The Excerpt
USA TODAY
USA TODAY’s daily news podcast, The Excerpt (formerly 5 Things), brings you a curated mix of the most important headlines seven mornings a week. We also deliver special deep-dive episodes on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons on the most compelling topics in culture, entertainment, sports, politics, and more. Give us fifteen minutes a day, we'll give you all of the headlines, none of the chaos. Hosted by Taylor Wilson and Dana Taylor.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Excerpt podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Client
John Grisham
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The War on Warriors
Pete Hegseth
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Super Agency
What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future
Reid Hoffman
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Sold
David Greene
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
All Boys Aren't Blue
George M. Johnson
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Gratitude
Oliver Sacks
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
High Functioning
Judith Joseph
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Martyr
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Kaveh Akbar
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
On her game, Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports
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Christine Brennan
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
107 Days
a memoir about her 107-day presidential campaign
Kamala Harris
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Genderqueer
Maia Kobabe
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The firm
John Grisham
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
And Other Clinical Tales
Oliver Sacks
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Breathless
Terence Blanchard
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Catalina
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Our Wives under the Sea
Julia Armfield
