Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: Colson Whitehead and Jeffrey Toobin
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical fiction novel that reimagines the antebellum South by turning the secret network of abolitionist routes into a literal subterranean railway system utilized by an enslaved woman named Cora seeking freedom.
Recommended“the book again is the Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead and it's reviewed on our cover this”
Where to get it
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American heiress
American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin is a gripping true crime account documenting the dramatic kidnapping, radicalization, and subsequent criminal trial of Patty Hearst.
Recommended“the book again is American ays the wild Saga of the kidnapping crimes and trial of Patty Hurst by Jeffrey tubin”
Where to get it
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The noble hustle
The noble hustle by Colson Whitehead is a non-fiction humor book about poker and personal reflection.
Discussed“that was The Noble Hustle Noble Hustle”
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Beloved
Beloved by Toni Morrison is a powerful, haunting novel about a formerly enslaved woman haunted by the trauma of her past and the literal ghost of the daughter she lost.
Discussed“I had an idea to reread r beloved and the known world and Middle Passage”
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The Stand
The Stand by Stephen King is an epic post-apocalyptic horror novel that chronicles the devastation of human civilization by a weaponized influenza strain and the subsequent battle between survivors aligned with forces of good and evil.
Discussed“I was in between my freshman and sophomore years of college and picked up a Stephen King novel The Stand”
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Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me by Javier Marías is a complex and haunting novel by the acclaimed Spanish author that investigates themes of memory, death, and unexpected tragedy.
Discussed“in the summer of 2005 I had just gotten back home to Sweden after spending a year in Spain and I had brought a book back with me called tomorrow in the battle think of me by the Spanish author kavier maras”
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Black Gold
Black Gold by Marguerite Henry is a classic children's horse novel based on the true story of the legendary thoroughbred racehorse.
Discussed“margarit O Henry's Black Gold still stands out as the story of a thoroughbred racehorse that broke his leg during the Kentucky Derby”
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a bestselling epistolary book written as a letter from the author to his teenage son, exploring the reality of growing up Black in America.
Discussed“tanas book came out you know a year ago a couple weeks ago and I think I might have looked at it the week after it came out the the book”
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Look at me
Look at Me by Anita Brookner is a poignant psychological novel that examines loneliness, self-deception, and the quiet struggles of a perceptive young librarian trying to navigate the demands of London's social and intellectual circles.
Recommended“so r look at me by Anita Brookner I would very highly recommend”
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The debut
The Debut is a poignant and sharply observed novel by Anita Brookner that explores the solitary life of an English literature scholar.
Recommended“so I read actually earlier this week her first book which was called published in the US as the debut appropriately enough”
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Should you leave?
Should You Leave? by Peter D.
Recommended“it's called should you leave it's by the psychologist r Peter Kramer who everyone knows for listening to Prozac”
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The examined life
Stephen Grosz's The Examined Life offers a collection of compelling psychological case studies drawn from the author's decades of practice as an American-born psychotherapist in London.
Discussed“last week you gave me a copy of the book that you recommended the examined Life by Steven gross”
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Other mentions in this episode (12) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Whitehead is the author of many books including Zone one and Sag Harbor and he's also received a MacArthur genius Grant and many other Awards”
“Whitehead is the author of many books including Zone one and Sag Harbor and he's also received a MacArthur genius Grant and many other Awards”
“I don't think people people walk around think about slavery in a deep way all the time in our daily lives um obviously exposed to Roots”
“obviously there was roots and there was beloved but in the last decade or so have almost reexamined it”
“I had an idea to reread r beloved and the known world and Middle Passage”
“I had an idea to reread r beloved and the known world and Middle Passage”
“there's the JD Vance book which I haven't Hill I haven't gotten it yet”
“and then you have hillbilly elegy but I really feel like”
“and then you know two down you have between the world and me”
“and then you know two down you have between the world and me”
“it's called should you leave it's by the psychologist r Peter Kramer who everyone knows for listening to Prozac”
“I did finish the Coulson Whitehead”