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The Best Books For Snowy Days
ResumeBefore the libraries and bookstores close and the snow starts, we talk to local experts about what to read on a snow day.
Guests
Margaret Willison, Boston librarian and frequent contributor to NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour. She tweets @mrsfridaynext.
Shuchi Saraswat, book buyer for the Brookline Booksmith. She tweets @saraswat_s.
Snow Day Book Recommendations
Margaret's Recommendations
- "Bellweather Rhapsody" by Kate Racculia
- "A Study in Scarlet Women" by Sherry Thomas
- "Crazy Rich Asians" by Kevin Kwan
- "Far From the Tree" by Robin Benway
- "Greenglass House" by Kate Milford
Shuchi's Recommendations
- "Feel Free" by Zadie Smith
- "An Elemental Thing" by Eliot Weinberger
- "I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death" by Maggie O'Farrell
- "Exit West" by Mohsin Hamid
- "Visitation" by Jenny Erpenbeck
- "The Odyssey" by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
- "The Idiot" by Elif Batuman
- "Disoriental" by Negar Djavadi, translated by Tina Kover
This segment aired on March 12, 2018.