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The Roundtable

Book Picks - Chatham Bookstore and The Bookstore in Lenox

By Joe Donahue
Published March 24, 2026 at 11:33 AM EDT
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This week's Book Picks comes from Amy Zimmerman joins us from Chatham Bookstore in Chatham, New York and Matt Tannenbaum from The Bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Matt:

  • Nothing Random by Gayle Feldman
  • The Oak and the Larch by Sophie Pinkham
  • Almost Home by Mirabai Bush
  • Western Star by David Streitfeld
  • We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich

Amy:

  • Transcription by Ben Lerner
  • Repetition by Vigdis Hjorth
  • Adult Braces by Lindy West
  • Oxford Soju Club by Jinwoo Park
  • Playworld by Adam Ross
  • When We’re Born We Forget Everything by Alicia Jo Rabins
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