The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Zero to Well-Read
Riot New Media Group, Inc.
4.7 • 837 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 102 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Zero to Well Red is sponsored by ThriftBooks.com with more than 19 million books, |
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| 0:13.9 | Today on the show, it's The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. Again, there's not that many |
| 0:19.6 | editions. There's really three. |
| 0:21.2 | There's the original first edition hardcover. There was a hardcover that came out that had like New York Times, Notable Book and some other stickers on it, and then, of course, the paperback there. So really pick which one of those you want. I don't see any first editions available right now, but you can set an alert and find it. I'd go ahead and get that hardcover, even though it's not a first edition. |
| 0:38.6 | It just feels more substantial. |
| 0:40.3 | And the thicker the book, the more I want in a hardcover for reading and is keepsake. That's something I keep on my shelf and come back to over and over again. Thanks to Thriftbooks.com for sponsoring this episode and this season of Zero to Well Red. |
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| 1:22.0 | Welcome to Zero to Well Read, a podcast on everything you need to know. |
| 1:24.5 | About the books you wish you read, I'm Jeff O'Neill. |
| 1:26.1 | And I'm Rebecca Shinsky. |
| 2:01.2 | Today we are delighted to have our colleague Sharifa Williams. She is Book Riot's Executive Director of Content, joining us as we dive into Isabel Wilkerson's award-winning oral history of the Great Migration, The Warmth of Other Suns. Sherifa, welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me, especially to talk about this book. You know, you are responsible for this book happening at this time on zero to well read. You read this back in the fall and you raved about it in several places across Book Riot. And then as I was looking for some big signal nonfiction to incorporate into this season, it was right top of mind. So thank you for giving us an excuse to read this right now. That's wonderful to hear. I am so glad that me talking endlessly about |
| 2:07.6 | this book, which is so special, did something positive because I feel like I want to throw this |
| 2:13.4 | book at everybody I passed by on the street lately. Yeah. Yeah, we'll ask you when we get to our section about how we first encountered it or whatever. |
| 2:21.2 | I want to hear more about, or I read more about your story about why now and your experience. |
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