Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: The War on Drugs
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Whites
Discussed“or really named Richard Price and kind of named Harry Brandt um Price's new novel The Whites is on our cover this week it's reviewed by the mega bestselling crime novelist Michael Connelly”
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Funny Girl
Funny Girl by Nick Hornby is a novel that looks back at a previous era of British television and traditional comedic writing.
Discussed“then at number nine Nick Hornby returns to the list with his latest novel funny girl about British TV in the 196 sort of a Lucille Ball type comedy”
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Crash and burn
Discussed“then at number seven Lisa Gardner uh the Thriller writer has a new book called Crash and Burn that's a standalone Thriller but it does have a cameo from her popular uh recurring character the the Boston detective DD Warren”
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Trigger Warning
Discussed“then at number four Neil Gaiman back on the list with uh not a novel But A Story collection called trigger warning”
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The Nightingale
Discussed“and finally the last new title on the um fiction side of things this week is by Kristen Hannah a book called The Night Andale new at number three about French sisters during World World War II”
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The brain's way of healing
Discussed“at number 14 there's a book called the brain's way of healing by a doctor named Norman Doge”
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Gods banker
Discussed“he's got a new book out called God's Bankers that looks at the Catholic Church um and especially its relationship to money going back to the bouras and before you know the sale of indulgences”
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Red Notice
Red Notice by Bill Browder is a gripping, fast-paced memoir detailing the author's high-stakes financial career in Russia, his subsequent battle against state corruption, and his crusade to pass the historic Magnitsky Act.
Discussed“at number 11 a book called red notice by Bill Browder Browder ran what for a time was the biggest hedge fund in Russia”
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The teenage brain
The Teenage Brain by Frances E.
Discussed“then finally new at number 10 this week the second Neuroscience book it's called the teenage brain”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Clockers
“Richard Price is the author uh we should mention of um clockers and um Lush Life and freedom land and several other books”
Passing Freedomland
“Richard Price is the author uh we should mention of um clockers and um Lush Life and freedom land and several other books”
Passing Lush Life
“Richard Price is the author uh we should mention of um clockers and um Lush Life and freedom land and several other books”
Passing Case Closed
“then at number 13 the investigative journalist Gerald Posner who's still probably most famous for a book that he did called Case Closed looking at the JFK assassination”
Passing Brainstorm
“and as Daniel seagull did in his book Brainstorm which was a bestseller just about a year ago uh she looks at the new um research on the developing adolescent brain”