Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: The War on Drugs
Gilbert Cruz discussed The Whites by Harry Brandt and others. Greg Cowles discussed Funny Girl by Nick Hornby, Crash and burn by Lisa Gardner, Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The brain's way of healing by Norman Doidge, Gods banker by Gerald L. Posner, Red Notice by Bill Browder, and The teenage brain by Frances E. Jensen.
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 humorous novel exploring the world of British television and comedy during the 1960s.
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
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is a bestselling historical fiction novel that follows the extraordinary experiences of two French sisters during World War II as they navigate the perils of the German occupation.
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
The Brain's Way of Healing by Norman Doidge is a popular science book that explores remarkable medical discoveries and recoveries from the frontiers of neuroplasticity.
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 memoir detailing the author's financial career in Russia, his subsequent battle against state corruption, and his campaign to pass the Magnitsky Act following the tragic murder of his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky.
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 is a non-fiction book 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 (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so um I should also say that you are a professor of science writing at MIT and the author most recently of the panic virus the true story behind the vaccine autism controversy”
“Richard Price is the author uh we should mention of um clockers and um Lush Life and freedom land and several other books”
“Richard Price is the author uh we should mention of um clockers and um Lush Life and freedom land and several other books”
“Richard Price is the author uh we should mention of um clockers and um Lush Life and freedom land and several other books”
“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”
“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”