Do you love hearing smart people talk about their favorite books?

How about hearing from your favorite authors about books that matter to them?

Catch up with season one of recommended. We talk to folks

including Celeste Aang Joe Hill, Jason Reynolds, Lisa Lucas, about some of their

favorite books. In retrospect, the simplicity of that story is one of its greatest

attributes because it's really hard to write simple. I think that the great American novel for the 21st century has to be science fiction to some degree and I think that's because

America is a science fictional country. The story is actually about this young man but in this interview

I had actually inserted a daughter and I had said like oh you know the daughter sort of looking in wonder at what her parents had done.

So that's the extent to which I felt so connected to the story where when I think back on it, it's me.

Season 1 includes 12 episodes and you can listen to them all right now.

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recommended on the podcatcher of your choice and get ready for season 2 launching May 16th.