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Books You Might Want To Read — Or Reread — This Summer
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Host Robin Young speaks with Here & Now's go-to literary guy Steve Almond (@stevealmondjoy) about some of his favorite books to re-read.
- More from Steve Almond: "Manuals for Living: What Our Favorite Novels Teach Us About Ourselves"
Recommended Reads
Novels:
Short Stories:
- “Birds of America” by Lorrie Moore
Non-Fiction:
- “Between the World and Me” Ta-Nehisi Coates
- “Consider the Lobster” by David Foster Wallace
- “Slouching Toward Bethlehem” by Joan Didion
- "Rubyfruit Jungle" by Rita Mae Brown
Robin's Picks:
- "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" by Annie Dillard
- "William Stoner And The Battle For The Inner Life" by Steve Almond
Did you favorite make the list? See what other listeners had to say!
This segment aired on August 8, 2019.
