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Books Connect Us

We’re staying connected with each other and the stories and authors who inspire us. BOOKS CONNECT US brings you brand new conversations with some of your favorite authors.

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The Windfall by Diksha Basu

The Windfall by Diksha Basu

Read it Forward editors Abbe and Emma discuss going from no money to new money in THE WINDFALL by Diksha Basu and Abbe W... Read more

28 Jun 2017

23mins

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Taylor Jenkins Reid (author of Daisy Jones and The Six) on being an author and parent during shelter-in-place, changes in book culture, and how romance novels are what we need right now | BOOKS CONNECT US Ep1

Taylor Jenkins Reid (author of Daisy Jones and The Six) on being an author and parent during shelter-in-place, changes in book culture, and how romance novels are what we need right now | BOOKS CONNECT US Ep1

Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of the bestselling novel DAISY JONES AND THE SIX, joins us to discuss how she's balancing pa... Read more

6 Apr 2020

31mins

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Erik Larson (THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE) on Winston Churchill, The Blitz, and society showing bravery in the face of great horrors | BOOKS CONNECT US Ep2

Erik Larson (THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE) on Winston Churchill, The Blitz, and society showing bravery in the face of great horrors | BOOKS CONNECT US Ep2

Erik Larson— bestselling author of THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY and DEAD WAKE— discusses his latest, THE SPLENDID AND THE... Read more

9 Apr 2020

23mins

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Introducing BOOKS CONNECT US, a new podcast from Penguin Random House

Introducing BOOKS CONNECT US, a new podcast from Penguin Random House

Welcome to Books Connect Us from Penguin Random House. This is a brand new podcast about staying connected with each oth... Read more

2 Apr 2020

1min

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Emma Straub on running a bookstore during a pandemic, plus her new novel ALL ADULTS HERE | Ep5 BOOKS CONNECT US

Emma Straub on running a bookstore during a pandemic, plus her new novel ALL ADULTS HERE | Ep5 BOOKS CONNECT US

Emma Straub is the author of the new novel ALL ADULTS HERE and proprietor of BOOKS ARE MAGIC in Brooklyn, NY. Today she ... Read more

20 Apr 2020

30mins

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The Office: The Untold Story with Andy Greene and Rob Sheffield | Ep4 BOOKS CONNECT US

The Office: The Untold Story with Andy Greene and Rob Sheffield | Ep4 BOOKS CONNECT US

Go behind the scenes of TV's The Office with Andy Greene, author of THE OFFICE: THE UNTOLD STORY. In conversation with f... Read more

16 Apr 2020

26mins

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Celeste Headlee (author of DO NOTHING) on how to manage the work-life balance in this era of work-from-home | Ep3 BOOKS CONNECT US

Celeste Headlee (author of DO NOTHING) on how to manage the work-life balance in this era of work-from-home | Ep3 BOOKS CONNECT US

Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist and the author of DO NOTHING. In this conversation with her book editor M... Read more

13 Apr 2020

24mins

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Abbi Waxman (I WAS TOLD IT WOULD GET EASIER) and Kristan Higgans (ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW) | Ep17 BOOKS CONNECT US

Abbi Waxman (I WAS TOLD IT WOULD GET EASIER) and Kristan Higgans (ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW) | Ep17 BOOKS CONNECT US

Today's episode is a discussion between authors Abbi Waxman and Kristan Higgins. Abbi Waxman is the USA Today bestsellin... Read more

1 Jun 2020

20mins

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Roselle Lim (Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop) and Soniah Kamal (Unmarriageable) | Ep16 BOOKS CONNECT US

Roselle Lim (Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop) and Soniah Kamal (Unmarriageable) | Ep16 BOOKS CONNECT US

Today we have a conversation between authors Roselle Lim and Soniah Kamal. Roselle Lim is a Filipino Chinese writer who ... Read more

28 May 2020

33mins

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Elizabeth Gilbert author of EAT PRAY LOVE and CITY OF GIRLS | Ep15 BOOKS CONNECT US

Elizabeth Gilbert author of EAT PRAY LOVE and CITY OF GIRLS | Ep15 BOOKS CONNECT US

Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Magic, Eat Pray Love, and several other internation... Read more

25 May 2020

31mins

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Jonathan Karl, author of FRONT ROW AT THE TRUMP SHOW and Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News | Ep14 BOOKS CONNECT US

Jonathan Karl, author of FRONT ROW AT THE TRUMP SHOW and Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News | Ep14 BOOKS CONNECT US

Today's guest is Jonathan Karl, the Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News and president of the White House Corres... Read more

21 May 2020

36mins

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Curtis Sittenfeld, author of RODHAM, asks "What if Hillary had NOT married Bill Clinton?" | Ep13 BOOKS CONNECT US

Curtis Sittenfeld, author of RODHAM, asks "What if Hillary had NOT married Bill Clinton?" | Ep13 BOOKS CONNECT US

Curtis Sittenfeld is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Prep, American Wife, Sisterland, and Eligible. ... Read more

18 May 2020

31mins

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Nic Stone, author of DEAR MARTIN and DEAR JUSTYCE | Ep12 BOOKS CONNECT US

Nic Stone, author of DEAR MARTIN and DEAR JUSTYCE | Ep12 BOOKS CONNECT US

Today's guest is Nic Stone, the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of titles such as DEAR MARTIN... Read more

14 May 2020

27mins

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Kwana Jackson on her romance novel REAL MEN KNIT | Ep11 BOOKS CONNECT US

Kwana Jackson on her romance novel REAL MEN KNIT | Ep11 BOOKS CONNECT US

Today's guest is USA Today bestselling author and native New Yorker Kwana Jackson. Aside from her career as an author, K... Read more

11 May 2020

31mins

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Frances Cha on her debut novel IF I HAD YOUR FACE and the impossible standards of beauty | Ep10 BOOKS CONNECT US

Frances Cha on her debut novel IF I HAD YOUR FACE and the impossible standards of beauty | Ep10 BOOKS CONNECT US

Frances Cha's novel IF I HAD YOUR FACE is a riveting debut set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women maki... Read more

7 May 2020

22mins

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Arlan Hamilton (author of IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME) and Laura Huang (EDGE) on breaking into the boys' club of Silicon Valley | Ep9 BOOKS CONNECT US

Arlan Hamilton (author of IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME) and Laura Huang (EDGE) on breaking into the boys' club of Silicon Valley | Ep9 BOOKS CONNECT US

Today's discussion is between Laura Huang, author of EDGE: TURNING ADVERSITY INTO ADVANTAGE, and Arlan Hamilton, author ... Read more

4 May 2020

26mins

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Adam Resnick, author of WILL NOT ATTEND, writer for David Letterman, HBO's Divorce, and the cult classic Get a Life | Ep8 BOOKS CONNECT US

Adam Resnick, author of WILL NOT ATTEND, writer for David Letterman, HBO's Divorce, and the cult classic Get a Life | Ep8 BOOKS CONNECT US

Today's guest is Adam Resnick, an Emmy Award winner who has written on Late Night with David Letterman, The Larry Sander... Read more

30 Apr 2020

28mins

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R. Eric Thomas (Elle.com, HERE FOR IT) on pop culture in the age of quarantine | Ep7 BOOKS CONNECT US

R. Eric Thomas (Elle.com, HERE FOR IT) on pop culture in the age of quarantine | Ep7 BOOKS CONNECT US

On today's show we have the acerbic R. Eric Thomas, a senior staff writer at Elle.com and author of the funny and touchi... Read more

27 Apr 2020

32mins

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comedic author John Kenney (LOVE POEMS FOR ANXIOUS PEOPLE) and the art of being "pants drunk" | Ep6 BOOKS CONNECT US

comedic author John Kenney (LOVE POEMS FOR ANXIOUS PEOPLE) and the art of being "pants drunk" | Ep6 BOOKS CONNECT US

The Thurber Prize-winning author John Kenney (the novel TALK TO ME and the collection LOVE POEMS FOR MARRIED PEOPLE) bri... Read more

23 Apr 2020

34mins

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Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Abbe Wright interviews LGBTQ activist and author Jennifer Finney Boylan about her new novel, LONG BLACK VEIL, a thriller... Read more

30 Apr 2017

48mins

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