Season 7: The Natural World

About this episode

In this episode, Neha and Shruti introduce the theme for the new season, The Natural World, and discuss the eight books they will cover.

New year, new season! In this episode we introduce the theme for our upcoming season, The Natural World - then we get into the eight books we'll be discussing over the next few months. Vote for your choice of novel here Books Mentioned: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer What We Can Know by Ian McEwan Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer Greenwood by Michael Christie Barkskins by Annie Proulx We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver Moby Dick by Herman Melville If you would like to get additional recommendations, analyses, and behind-the-scenes content related to this and all of our episodes, subscribe to our free email newsletter on Substack. We love to hear from listeners about the books we discuss - you can connect with us on Instagram or by emailing us at thenovelteapod@gmail.com. This episode description contains links to Bookshop.org, a website that supports independent bookstores. If you use these links we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…

People in this episode

Hosts: Neha, Shruti

Topics covered

• natural world
• book discussion
• season introduction
• literature
• environment
• novels

Keywords

• natural world
• book recommendations
• literature
• season 7
• novels
• environmental themes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, What We Can Know, Annihilation, Greenwood, Barkskins, We Are Green and Trembling, Once There Were Wolves, The Seed Keeper, Prodigal Summer, Moby Dick

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