Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘City of Thorns’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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City of thorns
Discussed“um the title again is city of thorns nine lives in the world's largest refugee camp by Ben Rollins”
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Carol
Discussed“nominations went to the Danish girl which is based on a novel by David iof and Carol which is based on a Patricia heith novel”
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The Danish Girl
Discussed“nominations went to the Danish girl which is based on a novel by David iof and Carol which is based on a Patricia heith novel”
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín is a celebrated novel about a young Irish immigrant navigating homesickness, romantic choices, and a dual identity in 1950s New York and her native village.
Discussed“and then I recently watched um Brooklyn and loved that movie but haven't read the book so now I feel like I need to read the book”
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Room
Why people recommend it: Emma Donoghue's chilling novel portrays a mother and son surviving years of captivity in a single small room, offering a suspenseful and claustrophobic look at trauma and resilience.
Discussed“among the nominations are um Brooklyn by col toyin The Big Short by Michael Lewis room by Emma Donahue which is a really sort of chilling novel and a hard one to adapt and the Martian by Andy Weir and the Revenant which is based on U Michael pun's 2002 novel about a frontiersmen that actually picked up 12 nominations”
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The big short
The Big Short by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction account detailing the buildup of the housing market bubble and the financial crisis of the late 2000s through the eyes of contrarian investors.
Discussed“I mean I think maybe the big short I just learned so much um that's my more than just about potatoes yeah that's um that's Michael Lewis's book”
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The Martian
The Martian by Andy Weir is a science fiction survival novel that follows an astronaut stranded on Mars who must use his scientific ingenuity and problem-solving skills to stay alive and engineer a way home.
Discussed“among the nominations are um Brooklyn by col toyin The Big Short by Michael Lewis room by Emma Donahue which is a really sort of chilling novel and a hard one to adapt and the Martian by Andy Weir and the Revenant which is based on U Michael pun's 2002 novel about a frontiersmen that actually picked up 12 nominations”
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The Revenant
The Revenant by Michael Punke is a gripping historical survival novel inspired by the harrowing true-life ordeal of frontier fur trapper Hugh Glass, who was mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his companions in the American wilderness.
Discussed“among the nominations are um Brooklyn by col toyin The Big Short by Michael Lewis room by Emma Donahue which is a really sort of chilling novel and a hard one to adapt and the Martian by Andy Weir and the Revenant which is based on U Michael pun's 2002 novel about a frontiersmen that actually picked up 12 nominations”
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain is a satirical novel about an American infantry squad on a victory tour across the United States culminating in a Thanksgiving halftime show.
Recommended“some of the ones I'm really looking forward to are Billy Lynn's long halftime walk which is being adapted by angle and that's another book that I loved as well as uh the girl on the train which is based on the hugely best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins”
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The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins is a psychological thriller centering on an unstable commuter who becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation after observing something suspicious from a train window.
Discussed“and this week marks a year uh on the list for the girl on the train it does it's uh at number two uh where it has been for quite some time and yes it's it's oneyear old 52 weeks on the list”
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The guest room
Discussed“Chris boalan returns to the list with uh his new the guest room this is about a Suburban husband”
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Being Mortal
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande is a reflective non-fiction book that examines the limitations of modern medicine, aging, and the final stages of life.
Discussed“but I did want to quickly point out that um Atul gandes being mortal has returned to the list after falling off for a few weeks”
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is a powerful autobiographical memoir written by a neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, exploring mortality, meaning, and the intersection of medicine and life.
Discussed“and I expect death will return to the list again next week when I imagine Paul Ken's book when breath becomes air hits the list yeah that's book that's getting a lot of attention Paul keni of course um the Doctor Who died young”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“if they did make movies based on books it was always the big fantasy series like The Hunger Games books that um obviously that helps sales”
“alen Dean Foster is the same author that George Lucas turned to back in 1976 to ghost write the very first novelization of the Star Wars movies”