Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on 100 Notable Books of 2016
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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My Name is Lucy Barton
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout is an intimate, sharply observed novel that examines the delicate, complicated emotional landscape shared by a mother and her hospitalized daughter.
Recommended“Elizabeth Stout I don't think is going to be ignored but her book that came out in the spring uh my name is Lucy Barton is wonderful and very moving and quite subtle about the relationship of this woman and her mother”
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The gloaming
The Gloaming is a compelling novel by Melanie Finn that follows a woman whose life is upended following a tragic accident in a Swiss village, leading her on a complex journey.
Recommended“I have one that's maybe a little below the radar um it's a small press uh book called the gloaming by Melanie Finn which is a novel about um a woman who is um involved in this terrible accident in the Swiss Village”
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Blood at the Root
Blood at the Root is a historical nonfiction book by Patrick Phillips that explores the dark history of racial cleansing and the forced expulsion of African American residents from Forsyth County, Georgia.
Discussed“there's Patrick phillips' blood at the root which uh is the really stunning story about a um essentially a racial cleansing in a in a Georgia County in America”
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth
The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J.
Recommended“the book I would point to First is not necessarily an easy read but it's one that's gotten extraordinary reviews in The Economist the New York Review and from our own reviewer Paul Krugman and it's called the rise and fall of American growth the US standard of living since the Civil War by Robert Gordon”
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Hero of the empire
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill is a historical nonfiction book by Candice Millard that details the dramatic experiences of Winston Churchill in South Africa.
Recommended“I'd like to mention two other books that are interesting in different ways hero of the Empire the boore war a daring escape and the making of Winston Churchill by Candice Mard”
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His final battle
Discussed“the other book I want to mention in in a similar vein is Joseph levelt's his final battle the last month of Franklin Roosevelt”
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You'll grow out of it
You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein is a humorous and insightful collection of comic essays written by the former head writer of Inside Amy Schumer.
Recommended“the other one is called you'll grow out of it by Jesse kleene which is series of comic essays by the headwriter of Inside Amy Schumer”
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Egyptomania
Discussed“Ronald fritzy tracks this Rich subject in his new book egyptomania a history of Fascination Obsession and fantasy”
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The day before happiness
Discussed“this year it went to the Italian novelist Ary duuk who won for a quite interesting description of a sexual act in his novel The Day Before happiness which is the story of a Neapolitan orphan growing up after World War II”
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All things cease to appear
Discussed“I'm reading a thriller that came out earlier this year called All Things cease to appear by Elizabeth Brundage and um it's it's a literary Thriller”
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Happy all the time
Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin is a witty and charming 1978 novel that explores the complexities of urban romance, marriage, and friendship among a circle of New Yorkers.
Recommended“this is a novel that came out in 1978 um by a writer named Lori cwin it's um called happy all the time”
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Schlump
Discussed“the other one is the uh wonderfully titled schlump uh which is the title character in a 1928 novel about World War I that was written anonymously by Hans Herbert Grim”
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Other mentions in this episode (16) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Blood in the water
“uh there's blood in the Water by Heather Anne Thompson which is about the uh Attica prison Uprising in the 1970s”
Passing Sing for your life
“then we have sing for your life a book that my mother enjoyed a lot so I'll let her have a notable say uh the story of Ryan Speedo green who who just overcame I I saw him speak about this book earlier this year”
Passing White Rage
“and then two books about the white working class in America white rage the unspoken truth of our racial divide by Carol Anderson”
Passing White trash
“and white trash the 400 year Untold History of class in America by Nancy Eisenberg”
Passing City of dreams
“another book I want to mention that's that's also a bit of a tone but will be especially interesting to uh New York readers is City of Dreams the 400-year epic history of immigrant New York by Tyler anbinder”
Passing The River of Doubt
“she finds these like little undiscovered you know episodes from the history or the story of major figures like she did with TR in river of doubt”
“the first is a book called The Return by hasham matar who is Libyan and whose father was uh disappeared into a Libyan prison in the early 1990s”
Passing The Egyptian
“some of my earliest memories would be Saturday night at the movies when they showed the movie The Egyptian”
Passing Cleopatra
“I remember there was the H riter Haggard novel Cleopatra was a Classics Illustrated”
Passing Egyptomania
“the book again is egypto Mania a history of Fascination Obsession and Fantasy by Ronald H fritzy reviewed in this week's book review”
Passing Leave Me
“other nominees included uh Gail foran for leave me and Tom Connelly”
Passing Men Like Air
“and Tom Connelly uh for men like air which described a sex act involving Chili Peppers”
Passing Here I Am
“Jonathan saffron fyers here I am was considered but then deemed too good to really win the bad sex and fiction award”
Passing Nutshell
“so one Ian mccuen's nutshell was one of those uh Jonathan saffron fyers here I am was considered but then deemed too good”
Passing Valley of the dolls
“there's a great profile of Jaclyn Suzanne authoress of Valley of the Dolls you know and and just a kind of fabulous character”
Passing All Quiet on the Western Front
“it was completely overshadowed by Al Quiet on the Western Front which obviously got a ton of attention and was became a classic pretty instantly”