ShowBook Recommendations

Books recommended and reviewed by the hosts of A Way with Words, and by its listeners. You can find books mentioned on each episode of the show (with titles, authors, and links) at the end of each episode’s page.

The Dictionary People

Robert Charles Hope, inventor of the crank used to adjust the tension on a tennis net, is among thousands of readers who in the late 19th century responded to a call from the Oxford English Dictionary to send in citations for notable words they...