In this episode of Just the Right Book, Judy Batalion joins Roxanne to discuss her book, The Light of Days, out now from William Morrow & Company. Buy the book from RJ Julia: The Light of Days - Judy Batalion Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com…

This week on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, we revisit our conversation with Senator Chris Murphy where he discussed his book The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy. Elected in 2012 as the youngest member of the U.S. Senate, Chris Murphy has earned a reputation as a serious legislator who is willing to stand…

Ilyon Woo just won the Pulitzer Prize for biography this week! Her book, Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom is now available in paperback. Buy the paperback book from RJ Julia: Master Slave Husband Wife from RJ Julia - Ilyon Woo Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off):…

In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, we revisit our conversation with Tim Wu to discuss his book, The Curse of Bigness, now available in paperback and which examines the history of antitrust actions in the 20th century, making the argument that breaking up today's largest high-tech titans would be good for business as well as …

In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, she is joined by Anthony T. Kronman to discuss his book, After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy, out now from Yale University Press. Anthony Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law and a former dean at Yale Law School. He is the author of Confessions of a Born-Ag…

In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, Claudia Rankine joins Roxanne to discuss her new book, Just Us. Claudia Rankine is a poet, essayist, and playwright. Just Us completes her groundbreaking trilogy, following Don't Let Me Be Lonely and Citizen. She is a MacArthur Fellow and teaches at Yale University. Buy Just Us from RJ Juli…

Poet Billy Collins joins Roxanne Coady to discuss his new collection, Musical Tables: Poems and the power and pleasure of the small poem. Buy Billy Collins books from RJ Julia Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com…

Neil King Jr talks about his 330 mile walk from his home in Washington DC to NYC Central Park. American Ramble is a walk across contemporary America through some of our oldest common ground. Buy the book from RJ Julia:American Ramble - Neil King JrSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail u…

In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, George Packer joins Roxanne to discuss his new book, The Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal, out now from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.Buy the book from RJ Julia:The Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal - George PackerSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book Su…

In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, Maria Konnikova joins Roxanne Coady to discuss her book, The Biggest Bluff, out now from Penguin Press.Buy the book from RJ Julia:The Biggest Bluff - Maria KonnikovaSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail us at: podcast@rjjulia.co…

In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, Daniel Pink joins Roxanne Coady to discuss his latest book, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, out now from Riverhead Books.Buy the book from RJ Julia:The Power of Regret - Daniel PinkSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% …

In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, Edith Eger joins Roxanne to discuss her new book, The Gift.________________________________An eminent psychologist and one of the few remaining Holocaust survivors old enough to remember life in the camps, Dr. Edith Eger has worked with veterans, military personnel, and victims of physical …

A story about how much has changed and not changed since the first rape trial in American history.Buy the paperback book from RJ Julia:The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America - John Wood SweetSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail us at: podcast…

On the 100 anniversary of the death of abolitionist, orator, critic and radical patriot Frederick Douglass, we revisit the Pulitzer Prize winning biography by David Blight.In 2018, 200 years since the birth of Frederick Douglass, we received the first major biography of Douglass in a quarter century. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by prize-…

This week we will re-air the podcast with Ilyon Woo which first ran on April 6, 2023. Her book, Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom is now available in paperback. Buy the paperback book from RJ Julia: Master Slave Husband Wife from RJ Julia - Ilyon Woo Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscriptio…

Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, which is being adapted as a television series with Eva Longoria. In addition to her clinical practice, she writes The Atlantic‘s weekly “Dear Therapist” advice column and contributes regularly to The New York Times. She is on the Advisory C…

In today's short Roxanne sits down with Bill Goldstein to discuss what they're reading.Buy the books from RJ JuliaMy Friends - Hisham MatarThe Fury - Alex MichaelidesYou Only Call When You're in Trouble - Stephen McCauleyYellowface - R. F. KuangCocktails with George and Martha - Philip GefterI will Bear Witness - Victor KlempererSign up for our pod…

Susannah Cahalan is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, a memoir about her struggle with a rare autoimmune disease of the brain. She writes for the New York Post. Her work has also been featured in the New York Times, Scientific American Magazine, Glamour, Psychology Today, and other publicati…

According to the NIH, there has been a seventy-percent decline annually in the death rate from cardiovascular disease in the last fifty years and a one percent decline annually in the death rate from cancer over the last fifty years. How can this be when we keep hearing about great new drug discoveries and immunotherapy advances? And if true, isn't…

David Brooks dives into the topic of human connection and its importance in today’s society. Roxanne Coady sits down with the journalist and author to discuss his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply SeenBuy the book from RJ Julia:How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen - D…

In today's short Roxanne sits down with The Book Maven Bethanne Patrick. She is a podcaster, author, and book critic for the LA times, The Washington Post, NPR, and Lit Hub.Bethanne's book Life B: Overcoming Double DepressionListen to Bethanne's podcast Missing PagesSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% o…

Roxanne Coady talks with Gretchen Morgenson author of These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—AmericaPulitzer Prize­­­–winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson investigate the insidious world of private equity and reveal how it puts our entire economy and us at risk. Buy the book from RJ Ju…

A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about some new books.Buy the books from RJ JuliaPossession - A. S. ByattRubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae BrownMy Name is Barbra - Barbra StreisandDemocracy Awakening - Heather Cox RichardsonPrequel: An American Fight Against Fascism - Rachel MaddowSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Righ…

Hear from the booksellers themselves as RJ Julia Bookseller staff Lori Fazio and Andrew Brennan join Roxanne Coady to explore the best books to give as gifts to the readers in your life. 2023 RJ Julia Holiday Book SelectionSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail us at: podcast@rjjulia.com…

Gilbert Cruz editor of the New York Times Book Review talks about the Top 10 books of 2023 and how they get on the list.Buy the NYT top 10 bestsellers books from RJ JuliaThe Bee Sting - Paul MurrayChain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahEastbound - Maylis De KerangalThe Fraud - Zadie SmithNorth Woods - Daniel MasonThe Best Minds - Jonathan R…

Roxanne Coady talks with Heather Cox Richardson the bestselling author of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Historian and author of the newsletter Letters From An American explores the roots and complexities of American democracy, the challenges we face in the present, and the potential paths forward.Buy the book from RJ JuliaDemoc…

A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about some new books that can help keep you distracted with all that's going on in the world.Buy the books from RJ JuliaSignal Fires - Dani ShapiroEdith Holler - Edward CareyHeaven and Earth Grocery Store - James McBrideI Must Be Dreaming - Roz ChastSign up for our podcast newsletterJust T…

Roxanne Coady talks with Cassidy Hutchinson about her new book Enough. Cassidy’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the…

A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about new books that are educating about the facts about the crisis in the Middle East. For a complete list of books the RJ Julia recommends you can go to rjjulia.com/podcast.Buy the books from RJ JuliaA Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern …

Roxanne Coady talks with John Sargent about his many adventures in book publishing at a time when the industry met many challenges and some of the authors and other characters he worked with along the way. Buy the book from RJ JuliaTurning Pages: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Publisher - John SargentSign up for our podcast newsletterJust Th…

A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about new books from Lauren Groff, Adam Nagourney, and Jacques Pepin. Plus a special look at Diana Athill's Stet: An Editors Life.Buy the books from RJ JuliaThe Vaster Wilds - Lauren GroffThe Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism -…

Roxanne Coady talks with Jeremy Eichler the author of Time’s Echo: The Second World War, The Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance – how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of wartime past – specifically looking at the postwar works of Strauss, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, and Britten.Buy the book from RJ JuliaTime's Echo: …

Roxanne and Jacques sit down in front of a live audience in Madison, CT to discuss his career, his social media success, and his new book Cooking My Way: Recipes and Techniques for Economical Cooking.Buy the book from RJ JuliaCooking My Way: Recipes and Techniques for Economical Cooking - Jacques PépinSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Righ…

Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein discuss Banned Books Week and the effect of banning books in our schools and libraries.Sign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail us at: podcast@rjjulia.comVon Roxanne Coady

In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 4 books that they are excited about.Buy the books from RJ JuliaAmy Winehouse: In Her Words - Amy WinehouseThe Deadline: Essays - Jill LeporeThe Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight - Andrew LelandWitness: Stories - Jamel BrinkleySign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book Subsc…

Rock star Cydny Bullens gets very personal with Roxanne Coady about a life in rock 'n roll, meeting Elton John, grave personal loss and a late life transformation in his memoir, TransElectric: My Life As A Cosmic Rock Star. "I didn't feel safe and I still deal with that today."Buy the book from RJ JuliaTransElectric: My Life As A Cosmic Rock Star -…

In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 6 books that they are excited about.Buy the books from RJ JuliaTomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle ZevinHappiness Falls - Angie KimGolden Gate - Amy ChuaTime's Mouth - Edan LepuckiSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail us at: podca…

Roxanne Coady and Elise Loehnen explore the Seven Deadly Sins—the ancient ideas of morality that still control and distort women’s lives today—and how trusting our natural instincts can return us to a more balanced, peaceful, and spiritually way to live. Buy the book from RJ JuliaOn Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay t…

In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 6 books that they are excited about.Buy the books from RJ JuliaTime's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance - Jeremy EichlerThe Bee Sting - Paul MurrayTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle ZevinCousins - Aurora VenturiniThe Nix - Nathan HillThe Fraud - Zadi…

In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, she is joined by Anthony T. Kronman to discuss his book, After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy, out now from Yale University Press. Anthony Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law and a former dean at Yale Law School. He is the author of Confessions of a Born-Ag…

In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 5 books that they are excited about.Buy the books from RJ JuliaOld God's Time - Sebastian BarryCheri and the End of Cheri - ColetteThe Heaven and Earth Grocery Store - James McBrideRunning with Scissors - Augusten BurroughsI Meant It Once - Kate DoyleSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Bo…

The New York Times correspondent in Israel, Isabel Kerschner talks with Roxanne Coady about the state of Israel today, the uniqueness of this moment and the divisions among Israelis in her new book, The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul.Buy the book from RJ JuliaThe Land of Hope and FearSign up for our podcast newsletterJust…

In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 4 books that they are excited about.Buy the books from RJ JuliaThe Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos - Judy BatalionOnlookers - Ann BeattieLet Us Descend - Jesmyn WardSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): …

After getting a master’s degree in clinical psychology, Dasha Kiper became the live-in caregiver for a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer’s disease. For a year, she endured the emotional strain of looking after a person whose condition disrupts the rules of time, order, and continuity. Inspired by her own experience and her work counseling caregiver…

In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 4 books that they are excited about.Buy the books from RJ JuliaThe Transit of Venus - Shirley HazzardFour Thousand Weeks - Oliver BurkemanDay - Michael CunninghamMy Husband - Maud VenturaSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail us at: podcast…

Roxnne Coady and Alan Murray discuss his book, Tomorrow's Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business. Alan Murray talks about how corporate leaders in America are at the center of a movement for social change and economic progress.Buy the book from RJ JuliaTomorrow's CapitalistSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPr…

In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 4 books that they are excited about.Buy the books from RJ JuliaThe 272 - Rachel L. SwarnsJust Kids - Patti SmithTom Lake - Ann PatchettFires in the Dark - Kay Redfield JamisonSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail us at: podcast@rjjulia.com…

Roxanne Coady talks to Ada Calhoun the author of Also A Poet about restoring her father's legacy by a discovery of Frank O'Hara.Buy the book from RJ JuliaAlso a PoetSign up for our podcast newsletterJust The Right Book SubscriptionPromo Code (15% off): PodcastEmail us at: podcast@rjjulia.comVon Roxanne Coady

In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 4 books that they are excited about.Buy the books from RJ JuliaGood Night, Irene - Luis Alberto UrreaSlouching Towards Bethlehem - Joan DidionCrook Manifesto - Colson WhiteheadKiss Me In The Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions From A Happy Marriage - Helen EllisSign up for our podcast newsletterJust Th…

Luiz Schwarcz on his ordeal with bipolar disorder and the long echo of a Holocaust family story. The author of The Absent Moon talks with Roxanne Coady about family, generational trauma, a short childhood, and a long depression.Buy the book from RJ JuliaThe Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long DepressionSign up for our podcast news…