Join David Kern and guest Levi Stahl (marketing director for University of Chicago Press and a wonderful books-based Twitter follow) for a conversation about some great summer reads. They start by chatting about what makes for a good summer read, then dive in to their own lists.
Here are some of the books discussed on this show:
A Month in the Country, by J. L. Carr
Novels and stories by Craig Rice
Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolo series, Lymond Chronicles, and King Hereafter
The Canterbury Tales
The Country of the Pointed Firs, Sarah Orne Jewett
David Epstein's Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
A.E. Stallings' “Like”
Eric Ambler's Journey into Fear
P.G. Wodehouse's Carry on Jeeves
Wallace Stegner's Crossing to Safety
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The Summer Reading Episode