Now Reading
Your Favorite Book with Adam Levin

Your Favorite Book with Adam Levin

Welcome to another installment of a collaboration between the Chicago Review of Books and the Your Favorite Book podcast. Malavika Praseed, frequent CHIRB contributor and podcast host, seeks to talk to readers and writers about the books that light a fire inside them. What’s your favorite book and why?

Our guest is Adam Levin, author of multiple novels and most recently, the author of Mount Chicago. This sprawling novel features the city of Chicago in the midst of natural disaster and centers two lives, comedian and writer Solomon Gladman, as well as his biggest fan, Apter Schutz. The book delves into grief, metafiction, publishing, parrots, and so much more that really defies a conventional summary.

Levin chose another book difficult to summarize, J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey. Following the youngest siblings of the Glass family, Salinger explores themes of spiritual emptiness, creativity, and social isolation in a novel that feels very much like a stage play in its form and construction. We reflect on how there’s always more to discover in reading and rereading a novel, even generations after its initial publication.

See Also

FINALE (for now): My Favorite Books of 2022 Your Favorite Book

Well, we're here, and it's bittersweet. Plain and simple, these are my favorite books that I happened to read in 2022, spoiler free of course, and ranked in order. Something for everyone, with plenty of honorable mentions to boot. I will miss each and every one of you, and I hope to be back in some capacity in the future. Till then, you can stay in touch with me via instagram and twitter @yfbpodcast
  1. FINALE (for now): My Favorite Books of 2022
  2. On Book Podcasting (Again!) with Julie Strauss (Best Book Ever Crossover)
  3. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson with Keenan Norris (Author of Chi Boy)
  4. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy with Deeba Zargarpur (Author of House of Yesterday)
  5. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (with Ethan Chatagnier, author of Singer Distance)

Listen to this episode of Your Favorite Book at the link above and stay tuned for more episodes with other writers in the weeks to come. If you enjoy this episode, check out other episodes of Your Favorite Book on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or other major podcast platforms. Reviews on Apple Podcasts and other platforms are also very much appreciated.

View Comments (0)

Leave a Reply


© 2021 All Rights Reserved.