Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: Susan Faludi’s ‘In the Darkroom’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying is a landmark modernist novel by William Faulkner that chronicles the arduous journey of the Bundren family as they transport the matriarch's body for burial, told through shifting stream-of-consciousness perspectives.
Discussed“the book I read last summer that stuck with me is called As I Lay Dying by one William Falkner”
Where to get it
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Still Life with Woodpecker
Tom Robbins's eccentric and imaginative novel blends romance, politics, and philosophical musings against an unconventional backdrop.
Recommended“and one summer when I was 20 I read still life with woodpecker by Tom Robbins as I was traveling through Spain”
Where to get it
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Homegoing
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is an epic debut novel that traces the multi-generational impacts of slavery and violence across three centuries through the lineage of two sisters from Ghana.
Discussed“yagi's debut novel which has gotten quite a lot of attention it was reviewed on hour cover by Isabelle Wilkerson it's called homegoing”
Where to get it
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End of Watch
End of Watch is a gripping crime thriller by Stephen King that concludes his acclaimed detective trilogy centered around retired police detective Bill Hodges.
Discussed“he concludes his bill hajes Trilogy which is his detective series um about a retired cop named Bill Hodges and this book is called End of Watch and that is new at number one”
Where to get it
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But What If We're Wrong?
But What If We're Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman is a thought-provoking cultural critique that challenges readers to reconsider contemporary assumptions by imagining how future generations will judge modern art, science, and ideas.
Discussed“at number five Chuck claer the cultural critic and essayist has a book called but what if we're wrong new it number five”
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Expecting better
Expecting Better by Emily Oster is a data-driven guide that reexamines traditional pregnancy rules by applying economic and statistical analysis to common medical advice.
Recommended“one is a book called expecting better by Emily auster who's an economist”
Where to get it
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Little labors
Little Labors by Rivka Galchen is a collection of essays and vignettes exploring motherhood, literature, and the profound experiences of caring for an infant.
Recommended“it's called Little labors by rivka galin and it's this slender little meditation on the idea of the baby”
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Grunt
Grunt by Mary Roach is a pop science book that investigates the bizarre, hidden scientific innovations and medical challenges experienced by military personnel out in the field.
Discussed“and then at number six Mary Roach uh has a new kind of Pop science book called grunt it looks at the science of the military U what soldiers experience out in the field”
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Barkskins
Barkskins by Annie Proulx is an expansive historical novel that traces the vast destruction of North American forests across multiple generations through the descendants of two impoverished French immigrants.
Recommended“it's an editor's choice this week that I can heartily recommend is the new novel by Annie PR it's called bark skins”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I remember one summer reading light in August which I I thought that I very stealthily snuck off my parents bookshelf”
“thinking back almost 40 years to a first trip to Paris and the pilgrimage to Shakespeare and Company where my friend John and I both bought copies of Hemingway's A Movable Feast”
“the book that I read is the Lady of the commes by Alexander dumma”