The Open Book Podcast
with David Steinberger

A behind-the-scenes look at books and publishing

Join us for wide-ranging discussions with publishers, editors, authors, journalists, thinkers, executives, and other makers of culture, hosted by David Steinberger, CEO of Open Road Media and Chairman of the National Book Foundation.

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Backstories:
A Special First Anniversary Episode

This episode marks the one-year anniversary of the Open Book Podcast, so we thought we would do something a little different. We often ask our guests to share their journey as readers, including the earliest books that they read that really made an impression. For this special one-year anniversary episode, we're going to listen to a number of our guests from the past year and their thoughts about the books that made a difference to them when they were young.

Books discussed:

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien

The Odyssey by Homer

Busybody Nora by Johanna Hurwitz

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes by Vincent Starrett

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

Shogun by James Clavell

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

Holes by Louis Sachar

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech