Books, Beach, & Beyond

Lily King

Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine Season 3 Episode 6

Next up is Lily King, the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, and coming in the fall, Heart the Lover. Pre-order today! The three start talking about the expression “writers’ writer” and who they would describe as a “writer’s writer”, and then they continue with Lily’s writing and reading origin stories. They spend time on Margaret Mead, anthropology, a writer’s process, golf, and love in all its forms. Don’t miss this thoughtful conversation on writing, reading, and everything in between.

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Lily King Books

  • The Pleasing Hour
  • Father of the Rain
  • Euphoria
  • Writers and Lovers
  • Heart the Lover


Who else are we reading in this episode?

  • Lorrie Moore
  • Maggie O’Farrell
  • Tim Winton
  • Gish Jen
  • Shirley Hazzard
  • Tessa Hadley
  • Elizabeth Strout
  • Ann Patchett
  • Playworld by Adam Ross
  • Tobias Wolfe
  • Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Jude Blume
  • It’s Not The End of the World by Judy Blume
  • William Faulkner
  • Virginia Wolff
  • Andre Dubus
  • The Cheever Stories by John Cheever
  • Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger
  • Franz Kafka
  • Flannery O’Conner
  • Toni Morrison
  • What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
  • Colm Toibin
  • My Friends by Hisham Matar
  • Free Love by Tessa Hadley
  • Speak Memory by Vladimir Nabokov

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