Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘First Dads’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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America's Obsessives
Discussed“my last book was America's obsessives in which I profiled seven uh control freaks who who became towering figures starting with Thomas Jefferson and going through Steve Jobs”
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow is a meticulously researched, sweeping biography that chronicles the tumultuous life and immense political legacy of America's first treasury secretary, ultimately inspiring the blockbuster musical.
Discussed“there's one little note there that Ron chernau author of the book on which Hamilton was based makes $900,000 a year in royalties”
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The Hamilton Affair
Discussed“the other books that are coming up this summer and fall include Elizabeth Cobb's historical novel The Hamilton Affair which is due out this August and the demand is so strong for that again based on the musical that her publisher has increased the first printing to 75,000 copies”
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Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life
Discussed“and so beyond the novel there's another book coming out in the fall from three ever's press and it's called Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life”
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Democracy in America
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville is the classic nineteenth-century sociological and political study analyzing the structure, culture, and foundational character of American democracy through the eyes of an observant French visitor.
Discussed“it was something that was remarked upon by dville when he wrote Democracy in America”
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua is a controversial memoir that explores strict parenting philosophies and the cultural contrasts between Western and Eastern approaches to raising children.
Discussed“she talks a fair bit about Amy Chua at one point and um you know the tiger Mother book”
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Modern Lovers
Emma Straub's novel Modern Lovers follows a group of longtime friends navigating the complexities of middle age and changing life stages.
Discussed“yes starting uh with Emma stra down at number 14 her new novel modern lovers hits the list”
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The View From the Cheap Seats
Discussed“uh Neil Gaiman who is of course known as a Comics writer and a novelist has a collection of non-fiction uh it's called the view from the cheap seats”
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The world according to Star Wars
Discussed“he's got a book new it number 13 about Star Wars It's Called The World According to Star Wars”
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The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford is a modernist tragic novel that explores the deceit, betrayal, and complex psychological undercurrents hidden beneath the polite facade of Edwardian upper-class society.
Discussed“I've just started reading Ford Medics Ford's the good soldier”
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The Most Of Nora Ephron
Discussed“I'm reading the most recent collection of nor afron's collected uh work called the most of Nora afron”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“there's also a middle- grade book it's called Alexander Hamilton revolutionary”
“um Alan first has a new novel a hero of France new it number seven”
“it was in our summer reading issue and we also talked about um more than once Noah Holly's novel before the fall that um cracks the list at number two”
“Dorothy Benton Frank has another South Carolina novel it's called All Summer Long that's at number three”
“you've got shoe dog the Phil night book”
“earlier this year I read another book very much about male jealousy the end of The Affair by Graham green”