Conversations with Authors - Erik Larson
Saturday, May 2nd • 7:00pm EST/4:00pm PST
Erik Larson
in conversation with Michael Krasny
Friends,
It was lovely to spend an evening with all of you, and to have the opportunity to once again speak with Michael Krasny, one of my favorite interviewers. (I’m told the birds in my yard horned in a bit on the conversation, but, they have opinions too.) All I can say, in this viral time, is thank goodness for books, and for the diversion and solace they provide. Along those lines, a few suggestions:
- Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
- The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
- The Lord of the Flies by William Golding (I know, I know, but it’s incredibly good, especially the sudden shift in P.O.V. at the end.)
- The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
- News of the World by Paulette Jiles
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron
- All Adults Here by Emma Straub.
—Erik
Below, please find links to purchase all of the books recommended by Erik, as well as a selection of his own books
A January Book of the Month Pick
“Miraculous and thrilling…A few pages in and I was determined to read every word Jess Kidd has ever written.” —Diane Setterfield, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a River
“An impossible wonder: a book for everyone, and yet somehow a book just for you...A sumptuous
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Shari Lapena’s new thriller, AN UNWANTED GUEST, is available now!
“The twists come as fast [as] you can turn the pages.” —People
Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age.
This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.
#1 New York Times Bestseller – Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, and Gary Oldman – Available on Netflix on May 14, 2021
"Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing." —Gillian Flynn
"Unputdownable." —Stephen King
Now a Major Motion Picture
National Book Award Finalist—Fiction
MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD
“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll feel new sympathy for the curmudgeons in your life.” —People
Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window.
Here is Nora Ephron at her funniest, wisest, and best, taking a hilarious look at the past and bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
A PARADE BEST BOOK of 2020 * A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOK of 2020
A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK!
"In a time when all we want is hope, it’s a beautiful book to reach for." -Jenna Bush Hager
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis
#1 New York Times Bestseller
From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania
Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Paperback)
This New York Times bestseller intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.
After receiving a sudden surge of junk mail directed at new parents—even though his wife at the time was merely pregnant— Erik Larson, the National Bestselling author, set out to explore the lengths companies go to spy on individual consumers.