iRead Fiction
Hear the best fiction writers of our time talking about their new books, from some of the top book and author podcast shows.Live: Randy Henderson Podcasts Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free
In this sequel to his acclaimed debut novel, Finn Fancy Necromancy, Finn Gramaraye is settling back into the real world after his twenty-five-year-long imprisonment in the otherworld of the Fey. But trouble always seems to follow Finn, and the present is no different!
Live: Stewart O’Nan Podcasts West of Sunset
O’Nan reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of his bestselling novel West of Sunset, his graceful, subtle, and and haunting novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last years in Hollywood.
Live: Chris Bohjalian Podcasts The Guest Room
“A good man’s momentary moral lapse plunges his happy, prosperous life into a nightmare of murderous gangsters and remorseless sex traffickers. Bohjalian’s deftness as a storyteller is on full display here, as he couples the urgency of a compulsively readable crime thriller with a quiet meditation on the meaning of family and relationships; the painstaking, quotidian, essential business of how we win love, and how swiftly we can lose it.” – Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winning author of March
Live: Marissa Meyer Podcasts Winter
Marissa Meyer, author of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, which includes Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, reads from and discusses the eagerly anticipated, epic conclusion to the series, Winter.
Live: J. Ryan Stradal Podcasts Kitchens of the Great Midwest
Stradal reads from and discusses his bestselling debut novel Kitchens of the Great Midwest, the story of a young woman with a once-in-a-generation palate who becomes the iconic chef behind the country’s most coveted dinner reservation. By turns quirky, hilarious, and vividly sensory, Kitchens of the Great Midwest is an unexpected mother-daughter story about the bittersweet nature of life, its missed opportunities, and its joyful surprises.
Live: Bonnie Jo Campbell Podcasts Mothers, Tell Your Daughters
Named by the Guardian as one of our top ten writers of rural noir, Campbell is a keen observer of life and trouble in rural America, and her working-class protagonists can be at once vulnerable, wise, cruel, and funny. The strong but flawed women of Mothers, Tell Your Daughters must negotiate a sexually charged atmosphere as they love, honor, and betray one another against the backdrop of all the men in their world.
Live: Brandon Sanderson Podcasts Shadows of Self
With The Alloy of Law, Sanderson surprised readers with a bestselling spinoff of his Mistborn books, set after the action of the trilogy in a period corresponding to late 19th-century America. Now Sanderson reads from and discusses Shadows of Self, the next eagerly anticipated book in the series.
Live: Jonathan Evison Podcasts This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!
Jonathan Evison, whose previous works include the award-winning novels All About Lulu, West of Here, and The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving (currently in development for a film starring Paul Rudd), reads from and discusses his new novel This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!, an irresistible, inventive novel, filled with racing, breathless, and vibrant prose.
Live: R.A. Salvatore Podcasts Archmage
With everything Drizzt’s fans crave – action, adventure, characters that resonate with equal measures of warrior spirit and deep compassion, and no shortage of wicked dark elves – Archmage is another exciting addition to Salvatore’s bestselling series.
Live: Eli Gottlieb Podcasts Best Boy
Eli Gottlieb, author of several critically acclaimed novels, including the 2008 Indie Next pick Now You See Him, reads from and discusses his new novel Best Boy, a September, 2015, Indie Next pick. Written astonishingly in the first-person voice of an autistic adult man, Best Boy is a piercing, achingly funny, shattering novel no reader will forget.