My guest this week is my friend Bill, better known as William H. Macy. Bill is an American writer, actor, and director. He has written films, tv series, and screenplays. He has won two Emmy awards, and has been nominated for 15. He has won four screen actors guild awards. He was nominated for an Academy award for best supporting actor for his performance in Fargo.  Bill's Books<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kid-Who-Batted-1-000/dp/B000U3AAHU/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Kid+Who+Batted+a+Thousand+by+Bob+Allison+%26+Frank+Ernest+Hill&amp;qid=1636154851&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1">The Kid Who Batted a Thousand</a> by Bob Allison and Frank Ernest Hill, 1951<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Call-Wild-Jack-London/dp/151239582X">Call of the Wild</a> by Jack London, 1903<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Universe-Electricity-Switched-Modern/dp/0307335984/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1636155071&amp;sr=1-1">Electric Universe</a> by David Bodanis, 2004<a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Buffalo-David-Mamet/dp/0573640238/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=American+Buffalo+-+David+Mamet&amp;qid=1636155135&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1">American Buffalo</a> by David Mamet, 1961<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Salt-World-History-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/0142001619/ref=asc_df_0142001619/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=312165853622&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=10897926610547497587&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9030966&amp;hvtargid=pla-450523643170&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=&amp;ref=&amp;adgrpid=60258872297&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvadid=312165853622&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=10897926610547497587&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9030966&amp;hvtargid=pla-450523643170">Salt: A World History</a> by Mark Kurlasky, 2002<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cod-Biography-Fish-Changed-World/dp/0140275010/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1636222049&amp;sr=1-1">Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World</a> by Mark Kurlansky, 1997 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Krista Tippett

Could you pick the 5 books that have shaped you most? Every week actress and avid reader Sonya Walger invites a guest to explore their five most formative books and how they affected their lives.