Episode · The Book Review · 2016-02-12
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: Love and Death
Gilbert Cruz discussed Forty Rooms by Olga Grushin, How We Die by Sherwin Nuland, and Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. Andrew Solomon discussed The good death by Ann Neumann, The Iceberg: A Memoir by Marion Coutts, When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy, and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Alexandra Alter discussed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee. John Williams recommended Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell, The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, About Alice by Calvin Trillin, Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff, Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, Life, The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson, and The passion by Jeanette Winterson. Greg Cowles discussed Breakdown by Jonathan Kellerman, Brotherhood in Death by Nora Roberts, Originals by Adam Grant, On my own by Diane Rehm, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, Pax by Sara Pennypacker, Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys, and Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Forty Rooms
Discussed“Alexander Fuller will be here to talk about Olga Gran's new novel 40 rooms”
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The good death
Discussed“the good death and exploration of dying in America by Anne noyman in the Slender margin”
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is a profound posthumous memoir written by a neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, exploring mortality, meaning, and the human condition.
Discussed“and when breath becomes air by Paul Colony”
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a monumental masterpiece of nineteenth-century literature exploring themes of love, family, societal hypocrisy, and tragic fate.
Discussed“you know when we read anak kenina”
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
Leo Tolstoy’s novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories, examines the superficiality of conventional bourgeois life and a dying man's agonizing confrontation with his own mortality.
Discussed“if one wants to talk to story it was more like The Death of Ivan ilich”
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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is a monumental historical novel blending grand military strategy with intimate domestic life against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.
Discussed“we don't live that part of War and Peace”
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How We Die
How We Die by Sherwin Nuland is a medical and philosophical examination of the physical processes surrounding the end of life in modern society.
Discussed“um also you also mentioned Sherwin Nan's book how we die which I think really until this most recent wave was kind of the last major book”
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Being Mortal
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande is a profound exploration of aging, serious illness, and the limitations of modern medicine in dealing with the end of life.
Discussed“but now recently beginning with Atul G's book being mortal there's just this wave”
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores themes of racial injustice, moral growth, and empathy in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.
Discussed“The other exciting theatrical news was uh To Kill a Mocking Bird is coming to Broadway finally after almost 60 years”
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Go Set A Watchman
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee is a novel written before To Kill a Mockingbird that follows an adult Scout returning to Maycomb, Alabama, and confronting her aging father's complex racial views.
Discussed“you know particularly after um the publication of ghost at a Watchman”
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a classic novel that explores themes of love, class, and marriage in 19th-century England through the spirited relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy.
Recommended“um Sierra Dean listed Pride and Prejudice saying now then forever”
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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is a classic Gothic novel examining the destructive, all-consuming passion between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw across the bleak Yorkshire moors.
Recommended“viea haran andani said weaing Heights the ultimate Forbidden Love”
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The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is a popular contemporary romantic novel about a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time travel and his artist wife who must cope with his frequent absences.
Recommended“then we get to the multiple responses at least three readers and I think more but Melissa Weber Suzanne Kirk and Jacqueline Baker all listed the time travelers wife”
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez is a celebrated novel that explores lifelong devotion, aging, and the many facets of romance across decades in a Caribbean setting.
Recommended“and then the most responses I think were given to Gabriel Garcia marquez's Love in the Time of Kera”
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The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough is a sweeping family saga spanning decades in the Australian outback, tracing forbidden love, ambition, and heartbreak across generations.
Recommended“there was Colleen McCulla The Thorn Birds which I remember both the book and the movie being a favorite of my mother”
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a historical novel by David Mitchell set within the closed trading post of Dejima in Nagasaki during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Recommended“named the Thousand autumns of Jacob dooit by David Mitchell”
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The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene is a classic novel set in London during and after the Blitz, exploring themes of love, jealousy, faith, and obsession.
Recommended“and the last lines she said um James B Kane said uh the end of The Affair by Graham green”
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The Price of Salt
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith is a psychological romance novel originally published under a pseudonym that details the intense connection between two women in 1950s New York.
Recommended“um Carrie Larson listed Patricia heith the price of salt which is actually the novel that uh the movie Carol was based on”
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About Alice
About Alice is a poignant memoir by Calvin Trillin that chronicles the life and spirit of his late wife, demonstrating the depth of a lifelong partnership.
Recommended“um Jamie leafer listed Calvin trillin about Alice which she called a beautiful Memorial to a true life partner”
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Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff is a celebrated novel that examines the complex dynamics of a marriage by exploring the same relationship from two distinctly different perspectives.
Recommended“someone else here Jenny Stern Alfred mentioned Fates and Furies wasted love and Trust”
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Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell is a poignant young adult romance novel that follows two misfit teenagers living in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1986 as they bond over comic books and music.
Recommended“um Julie erle uh suggested Elanor and park by rainbow row and tender by Belinda mcken”
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Life
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is an emotionally devastating contemporary novel that traces the decades-long bond between four college classmates in New York City while deeply exploring trauma, friendship, and endurance.
Recommended“recently a little Life by Han Yan gahara”
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The Razor's Edge
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Recommended“um also heard from Rachel men's um who said to both romantic and broken heart recently a little Life by Han Yan gahara um she is also an editor here at the Times um and she said I think my heart broke and reformed every 15 pages um someone else mentioned um Bob Mayo mentioned the razor's Edge and then”
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a celebrated Victorian novel following the turbulent life and emotional maturation of its eponymous orphaned protagonist.
Recommended“um also heard from Rachel men's um who said to both romantic and broken heart recently a little Life by Han Yan gahara um she is also an editor here at the Times um and she said I think my heart broke and reformed every 15 pages um someone else mentioned um Bob Mayo mentioned the razor's Edge and then”
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Written on the Body
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson is a poetic, intensely lyrical novel narrated by an unnamed protagonist who meditates on the anatomy of grief and the physical manifestations of love.
Recommended“uh # written on thebody #the passion”
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The passion
The Passion is a historical novel by Jeanette Winterson set during the Napoleonic Wars, weaving together themes of obsession, gambling, and identity through the eyes of a young French soldier and a web-footed woman.
Recommended“uh # written on thebody #the passion”
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Breakdown
Discussed“down at number six Jonathan Kellerman continues his Alex Delaware series of crime novels the 31st book in that series it's called breakdown”
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Brotherhood in Death
Discussed“the um title of this one is Brotherhood in death and debuts at number one”
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Originals
Originals is a bestselling nonfiction book by Adam Grant that explores how individuals can champion new ideas and spark positive change without unnecessary risk.
Discussed“and then uh and then up all of this is very spot-on For The Love and Death issue it is you knew what we were doing less spot on uh up at number two Adam Grant who is a professor of management and I think maybe psychology at the Wharton School um has a book called Originals”
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On my own
Discussed“down at number 11 the um national public radio host host Diane ream a really excellent longtime journalist and host of the Diane ream show on NPR um has written a memoir called on my own”
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Outliers
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is an examination of the external factors, cultural legacies, and massive amounts of practice that contribute to extraordinary success.
Discussed“um ironically it's sort of a clone of Malcolm gladwell's outliers”
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Pax
Pax by Sara Pennypacker is a moving middle-grade novel about a boy who attempts to reunite with his pet fox during a time of war.
Discussed“one of them uh the middle grade novel is pxs by Sarah pennybacker”
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Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys is a historical young adult novel that interweaves the perspectives of four refugees fleeing the advancing Soviet army in East Prussia during the closing months of World War II, culminating in the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff.
Discussed“and then salt to the Sea by Ruda seides is on the young adult heart C cover”
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Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys is a historical young adult novel that follows a young Lithuanian girl deported to a Soviet labor camp in Siberia during World War II.
Discussed“um this is a book about the Red Army in 1945 and her first book Between Shades of Gray uh was one of my favorite uh young adult uh novels recently”
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