Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘At the Existentialist Café'
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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At the Existentialist Café
At the Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell is a group biography detailing the lives and ideas of the prominent existentialist philosophers of the twentieth century.
Discussed“her book is at the existentialist Cafe they were very influenced by kard in the in the previous Century who talked about the dizziness of Freedom”
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Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre is the French philosopher's monumental foundational text on existentialism, exploring core concepts of consciousness, freedom, and bad faith.
Discussed“he WR he wrote in being a nothingness his big work he included a description of a waiter who's moving through the crowd and delivering drinks on the tray”
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How to Live
Discussed“your previous book was called um how to live um that's a rather big subject um and was a biography of montna”
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Lady Susan
Discussed“and uh another exciting project is wit Stillman the filmmaker has Rewritten or uh sort of written a novelization of Lady Susan which is a lesser known Jane Austin work”
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a classic 1813 comedy of manners that follows the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy as they navigate issues of class, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the British landed gentry.
Discussed“what's your favorite I have to go with Pride and Prejudice I know it's an obvious one”
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Green Mansions
Discussed“they had one hit book their first year uh called Green Mansions early on they acquired a kind of kooky book you might think”
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The Prophet
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran is a classic collection of poetic essays dealing with love, work, joy, sorrow, and other fundamental aspects of human life.
Discussed“but uh that had been recommended to them by a friend of manin called the The Profit by khil gibron and that book sold millions”
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Lilac Girls
Discussed“starting with a debut novel on the hard cover list down at number 15 it's called lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly”
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The Murder of Mary Russell
Discussed“then at number 14 the Mary Russell series by Lori R king continues with the murder of Mary Russell”
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Family jewels
Discussed“then at number seven Stuart Woods uh continues his Stone Bearington series how many books are there on that series another series novel 37 books this one Family Jewels is the 37th in the series”
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Miller's Valley
Miller's Valley is a novel by Anna Quindlen that follows a young girl growing up in a changing suburban community in New Jersey.
Discussed“then not a series novel uh new at number six Anna quinin is back with a book called Miller's Valley”
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The 14th colony
Discussed“back to series novels uh Steve Barry has uh the 11th book in his cotton Malone series it's called the 14th colony”
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The Beast
Discussed“at number two the Paranormal romance novelist Jr Ward continues her Black Dagger Brotherhood series uh book 14 of that series it's called the beast”
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As Time Goes By
Discussed“and then finally not a series novel uh new at number one this week Mary Higgins Clark is back with a novel called as time goes by”
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Disrupted
Discussed“starting down at number 16 Dan Lions a um Tech writer who uh took a job at a startup wrote A Memoir about that experience called disrupted looking at business in the tech age”
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Lab Girl
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren is a celebrated memoir by a geobiologist that chronicles her life in science, her deep fascination with the natural world, and her pioneering research on plants and trees.
Discussed“hope yarin the geobiologist who has written a lot about sexism in science... has a memoir... it's called lab girl”
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Becoming Grandma
Discussed“new at number five the um longtime CBS correspondent the 60 Minutes correspondent Leslie stall has a memoir called becoming Grandma”
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The third wave
Discussed“so starting at number three Steve case who founded AOL has a look at where technology is headed called the third wave”
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The Sleep Revolution
Arianna Huffington's influential book examines the modern cultural crisis of chronic sleep deprivation and advocates for a holistic redefinition of success that prioritizes personal well-being, health, and mental restoration.
Discussed“then at number two another um big Tech entrepreneur and uh magnate Ariana Huffington who founded the Huffington Post has a book called The Sleep Revolution”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and the latest novelist to enter the fry is Curtis senfeld author of prep and American Wife”
“and the latest novelist to enter the fry is Curtis senfeld author of prep and American Wife”
“yes it's the fourth installment the previous ones have included Emma by Alexander McCall Smith and North anger Abby by Val mcder”
“yes it's the fourth installment the previous ones have included Emma by Alexander McCall Smith and North anger Abby by Val mcder which she took a sort of crime novelist approach to it”
“which she took a sort of crime novelist approach to it um as well as Sense and Sensibility by Joanna trolip”
“which she took a sort of crime novelist approach to it um as well as Sense and Sensibility by Joanna trolip”