The Weekly Reader
Wednesdays at 2:33 p.m.
For lovers of literary fiction and memoir, The Weekly Reader is a four-minute round-up of the best new books on the national scene. University of Baltimore professor, author, and longtime All Things Considered commentator Marion Winik joins WYPR’s producer Lisa Morgan, former co-host of The Signal, in studio to share two picks each week.
They curate the best of the buzzy books you're hearing about elsewhere, and keeping an eye out for those of special interest to Baltimoreans. When Winik, who reviews for People, Kirkus Review, and the Washington Post, brings her trademark humor, thoughtful insights, and refreshing honesty to book criticism, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you on your literary adventures.
Latest Episodes
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Move over, Oliver Twist! Step aside, Lil Orphan Annie! Growing up can be just as hard in the modern era. -
Spooky stories for scary times from Ling Ma and Ainslie Hogarth. -
new work from one of our most beloved (and most prolific) authors, Elin Hilderbrand. -
Texas-sized tales from The Lone Star State: Bobby Finger's "The Old Place" and Stacy Swann's "Olympus, Texas." -
Exactly who is living "The American Dream," and what does it mean? Two new novels explore the notion. -
What really goes on behind the glitz and glamour of Hollywood? -
In praise of funny books and the women who write them! -
Will we ever tire of stories about fabulously wealthy people? -
The past is never far behind us, so how do we get the present right? -
Do you ever read a book and then decide you have to find all the books ever written by the author, and read them, too? Jean Hanff Korelitz this week.
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On this edition of The Weekly Reader our book critic Marion Winik reviews the winners of this year's Booker Prize for Fiction, Bernadine Evaristo's Girl,… -
Since news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal broke in 2017, the phrase "Me Too" has become standard shorthand for inappropriate sexual… -
On this episode of The Weekly Reader, we preview Myla Goldberg's Feast Your Eyes, our pick for the December meeting of our Book Club, and we also review… -
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two new collections of short stories that run the gamut from funny to sad, and everything in between. We review… -
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we celebrate the return of one of literature's most memorable recent characters, Olive Kitteridge. Book critic… -
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs about growing up in extraordinary circumstances. Marion Winik shares her thoughts on… -
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review the next selection for The Weekly Reader Book Club, Susan Orlean's The Library Book. It's part… -
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review Stephen King's latest thriller, The Institute. Plus, our book critic Marion Winik recalls two other books… -
On this edition of The Weekly Reader, it's all about True Crime! We review Rachel Monroe's Savage Appetites, a new work of narrative non-fiction about… -
Who doesn't want to live in a mansion? On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review Ann Patchett's latest novel The Dutch House, and we remember Bill…
