Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dark matter and the dinosaurs
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs by Lisa Randall is a science book exploring the startling interconnectedness of the universe, proposing how dark matter may have ultimately triggered the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Recommended“the book again is dark matter and the dinosaurs”
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A Thousand Miles to Freedom
Discussed“they are a thousand miles to Freedom by yunen Kim”
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In Order to Live
In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park and Maryanne Vollers is a harrowing memoir detailing a young North Korean woman's dramatic escape and her subsequent journey to freedom.
Discussed“and then um in order to live a North Korean girl's journey to Freedom by Yoni Park”
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The Girl with Seven Names
Discussed“and hian Le's book uh the girl with seven names what does that title refer to”
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Under the same sky
Discussed“Joseph Kim's book which is called under the same sky is subtitled from starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America”
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Warheart (Sword of Truth)
Discussed“we'll start at number 16 with warheart by Terry goodkin”
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Rules for a Knight
Discussed“at number 12 there's rules for a night which is a book by the actor Ethan Hawk and it's kind of an odd project”
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The Mistletoe Promise
Discussed“up at number nine Richard Paul Evans who has a Christmas themed book every year around this time has the mistletoe in his latest”
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The Pharaoh’s Secret
Discussed“at number eight the pharaoh's Secret by Clive kusler and Graham Brown”
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All Dressed in White
Discussed“and at number seven Mary Higgins Clark who's had a long career as a bestseller writing books by herself has teamed up with the writer alfair Burke to write a book called all dressed in white”
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The Guilty
Discussed“up at number two is David balchi whose new novel is called the guilty and he is no stranger to the top of the list”
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Tricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum Series #22)
Discussed“but he's beat out at the very top this week by Janet ivanovich's new book tricky 22”
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a historical novel set during World War II that follows the intersecting lives of a blind French girl and a German boy.
Discussed“on the fiction side it is Anthony Do's Unstoppable all the light we cannot see which still hangs in there at number 11 after 81 weeks on the list”
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Killing Reagan
Killing Reagan by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard is a fast-paced historical narrative that explores the political climate, the assassination attempt, and the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
Discussed“up there at the top is Bill O'Reilly and his co-writer Martin duggard and their book Killing Reagan”
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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Discussed“at number two Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates”
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Destiny and power
Destiny and power is a detailed biography exploring the life, career, and political journey of former United States President George H.W.
Discussed“and at number three which was last week's top seller is John mum's Destiny and power his big new biography of former President George HW Bush”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Louisa Lim is a professor of Journalism at the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor and the author of The People's Republic of Amnesia Tian man Revisited”