This American Life
This American Life
Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it’s like to be alive right now. It’s the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the This American Life podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 6 episodes
How to Change
The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Katy Milkman
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Cyclist's Bucket List
Jared Marcel
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Naked and Death
where a woman somehow works through her past trauma by sleeping with a hot and mysterious Irish businessman
J.D. Robb
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Twitches
H. B. Gilmour
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
New Kid
Jerry Craft
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Silk Road
Havana Silk Dog Association of America
Margie Staniszeski
Joanne V. Baldwin
Serelda Elliot
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Lord Fear
A Memoir
Lucas Mann
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
David Rakoff
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Manufacturing My Miracle
Jill Viles
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Class Act
Jerry Craft
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
So you want to talk about race
Ijeoma Oluo
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Christmas Memory
Truman Capote
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Ladies and gentlemen, the Bible!
Jonathan Goldstein
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Oh My Mother!
Connie Wang
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
There are no children here
Alex Kotlowitz
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Ake
Wole Soyinka
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
America: A Summer
Bill Bryson
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Pete and Alice in Maine
Caitlin Shetterly
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Fraud
David Rakoff
