I Have Some Questions for You

A Novel

By: Rebecca Makkai

Narrated by: Julia Whelan, JD Jackson

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Named a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads and more

“A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.” —People

"Spellbinding." —The New York Times Book Review

"[An] irresistible literary page-turner." —The Boston Globe

The riveting new novel — "part true-crime page-turner, part campus coming-of-age" (San Francisco Chronicle) — from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers

A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie.

But when the Granby School invites her back to teach a course, Bodie is inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn’t as much of an outsider at Granby as she’d thought—if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case.

In I Have Some Questions for You, award-winning author Rebecca Makkai has crafted her most irresistible novel yet: a stirring investigation into collective memory and a deeply felt examination of one woman’s reckoning with her past, with a transfixing mystery at its heart. Timely, hypnotic, and populated with a cast of unforgettable characters, I Have Some Questions for You is at once a compulsive page-turner and a literary triumph.

Smart, surprising, & very well written

So glad a listened to this book. It’s nuanced, intriguing, surprising, & particular, & has a lot to say about memory, coming of age, responsibility, & abuse of power. A wonderful character study, both of a place & a time. I’m going right out to look for more work from this writer.

Well Worth a Credit!

This one got off to a bit of a slow start for me -- sufficiently so, that I considered returning it. But once the somewhat long list of characters were introduced, it really started rolling, and I found myself wondering why I had thought about returning it. Because it was described by someone as "women's literature," whatever that is? Sometimes I'm just not sufficiently willing to explore new authors, and this book reminded me that I miss out on lots of good books as a result. The writing is excellent throughout, and the narration superb.

Enthralling

What a journey. This book hit many nerves and got me motivated to learn from the past but not let the past ruin the present. A complex look at social media too. Read this book - you will be the better for it!

First audiobook I listened all the way through

I usually stop listening 5 min in due to poor or boring narration. Julia Whelan’s narration was fantastic. Great subtle changes between characters that wasn’t hokey. Story itself was entertaining enough to enjoy on walks with my dog.

Lot of Characters

I liked the book very much ,but sometimes hard to keep track of all of the characters. I enjoyed,the way it was told as if you were listening to her tell you about what was happening. there was dialog but it was through the narrator.