Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: Judy Blume’s ‘In the Unlikely Event’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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In the unlikely event
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume is a poignant adult fiction novel that reflects on a series of real-life plane crashes in Elizabeth, New Jersey, during the 1950s.
Discussed“her new book is in the unlikely event”
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Telex from Cuba
Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner is a critically acclaimed historical novel set against the turbulent backdrop of the American expat community in pre-revolutionary Cuba.
Discussed“she had been invited as a new voice and she was on stage talking about her first novel Telex from Cuba a book that I had loved very much”
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Meet Me in Atlantis
Discussed“meet me in Atlantis my obsessive quest to find the sunken city by Mark Adams”
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The almost nearly perfect people
Discussed“we're also going to talk um at least in part hopefully about the rest of them the almost nearly perfect people behind the myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth”
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The porcelain thief
Discussed“and finally the porcelain Thief searching the Middle Kingdom for buried China by Juan Sue”
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City on fire
City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg is a massive, sprawling debut novel set in 1970s New York City.
Discussed“so some of the books that people seem to be really excited about in the gallies that are being snapped up are uh Garris calberg City on fire which is coming out in October”
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In a Dark, Dark Wood
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware is a suspenseful thriller about a reclusive writer who gets drawn into a chaotic weekend in a remote glass house that ultimately ends in murder.
Discussed“and uh another debut novel that is getting a lot of Buzz is Ruth wear's novel in a dark wood which is kind of in the vein of Gone Girl girl on the train”
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The Girl in the Spider's Web
Discussed“speaking of girls in the title there will be another St Larson book although the author is deceased they found someone to continue on the series and it's called the girl in The Spiders web”
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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 what's number one on the bestseller list fiction side still Paula Hawkins the girl on the train that has spent I think 13 consecutive weeks at number one”
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The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough is a meticulous historical biography that chronicles the lives of the two bicycle mechanics from Dayton who achieved humanity's first powered flight.
Discussed“on the top of the non-fiction L someone who's a little bit more accustomed to being number one yeah uh David Mulla remains at number one this week with um the Wright brothers his biography”
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Other mentions in this episode (14) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Summer sisters
“she is the author of among other books for grown-ups wifey summer sisters and for everyone who's grown up again in the last four decades she has written are you there”
Passing Wifey
“she is the author of among other books for grown-ups wifey summer sisters and for everyone who's grown up again in the last four decades she has written are you there”
“are you there God it's me Margaret Deanie and my personal favorite starring Sally J fredman as herself among many other books”
Passing Tiger Eyes
“I in my defense I did take two years off to work on a movie the movie of Tiger Eyes”
“um since everything um Scandinavian seems to be Dandy these days um Vera Herzog of walking in ice Munich to Paris November 23rd to 14 December 1974”
Passing Travels In Vermeer A Memoir
“travels in verir a memoir by Michael White”
Passing Gone Girl
“and uh another debut novel that is getting a lot of Buzz is Ruth wear's novel in a dark wood which is kind of in the vein of Gone Girl girl on the train”
Passing The Girl on the Train
“and uh another debut novel that is getting a lot of Buzz is Ruth wear's novel in a dark wood which is kind of in the vein of Gone Girl girl on the train”
Passing Paper Towns
“and John who is promoting a movie adaptation of his novel Paper Towns and Mindy Kaling and other sort of celebrity types”
Passing The devil wears Prada
“and they're looking for something new about um that kind of codery um grownup now um if you want to know what the lifestyle of a the ex assistant of Vogue and her new hedge fund husband is like on Park Avenue I think this is pretty much as good as a guess”
Passing Robert B. Parker's Kickback
“actually on the hard cover fiction list uh there are four new titles starting down at number 10 Ace Atkins who picked up Robert B Parker's Spencer series after Parker's death has the next book in that series it's called Robert B Parker's Kickback”
Passing The Scarlet Gospels
“then at number nine Clive Barker continues his uh Barker's books of Blood series with the Scarlet gospels”
Passing Beach town
“at number six Mary Kay Andrews has a kind of a Summer Romance a book called Beach town”
Passing Seveneves
“and at number three Neil Stevenson the renowned science fiction writer has a new novel out called seven EES that uh all one word seven EES knew at number three”