Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Books mentioned on The Things We Inherit

3 books · With Carl Zimmer, Henry Alford, Alexandra Alter, Dwight Garner, Parl Seigal, Jen Salai · Watch on YouTube

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. A Higher Loyalty

    James Comey; James B. Comey; James Comey · at 48:44

    A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership is a memoir by former FBI Director James Comey that offers an inside look at leadership, institutional norms, and his high-profile interactions with political figures, including Donald Trump.

    Discussed
    “including James comey's book a higher loyalty which had a much stronger first week on sale uh the hard covers were 360,000 copies and if you included ebook and audio it was more than 600,000 copies for James Comey”
    Where to get it
  2. The Outsider

    Stephen King · at 53:04

    The Outsider by Stephen King is a genre-blending thriller that begins as a straightforward police procedural investigating a gruesome local murder before twisting into a terrifying supernatural horror story.

    Discussed
    “Stephen King's new novel which came out recently The Outsider sold nearly 97,000 copies in its first week which was great”
    Where to get it
  3. Unbound

    Arlene Stein · at 1:05:43

    Discussed
    “I reviewed a book called Unbound by Arlene Stein and it's a book about what it means to be a trans man today and she follows four people three people who more or less identify as trans men”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing She Has Her Mother's Laugh
“he is a columnist for the science times and his latest book is called she has her mother's laugh the powers perversions and potential of heredity”