White Teeth
Novel by Zadie SmithWikipedia
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Oct 22, 2026
Rachel MartinHOST
What were you doing when you were 19? Zadie Smith was a college student back then, writing what would become a best-selling novel.
Rachel MartinHOST
And in the year 2000, when Zadie was 24, the book called White Teeth was released into the world.
Rachel MartinHOST
It was an instant sensation, but it came with a lot of pressure, too.
Rachel MartinHOST
She was able to put all of that aside.
Rachel MartinHOST
and just keep writing.
Rachel MartinHOST
There was on Beauty and Swing Time.
Rachel MartinHOST
Her most recent novel is called The Fraud, but it's White Teeth that's back in the spotlight.
Rachel MartinHOST
There's a new edition out, marking 25 years since it was first published.
James McAvoyGUEST
Oh yeah, do you know the Zadie Smith novel? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
James McAvoyGUEST
White Teeth.
James McAvoyGUEST
Yes.
James McAvoyGUEST
His Dark Materials.
James McAvoyGUEST
Oh yeah, do you know the Zadie Smith novel? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
James McAvoyGUEST
White Teeth.
James McAvoyGUEST
Yes.
James McAvoyGUEST
His Dark Materials.
JonathanHOST
So nice they named him twice.
JonathanHOST
Number 63 is White Teeth by Zadie Smith.
JonathanHOST
62 is Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
JonathanHOST
Number 61 is, uh, The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald.
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Danny LaPlazaGUEST
Mm-hmm.
JonathanHOST
And, um, yeah.
JonathanHOST
So, uh, next on the list we have got 63, White Teeth.
JonathanHOST
Um, I...
ElizabethHOST
It's no longer getting put into that raffle to be drawn out or whatever.
ElizabethHOST
There's no good reason that I haven't read White Teeth by Zadie Smith, apart from the fact that it's 450 pages.
ElizabethHOST
And I am really, which isn't even that long, just to call myself out on that.
ElizabethHOST
Like it's not 700, it's not 800, it's not Pachinko, which I also haven't read.
ElizabethHOST
for a reason.
ElizabethHOST
And I just, I think I need to read the hit.
ElizabethHOST
And the hit is White Teeth.
ElizabethHOST
It's the one that I hear the most about.
James McAvoyGUEST
...
James McAvoyGUEST
Zadie Smith on White Teeth.
Dax ShepardHOST
Well, then there's a-
Monica PadmanHOST
Oh, no.
Abir MukherjeeGUEST
There was a book probably about 15 years ago now called London Stony by Gautam Malkani.
Abir MukherjeeGUEST
And it was the same year that White Teeth came out, Zadie Smith.
Abir MukherjeeGUEST
And that was such a hit.
Abir MukherjeeGUEST
that the white publishing industry decided, right, well, now is the time to cash in on ethnic minorities.
Blake LefrayGUEST
I believe she's only published six novels, which is kind of wild given that she got her start when she was like 20 years old.
Blake LefrayGUEST
I think her first novel, White Teeth, was either 2000 or 2001.
Blake LefrayGUEST
This was her third from 2005.
Blake LefrayGUEST
I have not read all of her novels.
Blake LefrayGUEST
I bounced off of White Teeth, couldn't get into it.
Blake LefrayGUEST
Too wild for me.
Blake LefrayGUEST
She herself has said that she finds White Teeth unreadable.
JonathanHOST
Really?