In this episode of Shelf Care Society, I’m talking through some of the books I can’t stop thinking about, from major new novels by Min Jin Lee, Barbara Kingsolver, Hernan Diaz, and V. E. Schwab to Robert Kolker’s extraordinary reporting on a family confronting inherited dementia and Ted Scheinman’s deeply personal account of electroconvulsive therapy.
And about halfway through the episode, we take a detour: I sit down with comedian Taylor Tomlinson on the eve of the launch of her first book, “Actually, Nevermind,” to talk about what she’s reading on tour, the book that kept her awake until 3 a.m., audiobooks, creativity, and the writing book she has returned to again and again.
Books discussed in this episode:
• “American Hagwon” by Min Jin Lee
• “The Vanishing Family” by Robert Kolker
• “Ply” by Hernan Diaz
• “Victorious” by V. E. Schwab
• “Partita” by Barbara Kingsolver
• “The Betrayal of Cora Wexford” by Bethany Joy Lenz
• “Luna, Phoenix, Queen” by Julie Orringer
• “Public Access World” by Jane Schoenbrun
• “Jolt: My Electric Journey Out of Darkness” by Ted Scheinman
• “Music Against the Night” by Yiyun Li
Plus, in my conversation with Taylor:
• “Actually, Nevermind” by Taylor Tomlinson
• “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin
• “Fruit Fly” by Josh Silver
• “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron
• “Walking in This World” by Julia Cameron
Come for the books. Stay for the conversation.
