Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: “Reagan: The Life”
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dutch
Dutch by Edmund Morris is a controversial biography of Ronald Reagan written by an author who previously penned a celebrated trilogy on Theodore Roosevelt.
Discussed“when did that book Dutch come out that book came out I believe in the late 1990s”
Where to get it
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Make something up
Discussed“um has a his very first Story collection called make something up that's new at number eight”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing To Kill a Mockingbird
“of course there's Harper Lee's next book which is a continuation of to Killa Mockingbird it takes place 20 years later”
“oh and then finally in a couple months we're getting another installment of St larsson's incredibly popular series The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which is the Millennium series which has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide”
Passing Fight Club
“at number eight I do think it's Chuck penck uh the author of course of Fight Club um and and many other books since then”
Passing Piranha
“at number four Clive kussler with his co-writer Boyd Morrison has a novel called piranha”
Passing Radiant Angel
“and then at number one um Nelson demill returns to the list with radiant Angel which is the seventh book in his John Corey series”
Passing Do No Harm
“couple of new titles on the non-fiction list down at number 14 The Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh who was at the center of that documentary the English surgeon has a book called Do no harm new at number 14”
Passing Gumption
“and at number six Nick Offerman the comic actor uh best known for his role on Parks and Recreation has his second bestseller uh this one's called gumption new at number six”