
Podcast: Ep475: 4 Early-Year Book Recommendations
Podcast: The Book Review
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The early part of a year can mean new books to read, or it can mean catching up on older ones we havenât gotten to yet. This week, Gilbert Cruz chats with the Book Reviewâs Sarah Lyall and Sadie Stein about titles from both categories that have held their interest lately, including a 2022 biography of John Donne, a book about female artists who nurtured an interest in the supernatural, and the history of a Jim Crow-era mental asylum, along with a gripping new novel by Janice Hallett. âItâs just so deft,â Stein says of Hallettâs new thriller, âThe Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels.â âItâs so funny. It seems like sheâs having a lot of fun. One thing I would say, and I donât think this is spoiling it, is, if there comes a moment when you think you might want to stop, keep going and trust her. I think itâs rare to be able to say that with that level of confidence.â Here are the books discussed in this weekâs episode: âSuper-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne,â by Katherine Rundell âThe Other Side: A Story of Women in Art and the Spirit World,â by Jennifer Higgie âThe Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels,â by Janice Hallett âMadness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum,â by Antonia Hylton (Briefly mentioned: "You Dreamed of Empires," by Ălvaro Enrigue, "Beautyland," by Marie-Helene Bertino, and "Martyr!" by Kaveh Akbar.)
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