Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Leaving Before the Rains Come’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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“she is the author of several books um including a number of Memoirs and her most recent Memoir is called leaving before the rains come reviewed this week in the book review by Rachel kusk”
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Scribbling the Cat
Discussed“but I think there was another book um scribbling the cat which was sort of a memoir but really a reflection of a soul that had that had fought during the war that I grew up in”
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Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love is a hugely popular memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert that chronicles her global journey of self-discovery, recovery, and spiritual healing following a painful divorce.
Discussed“I think the obvious one is Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love because I remember when that book came out and like everybody else I think on the planet I read it”
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Slade House
Slade House by David Mitchell is a chilling supernatural thriller that unfolds as a puzzle box narrative spanning several decades.
Discussed“um but his last book The Bone clocks just came out this past fall and now we have news that this October he'll publish his seventh novel called blade house which Random House will publish on October 27th”
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No One Belongs Here More Than You
Discussed“uh she's written um a couple of books one of which her previous fiction book is a short story collection called No One belongs here more than you which won a number of prizes”
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The third target
Discussed“starting down at number 14 um a thriller by Joel C Rosenberg um called the third target about Isis and you know one of these very of the moment Thrillers that he writes”
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The empty throne
Discussed“then at number five Bernard Cornwell returns with another uh historical novel about ancient England England in uh or Britain rather in in the 10th Century called The Empty Throne”
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As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Discussed“and finally Alan Bradley the sepag genarian Canadian author mystery writer has a new novel out in his Flavia Deo series about a tween girl who's fascinated by chemistry and talented at solving Mysteries that novel is called as chimney sweepers come to dust”
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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.
Recommended“before we go to non-fiction can we just pause for a moment to be happy about the fact that continuing at number one is Anthony Do's novel all the light we cannot see”
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Silver screen fiend
Discussed“at number 11 the actor and comedian Patton Oswalt has a memoir called Silver Screen fiend”
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It Was Me All Along
Discussed“um the food blogger Andy Mitchell a 29-year-old food blogger has a memoir out called it was me all along”
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Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“but also a cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness”
Passing Leaving before the rains come
“um the book again is leaving before the rains come by Alexander Fuller”
Passing The Bone Clocks
“um but his last book The Bone clocks just came out this past fall and now we have news that this October he'll publish his seventh novel called blade house which Random House will publish on October 27th”
Passing A flag for sunrise
“I think people probably know him best for um dog soldiers and a flag for Sunrise”
Passing Dog Soldiers
“I think people probably know him best for um dog soldiers and a flag for Sunrise”
Passing Arcadia
“she is a fiction writer um most recently author of the novel Arcadia and this week reviews in the book review the first bad man by Miranda July”
“um and she has written um before a collection of short stories no one belongs here more than you”
Passing Trust Me Once
“um then down at number 13 just above it on the list uh Jan K is back with a novel called trust”
Passing Insatiable appetites
“um Stuart Woods is back on the list at number four with a new novel called insatiable appetites”
Passing America's bitter pill
“at number seven Steven Brill uh America's bitter pill is new on the list”