The Book Show

Love, loyalty, and the roads not taken are at the heart of 'Stations,' the new novel from acclaimed Irish writer Louise Kennedy. Spanning decades, it follows two young people whose lives remain intertwined despite distance, heartbreak, and changing fortunes.

Chris Bohjalian is the bestselling author of 'Midwives,' 'The Flight Attendant,' and more than two dozen novels. His latest, 'The Amateur,' follows an eighteen-year-old golf prodigy whose life changes forever when a practice shot kills a teenage caddy and a tragic accident becomes a criminal case.

What happens when a terrible accident leaves you feeling more alive than ever? Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar explores that question in 'The Radiance,' a provocative new novel about faith, identity, desire, and the mysteries of the human mind.

For more than two decades, Louise Penny has made the village of Three Pines a favorite destination for mystery readers. Now Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is drawn into another unsettling case – his 21st. Penny joins us to talk about Miss Wolcott’s Ghost, and why the past is never quite finished with us.Louise Penny on this week’s Book Show.

Bonnie Garmus has followed up the blockbuster success of her 'Lessons in Chemistry ' with 'Peck & Peck,' a funny, big-hearted novel set inside an eccentric 1980s New York poetry journal. It’s a story about ambition, art, difficult colleagues and discovering where you belong.