Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Guantánamo Diary’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Guantanamo Diary
Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a powerful biographical memoir written from inside the military prison by a detainee detailing his extended confinement and interrogation.
Discussed“there are four new titles in non-fiction starting at number 14 with a book that is currently on the cover of the book review mohammadu old slah Guantanamo diary”
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The Man Who Couldn't Stop
The Man Who Couldn't Stop by David Adam is a compelling and deeply personal non-fiction book that explores the science and history of obsessive-compulsive disorder alongside the author's own lived experience with intrusive thoughts.
Recommended“the book again is the man who couldn't stop OCD and the true story of a life lost in thought by David Adam”
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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“so we're pretty early in 2015 but it looks like we already have our first breakout big best seller and it's one that I'm sure you've heard of now the girl on the train by Paula Hawkins”
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The Weaker Vessel (Women in History)
Discussed“the missing women at number 13 on the January 13th 1985 hard cover non-fiction list was the historian Antonia Fraser with a book called The weaker vessel about women”
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One writer's beginnings
Discussed“and at number 15 um one of the great writers of the 20th century yodora Welty had her Memoir one writers Beginnings which at that time had been on the list for 42 weeks”
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Burned
Discussed“at number five Karen Marie moaning continues her paranormal romance um fever World Series with a book called burned”
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First Frost
Discussed“and then at number four Sarah Addison Allen I say it continues the series it's she has a novel called first fraud new at number four that's kind of a followup to her 2007 novel Garden Spells about the Waverly sisters”
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Gateway to Freedom
Discussed“then at number 11 Eric foner the historian has a new book called gateway to Freedom which looks at New York City's role in abolitionism”
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Leaving before the rains come
Leaving before the rains come by Alexandra Fuller is a deeply reflective memoir detailing the author's upbringing in Africa and the painful unraveling of her marriage.
Discussed“then at number 10 Alexander Fuller the woman I talked about um has a memoir of her divorce it's called leaving before the rains come”
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God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy
Discussed“it's by the former Arkansas governor and Republican Presidential hopeful Mike hucke called God Guns grits and gravy which is basically a salvo in the culture wars”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“new at number four that's kind of a followup to her 2007 novel Garden Spells about the Waverly sisters of baskam North Carolina”
“then she wrote A Memoir that was about her very complicated very strong mother um that was called cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness that also hit the list”