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Every guest on Bookworm

905 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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    Alan Lightman

    Alan Lightman · Mar 1996

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    Angus Fletcher

    Angus Fletcher · Sep 2004

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    Benjamin Moser

    Benjamin Moser: Sontag: Her Life and Work · 2 episodes

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    Camille Paglia

    Camille Paglia · 2 episodes

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    Daniel Clowes
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    Edwidge Danticat

    Edwidge Danticat · May 2004

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    Elmore Leonard

    Elmore Leonard: Mr. Paradise · 2 episodes

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    Hari Kunzru

    Hari Kunzru: Gods Without Men · May 2012

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    Ian Frazier

    Ian Frazier · Mar 1995

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    Jaime Hernandez

    Jaime Hernandez and Junot Diaz: This Is How You Lose Her · Feb 2014

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    Jeff VanderMeer

    Jeff VanderMeer: Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance · May 2014

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    John Darnielle

    John Darnielle: Wolf In White Van · Oct 2014

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    John McPhee

    John McPhee · 2 episodes

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    Junot Diaz

    Junot Diaz: Islandborn · 4 episodes

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    Larissa MacFarquhar

    Larissa MacFarquhar: Strangers Drowning · Feb 2016

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    Lawrence Weschler

    Lawrence Weschler: And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks · 2 episodes

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    Lydia Davis

    Lydia Davis: Can't and Won't · 4 episodes

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    Marilynne Robinson

    Marilynne Robinson: 'Jack' · 6 episodes

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    Mark Helprin

    Mark Helprin · 4 episodes

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    Mary Gaitskill

    Mary Gaitskill: “The Devil's Treasure” · 3 episodes

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    Sarah Vowell

    Sarah Vowell · Nov 2008

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    Wallace Shawn

    Wallace Shawn: Night Thoughts · 2 episodes

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    Walter Mosley

    Walter Mosley: “The Awkward Black Man” · 2 episodes

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    Yann Martel

    Yann Martel · 2 episodes

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    Kevin McCarthy
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    Lee Smith

    Lee Smith · Feb 1997

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    Michael Cunningham

    Michael Cunningham · Mar 1991

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    Paul Murray

    Paul Murray: The Mark and the Void · Dec 2015

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    Stephen Greenblatt

    Stephen Greenblatt: The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve · 3 episodes

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    Adam Levin

    Adam Levin: Hot Pink · May 2012

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    Aimee Bender

    Aimee Bender · Jul 2010

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    Alexander Maksik

    Alexander Maksik: A Marker to Measure Drift · Oct 2013

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    Anchee Min

    Anchee Min · Jul 1995

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    Andre Dubus III

    Andre Dubus, III: Dirty Love · 2 episodes

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    Andrew Sean Greer

    Andrew Sean Greer: Less · 4 episodes

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    Anthony Lane

    Anthony Lane · Nov 2002

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    Antoine Wilson

    Antoine Wilson: “Mouth to Mouth” · 2 episodes

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    Atticus Lish

    Atticus Lish: Preparation for the Next Life · Jun 2015

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    Ben Fountain

    Ben Fountain: Beautiful Country Burn Again · 2 episodes

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    Bill Clegg

    Bill Clegg: Did You Ever Have a Family · Oct 2015

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