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December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 ~ The Longest Chapter

Here at The Longest Chapter, instead of calling out best books of 2019, I've gathered a more personal list.

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All Sides Weekend Books: Next Show

I’ll be recommending books on Friday, December 17, at 11 a.m. You can stream the live show online, sign up for the podcast, or listen from the archives at the NPR member station WOSU 89.7 FM. All Sides Weekend Books airs the third Friday every month with occasional exceptions.

Recommended November 19

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette by Erle Stanley Gardner
Just Thieves by Gregory Galloway

Recommended October 29

The Promise by Damon Galgut
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Mr. Beethoven by Paul Griffiths
Any Human Heart by William Boyd
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 edited by Lee Child

Recommended September 17

Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Insignificance by James Clammer
Assembly by Natasha Brown
Ten Seconds by Louis Edwards

Recommended August 19

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler
A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler

Recommended July 23

The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter
The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee
The Master by Colm Toibin

Recommended June 18

The Hiding Game by Naomi Wood
The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life by Herve Guibert
To Write As If Already Dead by Kate Zambreno
The Wedding by Dorothy West

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