Kristin Hannah

07/04/23 • 42 min

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In this episode, Elin and Tim speak with the incomparable Kristin Hannah, author of The Nightingale, Firefly Lane, and The Four Winds. Kristin discusses her origin story (did you know she wrote a novel with her mom that will never be published?) and the three chat about crying while reading books, labels in literature, "blurbing" other authors’ books, characters pushed to the extremes, Hollywood adaptations, and more. It’s a real deep dive into this beloved writer’s world!
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The Nantucket Hotel
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Kristin Hannah Reading List:
A Handful of Heaven by Kristin Hannah
On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Women by Kristin Hannah
What else are we reading in this episode:
Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
You Are Here by Karin Lin-Greenberg
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Previous Episode

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Buckle up for an entertaining and profound talk with best-selling sensation Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones and the Six, and Carrie Soto is Back. Elin, Tim, and Taylor discuss creating iconic characters, the price of celebrity as a writer, juggling family and career, and so much more. You don’t want to miss this one - it’s laugh out loud funny and full of heart!
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Taylor Jenkins Reid Reading List:
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
What else are we reading in this episode:
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
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Jenna Bush Hager

Episode 3 brings us the incredible reading icon and passionate bookworm that is Jenna Bush Hager, author and the face of The Today Show’s Read with Jenna. The conversation is ripe with reading recommendations, and Elin and Tim ask all the insider questions of how Read with Jenna came about, how she chooses the titles each month, and some of her favorites over the last 4.5 years. They dive into raising children to be readers, Jenna’s writing life, and what she hopes people 200 years in the future will take away from the Read with Jenna selections. This episode is truly one for the books!
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Jenna Bush Hager Reading List:
Sisters First by Jenna Bush Hager & Barbara Pierce Bush
Love Comes First by Jenna Bush Hager & Barbara Pierce Bush
What else are we reading in this episode:
There, There by Tommy Orange
Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Night Bitch by Rachel Yoder
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by Nash Jenkins
My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Florin
The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Solito by Javier Zamora
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

Other authors mentioned:
Emma Straub, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Kristin Hannah, Gillian Flynn, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Megan Abbott, Agatha Christie, Britney Spears, Laura Bush, Barbara Bush, Diane Sawyer, Cormac McCarthy, and Ann M Martin.
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