13. showing generosity to your characters (w/ Andrew Martin)
Podcast: Shoulda BooksPublished On: Thu Mar 19 2026
Description: Author Andrew Martin shares the three books he thinks everyone should read. His fantastic new novel Down Time is available everywhere now, via Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. follow Andrew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewhmartin85/?hl=en for the ad-free, extended version of this episode, sign up for the Shoulda Books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShouldaBooks books discussed below. these are affiliate links for bookshop.org. by purchasing books through these links, you support local bookstores, and I earn a (very small) commission. Down Time by Andrew Martin https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780374617066 The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781585673261 The Collected Stories of Grace Paley https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780374530280 Unforgiving Years by Victor Serge https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781590172476 join the Shoulda Book Club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/the-shoulda-book-club-with-shoulda-books-225140024638?brid=yapSJjJ6zqETOwu3XngDDw follow Shoulda Books on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shouldabooks/ follow Shoulda Books on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shouldabooks follow Jonathan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jf.kirk/?hl=en Shoulda Books theme song by Skyler Klingenberg
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