Episode · The Book Review · 2016-05-13
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Gene’
Pamela Paul discussed The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, You May Also Like by Tom Vanderbilt, Pretentiousness by Dan Fox, Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt, Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Samuel R. Delany, Where I'm Reading From by Tim Parks, and Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence. Alexandra Alter discussed Locke & Key, Vol. 1 by Joe Hill. Greg Cowles recommended Before the Fall by Noah Hawley, and discussed Grit by Angela Duckworth and The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Gene
The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee is an intimate history of genetics that traces the origins of hereditary science from Gregor Mendel to modern biotechnology.
Discussed“sidarta Mukerji joins us to talk about the Gene and intimate history”
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The Emperor of All Maladies
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of cancer that traces the disease from its earliest historical mentions through modern scientific efforts to cure it.
Discussed“let's start off with your last book um the Emperor of all meladi one of our best books of the year when it came out in 2010 continues to sell had a long afterlife”
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K.
Discussed“you know it's funny cuz I think that Audi book narration took off in a certain way in the same way so much did starting with Harry Potter because there were two great audiobook narrations”
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Locke & Key, Vol. 1
Locke & Key, Vol.
Discussed“one other winner that I thought was an interesting one was Lock and Key by Joe Hill um the the book is by Joe Hill”
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You May Also Like
Discussed“two new books address the question of why we like what we like my colleague Jen salai is here to talk about them hi Jen thanks for having me Pamela the two books are you may also like taste in an age of endless Choice by Tom Vanderbilt and pretentiousness why it matters by Dan fox”
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Pretentiousness
Discussed“two new books address the question of why we like what we like my colleague Jen salai is here to talk about them hi Jen thanks for having me Pamela the two books are you may also like taste in an age of endless Choice by Tom Vanderbilt and pretentiousness why it matters by Dan fox”
Where to get it
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Traffic
Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt is an exploration of the psychological, behavioral, and scientific phenomena behind how and why traffic functions the way it does.
Discussed“Tom vanderbelt it's interesting he wrote a book called traffic which seems like a very different kind of book sort of what is his background and where is he coming from”
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Grit
Grit by Angela Duckworth is a popular exploration of passion, perseverance, and the long-term pursuit of difficult goals.
Discussed“Angela Duckworth's book grit which is making the case for kind of uh resilience as a psychological trait um is new at number two it's it's a book that has gotten some negative attention”
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The Days of Abandonment
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante is a searing and intense novel that follows a woman's psychological unraveling after her husband abruptly leaves her and their two children.
Discussed“um at the beginning of this year this morning on on the train as my train reading I brought along her book uh the days of Abandonment oh I love that book”
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Before the Fall
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley is a suspenseful thriller that begins with the catastrophic crash of a private jet leaving Martha's Vineyard.
Recommended“Pamela it's called before the Fall by Noah Holly who of course is a TV writer and showrunner he's the man behind Fargo on FX it's about a plane that goes down”
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Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Samuel R.
Discussed“but I'm reading a book called Times Square red Times Square blue have you read it”
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Where I'm Reading From
Discussed“which is a collection of essays um by the critic uh and novelist Tim Parks called where I'm reading from the changing world of books”
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Women in Love
Discussed“and one of the uh examples he gives is from DH Lawrence's women in love the sentence that he cites in the original Lawrence is quote they both laughed looking at each other in their hearts they were frightened”
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Other mentions in this episode (15) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“the audio book of the year is the girl on the train by Paula Hawkins her bestselling Thriller”
“the Audio Drama of the year was The Jungle Book the mowgly stories and this is another multicast production”
“which book did he win for he won for best male narrator this is again like the Oscars they have best female narrator and best male narrator and he was reading Daniel Silva's Thriller the English spy”
“this year's best female narrator is Katherine krin she was reading Wild Rover No More by La Meyer”
“yes uh Michael Strahan won for best business personal development audio book and that's for his own book wake up happy”
“Jack Black won for his narration of ARL Stein's The Little Shop of monsters and that's in the young listeners category”
“on the fiction side the the most substantial new titles are books that we talked about last week um Don dilo's new novel 0ok is new on the list at number 13”
“on the fiction side the the most substantial new titles are books that we talked about last week um Don dilo's new novel 0ok is new on the list at number 13 and Richard Russo's new one Everybody's Fool is also new on the list this week at number eight”
“um Don Dilo has hit the list I think this is maybe his fifth book uh to hit the list um after Libra and underworld and falling man”
“um Don Dilo has hit the list I think this is maybe his fifth book uh to hit the list um after Libra and underworld and falling man”
“um Don Dilo has hit the list I think this is maybe his fifth book uh to hit the list um after Libra and underworld and falling man”
“and His Story collection um the angel Esmeralda was on the extended list for a week down at near the bottom of that list”
“and Richard Russo of course um going back at least to Nobody's Fool um is fre on the list”
“uh at number 15 the historian and journalist Simon seag monor has written a biography of the romanovs the entire Romanov clan um going back uh for centuries or you know however long they ruled”
“and then at number 14 another biography this one of one individual um Philip Norman's biography of Paul McCartney Just Called Paul McCartney is new at number 14”