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The Plot Against America audiobook is a recorded edition of Philip Roth's 2004 alternate history novel in which aviator Charles Lindbergh defeats Franklin Roosevelt in 1940 and steers the United States toward fascist sympathies.

Patrimony: A True Story is a 1991 memoir by American novelist Philip Roth about his father, Herman Roth, and the final period of his life. Roth recounts his father's diagnosis with a brain tumor, the practical demands of caregiving, and their complicated but enduring bond. Written with restrained de...

Letting Go is a novel by American author Philip Roth, published in 1962 as his first full-length work following his debut novella. Set in the 1950s, the narrative is largely situated at the University of Chicago and in Iowa, exploring the moral entanglements and domestic struggles of graduate studen...

Indignation is a 2008 novel by Philip Roth set largely in 1951, during the Korean War. Marcus Messner, a diligent Jewish student from Newark, transfers to conservative Winesburg College in Ohio to escape his anxious father, but clashes with institutional rules, compulsory chapel attendance, and the...

The Dying Animal is a 2001 novella by Philip Roth featuring David Kepesh, the literature professor who also appears in The Breast and The Professor of Desire. Kepesh recounts his affair with Consuela Castillo, a much younger Cuban American former student, and the jealousy and possessiveness that und...

The Professor of Desire is a 1977 novel by Philip Roth featuring David Kepesh, a character who also appears in Roth's earlier novella The Breast (1972) and later in The Dying Animal (2001). The novel traces Kepesh's intellectual and emotional development from his college years through his career as...

Published in 1983, "The Anatomy Lesson" is a novel by Philip Roth and the third book in his Zuckerman Bound series. The narrative follows the author's recurring protagonist, Nathan Zuckerman, as he experiences a debilitating bout of unexplained physical pain that severely limits his ability to write...

The Plot Against America is a six-part HBO limited drama series that aired in 2020, created by David Simon and Ed Burns from Philip Roth's 2004 novel. Its alternate-history premise gives the 1940 U.S. presidency to aviator Charles Lindbergh instead of Franklin D. Roosevelt, then follows a Jewish fam...

Exit Ghost is a 2007 novel by Philip Roth and the final novel centered on his recurring character Nathan Zuckerman. The story follows the aging writer after years of seclusion in rural New England, when he returns to New York City and becomes involved with other writers and with questions about lite...