Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: The 10 Best Books of 2015
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A manual for cleaning women
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin is a celebrated short story collection that showcases the author's remarkable talent for capturing the grit, humor, and dignity of everyday working-class lives.
Discussed“Emanual for cleaning women by Lucia Berlin”
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Outline
Outline by Rachel Cusk is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel known for its minimalist style and unique narrative structure where the protagonist reveals herself primarily through the stories told to her by others.
Discussed“although the Rachel kusk outline it's autobiographical in negative the narrator is always deflecting any kind of autobiographical take”
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The door
The door by Magda Szabó is a powerful psychological novel translated from Hungarian that delves into the intense and complex relationship between a writer and her enigmatic housekeeper, Emerence.
Recommended“I have to say that uh I would pick the Saba book um reading it was sort of revelatory for me”
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The Sellout
The Sellout by Paul Beatty is a bold, satirical novel about race and racism in contemporary America that made history as the first American novel to win the Booker Prize in 2016.
Discussed“the sellup by Paul batty”
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The Neapolitan Novels : My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante, which include My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child, are a celebrated multi-volume exploration of female friendship, class, and identity set against the backdrop of changing Italian society.
Discussed“the story of The Lost Child by Lena fonte”
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a bestselling epistolary book written as a letter from the author to his teenage son, exploring the reality of growing up Black in America.
Discussed“and in non-fiction Jen in non-fiction we have between the world and Me by Tanana hassy coats”
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Empire of cotton
Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert is a sweeping global history that examines how industrialization and the commodification of cotton laid the economic and structural foundations of modern capitalism.
Discussed“one of the examples off the top of my head is Empire of cotton by uh Sven beckard um which was published in late 2014”
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H Is for Hawk
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald is a critically acclaimed memoir that chronicles the author's harrowing journey through grief following the sudden death of her father, which she processes by training a notoriously aggressive goshawk.
Recommended“I think I did I think I I Priti for ages for Hawk if you know me you've probably gotten a copy of this book this year”
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My Brilliant Friend
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante is the captivating first volume of the internationally acclaimed Neapolitan quartet, chronicling the complex lifelong friendship of two girls growing up in a poor yet vibrant neighborhood in Naples.
Discussed“yeah there is especially the first one my brilliant friend I I finished it I I was AVID for that book as well”
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The Argonauts
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson is a genre-bending work of autotheory that intertwines memoir, queer theory, and cultural criticism to explore pregnancy, love, identity, and gender transition.
Recommended“so the book that I was hoping would be on the list was the Argonauts by Maggie Nelson which I thought reviewed which I did review”
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Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff is a structurally ambitious novel that examines a long marriage through the sharply contrasting perspectives of both partners.
Recommended“I was a big advocate for Lauren gr's Fates and Furies this year a book that in in some ways you know has Echoes of Gone Girl in it”
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Mr. Bridge
Mr.
Discussed“she started it off actually as two different books almost like a Mr bridge and Mrs Bridge kind of thing which which does the same thing”
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Mrs. Bridge
Mrs.
Discussed“she started it off actually as two different books almost like a Mr bridge and Mrs Bridge kind of thing which which does the same thing”
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Beauty is a wound
Beauty is a Wound is a sprawling historical novel by Indonesian author Eka Kurniawan that blends magical realism, family saga, and dark political history.
Recommended“one is the eeka cornean he's an Indonesian novelist his book beauty is a wound which is impossible to describe”
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Negroland
Margo Jefferson's Negroland is a powerful memoir exploring race, class, and the expectations placed upon the African American elite in mid-century America.
Discussed“and it's on our notable list and it's negrand by Margot Jefferson the critic and it's a memoir”
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Skyfaring
Skyfaring is a reflective nonfiction book by Mark Vanhoenacker that explores the poetic and technical experience of modern commercial flight.
Recommended“so my runner up I think uh one book I really admired this year was Mark Van honer's uh book Sky fairing”
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Of Beards and Men
Discussed“the revealing history of facial hair by Christopher oldstone Moore sounds like a very appropriate name for that title”
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True style
Discussed“let's turn to the other book true style history and principles of classic Men's Wear”
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First bite
Discussed“she is the author of consider the fork and her new book is called First Bite how we learn to eat”
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Bread and jam for Frances
Discussed“this is uh this is the lesson of bread and jam for Francis that you're overturning here”
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SPQR
Discussed“the uh classicist and historian Mary beard uh has a book called spqr that is all about the Civic life of ancient Rome”
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Boys in the Trees
Discussed“and then at number nine the um singer and member of the Simon and Schuster family Carly Simon has a memoir called boys in the trees”
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Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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“Erica for fear of dying um which I thought was you know there's a lot of sex in that book”
“Lauren gra for Fates and Furies and maissi for his novel which got some tough reviews”
“Lauren gra for Fates and Furies and maissi for his novel which got some tough reviews”
“so the the award was handed out this Tuesday and it went to morisy for his novel the list of the lost”
“the books again are true style the history and principles of classic men's wear and of beards and Men”
“the books again are true style the history and principles of classic men's wear and of beards and Men”
“the books again are true style the history and principles of classic men's wear and of beards and Men”
“she is the author of consider the fork and her new book is called First Bite”
“B Wilson is the author of first bite how we learned to eat which is reviewed this week in the book review by Jenny rosenak”