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Book Nook

Book Nook

32 episodes

Best of Book Nook: 'For Bea: The Story of the Beagle that Changed my Life' by Kristin von Kreisler

May 15, 202651 min

Book Nook: 'Bicycling through Dayton: 21 Historical Rides' by Kathleen Smythe

May 11, 202628 min

Best of Book Nook: 'Believing It All: What My Children Taught Me About Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast, and Life'

May 11, 202650 min

Book Nook: 'Violent Masterpiece' by Jordan Harper

May 8, 202628 min

Book Nook: 'The Secret History of French Cooking' by Luke Barr

May 6, 202650 min

Book Nook: 'The Left and the Lucky' by Willy Vlautin

May 1, 202648 min

Book Nook: Celebrating National Poetry Month with the poet Shuly Xóchitl Cawood

Apr 29, 202628 min

Book Nook: 'Ghosts of Fourth Street - My Family, a Death, and the Hills of Duluth' by Laurie Hertzel

Apr 27, 202628 min

Best of the Book Nook: Remembering Coleman Barks and Luisa Lang Owen

Apr 24, 202650 min

Best of the Book Nook: 'Los Alamos' by Joseph Kanon

Apr 22, 202628 min

Best of the Book Nook: 'Hans von Ohain: Elegance in Flight' by Margaret Conner

Apr 22, 202650 min

Best of the Book Nook: 'Heartbreaker' by Julie Garwood

Apr 13, 202628 min

Best of the Book Nook: 'The Last Hostage' by John J. Nance

Taking a look back at the state of air transportation nearly thirtyyears ago. Has it improved since then?

Apr 10, 202651 min

Book Nook: 'The Delivery' by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

The second thriller in this dazzling new series does not disappoint.

Apr 8, 202628 min

Best of the Book Nook: 'The Kommandant's Mistress' and 'Only with the Heart' by Sherri Szeman

This author's first two novels were written under the pen name "Sherri Szeman."

Apr 6, 202650 min

Book Nook: 'The Rock 'N' Roll Haggadah' by Meredith Ochs, illustrated by Kay Miller

Passover begins on April 1 and some people will be observing it with arocking soundtrack.

Mar 20, 202628 min

Book Nook: 'Bone Valley' by Gilbert King

He spent over 30 years in a Florida prison for killing his wife. But hedidn't do it.

Mar 18, 202649 min

Book Nook: 'Heartland: a Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird' by Keith O'Brien

The story of a basketball star who almost wasn't.

Mar 6, 202628 min

Book Nook: 'Escape to America' by David Truong

The story of how a family from Vietnam fled to America half a century ago.

Mar 4, 202628 min

Best of the Book Nook: 'Affluenza: How Overconsumption Is Killing Us and How to Fight Back' by John De Graaf

Did you know that we Americans are consuming 25% of the world's resources?

Mar 3, 202651 min

Book Nook: 'I Built That! And So Can You' by Roger Hoover

This is quite possibly the first book ever published by a sheet metalworker.

Mar 2, 202649 min

Book Nook: 'The Last Hitman' by Robin Yocum

My favorite crime novel of 2026 so far is this one.

Mar 1, 202628 min

Best of Book Nook: 'Picasso's War: the Destruction of Guernica, and the Masterpiece that Changed the World' by Russell Martin

Exploring the history of a monumental painting.

Feb 20, 202650 min

Book Nook: 'The Hadacol Boogie' by James Lee Burke

Celebrating 30 years of interviews with a legendary crime writer.

Feb 19, 202628 min

Book Nook: 'I Want That!: How We All Became Shoppers' by Thomas Hine

A Book Nook flashback to the infancy of online shopping 24 years ago.

Feb 16, 202651 min

Book Nook: 'The Final Score' by Don Winslow

One of our greatest crime novelists makes an unexpected return with astory collection.

Feb 13, 202628 min

Best of Book Nook: 'What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex' by Dr. Hilda Hutcherson

The day an eminent gynecologist talked for an hour about sex on WYSO.

Feb 11, 202650 min

Book Nook: 'Girl to Country' by Amy Rigby

Amy Rigby's third visit to the program. Her first appearance was 30years ago.

Feb 5, 202650 min

Book Nook: 'A Pocketful of Nickels - and related stories' by James Wilbur

Some of Jim Wilbur's stories took decades to write.

Feb 4, 202628 min

Best of the Book Nook: 'Big Stone Gap' by Adriana Trigiani

This author's debut novel was a best seller that inspired a movie.

Feb 2, 202650 min

Book Nook: 'Wreck Your Heart' by Lori Rader-Day

She was a country singer in Chicago and also a woman of mystery.

Feb 2, 202628 min

Best of the Book Nook: 'Heaven in High Gear' by Joan Brady

Feb 1, 202628 min