Scott Simon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Scott Simon is a writer and broadcaster. Host NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday Author, SWINGTIME FOR HITLER, fall 2023. Special Contributor CBS Sunday Morning. Husband, father. @nprweekend @upfirst
Burmese Days
George OrwellScott SimonJust before Super Bowl, our Open Book reads pointed, funny words about sports from Orwell. George Orwell. 6:15 pm et 3:15 pm pt Live right here on @Twitter (we'll be done by kickoff)
Paperback, 1974
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan DidionScott SimonOur family Open Book from CA: great early essays from the great California writer Joan Didion. Join us! https://t.co/gZ5ErMG5AS
Paperback, 2008
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Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941
William L. ShirerScott SimonTonight, on our Open Book, we'll read from William Shirer's Berlin Diary on day Germany renounced a treat: https://t.co/bmdJx1rv3w
Paperback, 2002
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Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
Jenny JacksonScott Simon"Pineapple Street"...is a comedy of manners set among people who live in storied limestone homes, have prenups, set out tablescapes, summer between the Clintons and the Obamas...have their family names on libraries, try to keep up and keep current and be something to someone.
Paperback, 2024
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The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham
Ron SheltonScott SimonAhead: Ron Shelton on his memoir on the making of Bull Durham, THE CHURCH OF BASEBALL. Then Dr. @lucykaplansky on her latest album, exploring going on in life. Such moving music!
Paperback, 2023
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New Hampshire
Robert FrostScott SimonOur fam's Open Book reads Robert Frost poems about stars just before nightfall from his NEW HAMPSHIRE. https://t.co/YDLJjTw218
Paperback, 2019
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Small Mercies
Dennis LehaneScott SimonAhead: Dennis Lehane, the master Bahston crime novelist, on his new SMALL MERCIES. And then a story of a man living with cancer—and working—and really living, too.
Hardcover, 2023
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The Last White Man
Mohsin HamidScott SimonAhead: two states with different approaches to sex education in schools. Then the great writer Mohsin Hamid on his new novel, THE LAST WHITE MAN, in which a whole society changes color suddenly…
Paperback, 2023
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Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
Robert CreamerScott SimonWe'll read from Robert Creamer's masterful BABE (as Aaron Judge ties his record), including a classic story about a sick child. 6:15 pm et 3:15 pm pt Live right here!
Paperback, 1992
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria RemarqueScott SimonPS. There would be no film if Erich Maria Remarque had not written All Quiet on The Western Front in 1928.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1987
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