Best books of 2021

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

Improvement, Nerd, Culture, Wbez, Pop, Books, Society & Culture, Nerdette, Self, Tv & Film, Technology, Nerds, Tv

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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We take stock of the year in books with an editor from The New York Times Book Review and the host of The Stacks podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	You may not know this, but with WBEZ you can check up on the news live anytime you want,
0:07.4	with the WBEZ app or at 91.5 on your car radio, whether you beam it or stream it.
0:13.3	The news is on WBEZ.
0:21.3	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette, I'm Greta Johnson, it is the end of the year, the
0:26.1	perfect time to take a seat, grab a drink, and reflect on all the good stuff that people
0:31.2	manage to make this year kind of against all odds.
0:35.2	This week we're going to talk about the best books of the year with two excellent book
0:39.1	nerds.
0:40.1	MJ Franklin is an editor for the New York Times book review.
0:42.9	MJ, hi.
0:43.9	Thank you so much for having me.
0:45.8	Oh my gosh, thank you.
0:46.8	I'm very excited.
0:47.8	We also have Tracy Thomas, who hosts the Stacks podcast.
0:51.5	Tracy, welcome.
0:52.5	Thank you.
0:53.5	Thank you so much for having me too.
0:54.5	I'm so excited.
0:55.5	Thanks for coming.
0:56.5	This is going to be very fun.
0:58.0	So I'm always curious, like professional readers, how many books they've managed to read
1:03.4	in a given year.
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