 84 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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