# Daniel Kehlmann

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Summer Reading

Anne Marie & Kim are sitting down for a chat about what they are reading, and what they hope to read, this Summer season.  Books Mentioned:  H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald The Illiad - Homer The Odyssey - Homer The River Is Waiting - Wally Lamb The Director - Daniel Kehlmann Everyday I Read - Hwa‮…

Taiwan Traveloge by Yang Shuang-zi - 2026 International Booker Prize Winner

This month, Ian, Bev, and Alo discuss Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize. Blending food, travel, history, and colonial politics, this richly layered novel invites readers on a journey through 1930s Taiwan, where every meal tells a story and every‮…

Shifting Identities

Host Meg Wolitzer presents two works about shifting identities.  In “Voices”, by German writer Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway, a computer technician’s mobile phone takes over his life—and not in the usual way.The reader is David Costabile.Writer Chika Unigwe sets a subtle story‮…

The Director Audiobook by Daniel Kehlmann

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: The DirectorCategories: 20th Century, Biography, Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War IIAuthor: Daniel KehlmannNarrator: Nicholas BoultonPublisher: riverrunRelease date: 05-22-2025Language: EnglishSummary:An artist's life, a p‮…

Why Is Mamdani Everywhere? Anya Schiffrin on the Mayor's Army of Influencers

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is on your taxi screen, on the Wi-Fi kiosk, in your feed. Anya Schiffrin spent the summer figuring out why. Schiffrin, who teaches at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, led a Tow Center team that identified 189 influencers with ties to the administration — ‮…

Would You Make Art for a Dictator?

Daniel Kehlmann’s The Director, shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, tells the story of legendary filmmaker G.W. Pabst and raises a question that extends far beyond one artist or one historical moment: what happens when creative people find themselves face to face with power? In t‮…

Elizabeth Strout returns, Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear and more new fiction

This week’s Bookshelf features the latest from Elizabeth Strout, creator of Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton, returning with a stand‑alone novel called The Things We Never Say. We’re also reading an ambitious, genre‑bending novel that moves from 1980s gaming culture to far‑future space travel, and‮…

You Should Have Left Audiobook by Daniel Kehlmann

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: You Should Have LeftSubtitle: A NovelCategories: Fiction, Ghost, Horror, OccultAuthor: Daniel KehlmannNarrator: Robertson DeanPublisher: Random House AudioRelease date: 06-13-2017Language: EnglishSummary:From the internationally‮…