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The Roundtable

Book Picks - The Golden Notebook

By Joe Donahue
Published August 1, 2023 at 11:10 AM EDT
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James Conrad and Jackie Kellachan from The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, New York join us with this week's Book Picks.

List:

  • Why Sinead O'Connor Matters by Allyson McCabe
  • The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
  • The Defiant Optimist: Daring To Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women by Durreen Shahnaz
  • The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel
  • Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains The World by Henry Grabar
  • Bad Influence by Alison Gaylin
  • Windfall by Wendy Corsi Staub
  • The Skull by Jon Klassen
  • The Madonna Secret: A Novel by Sophie Strand
  • I Will Read to You Written by Gideon Sterer Illustrated by Charles Santoso
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