Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Times Critics Talk About Their Year-End Lists
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Trust Exercise
Susan Choi's novel Trust Exercise is a complex narrative that explores a high-pressure performing arts high school while constantly upending reader expectations through startling structural shifts.
Discussed“one of them was Susan Choice trust exercise exes trust exercise”
Where to get it
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The Old Drift
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell is an ambitious, multi-generational debut novel tracing the history of Zambia through interconnected families.
Discussed“and the other one was the old drift by namw surel”
Where to get it
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Normal People
Normal People by Sally Rooney is a contemporary bestselling novel that traces the complex, evolving romantic and emotional relationship of two young Irish students transitioning from secondary school to university.
Discussed“I think it was the new Sally Rooney novel normal people”
Where to get it
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The Yellow House
The Yellow House by Sarah M.
Discussed“and all three of the those books made your list as well as two books that were on the book review editors list the top 10 list nightboat to Tangier and the yellow house”
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Midnight in Chernobyl
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham is a gripping historical account documenting the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster.
Discussed“I thought the Chernobyl book by Adam Higginbotham I thought was fantastic... so this is midnight in ch midnight in Chernobyl”
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How to Hide an Empire
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr is a sweeping non-fiction history that examines the greater United States, focusing on the nation's overseas territories, colonies, and possessions that are frequently overlooked in standard historical narratives.
Discussed“another book was how to hide an Empire by Daniel imir”
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Anniversaries
Discussed“parl two of your best books were more than a thousand pages... ducks Newberry Port by Lucy Elman and anniversaries by U Johnson”
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Ducks, Newburyport
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann is an ambitious, experimental stream-of-consciousness novel structured around a single, massive sentence spanning over a thousand pages.
Discussed“parl two of your best books were more than a thousand pages... ducks Newberry Port by Lucy Elman and anniversaries by U Johnson”
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Solitary
Discussed“Unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement my story of transition and hope by Albert woodfox and Leslie George”
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Black Radical
Discussed“one you reviewed quite recently black radical The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter by Carrie greenage”
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American Carnage
American Carnage by Tim Alberta is a detailed political chronicle charting the transformation of the Republican Party during the rise of Donald Trump.
Discussed“I remember when you reviewed This Book American Carnage by Tim Alberta your review was so persuasive”
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Women Talking
Women Talking is a powerful novel by Miriam Toews inspired by the real-life harrowing accounts of women in an isolated religious community seeking to reclaim their agency.
Recommended“parl I think for me it would be women talking by Miriam Taves”
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Thelonious Monk
Discussed“I'm reading a biography of Thelonius Monk it's by Robin DG Kelly”
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Richard Nixon
Discussed“I have finally finished John frell's biography of Richard Nixon”
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