PlayOne remarkable destination. Five books we love.
One lifetime is too short to visit everywhere and meet everyone. That‘s why we love books with a strong sense of place — they let us travel the world in our imagination. In each episode of our podcast, we explore one destination and talk about what makes that place different from everywhere else on earth. Then we recommend five books that took us to that place on the page. We‘re on a trip around the globe, one great read at a time. Please join us!
Created by David Humphreys and Melissa Joulwan.
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LoLT: Hudson River Rail Excursions & Two New Books
We get excited about two books: Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo and Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll.
LoLT: The Story of a Special Map & Two New Books
We get excited about two books: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson and All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley.
New Orleans: Pass a Good Time
We recommend five books we love set in New Orleans.
LoLT: Peek Inside Virginia Woolf's Diaries & Two New Books
We get excited about My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor and A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawiziak.
LoLT: News in Ancient Cryptography & Two New Books
We get excited about 'Weyward' by Emilia Hart and 'Psych: The Story of the Human Mind' by Paul Bloom.
Jamaica: Let's Get Together and Feel All Right
LoLT: The Gotham Book Prize & Two New Books
We get excited about Speak for the Dead by Amy Tector and I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai.
Bookshops: Mostly Paper and Magic
In this episode, we talk about the world’s oldest bookshop and discuss some remarkable bookstores around the world, including a bookshop in paradise and Scotland’s National Book Town.
LoLT: Best of Shetland Islands & Two New Books
We get excited about The Company by J.M. Varese and Sweet Enough: A Dessert Cookbook by Alison Roman.
LoLT: The Regency Cook & Two New Books
We get excited about 'The Girl with Twenty Fingers' by Kate Mueser and 'White Cat, Black Dog: Stories' by Kelly Link.
Sri Lanka: Remarkable, Relentless, Resplendent
LoLT: Exclamation Points! & Two New Books
We get excited about Jane & Edward by Melodie Edwards and Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto.
LoLT: Adopt-a-Listener Month & Two New Books
We get excited about tThe Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox and The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty.
Lebanon: Surrender to the Call of the Mijwiz
LoLT: Charlotte Brontë’s Emma and Two New Books
We get excited about Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal and A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
LoLT: How to Find Your Favorite Poems and Two New Books
We get excited Never Sleep by Fred Van Lente and The Wager: A Talk of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann.
London: The Tower, Tudors, and a Nice Cuppa Tea
LoLT: The Forty Elephants Girl Gang and Two New Books
We get excited about Dinner Party by Sarah Gilmartin and You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith.
LoLT: Jeremy Anderberg Recommends Shepherd.com and Two New Books
Maine: Lighthouses, Lobster Rolls, and the King of Horror
LoLT: Literary Street in Vilnius and Two New Books
Theater: Act One, Scene I, Lights Up
LoLT: 1917 Pulitzer Prize and Two New Books
We get excited about The Tumbling Girl by Bridget Walsh and The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives by Naoíse Mac Sweeney.
LoLT: Shakespeare’s First Folio and Two New Books
Kenya: Hurrying Has No Blessing
LoLT: The Literary Fun of ‘80 Days’ and Two New Books
We get excited about two new books — ‘Unpacking for Greece’ by Sally Jane Smith and the new DK Eyewitness title ‘Europe by Train.'
LoLT: A Celebration of the Big Bang and Two New Books
We get excited about ‘Return to Valetto’ by Dominic Smith and ‘National Dish’ by Anya von Bremzen.
Argentina: Tango to the End of the World
LoLT: Postcard Pen Pals and Two New Books
We get excited about two new books — ‘100 Places to See After You Die’ by Ken Jennings and ‘What the Dead Know’ by Barbara Butcher.
LoLT: A Sneaky Socialite and Two New Books
We get excited about two new books — ‘The Only One Left’ by Riley Sager and ‘The Art Thief’ by Michael Finkel.
LoLT: Beautiful Street Art by NeSpoon & Two Great Books
LoLT: Phantom Islands and Two New Books
Bonus Episode With Tasha Sounart, Creative Director of Theme Parks at Pixar
LoLT: Remembering the Concorde and Two New Books
LoLT: The Long Now Foundation and Two New Books
LoLT: Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Two New Books
LoLT: The Great Philly Cheesesteak Debate and Two New Books
LoLT: The Great Philly Cheesesteak Debate and Two New Books
LoLT: Award-Nominated Nonfiction and Two New Books
LoLT: ‘The Wheel of Time’ and Two New Books
LoLT: The Hermanus Whale Festival and Two New Books
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