Episode · The Book Review · 2015-04-10
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Brothers,’ About the Boston Marathon Bombers
Gilbert Cruz discussed The Brothers by Masha Gessen and Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin. Alexandra Alter discussed The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Looking for Alaska by John Green, Paper Towns by John Green, If I Stay by Gayle Forman, and Where She Went by Gayle Forman. Pamela Paul discussed The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin. Greg Cowles discussed The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett, The harder they come by T. Coraghessan Boyle, At the water's edge by Sara Gruen, The patriot threat by Steve Berry, The Shadows by J. R. Ward, Unforgettable by Scott Simon, Between You & Me, So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson, and In defense of a liberal education by Fareed Zakaria.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Brothers
Discussed“Masha gesson will tell us the story behind the brothers the road to an American Tragedy”
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Better Than Before
Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin is a comprehensive self-help guide that explores the mechanics of habit formation, offering twenty-one distinct strategies to help individuals successfully build positive routines and break destructive behaviors in their everyday lives.
Discussed“how do you get into a good new habit and out of your bad ones Gretchen ruin will be here to talk about her new book better than before”
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The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is an acclaimed young adult novel that follows two teenagers coping with terminal cancer diagnoses who fall in love while navigating the painful realities of mortality.
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska by John Green is a coming-of-age young adult novel centered on a teenager attending boarding school and navigating grief, friendship, and first love.
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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Paper Towns
Paper Towns by John Green is a young adult contemporary novel that follows a high school senior on a mysterious quest to find his missing neighbor and childhood crush.
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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If I Stay
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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Where She Went
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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The Happiness Project
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin is a popular self-help memoir detailing a year-long experiment to discover what habits and choices genuinely lead to greater personal contentment.
Discussed“so you are the author obviously of the Happiness Project and then happiness at home how did you decide to write about habits”
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Happier at Home
Discussed“so you are the author obviously of the Happiness Project and then happiness at home how did you decide to write about habits”
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The Skull Throne
Discussed“well on the fiction side of things starting down at number 14 there's a new book by Peter V Brett it's book four of his demon cycle and it's called the skull Throne”
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The harder they come
Discussed“uh this year it's the Harder They Come his new novel about kind of a right-wing militia group and how it affects one particular family that's new at number 13”
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At the water's edge
Discussed“aless all right our next bestseller uh at The Waters Edge by Sarah gr who of course is famous for Water for Elephants”
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The patriot threat
Discussed“then new at number five Steve Barry continues his cotton Malone um Thriller series uh with a book called The Patriot threat”
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The Shadows
The Shadows by J.R.
Discussed“the last new entry on the hard cover fiction list is a book called The Shadows by Jr Ward who is also known as the romance writer Jessica bird”
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Unforgettable
Discussed“the NPR host Scott Simon uh who's had bestselling books before has a memoir of his mother called Unforgettable uh that is new at number 14”
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Between You & Me
Discussed“a book called between you and me by Mary Norris who has spent decades as a copy editor at the New Yorker between you and me is part grammar manual and part Memoir of her time there”
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed
So You've Been Publicly Shamed is a non-fiction book by Jon Ronson that investigates the devastating phenomenon of internet cancel culture and social media outrage.
Discussed“then new at number 12 John Ronson the Welsh uh journalist who's got a radio presence uh has a new book called so you've been publicly shamed in which he looks at Twitter Facebook really especially Twitter”
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In defense of a liberal education
In Defense of a Liberal Education by Fareed Zakaria is a compelling nonfiction book that argues for the vital importance of traditional curricula in the arts and sciences within modern society.
Discussed“then finally uh new number six fared Zakaria has a book called in defense of a liberal education it is basically a defense of the traditional curriculum in the Arts and Sciences”
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Other mentions in this episode (16) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“they're the publisher of Winnie the Pooh and she narrowed it down from you know 50 or 60 titles a year to 10 titles a year”
“you know like the biggest adult title this year is Harper Lee's ghost set a Watchman and they're printing 2 million copies of that”
“and it seems like there's one of these movies every year I mean right now we had another Divergent movie came out last year was another Hunger Games”
“and it seems like there's one of these movies every year I mean right now we had another Divergent movie came out last year was another Hunger Games”
“four of those books have made the list going all the way back to 1981 when water music made the list”
“the others are his novel drop City from 200 for and the women from 2009”
“the others are his novel drop City from 200 for and the women from 2009”
“so far it's been four to hit the actual print list but not the road to wellville which was made into a famous flop of a movie”
“aless all right our next bestseller uh at The Waters Edge by Sarah gr who of course is famous for Water for Elephants which spent three years on the trade paperback list”
“of course is this the first grammar bestseller since e shoots and leaves I don't know the answer to that question but it is a book that is very much in the vein of eats shoots and leaves and uh sure to find the same audience”
“number one dead weake by Eric Larson number two being mortal by Atul goand at number five killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly”
“number one dead weake by Eric Larson number two being mortal by Atul goand at number five killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly”
“number one dead weake by Eric Larson number two being mortal by Atul goand at number five killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly”
“at number 15 Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly so death is going strong”
“um at number four H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald is a memoir of her father's death and how she kind of coped with her grief uh through learning falconry”
“and at number 16 every day I fight by the ESPN anchor Stuart Scott is about his battle against cancer which he lost in January of this year and the book is being published posthumously”