Alan Cheuse's 2004 Summer Reading List

Take Your Pick from Mystery, Memoir and SciFi

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Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered book reviewer and George Mason University writing professor.

The Authors Read from Their Books
'Nothing Lost,' read by Joan Didion, the late author's wife
'One Last Look,' read by Susanna Moore
'The Mother Knot,' read by Kathryn Harrison
'Kindred,' read by Octavia Butler
'Old Boys,' read by Charles McCarry
'Double Play,' read by Robert Parker
'The Devil's Highway,' read by Luis Alberto Urrea
'Chance Meeting,' read by Rachel Cohen

All Things Considered, June 14, 2004 · Quiet summer nights curled up with a book are what All Things Considered book reviewer Alan Cheuse has in mind for you. He offers his annual list for summer reading, with books from all genres: memoir, science fiction, mystery and classics.

Cheuse Selections for 2004

Nothing Lost by John Gregory Dunne Alfred A. Knopf

One Last Look by Susanna Moore Alfred A. Knopf

The Mother Knot: A Memoir by Kathryn Harrison Random House

Kindred by Octavia Butler Beacon Press

Old Boys by Charles McCarry Overlook Press

Double Play by Robert B. Parker Putnam Publishing Group

The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea Little, Brown

A Chance Meeting: Intertwined Lives of Writers and Artists, 1854-1967 by Rachel Cohen Random House

The Rope Eater by Ben Jones Doubleday Books

Shooting the Sun by Max Byrd Bantam Books

Jack in the Box: A Shadow War Thriller by John Weisman William Morrow

The Magus by John Fowles Dell Publishing Company

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