Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: Michael Connelly’s ‘The Crossing’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Crossing
The Crossing by Michael Connelly is a gripping crime thriller that continues the bestselling adventures of the popular fictional investigator Harry Bosch alongside the author's other notable legal character, the Lincoln Lawyer.
Discussed“he is the author most recently of the crossing um which is called a Bosch novel but is both a Bosch novel and a Lincoln Lawyer novel”
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King is a compelling story collection featuring a mix of newly published tales alongside previously released works.
Discussed“the title of the new book it's called the bizarre of bad dreams and it definitely gave me some”
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Leaving Berlin
Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon is a historical espionage novel set in the tense, divided landscape of post-World War II Germany, following a writer who is forced into a dangerous game of intelligence reporting.
Discussed“he is the author most recently of the novel leaving Berlin and other uh excellent spy novels”
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a classic espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence operative Alec Leamas through a grim, morally ambiguous mission in Cold War Berlin.
Discussed“Victor goolan again the first British publisher is the one who invented this who came up with the title The Spy Who Came in from the cold”
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Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead by John le Carré is a classic espionage novel that introduces intelligence officer George Smiley as he investigates the apparent suicide of a foreign office employee.
Discussed“and it became call for the dead his first novel for which I think he got 100 pound”
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a classic espionage novel by John le Carré that follows the intricate investigations of intelligence officer George Smiley.
Discussed“you know if that had been the case imagine Tinker Taylor by Hank Smith yeah it doesn't doesn't sound quite the same”
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The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth is a gripping thriller detailing the meticulous planning and execution of a high-stakes political assassination.
Discussed“um in forsight case it's Day of the Jackal which he follows up with the Odessa file”
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The Odessa file
Discussed“um in forsight case it's Day of the Jackal which he follows up with the Odessa file”
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Night Shift
Night Shift is a celebrated collection of horror short stories by Stephen King that explores profound fears, supernatural phenomena, and the dark corners of the human psyche.
Recommended“Julie Wright named night shift she said that King's early writing was filled with some great ideas each short story is incredible”
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The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King is a classic horror novel about a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic who takes a winter caretaker job at an isolated, haunted mountain hotel with his family.
Recommended“The Shining is I think the scariest movie probably ever but and I I know people very tough people who read the book and couldn't sleep”
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The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel set in a totalitarian patriarchal society where women's rights have been stripped away.
Recommended“Jack Martin said that dystopian Tales of plausible Futures are what terrify him including the handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood and Michelle welbeck's recent submission”
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The Lake House
Discussed“starting with number six uh the Australian author Kate Morton has a new novel the lake house”
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Career of Evil
Discussed“then at number three um Robert galbreth and I'm putting air quotes around there because it's actually of course JK rolling um has her third Robert galb uh mystery novel um called Career of evil that's part of the cormer and strike Robert galbrath series”
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Rogue Lawyer
Discussed“and finally new at number one oural friend John Grisham has a a new book out called Rogue lawyer”
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell is a humorous and thoroughly researched history book that traces the life and American Revolutionary War contributions of the French aristocrat Marquis de Lafayette.
Discussed“Sarah vowel who of course made her name as an essayist on This American Life but has since branched out to quirky kind of in-depth but a slant explorations of American History has a new book in that vein called Lafayette in the somewhat United States and it's looking at the American Revolution”
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I Feel Like Going On
Discussed“he has written a memoir called I feel like going on uh with a guy named Daniel paisner who's ghost written for a lot of athletes and pop culture figures and politicians”
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Binge
Binge by Tyler Oakley is a collection of personal essays written by a prominent YouTube personality and social advocate known for his work in the LGBTQ community.
Discussed“Tyler Oakley who has made a name for himself as a YouTube personality and sort of a social Advocate especially in the lgbtq world as an advocate an activist in that World um has written a collection of personal essays called binge and that makes its debut at number two”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Holly Smith named pet cemetery”
“Andrea named Kings misery but said Kujo was great too”
“Andrea named Kings misery but said Kujo was great too”
“Several readers named Agatha Christies and then there none”
“Mark Z Daniel's house of leaves and The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson which is an old class that is a good creepy one”
“Mark Z Daniel's house of leaves and The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson which is an old class that is a good creepy one”
“and going even further back in time to something I had not heard of a reader named Colin Harker said the Irish novelist Charles Robert maturan melmoth The Wanderer from 1820 a classic Gothic”