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WYPR Baltimore 632 - Campus Stories: "The Brightness" by Chad Harbach and "Lords of Serendipity" by Randy Boyogoda

----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.

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Campus Stories: "The Brightness" by Chad Harbach and "Lords of Serendipity" by Randy Boyogoda

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12 nov. 2026

631-

Pirate Stories: "Black Moon" by Stephen Wright, and "The Pirate Queen" by Ariel Lawhon

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04 nov. 2026

630-

Detective Stories: "Cherry Beach" by Don Gillmor and "One Good Eye" by Kevin Wade

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27 okt. 2026

629-

Excellent Nonfiction: "London Falling" by Patrick Radden Keefe and "Rin Tin Tin" by Susan Orlean

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21 okt. 2026

628-

Chris Bohjahlian Special:

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14 okt. 2026

627-

Stunning Memoirs: "A Jew in the Woods" by Berl Kagan and "The Wound is Where the Light Enters" by Chris Young

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07 okt. 2026

626-

Speculative Fiction: "Exit Party" by Emily St. John Mandel, "Public Access Afterworld" by Jane Schoenbrun, and "Earth 7" by Deb Olen Unferth

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28 sep. 2026

625-

Bad Guys: "Murder in the Dollhouse" by Rich Cohen and "The Castle" by Jon Ronson

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23 sep. 2026

624-

The Daughter-in-Law Book Club: "Yesteryear" by Caro Claire Burke and "Strangers" by Belle Burden

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16 sep. 2026

623-

Funny Women at the Baltimore Book Festival: "Word Salad" by Susan Coll and "Cloud Six" by Amy Fusselman

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08 sep. 2026

622-

Back to School with Elin Hildebrand

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03 sep. 2026

621-

It's a Dog's Life: "Etna" by Paul Yoon and "Social Animals" by Camille Perri

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19 aug. 2026

620-

Laurie Frankel Special

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12 aug. 2026

619-

Immigrant Communities: "Good People" by Patmeena Sabit and "I Hope You Find What You're Looking For" by Bsrat Mezghebe

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07 aug. 2026

618-

Ann Patchett's "Whistler" and "The Patron Saint of Liars"

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05 aug. 2026

617-

Down South: "The Calamity Club" by Kathryn Stockett and "The Great Wherever" by Shannon Sanders

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24 jul. 2026

616-

Life-changing Friendships: "Contrapposto" by Dave Eggers, "Honoria" by Janice Shapiro, and "We Should Not Be Friends" by Will Schwalbe

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17 jul. 2026

615-

There Goes The Neighborhood: Alan Opts Out" by Courtney Maum and "Coyoteland" by Vanessa Hua"

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15 jul. 2026

614-

Giants of Fiction: "What We Can Know" by Ian McEwan and "John of John" by Douglas Stuart.

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08 jul. 2026

613-

Murder Most Foul: "The Pinnacle" by Abir Mukherjee and "Blunt Instrument" by Amy Bloom

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25 jun. 2026

612-

Arch Thrillers: "The Author Weekend" by Laura Zigman and "The Ending Writes Itself" by Evelyn Clarke

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03 jun. 2026

611-

Famous and Funny: "The Land and Its People" by David Sedaris and "Famesick" by Lena Dunham

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27 maj 2026

610-

Family Memoirs: A Room in Bombay, by Manil Suri, and Keeper of My Kin, by Ada Ferrer

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21 maj 2026

609-

Cults and Their Discontents

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14 maj 2026

608-

Memoir Roundup: "Small Town Girls" by Jayne Anne Phillips, "Labor" by Mary Afsari, and "She's Under Here" by Karen Palmer

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28 apr. 2026

607-

Monica Lewinsky Special: "Dear Monica Lewinsky" by Julia Langbein, "Young Jane Young" by Gabrielle Zevin, and "Everything is Perfect" by Kate Nason

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22 apr. 2026

606-

Love Among the Stars: "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid and "American Fantasy" by Emma Straub

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15 apr. 2026

605-

Citylit Festival Preview

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08 apr. 2026

604-

Internet Famous: "What A Time To Be Alive" by Jade Chang and "I Could Be Famous" by Sydney Rende

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01 apr. 2026

603-

Uncommon Women: "Big Nobody" by Alex Kadis and "The Beheading Game" by Rebecca Lehmann.

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26 mar. 2026

602-

Remember The Seventies: "Lake Effect" by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney and "Judy Blume: A Life" by Mark Oppenheimer

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18 mar. 2026

601-

Moving Memoirs: "The Flower Bearers" by Rachel Eliza Griffiths and "Fly, Wild Swans" by Jung Chang

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16 mar. 2026

600-

Friend Groups: "So Old, So Young" by Grant Ginder and "Bad Asians" by Lillian Li

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05 mar. 2026

599-

Celebrating Black Women: "Kin" by Tayari Jones, "Firstborn Girls" by Bernice McFadden, and "Finding Me" by Viola Davis

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25 feb. 2026

598-

Road Trips: "The Rest of Our Lives" by Benjamin Markovits and "Solito" by Javier Zamora

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19 feb. 2026

597-

Jane Gardam Trilogy: Old Filth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends

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11 feb. 2026

596-

Invisible Threads: are The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans, Palaver, by Bryan Washington and Deeper than the Ocean, by Mirta Ojita

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05 feb. 2026

595-

Great New Memoirs from Iconic Entertainers

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21 jan. 2026

594-

New Thrillers: "Best Offer Wins" by Marisa Kashino and "The Gallagher Place" by Julie Doar

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13 jan. 2026

593-

Memorable Memoirs of 2025

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07 jan. 2026

592-

Memorable Memoirs of 2025

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07 jan. 2026

591-

Top Ten Fiction Titles of the Year 2025

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30 dec. 2025

590-

Non-fiction Gift Books 2025

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15 dec. 2025

589-

European Voices: "The Lack of Light" by Nino Haratischwili and "Serge" by Yasmina Reza

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02 dec. 2025

588-

Happy 250th, Jane Austen!

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25 nov. 2025

587-

Writers' Memoirs: "Joyride" by Susan Orlean and "Book of Lives" by Margaret Atwood

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19 nov. 2025

586-

Just For Fun: "Henry and Grace's Holiday Movie Marathon" by Matt Norman and "The Literati" by Susan Coll

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17 nov. 2025

585-

Lives and Loves: Heart the Lover, by Lily King, and Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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05 nov. 2025

584-

Sappho In Space: "To the Moon and Back" by Eliana Ramage and "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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30 okt. 2025

583-

Sappho in Space: are "To the Moon and Back" by Eliana Ramage and "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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30 okt. 2025

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