Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Thrillers and True Crime
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The vanishing year
Discussed“well I think it's interesting you might say the vanishing year by Kate Moret”
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Gorky Park
Discussed“yeah exactly so I think he writes these great Thrillers set there the most famous being Gorky Park”
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The Girl from Venice
Discussed“this is a bit of a departure it's a standalone actually set during World War II um the girl from Venice”
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The Sellout
The Sellout by Paul Beatty is a bold, satirical novel about race and racism in contemporary America that made history as the first American novel to win the Booker Prize in 2016.
Discussed“uh the man Booker came out and it went to an American for the first time and the winner is Paul batty for his novel The sellout”
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War and turpentine
War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans is a deeply moving biographical novel that reconstructs the life of the author's grandfather, Urbain Martien, a painter and decorated soldier whose existence was indelibly scarred by the unspeakable traumas of the First World War.
Discussed“uh this week I started something actually that uh Greg talked a little bit about last week because I like to copy Greg which is Warren turpentine by Stefan herzman”
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Swing Time
Swing Time by Zadie Smith is an intricate novel that explores themes of race, class, friendship, and cultural identity through the lens of young girls dreaming of becoming tap dancers.
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Hamilton
Ron Chernow's comprehensive biography Hamilton chronicles the life and times of the founding father through extensive historical detail and narrative depth.
Discussed“oh I speak for the slow readers of the world here because I'm still making my way through Hamilton”
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Other mentions in this episode (24) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing To Kill a Mockingbird
“Halloween is upon us and the books are good scary fun our reviewer Charles Finch is here to talk about the best new Thrillers”
Passing Night school
“so um the books that you reviewed are we mentioned Lee Child a Jack Reacher novel the new one night school is the title”
Passing The long room
“the long room by Franchesca K Livia lone by Barry Eisler The Vanishing year by Kate Moretti”
Passing Livia Lone
“Livia lone by Barry Eisler The Vanishing year by Kate Moretti”
Passing The vanishing year
“The Vanishing year by Kate Moretti and then uh a familiar name um to Thriller readers Martin Cruz Smith”
Passing The Girl from Venice
“his new book is called the girl from Venice how did you choose these books”
Passing Gone Girl
“ever since Gone Girl and then the girl in the Train the whole sub genre as you call it the domestic Thriller called the psychological thriller”
Passing The Girl on the Train
“ever since Gone Girl and then the girl in the Train the whole sub genre as you call it the domestic Thriller”
Passing The Cement Garden
“it reminded me of the sort of menacing air you would find of um uncertainty and lurking violence in early Ian mchan like the cement Gardener”
Passing The Comfort of Strangers
“the comfort of strangers um so I loved that book The flaw guy”
Passing All the Light We Cannot See
“um with the caveat that I'm also the only human being in America who was immune to Anthony Do's book”
“um kind of maybe in the lineage of I would say Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Passing Night school
“the books he reviews include Lee child's night school his latest Jack Reacher novel”
Passing The long room
“The Long Room by Francesca K”
Passing The Girl from Venice
“the girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith”
Passing The vanishing year
“The Vanishing year by Kate Moretti”
Passing His bloody project
“One was a historical Thriller called his bloody project by gr McCrae Bernett”
Passing All that man is
“there was a linked short Story collection which I guess the judges were treating as a novel for this purpose by David Cay it's titled all that man is”
Passing Eileen
“and a genre bending debut novel Eileen by Essa m”
Passing Hot milk
“there was another novel hot milk by Deborah Ley which made the the cut”
Passing Escape Clause
“John Sanford continues his Virgil flowers series with a book called Escape Clause that's new at number one”
Passing The Magnolia Story
“chip gains and his wife Joanna gains who are famous as as the the hosts of the HGTV show fixer upper have a memoir they wrote with a guy named Mark dagostino that's called The Magnolia story and it's a deeper dive into their lives than than you get on the TV show”
Passing NW
“in that it's about a couple of girls growing up in the projects in North West London”
“I have not read a biography of Madison um nor of Washington but I read Americans thinks the um Joseph ell's biography of Jefferson”