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Every book Alexandra Alter recommended on podcasts
Alexandra Alter is a journalist and literary critic. Appearing on The Book Review podcast, she regularly shares her thoughts on contemporary fiction, upcoming releases, and notable recent novels with listeners. Alter recommended Zachary Mason's novel Void Star, noting that it might give readers nightmares but remains enjoyable throughout the reading process. She highlighted Ayòbámi Adébáyò's novel Stay with Me, which garnered significant critical praise upon its publication in the United States, as well as Sarah Ladipo Manyika's Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun, centering on an older Nigerian woman living in San Francisco. Alter introduced Tommy Orange's debut novel There There, noting his interesting background, and reviewed John Green's novel Turtles All the Way Down, observing that it is notably dark in tone. Additionally, she recommended recent contemporary dystopian fiction such as Omar El Akkad's American War and Lidia Yuknavitch's The Book of Joan. Alter also shared her enthusiasm for Helen Phillips's novel The Need, praising its difficult-to-describe metaphysical twist.
Books recommended by Alexandra Alter
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic American novel by Harper Lee that explores themes of racial injustice and moral growth in the American South.
Discussed“I was also thinking of the Harper Lee collection of stories which to me that was interesting just because as everyone knows late in her career a sort of prequel which was kind of a sequel to Tequilla Mockingbird came out and there was a lot debate at the time over what her intentions were with that book.”
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Go Set A Watchman
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee is a novel written before To Kill a Mockingbird that follows an adult Scout returning to Maycomb, Alabama, and confronting her aging father's complex racial views.
Discussed“but that'll lead right into another surprise or maybe not so surprising given the reviews that goett a Watchmen was not on the list”
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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" imagines a totalitarian society where individual liberties are stripped away and women's bodies are heavily controlled.
Discussed“it's number 23 is the handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood”
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A Higher Loyalty
A Higher Loyalty by James Comey is a high-profile political memoir by the former FBI director that chronicles his career in public service, his handling of sensitive investigations, and his interactions with political leaders including Donald Trump.
Discussed“first of all we had the first sales figures come in for James comey's book a higher loyalty”
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Fear: Trump in the White House
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward is a bestselling investigative work examining the inner workings, chaos, and decision-making processes of the Donald Trump administration.
Discussed“another book by Bob Woodward his previous book about the Trump Administration which was titled fear sold millions of copies”
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The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a powerful young adult contemporary novel that follows a teenage girl grappling with the fatal police shooting of her childhood best friend.
Discussed“so there's a book that came out recently it's a young adult novel called the hate you give by Angie Thomas”
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The President is Missing
The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson is a high-stakes political thriller that imagines a crisis where the American commander-in-chief suddenly vanishes while dealing with a catastrophic cyberattack.
Discussed“the title is the president is missing and they're being extremely stingy with details about the plot”
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical fiction novel that reimagines the antebellum South by turning the secret network of abolitionist routes into a literal subterranean railway system utilized by an enslaved woman named Cora seeking freedom.
Discussed“Coulson Whitehead was nominated for the underground rail world that was probably the least surprising name on the list this book has generated probably the most praise in his entire career and attention”
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Purity
Purity by Jonathan Franzen is a sprawling contemporary novel that examines modern journalism, family secrets, global activism, and personal identity through an interconnected cast of characters.
Discussed“but his 2015 novel Purity which was extremely well reviewed and I think very timely in its themes only sold around 250,000 copies”
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 presents a chilling vision of a totalitarian society characterized by perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance, and the systematic manipulation of historical truth and language.
Discussed“and so to a lot of other people it seems like there's been a massive surge in sales for Orwell's classic novel 1984”
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Fire and Fury
Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury is an explosive investigative look inside the Donald Trump White House that generated massive controversy and public debate upon its release.
Discussed“uh it's Michael Wolf's fire and fury and it's not often that you have the president of the United States engaging in a very public feuded with a publishing house and author”
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It Can't Happen Here
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis is a 1935 political satire novel exploring the rise of fascism and authoritarianism in the United States.
Discussed“another book that has picked up in sales is it can't happen here by Sinclair Lewis”
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Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart is a deeply moving debut novel set in 1980s post-industrial Glasgow, chronicling a young boy's devoted efforts to save his mother from the grips of severe alcoholism.
Discussed“I just finished a book that had been on my radar but became Rose quickly to the top of the list because it's a finalist for both the booker and the national book award and that's Douglas Stewart's suy Bane and it's long and it's absorbing”
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The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is an acclaimed young adult novel that follows two teenagers coping with terminal cancer diagnoses who fall in love while navigating the painful realities of mortality.
Discussed“and the faar Stars alone has more than 23 million copies in print and of course that's been boosted by some of the film adaptations”
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is Arundhati Roy's highly anticipated second novel, which arrived two decades after her celebrated debut, The God of Small Things.
Discussed“uh even I think possibly bigger deal was of course AR and daddy Roy who has not published a novel in 20 years and published her second novel this weekit's called the ministry of utmost happiness”
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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“we did have one American the the sellout by Paul batty that was one of our 10 best at the book review last year and that's a sort of satirical novel about race”
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American War
American War by Omar El Akkad is a dystopian debut novel that imagines a fractured United States caught in the throes of a second civil war in the late twenty-first century.
Discussed“and on top of that there's this whole new crop of dystopian fiction coming out this spring starting with American War by Omar Cod which is a debut novel and it takes place in America after a civil war”
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The Book of Joan
The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch is a dystopian science fiction novel set in a ruined, war-torn future where the remnants of humanity orbit a devastated Earth.
Discussed“another one that's coming out soon is Lydia yuk nich's novel The Book of Joan which is set in the near future again where the globe has been devastated by climate change and War”
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The End of October
Lawrence Wright’s novel The End of October explores a catastrophic global pandemic and its profound societal consequences.
Recommended“I guess the big lesson of the pandemic is no one can predict the future except perhaps Lawrence Wright yes let's talk a little bit about some of the books coming out next week including wri's book his book and I read it on a net Galley is remarkably preent to a frightening degree and it is about a global”
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Turtles All the Way Down
Turtles All the Way Down is a young adult novel by John Green that explores themes of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder through a fictionalized context.
Recommended“so the thing that really stands out about this new novel which is called Turtles all the way down is that it's even I think more I think it's even darker in some ways”
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A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss and Marlon Bundo is a satirical picture book that follows a male rabbit falling in love despite protests.
Discussed“so I thought this week we could talk about the Runaway Bunny bestseller that has taken the publishing World by storm of course I'm talking about John Oliver's parody book A Day in the Life of marlin bundo”
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Did you ever have a family
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg is a poignant novel that explores grief, loss, and the complex aftermath of a tragedy.
Discussed“did you ever have a family which comes out this September”
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Exit West
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid is a contemporary magical realist novel that explores migration, refugees, and global upheaval through the lens of a couple fleeing a war-torn country.
Discussed“for the non-americans on the list Mosen hammed made the short list for exit West which was his you know novel that sort of has a Fantastical premise”
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Fantastic Beasts
Fantastic Beasts by J.
Discussed“I'm also really curious to see what the sales and fan response will be to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them which is being published it's a screenplay of course she wrote it this time so unlike the play these are her words”
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.
Discussed“I'm also really curious to see what the sales and fan response will be to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them which is being published it's a screenplay of course she wrote it this time so unlike the play these are her words”
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French Braid
French Braid by Anne Tyler is a richly observed novel that explores the complex dynamics, unspoken tensions, and enduring bonds within a Baltimore family across multiple decades.
Discussed“and so one deal that happened recently that caught my eye cuz it sounds fascinating is a new book by Anne Tyler which won't be out until 2022 it's going to be from Koff her usual publisher and it sounds very much like your classic kind of an Tyler novel it's called french braid”
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Hamilton
Hamilton: The Revolution is a companion book co-authored by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter that chronicles the creation of the groundbreaking musical, which itself was inspired by Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton.
Discussed“and you also had Hamilton the revolution which was the book based on Hamilton the musical which itself was based on the biography by Ron Cho and this was co-authored by Lyn uel Miranda and Jeremy mcarter and it's still in the top 20 on Amazon”
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two - Playscript
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two - Playscript is a stage play script by J.K.
Discussed“It started on Sunday with the release of the Harry Potter play which was highly anticipated for months and tons of people pre-ordered it so we found out just how many people bought it it sold more than two million hard cover copies in the first two days on sale”
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the opening fantasy novel in J.K.
Discussed“It started on Sunday with the release of the Harry Potter play which was highly anticipated for months and tons of people pre-ordered it so we found out just how many people bought it it sold more than two million hard cover copies in the first two days on sale”
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“you know Tara westovers Memoir educated has continued to sell really well you know that's sort of like in the JD Vance hillbilly elegy tradition of of a surprising Memoir”
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Indecency
Indecency by Justin Phillip Reed is a striking and critically acclaimed poetry collection that interrogates systemic oppression, desire, and the intersections of race and gender in contemporary American society.
Discussed“Justin Philip Reeds indecency from Coffee House Press was a finalist”
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem by Alan Moore is a massive, highly ambitious experimental novel set in the author's hometown of Northampton, England, weaving together supernatural elements, local history, and diverse literary styles.
Discussed“the title is Jerusalem it's coming out in 2016”
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The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is a best-selling mystery thriller that follows symbologist Robert Langdon as he uncovers hidden religious conspiracies and historical secrets.
Discussed“this week Random House announced an upcoming publication It's actually an old one it's Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code which was a huge bestseller when it came came out in 2003”
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The friend
Why people recommend it: The Friend by Sigrid Nunez is an acclaimed, award-winning novel that explores profound themes including suicide, grief, and the deep bond between a grieving writer and a very lovable Great Dane.
Discussed“Sig Nunes for a friend which was a very well regarded novel”
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The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins is a psychological thriller centering on an unstable commuter who becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation after observing something suspicious from a train window.
Discussed“so we're pretty early in 2015 but it looks like we already have our first breakout big best seller and it's one that I'm sure you've heard of now the girl on the train by Paula Hawkins”
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The Great Believers
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai is a powerful, emotionally devastating novel that chronicles the devastating impact of the AIDS crisis on the arts community in 1980s Chicago alongside a parallel storyline in modern-day Paris.
Discussed“Rebecca Makai is shortlisted for the great Believers”
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The Mueller Report
The Mueller Report is the official public document detailing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election, compiled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and subsequently analyzed and published in various editions.
Discussed“so since you sit next to me in the office you know that I'm lowkey obsessed with the Russia investigation in the Muller report and funnily enough it it is touching on the publishing industry quite a bit this year so robt Muller gave us testimony in Washington this week it was widely watched and Publishers have really taken advantage”
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The new Negro
The new Negro by Jeffrey C.
Discussed“and Jeffrey Stewart's the new negro the life of Elaine lock was also shortlisted for non-fiction”
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The Poet X
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo is a celebrated young adult novel in verse that follows a Dominican-American teenager in Harlem who uses slam poetry to understand her world and find her voice.
Discussed“That novel is the poet X by Elizabeth ASO”
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The Revenant
The Revenant by Michael Punke is a gripping historical survival novel inspired by the harrowing true-life ordeal of frontier fur trapper Hugh Glass, who was mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his companions in the American wilderness.
Discussed“and that is uh the story of the Revenant I don't know if you're familiar with the novel The Very title then for this story as well as for the movie”
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The Room Where It Happened
The Room Where It Happened by John R.
Discussed“so the latest is Simon and of course released John Bolton's book this week and that was something the Trump Administration tried very hard to prevent from happening”
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The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian by Han Kang is a haunting South Korean novel that explores a woman's sudden decision to stop eating meat, which triggers a devastating psychological and familial crisis.
Discussed“we saw that with h kangs the vegetarian and other books like that”
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Too Much and Never Enough
Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L.
Discussed“book by President Trump's niece Mary Trump which is called too much and never enough how my family created the world's most dangerous man”
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Trump: The Art of the Deal
Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J.
Discussed“there are many of Donald Trump's books that are up quite a bit now we have the art of the deal his uh best seller from the 80s which is at 13 it was at 52 and his policy Book Grade again is up to 69”
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens is a bestselling fiction novel that combines a coming-of-age narrative with a murder mystery set against the backdrop of the North Carolina marshes.
Discussed“the one kind of huge bright spot in fiction has been where the crow dad sing by dilia Owens which which was apparently the top selling print book in the first half of 2019 and sold more than 900,000 copies”
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Spy of the first person
Spy of the First Person by Sam Shepard is a poignant, slim posthumous novel that reflects on aging, illness, and memory through the perspective of an observant narrator sitting on a porch in the American Southwest.
Recommended“working on a final book which was released this week by Koff titled spy of the first person”
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A god in ruins
A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson is a companion novel and sequel to Life After Life, following the life of Teddy Todd during and after the London World War II Blitz era.
Recommended“perhaps you know this already but a God in grins her her next novel is about Teddy”
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All Joy and No Fun
All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior is an insightful, hilarious, and deeply researched exploration of modern parenting that examines how children profoundly reshape the emotional, social, and economic lives of their parents.
Recommended“she is the author of a book all joy and no fun which is a hilarious and in-depth look at modern parenting as a parent I thoroughly enjoyed”
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An American Marriage
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones is an acclaimed contemporary novel that explores the devastating impact of a wrongful conviction on a newlywed couple in the American South.
Recommended“and there's even more exciting stuff coming out in February including an American marriage by tyi Jones”
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain is a satirical novel about an American infantry squad on a victory tour across the United States culminating in a Thanksgiving halftime show.
Recommended“some of the ones I'm really looking forward to are Billy Lynn's long halftime walk which is being adapted by angle and that's another book that I loved as well as uh the girl on the train which is based on the hugely best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins”
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Binti: The Night Masquerade
Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor is a science fiction novella that serves as the final installment in the author's acclaimed and award-winning Binti fantasy series.
Recommended“and another January 16th title I'm excited about basically everything I'm excited about is coming out on a single day is the night masquerade which is the final installment in nedia cor for award-winning denty fantasy series”
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Chain Gang All Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is a gripping futuristic dystopian novel that explores institutionalized violence and the American prison-industrial complex through a high-stakes gladiatorial combat program.
Recommended“Chain Gang All Star which is in the same vein of kind of futuristic sci-fi social satire and it's it's wonderful”
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Circe
Circe by Madeline Miller is a mythological fantasy novel that reimagines the story of the witch Circe from Homer's Odyssey, narrated from her own perspective.
Recommended“and her new novel Cersei which comes out in April is looking at the witch from The Odyssey and it's narrated from The Witch's perspective”
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Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff is a celebrated novel that examines the complex dynamics of a marriage by exploring the same relationship from two distinctly different perspectives.
Recommended“I loved um Fates and Furies by Lauren grth seeing a marriage from two perspectives is not an a brand new idea and fiction but the execution I thought was beautiful”
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Green
Green by Sam Graham-Felsen is a contemporary debut novel following the experiences of a young campaign worker and offering a window into American politics and social dynamics.
Recommended“one that's getting a lot of attention um right now that's just out is green by Sam Graham Felson and this is by a former campaign blog director for Barack Obama”
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How Do My Eyes See
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin is a contemporary novel exploring the unsettling impacts of a fictional device that connects users globally.
Recommended“I just finished little eyes by Samantha schweblin who I interviewed remotely through a translator”
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Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika is a vibrant and compassionate novel that follows an aging Nigerian woman living in San Francisco, capturing her daily interactions, independence, and reflections on life.
Recommended“one that covo Republic published in the US this year was called like a mule bringing ice cream to the sun which is such a great title and that was by Sarah laido mana and it's about an older Nigerian woman living in San Francisco”
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Little Darlings
Little Darlings is a dark and suspenseful novel by Melanie Golding that puts a terrifying supernatural spin on the anxieties of early motherhood.
Recommended“and another novel that I mentioned which was recommended to me by an editor on our desk was Melanie golding's Little Darlings which is actually more of a straightforward horror novel”
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Little Eyes
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin is a contemporary novel exploring a chilling global obsession with small, robotic surveillance pets that connect people across the world.
Recommended“little eyes by Samantha schweblin she is an Argentinian author who writes these sort of Fantastical stories and novels but they're kind of real they're more realistic than not they're sort of uncannily between the two and so this novel is about a world in which people have become obsessed with these little toys that are operated by people in”
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Orange World and Other Stories
Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell is a whimsical and inventive collection of contemporary short fiction exploring strange, darkly humorous landscapes.
Recommended“there was Karen Russell's Story collection orange world”
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Piranesi
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is a fantasy novel about a man living in a boundless, statue-filled house with an ocean inside, chronicling his solitary explorations and the mysterious second person who visits him.
Recommended“the novel purany by Susanna Clark is absolutely extraordinary mind-blowing what she does inside a person's head is insane”
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Red Clocks
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas is a feminist dystopian novel that explores a near-future society where reproductive rights are heavily restricted and fertilized embryos possess full legal personhood.
Recommended“on the same day as Dennis Johnson there's this uh feminist dystopian novel coming out it's called the red Clocks by Lenny zumas”
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Rodham
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld is an imaginative alternative history novel that explores what might have happened to Hillary Clinton's life and career had she declined a marriage proposal from Bill Clinton.
Recommended“and another book people are really looking forward to is Curtis sfi's new novel rodom which is an alternative history of Hillary Clinton's life how it might have turned out if she had not accepted Bill Clinton's marriage proposal so she's done the first lady or former first lady Laura Bush now she's doing an almost president or would be”
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Stay with me
Stay with Me by Ayòbámi Adébáyò is a deeply emotional and gripping novel set in Nigeria that explores marriage, tradition, fertility pressures, and the complex dynamics of love and loyalty.
Recommended“it was published by knoff in the US and her name is ayobami Edo and her novel stay with me I think got a ton of critical praise when it came out here”
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Stray
Stray by Stephanie Danler is a deeply personal, fully autobiographical memoir that explores the author's turbulent upbringing, her complicated relationship with her family, and the lingering impacts of trauma and addiction.
Recommended“two other titles that people are really looking forward to are Stephanie danler stray her first novel Sweet Bitter was a huge hit... and her new book is fully autobiographical it's a memoir and it's titled stray and it looks at her relationship with the people in her life who have shaped her”
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Tangerine
Tangerine by Christine Mangan is a psychological suspense thriller set against the sweltering, claustrophobic backdrop of 1950s Morocco, following two estranged college roommates whose reunion turns perilous.
Recommended“another debut that I'm very excited about is Tangerine by Christine manangan”
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The female persuasion
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer is a contemporary novel exploring ambition, mentorship, feminism, and generational expectations among women.
Recommended“and another April book that I'm looking forward to is the female persuasion by Meg willitzer which people are already raving about”
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The First Bad Man
The First Bad Man by Miranda July is a wildly inventive and provocative debut novel by the acclaimed filmmaker and avant-garde artist.
Recommended“one of the books that I loved that I'm think a lot of people will be interested in is the first bad man it's Miranda July's first novel”
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The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson is a posthumous short story collection by the acclaimed author.
Recommended“he had finished a final short Story collection before he died and this is coming out on January 16th it's titled the largeest of the sea Maiden”
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The Need
The Need by Helen Phillips is an inventive and gripping novel that explores the disorienting realities of modern motherhood through a surreal, metaphysical lens.
Recommended“so there's a book out this week that I absolutely loved but it's a little hard to describe because there's this big metaphysical twist that happens that you can't really talk about until you read it so you'll have to read it but it's called the need by Helen Phillips”
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The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny is a chilling psychological suspense novel by Lela Slimani that explores the dark dynamics between a seemingly ideal nanny and the family who employs her, ultimately culminating in tragedy.
Recommended“and another Thriller that's looking very exciting that's already getting a ton of attention is the perfect Nanny by Leila slimani”
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The Soul of an Octopus
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery is a fascinating exploration into the inner lives, intelligence, and consciousness of one of the natural world's most mysterious creatures.
Recommended“and another book that sounds fascinating about the inner lives of octopuses by S Montgomery”
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The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett is a compelling contemporary novel that examines family, racial identity, and the choices that shape our lives through the lives of twin sisters who choose to live in very different worlds.
Recommended“it's called The Vanishing half and it's coming out June 2nd so not so far away”
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The witches: Salem, 1692
The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff is a historical non-fiction account examining the infamous Salem witch trials.
Recommended“Stacy schiff's book about the Salem Witch Trials is coming out it's called The Witches”
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There There
There There by Tommy Orange is a powerful polyphonic novel that follows a diverse group of Native American characters living in modern-day Oakland, California.
Recommended“His book is coming out next week Koff is publishing it and it's called there there and he's got a really interesting background”
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Void Star
Void Star by Zachary Mason is a complex science fiction novel set in a near-future San Francisco defined by technological disruption and corporate dominance.
Recommended“and another April novel that I loved that again might give you nightmares but you'll probably enjoy it while you're reading it is void Star by Zachary Mason”
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Washington Black
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan is a critically acclaimed historical novel that chronicles the extraordinary escape and global odyssey of an enslaved boy from a Barbados sugar plantation in the nineteenth century.
Recommended“a novel that I'm sort of Dipping into and really enjoying that's coming out this fall titled Washington Black by Essie Edan”
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Discussed“another author on the short list was elif Shaak for her novel 10 minutes 38 seconds in This Strange World which also sounds somewhat experimental”
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107 Days
107 Days is a political memoir by Kamala Harris that offers an insider account of her high-profile campaign and political career.
Discussed“One interesting exception and I have to say the strength of the sales really surprised me is Kamla Harris's memoir 107 days. It has sold, I think, more than 600,000 copies, which at a moment when people probably don't want to think too much about last year's election...”
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a thought-provoking book by Yuval Noah Harari that examines contemporary technological, political, and existential challenges facing humanity.
Discussed“and this was a translation of his recent book 21 lessons for the 21st century in Russian”
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A birthday cake for George Washington
Discussed“so on Sunday Scholastic announced that they are stopping the distribution of this book called a birthday cake for George Washington By Ramen ganeshram which was illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton”
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James is a sprawling, ambitious historical novel that uses the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley to weave a complex narrative spanning decades of political violence, drug wars, and systemic turmoil in Jamaica and the United States.
Discussed“Marlon James who's from Jamaica was nominated for his novel brief history of seven killings”
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A child's first book of Trump
Discussed“and there's a a child's first book of Trump by the comedian Michael Ian Black which is coming out”
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A Cup of Rage
Discussed“apparently there's a Brazilian author who I had never heard of reduan Nassar this is um The Guardian called it an explosively erotic 47 page story called a cup of Rage was nominated so as you can see”
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A Kids' Guide to America's First Ladies
Discussed“here's from a kid's guide to America's First Ladies First Ladies Like Pat Nixon and Betty Ford worked as models but Melania is the only one to have had a successful career and also the only one who posed nude at 5'11”
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A kind of freedom
Discussed“another one is Carol zoro's Baron Island and another one is Margaret Wilkerson seon's novel a kind of Freedom yeah the Margaret ston we just reviewed in the book review”
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A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove is a bestselling novel by Swedish author Fredrik Backman that tells the story of a grumpy, isolated widower whose routine-bound life is disrupted by new neighbors.
Discussed“yes another sort of surprise hit that I didn't coming I'll admit was a little novel called a man called UA that came out of Sweden and it was actually first published here in 2014”
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A Place for Wolves
Discussed“and since her book came out it happened again with kosako Jackson's young adult novel a place for wolves which he also cancelled”
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A Spool of Blue Thread
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler is a rich, domestic novel that traces the multi-generational dynamics, quiet triumphs, and hidden tensions within an ordinary family rooted in Baltimore.
Discussed“Marilyn Robinson for Lyla and Tyler for a spool of blue thread that came out this year”
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A Warning
Discussed“so this week we learned about another yet another tell all book coming out of the Trump Administration there's obviously been a slew of these from the justice department from former White House officials and that was not a surprise”
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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle's beloved children's science fantasy classic, A Wrinkle in Time, follows young Meg Murry as she journeys across space and time using a tesseract to rescue her scientist father from a malevolent cosmic entity.
Discussed“Publishers Weekly in their analysis said it was probably due to huge sales from two surprising titles last year which was a wrinkle in time which you wouldn't expect to sell so many copies since it's old”
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a classic American novel depicting a young boy's journey down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave, confronting society and morality.
Discussed“This is our prisoner on Huckleberry Finn Huck was the boy for me when I was a shaver”
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Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life
Discussed“and so beyond the novel there's another book coming out in the fall from three ever's press and it's called Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life”
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All American Boys
Discussed“and I think it's also interesting you know you saw books like all-American boys which was by Jason Reynolds and Brendan key and it came out in 2015”
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All Boys Aren't Blue
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M.
Discussed“one of the most BN books for the past two years has been all boys aren't Blue by George Johnson which is about the author's experience growing up black and queer”
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All that man is
Discussed“so David saliz all that man is is a collection of nine short stories about the lives of different men who are at various points in their lives”
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel that intertwines the lives of a blind French girl and a German boy during World War II.
Discussed“and that is all the light we cannot see by Anthony D which was on our top 10 which was on our top 10”
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All we have left
Discussed“I think the the bulk of them are middle grade in ya um a couple of the ones that are that are new that I think are interesting are um all we have left by Wendy Mills and I spoke to her for the story”
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American Eden
Discussed“Victoria Johnson's non-fiction book American Eden David hosac botany and Medicine inressa”
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American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis's controversial 1991 satirical novel about a wealthy Manhattan investment banker leading a double life as a serial killer remains a potent cultural touchstone.
Discussed“I'm always at home reading book so that was very exciting and even more exciting I got to see uh the musical of American Psycho with Brett Easton Ellis the author of The novel which came out in 1991”
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American sonnets for my past and future assassin
Terrance Hayes's poetry collection American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin offers a brilliant, urgent sequence of poems responding to the political and social realities of contemporary America.
Discussed“Terrence Hayes made the cut for American Sunnet from a past and future assassin which was a a fantastic collection”
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Amity and Prosperity
Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold is a Pulitzer Prize-winning work of investigative journalism that chronicles one Pennsylvania family's struggle against the environmental and social fallout of the fracking boom.
Discussed“General non-fiction Was Won by Eliza Griswald for her book Amity and prosperity one family and the fracturing of America”
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An Orchestra of Minorities
Discussed“another finalist was Choi Obama for an orchestra of minorities which is about a Nigerian poultry farmer who falls in love with a woman after he stops her from jumping to her death”
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Ancillary Justice
Discussed“and one of the most successful authors to emerge in recent years is Ann Ley um her book ancillary Justice dominated the awards last year won hugos and nebulas and other Awards”
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And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street is the celebrated debut children's book by Dr.
Discussed“probably the best known of the six titles was and to think that I saw it on mulber street because that was his debut as a children's book author”
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Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery is a beloved classic novel that tells the heartwarming story of an imaginative and spirited orphan girl sent to live with an elderly brother and sister on Prince Edward Island.
Discussed“the book review did this great feature recently about Classics that are you know now considered just these incredible parts of the cannon that were completely panned by the book review like Catch 22 the book review hated and of Green Gables the book review hated”
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Another Brooklyn
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson is a lyrical coming-of-age novel set in 1970s Brooklyn, marking the acclaimed author's first adult novel in two decades.
Discussed“she's nominated in the adult category for another Brooklyn which is a Coming of Age story set in 1970s brookin and it's her first adult novel in 20 years”
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Artemis
Artemis is a science fiction novel by Andy Weir that follows Jazz Bashara, a twenty-six-year-old smuggler living in a futuristic lunar city, as she navigates high-stakes heists and personal survival.
Discussed“Andy wear has a new novel coming out this fall it's called Artemis”
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Autumn
Autumn by Ali Smith is a reflective contemporary novel that captures the shifting political and cultural landscape of Great Britain.
Discussed“and the other brid on the list is Ali Smith for Autumn which has been called the first great novel about brexit”
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Barracoon
Discussed“there is a book coming out next week by zoral Hurston it was the first book she ever wrote and when she finished it in 1931 it was rejected ac across the board by all the publishers”
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Battlegrounds
Battlegrounds by H.
Discussed“they bought HR McMasters book Battlegrounds which is looking at his 34-year career in the Army including his recent 13-month tenure as National Security adviser for the Trump Administration”
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Be More Chill
Discussed“I I recently wrote about be more chill which is H based on a novel by Ned Vini and it became this viral hit when it was put on Off Broadway”
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Be With
Discussed“in the Poetry category a poet named Forest Gander won for a collection called be with and it's a sad collection shot through with grief because it concerns among other subjects the death of his wife another acclaimed poet CD Wright who died in 2016 quite suddenly”
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Becoming
Becoming is a widely discussed memoir by Michelle Obama that details her life, public journey, and transition through various stages, including her time as First Lady of the United States.
Discussed“so his book comes out before Michelle Obama's book becoming which is released on November 13th”
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Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty is a gripping domestic suspense novel that explores suburban secrets, complex female friendships, and the hidden violence behind picture-perfect lives.
Discussed“and already on TV for people that want to get started watching is lean Mor Ari's 2014 novel big little lies is now a series on HBO”
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West by David Fisher and Bill O'Reilly is a popular non-fiction work detailing historical events and figures associated with the American frontier.
Discussed“then no non-fiction bestseller list would be complete without an appearance by Bill O'Reilly of course he's at number seven with Legends and lies the Patriots and these are stories of the American Revolution it's a companion volume to his Fox News series”
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Blackouts
Discussed“blackouts by Justin torus who wrote We the animals which was his debut it became a bestseller”
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Blood Heir
Discussed“there was one in particular that got a lot of attention earlier this year which was Amal wo's Blood air”
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Blood in the water
Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson is a definitive work of historical non-fiction that investigates the 1971 Attica prison uprising and its enduring legal, political, and social legacy.
Discussed“another book that got a lot of attention this year and the critics went wild over is Heather and Thompson's blood in the water which is her history of the Attica prison Uprising and its Legacy”
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Booked
Discussed“some of the nominees are kwami Alexander for his novel booked uh which is I believe a novel in verse”
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Boys in Zinc
Discussed“also ww Norton published her in the 9s um her book ziny boys which was about um Russian soldiers who were sent to to Afghanistan to participate in The Invasion there and we many of them sent home in zinc coffins”
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a chilling dystopian masterpiece that envisions a technologically advanced future society sustained by pharmacological distraction, engineered conformity, and the systematic eradication of deep human emotion and critical thought.
Discussed“Brave New World by Aldis Huxley has risen to number nine”
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín is a celebrated novel about a young Irish immigrant navigating homesickness, romantic choices, and a dual identity in 1950s New York and her native village.
Discussed“among the nominations are um Brooklyn by col toyin The Big Short by Michael Lewis room by Emma Donahue which is a really sort of chilling novel and a hard one to adapt and the Martian by Andy Weir and the Revenant which is based on U Michael pun's 2002 novel about a frontiersmen that actually picked up 12 nominations”
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Discussed“You have other authors like jacqulyn Woodson whose Memoir brown girl dreaming was written in free verse”
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Carol
Discussed“nominations went to the Danish girl which is based on a novel by David iof and Carol which is based on a Patricia heith novel”
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Catch-22
Catch-22 is Joseph Heller's famous satirical novel about the absurd bureaucratic paradoxes and psychological toll of military life during World War II.
Discussed“the book review did this great feature recently about Classics that are you know now considered just these incredible parts of the cannon that were completely panned by the book review like Catch 22 the book review hated and of Green Gables the book review hated”
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Charlie the Choo-Choo
Discussed“I believe it's his first picture book called Charlie the Chuchu”
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Cherry
Cherry by Nico Walker is a gritty debut novel following an anonymous narrator who drops out of college to serve as an army medic in Iraq, only to return home battling severe PTSD and opioid addiction.
Discussed“so there's a novel that's coming out this month that really caught my attention it's coming out from Koff”
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Christine
Christine by Stephen King is a classic horror novel about a malevolent, vintage 1958 Plymouth Fury possessed by a sinister supernatural force that slowly corrupts its young owner.
Discussed“it sounds a little bit like his hor novel Christine”
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Crepúsculo Del Mundo / the Twilight World
Crepúsculo Del Mundo, published in English as The Twilight World, is a novel by renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog that reimagines the astonishing true story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese imperial soldier who continued fighting World War II on a remote Philippine island for decades after hostilities ended.
Discussed“and so this story that he tells in his first novel The Twilight world is one that he has been ruminating on for more than 25 years and thought about making a film”
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Crippled America
Crippled America by Donald J.
Discussed“and his policy Book Grade again is up to 69”
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Crisis of Character
Crisis of Character by Gary J.
Discussed“exactly on the on the non-fiction hard cover list this week for the New York Times the number one book is crisis of character by Gary J burn and Grant M Schmidt that is by a former secret service officer who claims to have witnessed scandalous Behavior by the clintons”
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Crucible
Discussed“all right tell us what it was um it was Troy denning's Crucible”
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Day of the Donald
Discussed“there is a Thriller Parody called The Day of the Donald by Andrew schaer and that takes place”
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DC Trip
Discussed“one of the novels that they did that was based on an old screenplay is DC trip and then Sarah Ben and casa is the author who wrote the novel”
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Dear Martin
Discussed“and you know a lot of the of the authors that are taking up the issue um one of the debut novel whose book is coming out later this year is Nick Stone and her debut is called dear Martin”
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Death by Water
Discussed“kenor o for uh death by water which is his 16th book translated into English”
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Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips is a compelling novel that explores the mysterious disappearance of two young sisters in the remote and rugged landscape of Kamchatka, Russia, examining the profound ripples the event creates through a close-knit community.
Discussed“and then there was Julia Phillips debut novel disappearing Earth which I think got tremendous reviews”
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DMZ Colony
Discussed“The Poetry award went to dumy for her collection DMZ colony and she gave a lovely speech”
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Do not say we have nothing
Discussed“and finally mine tian's novel do not say we have nothing which follows a Chinese Canadian woman who is obsessed with her long deceased father is on the short list as well”
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DON QUIXOTE
Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote is an early modern masterpiece following an idealistic nobleman who loses his sanity and sets out on chivalric quests to fix a flawed world.
Discussed“here he is on Don kote this one grabs the cake cervante is one by a mile”
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Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham with 12 Silly Sounds!
Dr.
Discussed“I think I have to go with green eggs and ham”
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Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum
Discussed“Dr Seuss's horse museum is going to be released this fall by Random House children's book his longtime publisher”
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Drunken Fireworks
Discussed“this holiday weekend Stephen King has released a new audiobook exclusive and it's sort of tied to the holiday weekend it's called drunken fireworks”
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Ducks, Newburyport
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann is a massive, highly experimental stream-of-consciousness novel told almost entirely through a single, sprawling sentence spanning roughly one thousand pages.
Discussed“and finally the only American on the short list this year is Lucy Elman who was chosen for her novel Ducks Newber Port which is highly experimental”
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Dune
Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction masterpiece Dune is widely celebrated as an epic space opera exploring ecology, religion, and political power on a desert planet.
Discussed“a very beloved classic Sci-fi novel that's already been made into a movie and it's being made again and then you can say it you can say it Dune”
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East of Eden
East of Eden by John Steinbeck is a sprawling, multi-generational masterpiece that adapts the Cain and Abel story into twentieth-century California.
Discussed“she basically filed the suit because she said that Gail Steinbeck was interfering with her plans to sell the film rights for East of Eden and Grapes of Wrath”
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Educated
Educated by Tara Westover is a bestselling memoir that follows the author's remarkable journey growing up in a strict and isolated survivalist family in rural Idaho before eventually escaping to pursue a PhD from Cambridge University.
Discussed“you know Tara westovers Memoir educated has continued to sell really well you know that's sort of like in the JD Vance hillbilly elegy tradition of of a surprising Memoir”
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Eileen
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh is a dark, provocative debut novel about a troubled young woman working in a juvenile detention facility who becomes entangled in a sinister disappearance.
Discussed“Essa M's novel Eileen is on the list and that is about a 24-year-old woman named eileene who was caring for her alcoholic father”
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Every day is for the thief
Discussed“she was the first person to publish T Cole for example she published every day for the thief and he's gone on to become”
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Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.
Discussed“it's eel James's new romance which is called the mister and this is her first work of original fiction since 50 Shades of Gray which had an incredible impact on the public in Industry”
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Florida
Florida is a sharp, evocative collection of short stories by Lauren Groff that explores themes of place, displacement, and environmental anxiety across the varied landscapes of the American South.
Discussed“Lauren grath was nominated for Florida”
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Freedom
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel that explores the complexities, disillusionments, and domestic struggles of a modern American family.
Discussed“his next novel Freedom which also did incredibly well came out in 200 and sold 1.15 million copies”
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Friday black
Friday black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is a piercing short story collection that confronts modern consumerism, systemic racism, and violence with sharp speculative energy.
Discussed“Nan kuame AJ Brena whose short Story collection Friday black was a big hit and he came out with a novel this”
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From the corner of the oval
From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein is a revealing memoir that chronicles the author's experiences transitioning from a young stenographer to a White House staffer working closely during the Obama administration.
Discussed“it's coming up this summer in July is from the corner of the oval it's a memoir by Beck Dory Stein and it's being published by Spiegel and grow”
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Full disclosure
Full Disclosure by Stormy Daniels is an explosive and candid memoir detailing the author's personal history, career in the adult film industry, and heavily publicized encounters with public figures.
Discussed“St Martin's press announced this week that they have a memoir by her the title is full disclosure”
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Ghost of
Discussed“and finally Diana Co nen her collection ghost of which was published by omnid Don publishing was a finalist”
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Girl, Woman, Other
Discussed“the other novel that won is titled girl woman other and it's very experimental”
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God Help the Child
God Help the Child is a powerful novel by Toni Morrison that explores the lasting impact of childhood trauma and colorism through the journey of its protagonist, Bride.
Discussed“also in the spring Tony Morrison has a new novel God help the child which people are very excited about”
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Golden Girl
Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand is a popular summer read novel set in Nantucket where a novelist dies at the beginning of the story.
Discussed“so this week there was a controversy surrounding the work of the author Ellen hilderbrand she's a very popular author and known for her summer reads and her latest novel golden girl takes place in in Tucket where a lot of her work is set”
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Graphic Novel"I Survived 9/11" The Attacks of September 11
Discussed“so there have been been a couple of um fairly popular ones including um I survived 911 by Scholastic which I believe has part of a series”
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Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr.
Discussed“I think I have to go with green eggs and ham”
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Green on Blue
Green on Blue by Elliot Ackerman is a powerful debut novel written by a decorated veteran of the Iraq and Afghan wars, offering a raw look into modern conflict.
Discussed“one is green on blue it's a novel by Elliot acrian he's a decorated veteran of the Iraq and Afghan Wars and a White House fellow”
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Hard Choices
Hard Choices by Hillary Clinton is a political memoir detailing her tenure as United States Secretary of State during the Obama administration.
Discussed“and it's also interesting to kind of compare this to her last Memoir which came out in 2014 and that was called hard choices and that sold around 86,000 print books so far fewer”
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Discussed“there was the Harry Potter and the curs child which I think set a new record when it sold more than 2 million copies in North America in the first two days of sale”
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Harry Sylvester Bird
Discussed“one of them which is just out is Harry Sylvester Bird by Chinelo oara and this is her second novel her third book and her first really overt satire I would say”
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Heartland
Heartland by Sarah Smarsh is a powerful memoir detailing the author's experiences growing up in poverty and working hard in the American Midwest.
Discussed“Sarah smarland which was her Memoir which many people are comparing to JD Vance”
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Here, Right Matters
Here, Right Matters is a powerful memoir by Alexander Vindman that details his experiences with institutional integrity, courage, and accountability.
Discussed“so he has a book out now called C right matters and that's selling very well”
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Hey, Kiddo
Discussed“the short list also included a graphic Memoir hey kiddo by Jarrett kosasa which we wrote about”
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Hillary's America
Hillary's America is a political book by conservative author and pundit Dinesh D'Souza that serves as a critical warning against the dangers of a potential Hillary Clinton presidency.
Discussed“number two is Hillary's America by dases duza and he's a conservative author and pundit and he is again warning readers against the dangers of Hillary Clinton presidency”
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Homegoing
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is an epic debut novel that traces the multi-generational impacts of slavery and violence across three centuries through the lineage of two sisters from Ghana.
Discussed“and yah Jesse the debut novelist whose novel homegoing I think made a huge impact it traces the impact of slavery across 300 years”
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Hope never dies
Discussed“it's called hope Never Dies and it is a crime fiction kind of cop buddy comedy starring Barack Obama and Joe Biden as amateur SLO who have teamed up to solve a mysterious death”
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Hot milk
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel that explores complex familial relationships and psychological tension.
Discussed“hot milk by Deborah Le is also on the list and that has gotten tremendous reviews”
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House of Beauty
Discussed“her novel is called the beauty house and it was recently acquired by Harper cullins in the UK at the London book fair”
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How do I explain this to my kids?
Discussed“this book is titled how do I explain this to my kids parenting in the age of trump which is edited by Dr Ava seagler”
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How we decide
Discussed“it has more in common with his other books like puce was a neuroscientist or how we decide where he takes these scientific studies and tries to you know apply them to Everyday Life in various ways”
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I Alone Can Fix It
I Alone Can Fix It by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker is a journalistic account documenting the turbulent final year of Donald Trump's presidency, capturing the chaotic intersection of a global pandemic, civil unrest, and a contested election.
Discussed“and some of those have actually sold almost as well as you would expect when he was in office for example I alone can fix it which is an account by the washingt post reporters Caroline egg and Philip Rucker has sold better than their book that came out when he was in office which was surprising”
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I love Dick
I Love Dick by Chris Kraus is a cult-classic epistolary novel exploring obsession, female desire, and feminist theory through the framing of an unrequited infatuation.
Discussed“and another television show I love dick which are part of Amazon Studios you can watch them on Amazon Prime and she's starting a publishing imprint which I thought was pretty interesting because she does seem to have a literary take on things I love dick is an adaptation of a novel by Chris Krauss”
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I Miss You, I Hate This
Discussed“another novel that's coming out it's a young adult novel that sounds really interesting by Sarah sedi is called I miss you I hate you”
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara, completed posthumously with the assistance of Patton Oswalt, is a gripping and meticulous true crime investigation into the horrific crimes and elusive identity of the Golden State Killer.
Discussed“the book is titled all begun in the dark by Michelle mcnamer and it's a true crime story about The Golden State killer”
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If I Stay
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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Imagine Me Gone
Discussed“another book that was extremely well reviewed um that is on the list is Adam haslett's imagine me gone which is a very sort of sweeping novel that explores the effects of mental illness”
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In the unlikely event
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume is an adult novel inspired by the author's childhood experiences with a tragic series of three real-life commercial airline crashes that shook her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, in the early 1950s.
Discussed“she has her first adult novel in 16 years it's called in the unlikely event”
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Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu is a satirical, formally inventive novel that uses the format of a television script to examine race, media representation, and the immigrant experience in America.
Discussed“the only controversial thing was that Charles Yu who won for his novel interior of Chinatown he won the fiction award”
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It Ends With Us
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover is a bestselling contemporary romance novel that addresses sensitive themes of domestic violence and complex relationship dynamics.
Discussed“and the book is a contemporary romance novel called it ends with us by Colleen Hoover”
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
Discussed“Nini next novel It's Kind of a Funny Story does because it was based on his actual experience in a mental hospital after he had a brush with suicide when he was uh younger”
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Ivanka Trump
Discussed“here's a touching moment from Ivanka Trump a brand of her own ivanka's life was further turned upside down when at the age of 15 she transferred to Cho Rosemary Hall a boarding school in Connecticut Ivanka was not happy there she was cut off from her friends back in Manhattan”
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Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann is a harrowing work of historical non-fiction examining the systematic murders of wealthy Osage people in Oklahoma during the 1920s and the birth of the FBI.
Discussed“another unsurprising name on the list is David Gran the New Yorker writer he was nominated for killers of the flower Moon the Ed murders and the birth of the FBI just doubled a book and again got incredible reviews”
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Killing England
Discussed“in this book it's killing England it's about the American Revolution”
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Killing the Legends
Killing the Legends by Bill O'Reilly is a popular non-fiction historical work that explores the lives of legendary figures and American historical events.
Discussed“then no non-fiction bestseller list would be complete without an appearance by Bill O'Reilly of course he's at number seven with Legends and lies the Patriots and these are stories of the American Revolution it's a companion volume to his Fox News series”
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Killing the Rising Sun
Discussed“it's not great considering that last year killing the Rising Sun sold more than 250,000 copies in its first week”
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King and the Dragonflies
Discussed“and the award for young people's literature went to Case and Calendar's king and the dragonflies”
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La mujer en la ventana / The Woman in the Window
La mujer en la ventana, known in English as The Woman in the Window, is a gripping psychological thriller by A.J.
Discussed“and then this week I was looking at new questions about Dan mallerie who is the author of the bestselling Thriller the woman in the window”
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Lady Susan
Discussed“and uh another exciting project is wit Stillman the filmmaker has Rewritten or uh sort of written a novelization of Lady Susan which is a lesser known Jane Austin work”
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Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus is a witty debut novel set in the early 1960s that follows Elizabeth Zott, a brilliant chemist whose career is sidelined by pervasive workplace sexism, leading her to unexpectedly become the beloved host of a revolutionary cooking show.
Discussed“so this book is a debut novel by Bonnie garas and it's called lessons in chemistry and it's a novel set in the early 1960s and it's about a woman who wants to be a scientist but she encounters sexism and ends up being the host of a TV cooking show instead”
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Let Me Tell You
Discussed“one recent example is let me tell you a collection of 56 short stories and other pieces by Shirley Jackson who died in 1965 and is probably best known for the lottery”
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Life
Life is a multi-layered title encompassing works such as Hanya Yanagihara's acclaimed novel, Claire Tomalin's memoir, and biographical histories.
Discussed“and another book that made the cirkus list that has been getting a lot of critical attention is also longlisted for the national book award is a little Life by Han Yan gahara”
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Life Without Children
Discussed“other ones that are coming out this year include Rody Doyle's short Story collection life without children which looks at the impact of the pandemic on everyday life”
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Lila
Discussed“Marilyn Robinson for Lyla and Tyler for a spool of blue thread that came out this year”
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo is a novel by George Saunders that explores the grief of Abraham Lincoln following the death of his young son, Willie, set within a graveyard populated by chattering spirits.
Discussed“the man Booker prize was awarded this week and in what was I think a surprise choice for a lot of observers it went to George Saunders for his novel Lincoln in the BAU which was extremely well reviewed”
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Listen, Liberal
Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank is a critical examination of how the Democratic Party abandoned the working class in favor of professional elites.
Discussed“some other books that are coming up on Amazon include listen liberal by Thomas Frank author of what's the matter with Kansas”
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Locke & Key, Vol. 1
Discussed“one other winner that I thought was an interesting one was Lock and Key by Joe Hill um the the book is by Joe Hill”
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Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska by John Green is a coming-of-age young adult novel centered on a teenager attending boarding school and navigating grief, friendship, and first love.
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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Lord of Publishing
Discussed“and Sterling Lord actually published his own Memoir recently uh in 2013 the title is Lord of publishing”
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Lost Tycoon
Discussed“another book that is in the works that's kind of being repackaged is lost Tycoon by the journalist Harry hurt and that was released in 1993 by Norton”
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Love Warrior
Glennon Doyle Melton's memoir Love Warrior chronicles the author's painful journey through marital betrayal, personal collapse, and spiritual awakening.
Discussed“that's by Glenn and Doyle Melton and it's called love we”
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Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan is a historical fiction novel set against the backdrop of wartime New York through a noir lens, exploring the experiences of Americans during a time of immense national power.
Discussed“we also have Jennifer Egan for her new novel Manhattan Beach this was a much anticipated followup to a visit from the Goon Squad and people have been waiting years and years for this novel this is very different it's historical fiction set in New York”
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by Arthur Golden that chronicles the life of a Japanese woman who rises from poverty to become a celebrated geisha in Kyoto before and during World War Two.
Discussed“in 's case she started thinking about it several years ago when she was teaching a class at Colombia a writing class and they were talking about the issue of cultural appropriation in novels like William styron's the confession of Nat Turner or in Memoirs of AA books where white writers had tried to write about someone from another background”
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Merchants of Truth
Discussed“and then last week we had the question surrounding Joel abramson's book Merchant of Truth”
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Midnight Sun
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer is a fantasy novel that retells the events of the author's famous Twilight vampire romance from the perspective of the male protagonist, Edward Cullen.
Discussed“Stephanie Meyer's new book midnight sun which continues her Twilight vampire Saga this time from the perspective of the vampire Edward sold more than a million copies in its first week”
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Minecraft: The Island
Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks is an officially licensed novel set within the blocky, survival-based universe of the immensely popular video game.
Discussed“yes this week I did a story about this new novel Minecraft the island”
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Modern Romance
Discussed“aiz andari has his first book coming out about dating in the modern era it's called modern romance”
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Nasty Women
Discussed“this is another Collective effort but it's a group of essays it's called nasty women a feminist guide to survival in Trump's America”
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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro is a haunting dystopian novel that explores the poignant lives of students at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school who slowly discover a dark and tragic truth about their engineered existence.
Discussed“he's very got this very spare elliptical idiosyncratic style where you have this first person narrator like the butler in Remains of the Day or or the girl in uh Never Let Me Go which is a boarding school in England”
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New Hampshire
Discussed“vintage Classics which is their paperback imprint is going to be doing several AG the Christi novels this spring which are newly in the public domain and they're going to be doing an addition of Robert Frost New Hampshire with the original wood cart art”
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Nightmare Alley
Discussed“Nightmare alley guo Del Toro directed it and it's based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay gram it was adapted into a movie shortly after it was published”
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No Easy Day
No Easy Day by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer is a firsthand account of the military mission that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden, published under a pseudonym to provide an insider perspective on the historic raid.
Discussed“so but anyway the publisher is describing it as redeployment which is Phil's short Story collection meets No Easy Day and number four”
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No One Goes Alone
Discussed“it's coming out in September and it's called no one goes alone”
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No One Is Talking About This
No Is Not Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood is a critically acclaimed debut novel that explores internet culture, modern digital existence, and profound personal tragedy.
Discussed“Patricia Lockwood is nominated for no one is talking about this her novel which is a bit of a meta commentary on the internet”
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Normal People
Normal People by Sally Rooney is a bestselling contemporary novel that chronicles the complex, evolving relationship between two Irish teenagers, Marianne and Connell, as they navigate class differences and university life.
Discussed“there's Michael and Don's warl and Sally Rooney's normal people which I've heard incredible things about”
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Nothing Ever Dies
Discussed“so he's now nominated in the non-fiction category for his book which he has described as a kind of companion to that novel nothing ever dies Vietnam in the memory of War”
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Objective Troy
Objective Troy by Scott Shane explores the targeted killing of a radicalized American citizen by a drone strike authorized by President Obama.
Discussed“uh one of the first books that the imprint is going to release is objective Troy which is by a New York Times Reporter Scott Shane about a drone killing of a top terrorist operative”
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On the Run
On the Run by Alice Goffman is a controversial ethnographic account examining the lives of young African American men in a heavily policed Philadelphia neighborhood.
Discussed“the other non-fiction book to come under Fire is Alice goffman's on the run which was a very celebrated account of the lives of low-income africanamerican men in Philadelphia and their encounters with police”
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Otherbound
Discussed“one of them which is just out is Harry Sylvester Bird by Chinelo oara and this is her second novel her third book and her first really overt satire I would say”
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Our Country Friends
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart is a pandemic-era novel that follows a group of friends who isolate together in a country house as the world shuts down.
Discussed“like Gary steinard who wrote a pandemic novel our country friends that came out last fall got great reviews”
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Our Journey Together
Discussed“we already saw as I mentioned that this photo book is doing quite well on Amazon and it's called our journey together”
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Outlander kitchen
Discussed“Random House is publishing the perfect book it's called Outlander kitchen and it's a recipe book that's inspired by the novels which are about a nurse who time travels back to 18th century Scotland”
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Paper Towns
Paper Towns by John Green is a young adult contemporary novel that follows a high school senior on a mysterious quest to find his missing neighbor and childhood crush.
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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Paradise
Discussed“some of the book scan numbers from the UK showed extremely small sales for his books over the years something you know close to 30,000 copies for 10 novels”
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Parnassus on Wheels
Discussed“Parnassus was named um after Christopher Morley's novel Parnassus on Wheels which is about a woman who travels around selling books out of her horse drawn Caravan”
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Pax
Pax by Sara Pennypacker is a poignant middle-grade novel about a young boy's journey to reunite with his pet fox during wartime.
Discussed“and Sarah Penny Packer's novel P which is about a boy who is trying to be reunited with his pet fox during World War I and it got tremendous reviews”
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Pound Foolish
Discussed“one that got one is pound foolish exposing the dark side of the personal finance industry”
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Preventable
Discussed“and so his book is called preventable and that'll be coming out this year as well pretty soon”
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is a classic 1813 romantic novel by Jane Austen that explores themes of love, class, and reputation in British society.
Discussed“what's your favorite I have to go with Pride and Prejudice I know it's an obvious one”
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Primates of Park Avenue
Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin is a sharp, anthropological memoir that explores the insular, competitive, and often bizarre social ecosystem of ultra-wealthy mothers living on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Discussed“the bad guys this year are uh Wednesday Martin the author of The primates of Park Avenue which is a memoir anthropological study of upper side trophy wives”
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Proust was a neuroscientist
Discussed“it has more in common with his other books like puce was a neuroscientist or how we decide where he takes these scientific studies and tries to you know apply them to Everyday Life in various ways”
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Quichotte
Discussed“the other finalists included Salon rushy he was on the short list for his new novel kote”
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Rage
Rage by Bob Woodward is an investigative non-fiction book that examines the Trump administration's handling of crises, race relations, and foreign diplomacy through extensive interviews and secret recordings.
Discussed“the next Bob Woodward book was just announced so you have to imagine like it's going to be yet another one of these runaway non-fiction books from an established name”
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Red, White & Royal Blue
Discussed“in this case it was Casey mcquiston red white and royal blue which is a gay romance novel”
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Redeployment
Phil Klay's Redeployment is a powerful and critically acclaimed short story collection that captures the raw realities and psychological aftermath of the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Discussed“we've already seen some incredible literature coming out of those Wars with Phil cly's redeployment he won the national book award”
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Rez Dogs
Discussed“one is a middle- grade book it's called res dogs by Joseph bruk and it takes place during the pandemic on a reservation”
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Romance in Marseille
Discussed“including just this month Claude McKay's novel romance in Marseilles which was a novel of the Harlem Renaissance that took 87 years to finally come out but was published as a penguin classic”
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Room
Why people recommend it: Emma Donoghue's chilling novel portrays a mother and son surviving years of captivity in a single small room, offering a suspenseful and claustrophobic look at trauma and resilience.
Discussed“among the nominations are um Brooklyn by col toyin The Big Short by Michael Lewis room by Emma Donahue which is a really sort of chilling novel and a hard one to adapt and the Martian by Andy Weir and the Revenant which is based on U Michael pun's 2002 novel about a frontiersmen that actually picked up 12 nominations”
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Rules for Resistance
Discussed“one is titled rules for resistance advice from around the world in the age of trump which will have an introduction by David Cole who's the national legal director of the ACLU”
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Sabrina
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso is a contemporary graphic novel that explores modern anxiety, surveillance, and the fallout of a tragedy.
Discussed“it's called Sabrina uh it's by Nick donoso and it's been called an extraordinary work”
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Secret Garden
Secret Garden by Johanna Basford is a popular adult coloring book featuring intricate, hand-drawn black-and-white illustrations of flora and fauna designed to be filled with color.
Discussed“the book is called The Secret Garden and the author or illustrator is uh Joanna bassford who's a British commercial illustrator”
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Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects is a dark thriller by Gillian Flynn that follows a troubled reporter returning to her hometown to cover the murders of two young girls while confronting her own deeply dysfunctional family and traumatic past.
Discussed“and of course um another one that people are really excited about I don't know exactly when it's coming out how far long it is but Gillian Flynn's sharp objects is being adapted”
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She Said
She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey is a gripping investigative journalism book that chronicles the New York Times reporters' efforts to break the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment story and ignite a cultural movement.
Discussed“so there are a lot of huge books out this week and one one of them is she said by jod caner and Megan tuy our colleagues here at the Times”
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward is a powerful Mississippi-set novel that functions simultaneously as a raw road trip narrative and a haunting ghost story.
Discussed“what about among the Oldtimer nov oldtimers we have um Jasmine mards Sing unburied Sing which has gotten incredible critical praise”
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Solo
Discussed“and a self-help book about how to work home alone effectively by the journalist Rebecca seal it's called solo how to work alone and not lose your mind which I'm sure will be very helpful to a lot of people”
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Solve for happy
Solve for happy by Mo Gawdat is a book written by a former Google executive that offers a practical framework for engineering personal joy and understanding the root causes of unhappiness following a profound personal tragedy.
Discussed“on the non-fiction front a book that's getting a lot of attention at London is Mo gaet solve for happy”
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Station Eleven
Station Eleven by Emily St.
Discussed“so I inhaled all of station 11 I binged it this is a adaptation of Emily St John Mandel's pandemic novel which actually came out in 2014”
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Stella Maris
Stella Maris is a philosophical companion novel by Cormac McCarthy that concludes the narrative arc initiated by its predecessor, featuring deep intellectual dialogues in a psychiatric facility.
Discussed“so this fall one month apart Koff is going to release his books the passenger and a second companion novel Stella Maris”
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Strangers in their own land
Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild is a sociological study that attempts to understand the political landscape and emotional logic of conservative communities in Louisiana.
Discussed“strangers in their own land which is National book award finalist in non-fiction this year that's by Arley Russell Hai that's up to number 24 it was number 263 and um yeah that book is getting a ton of attention”
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Swell
Swell by Jill Eisenstadt is a novel that marks a major return to fiction after a decades-long hiatus by the author.
Discussed“so this week there were two novels that came out on the same day that represented returns for two novelists after a long Hiatusone was swell by Jill eisenstat and it's been 26 years since her second novel came outso she has been writing a little bit of non-fiction and doing various things but hadn't published anything in a really”
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The ^AStrange Case of Donald J. Trump
Discussed“and then another one coming out in June is is Dan Fifer's yes we still can politics in the age of Obama Twitter and Trump”
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The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
Discussed“and the assassination of brang wayin spurge which I love that title by Mt Anderson and Eugene yelin”
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The association of small bombs
The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan is a critically acclaimed novel that explores the devastating aftermath of a terrorist explosion in New Delhi.
Discussed“in addition to Coulson Whitehead there was Karan mahajan's novel The Association of small bombs which was very well reviewed and that takes place in New Deli”
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Discussed“I'm very curious to see how people react to is a prequel to The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I'm always interested to see what happens when Blockbuster authors try to continue their franchises kind of beyond the lifespan of the story that initially took off particularly when there is a huge movie adaptation and things like that”
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The Beach at Night
Discussed“there's Elena fante um she published a children's book called the beach at night which is 38 pages long and it sounds fairly creepy”
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The big short
The big short by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction account that explores the housing market collapse and the traders who profited from the 2008 financial crisis.
Discussed“among the nominations are um Brooklyn by col toyin The Big Short by Michael Lewis room by Emma Donahue which is a really sort of chilling novel and a hard one to adapt and the Martian by Andy Weir and the Revenant which is based on U Michael pun's 2002 novel about a frontiersmen that actually picked up 12 nominations”
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The book of strange new things
The book of strange new things by Michel Faber is a thought-provoking science fiction novel that follows a Christian missionary sent to minister to an extraterrestrial population.
Discussed“so Amazon is apparently in advaned talks to take on this adaptation of the book of strange new things which is a it's this sort of kind of quiet science fiction novel”
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The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro is a fantastical novel set in a post-Arthurian British landscape where a mysterious fog causes the inhabitants to lose their memories.
Discussed“this was about 10 years ago that he showed her 50 pages of what became you know the buried giant the novel that's coming out next week”
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The Confessions of Nat Turner
Discussed“in 's case she started thinking about it several years ago when she was teaching a class at Colombia a writing class and they were talking about the issue of cultural appropriation in novels like William styron's the confession of Nat Turner or in Memoirs of AA books where white writers had tried to write about someone from another background”
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The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections is a sprawling, multi-generational novel that explores the complexities, dysfunction, and shifting fortunes of an American Midwestern family at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Discussed“the corrections which came out in 2001 and really put him on the map and of course you know had a bit of an Oprah bump which was controversial at the time that novel sold 1.6 million copies”
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The Crossover
Discussed“and then when he came up with the idea for the crossover which is his first breakout book he was rejected by 22 Publishers before it finally got published it became a bestseller it won the Newberry medal in 2015”
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The Danish Girl
Discussed“nominations went to the Danish girl which is based on a novel by David iof and Carol which is based on a Patricia heith novel”
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The day before happiness
Discussed“this year it went to the Italian novelist Ary duuk who won for a quite interesting description of a sexual act in his novel The Day Before happiness which is the story of a Neapolitan orphan growing up after World War II”
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The Dead Are Arising
Discussed“Tamara Payne won for the Malcolm X biography that she researched and wrote with her father Les pay and it's called the dead or arising”
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The emissary
The Emissary by Yōko Tawada is a translated work of contemporary Japanese fiction that presents a somber and dystopian vision of society.
Discussed“and the winner this year was yoka toada for the Emissary and her translator Margaret matsun”
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The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis's The Fifth Risk is a non-fiction account examining the vital, often unseen roles and responsibilities carried out by the federal government and civil service agencies.
Discussed“it was interesting because of course his last book The Fifth risk was really looking at you know what could happen if the government agencies that are tasked with managing catastrophes fell short”
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The Fifth Season
N.K.
Discussed“so she's won for the first novel in the series which it's called the fifth season”
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The friendship code
Discussed“the one that girls who code is publishing next week is called the friendship code”
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The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things is the Booker Prize-winning debut novel by Arundhati Roy that traces the childhood experiences of fraternal twins in Kerala, India, whose lives are shattered by the destructive societal rules governing love and caste.
Discussed“and of course when where's debut novel came out the god of small things it was a huge hitit sold six million copies”
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The Grand Sophy
Discussed“particularly in this novel The Grand Sophie which is one of her most beloved books but has this very egregious kind of anti-Semitic stereotype in one scene that has bothered readers for a long time”
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a classic American novel depicting the hardships of Oklahoma families migrating to California during the Great Depression.
Discussed“she basically filed the suit because she said that Gail Steinbeck was interfering with her plans to sell the film rights for East of Eden and Grapes of Wrath”
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The Graybar Hotel
Discussed“well there's an interesting story that I've been following for several months about a writer a debut author named Curtis Dawkins and I wrote about him last summer when his short Story collection was published and it's titled the gyar hotel”
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The Hamilton Affair
Discussed“the other books that are coming up this summer and fall include Elizabeth Cobb's historical novel The Hamilton Affair which is due out this August and the demand is so strong for that again based on the musical that her publisher has increased the first printing to 75,000 copies”
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The haunting of Sunshine girl
Discussed“this novel by Paige McKenzie um is called The Haunting of Sunshine girl and she actually co-wrote it with a young adult writer”
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The Hellfire Club
The Hellfire Club by Jake Tapper is a political thriller set against the backdrop of Washington, D.C., in 1954, following a congressional investigator as he navigates a dangerous web of conspiracy and political intrigue.
Discussed“his debut novel it's a political thriller titled the hellfire club which takes place in Washington DC in 1954”
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The Hill We Climb
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman is the stirring inaugural poem that captured international attention when it was recited at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.
Discussed“Amanda Gorman who made a big splash at the presidential inauguration with her inaugural poem the hill we climb released that as a book and it sold more than 200,000 copies in its first week”
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The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy is a classic techno-thriller novel centered around a rogue Soviet submarine commander and Cold War military strategy.
Discussed“that's the novel that was adapted Into The Hunt for Red October”
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The Indian world of George Washington
Discussed“Colin callaways the Indian world of George Washington was one of them for nonfiction”
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The journey of little Charlie
Discussed“and the journey of little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis”
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The Last White Man
Discussed“so that was one of the books that I wrote about another that's coming out soon called the last white man is also very overtly about racial identity”
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The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of ...
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of ...
Discussed“It's been a really tough time for non-fiction, unless you're Mel Robbins. [laughter] Her Let Them Theory book has sold millions of copies this year. It came out last year, but it's still on the top of the bestseller list.”
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo is a popular self-help guide advocating for minimalist organization and discarding household items that fail to bring personal joy.
Discussed“one of the ones that cross my desk recently that's just out is a graphic novel adaptation of Marie condo's bestseller the life-changing magic of tidying up”
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Love Songs of W.E.B.
Discussed“fan Jeffers for the love songs of web de boys it's her debut and it's already gotten a tremendous reception”
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The making of Donald Trump
Discussed“those include a book called The Making of Donald Trump by David K Johnston he's of course a former times person yes he's a polar surprise winning investigative reporter”
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The Making of the President 1960
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H.
Discussed“and it's it's supposedly going to be written in the spirit of Theodore White's the making of the president 1960”
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The Man in the High Castle
Philip K.
Discussed“and another book with a recent TV adaptation that I think is also seeing a spike in sales is the man in the High Castle the Philip K dick dystopian Nazi based”
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The Martian
The Martian by Andy Weir is a science fiction novel that follows an astronaut stranded on Mars who must use his ingenuity, scientific knowledge, and problem-solving skills to survive.
Discussed“among the nominations are um Brooklyn by col toyin The Big Short by Michael Lewis room by Emma Donahue which is a really sort of chilling novel and a hard one to adapt and the Martian by Andy Weir and the Revenant which is based on U Michael pun's 2002 novel about a frontiersmen that actually picked up 12 nominations”
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The Mister
Discussed“it's eel James's new romance which is called the mister and this is her first work of original fiction since 50 Shades of Gray which had an incredible impact on the public in Industry”
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The Mothers
The Mothers is a compelling debut novel by Brit Bennett that explores friendship, community, and difficult choices within a contemporary Black church congregation in Southern California.
Discussed“I'm very excited about Brit Bennett's new novel I loved her debut novel the mothers so I'm excited to read her next book”
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The new Negro
Discussed“and that was the new negro which was published by Oxford University press which I think had two finalists”
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The Obelisk Gate
The Obelisk Gate is a critically acclaimed fantasy novel by N.
Discussed“and then this year she won for the sequel the Obelisk gate”
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The oldest April
Discussed“there is another book that was extremely similar to his book The Woman in the window and that was saving April which was published in March of 2016 several months before Mr mallerie sold his novel”
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The Outsider
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”
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The Passenger
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy is an intricate, companion-style novel following a salvage diver in New Orleans who navigates grief, mathematics, and shadowy government conspiracies alongside his late sister.
Discussed“it's called the passenger so you know when they announced that he had a novel coming out I think people who had been following closely knew that he had this book called the passenger the big surprise was that it's not one but two novels that he's written and they are interconnected”
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The Patrick Melrose novels
Discussed“and that is an adaptation of Edward St obin's Patrick Melos novels which are incred oh my God that's going to be dark”
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The Portable Veblen
Discussed“Elizabeth McKenzie's novel The portable Vin which has a friendly squirrel in it and I sort of have a soft spot for it for that that book was edited by Ed park at penguin press”
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The power of the dog
Discussed“the power of the dog a 1967 novel by Thomas Savage which was directed by Jane Campion and is this anti-western Western about two brothers who live on a ranch in Montana”
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The Premonition
The Premonition by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction narrative that investigates the public health system and the government officials who attempted to warn leadership about the impending COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussed“so the two big announcements this week were one from Michael Lewis who is coming out with a book called The premonition a pandemic story”
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The Prophets
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
Discussed“there's another debut by Robert Jones Jr called the prophets and this is a love story about two black enslaved men”
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The Queue
The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz is a provocative dystopian novel by an Egyptian writer that explores life under the rule of a surreal, authoritarian administrative apparatus known as the Gate, drawing sharp inspiration from the disillusionment following the Arab Spring.
Discussed“I met a really interesting author basma abdulaziz who is an Egyptian novelist uh she was visiting New York because her novel The Q is being published in English this week by Melville House Press and it's a fascinating novel because she was inspired by the Arab Spring and kind of the disappointing aftermath of the Arab Spring”
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The Reason I Jump One Boys Voice From The Silence Of Autism
The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism by Naoki Higashida, translated with contributions from K.A.
Discussed“mean a couple of examples of ones that have really taken off as a result of his support are um the Memoir the reason I jump which is by a Japanese boy with autism”
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The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro is a masterclass in psychological fiction, following an aging English butler named Stevens as he reflects on his career of dedicated service and his unrequited love amid the shifting political landscape of post-World War II Britain.
Discussed“he's very got this very spare elliptical idiosyncratic style where you have this first person narrator like the butler in Remains of the Day or or the girl in uh Never Let Me Go which is a boarding school in England”
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The Road
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a harrowing, post-apocalyptic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that follows a father and son walking through a devastated landscape.
Discussed“it's been 16 years since he published the road which became a huge bestseller one of pullit ser and devastated me and millions of others readers”
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The sick bag song
Discussed“first of all it's only going to be available on a website that he's created called the sick bags song.com that's the title of the of the book and the poem”
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The son
Discussed“the one that I'm looking forward to that's starting in early April is an adaptation of Philip Meyer's epic Western the sun which is premiering on AMC”
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The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is a lyrical and moving reimagining of the Iliad that focuses on the deep romance between Achilles and Patroclus.
Discussed“a couple of the examples that Liz noted were the song of Achilles by meline Miller which is a fantastic novel but it's been out for years”
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The soul of America
Discussed“we still have books like a higher loyalty by James Comey is is still number three John mechums the soul of America jumped on there”
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The Stone Sky
The Stone Sky by N.K.
Discussed“and then this week the third book in the trilogy came out and the reviews have come in It's called The Stone sky”
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The Testaments
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel that serves as a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, exploring the inner workings of the regime of Gilead years after the original events.
Discussed“so the U Margaret Atwood won for the Testaments which is never heard of it”
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The testing of Luther Albright
Discussed“so her first novel was published by Harper the testing of Luther Albright and it came out in 2005”
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The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Discussed“and the other shortlisted books for young people's literature included Leslie Connor's the truth As Told by Mason butle”
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The Unwinding
The Unwinding by George Packer is a narrative non-fiction book that explores the profound political, economic, and social fracturing of America from the late twentieth century through the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis by following the intersecting lives of several ordinary citizens and public figures.
Discussed“so some of the books that we're seeing Rising on Amazon include the unwinding by George Packer that was a national book award winner a couple of years ago”
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The very persistent gappers of Frip
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders, with illustrations by Lane Smith, is a whimsical yet philosophical children's fable about a small seaside village plagued by bizarre, orange, goat-like creatures that cling to goats.
Discussed“oh yes the wonderful very persistent gappers of FRP which is such a great title”
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The voyage out,
Discussed“The Voyage out by Virginia wolf let's see aside from a certain cleverness which being all in one key Paul's on one after going through a 100 pages of it there is little in this offering to make it stand out from The Ruck of mediocre novels which make far less literary pretension”
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The voyeur's motel
Discussed“mean you have another case of a book coming out next week by gay Tois the voyers motel which is another controversial book”
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The yellow birds
The Yellow Birds is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel by Kevin Powers that offers a harrowing, lyrical portrayal of the realities of military service and the psychological toll of the Iraq War.
Discussed“we've already seen some incredible literature coming out of those Wars with Phil cly's redeployment he won the national book award and with Kevin Po's yellowbirds”
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The Yellow House
The Yellow House by Sarah M.
Discussed“Sarah broom her Memoir the yellow house won and there was a huge outpouring of cheers”
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Tokyo Ueno station
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri, translated by Morgan Giles, is a poignant novel that explores the ghost of a working-class man haunting a Tokyo park and reflecting on his marginalized life.
Discussed“the other I thought lovely moment was when the translation award was given to umir for her novel Tokyo weno Station”
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Traps
Discussed“the difference at the Amazon store is that for the opening the section included a few of Jeff bezos's own favorite titles um including the five love languages by Gary Chapman and traps by his own wife McKenzie Bezos here's his review of traps a page Turner written by an award-winning novelist who also happens to be my wife”
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Trump and me
Discussed“so some of the stuff that's coming up soon includes Mark Singer book Trump and me that's coming out on July 5th”
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Trump Revealed
Discussed“and similarly also in August Scribner is publishing Trump revealed which is a book that is being reported by a team of Washington Post journalists”
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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“Susan Choy won for her fifth novel trust exercise and she was in pretty interesting company this year with the fiction finalist”
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Two years eight months and twenty-eight nights
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie is an imaginative fantasy novel that offers a modern literary riff on the classic collection One Thousand and One Nights.
Discussed“what's the name of that book that's two years8 months and 28 nights which is a riff on a,1 nights”
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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a sprawling satirical novel that chronicles the intertwined lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley against the backdrop of British society during and after the Napoleonic Wars.
Discussed“here he is on Vanity Fair by th Tha never did anything better than this”
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Voices from Chernobyl
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich is a powerful oral history composed of harrowing testimonies from survivors and witnesses of the catastrophic nuclear disaster.
Discussed“the dely archive press book which was called voices from Chernobyl won a national book critic Circle award and I think you know has sold you know close to 15,000 cies or possibly more”
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Wake up America
Discussed“there is wake up America by Eric bowling this is a Fox News Channel personality who is talking about the key American virtues that he maintains are under attack by President Obama and Hillary Clinton”
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War of the Encyclopaedists
Discussed“one is the war of the encycloped it's coming out in May from scrier and what's stricking about that is it's co-authored by a veteran and a poet”
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We the Animals
Discussed“blackouts by Justin torus who wrote We the animals which was his debut it became a bestseller”
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We the corporations
We the Corporations by Adam Winkler is a historical examination of how American businesses fought for and won civil rights over the centuries.
Discussed“and another livite book Adam Winkler's we the corporations how American businesses W their Civil Rights was shortlisted as well”
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We Were Liars
Discussed“another one was e Lockhart's we were Liars which came out in 2014 and that author was extremely confused to see it on the bestseller list”
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Werner Herzog - Of Walking in Ice
Discussed“one of his more well-known books of walking in ice describes this journey he made on foot from Munich to Paris it was 600 miles in the dead of winter”
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Where She Went
Discussed“we're talking about Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Fault in Our stars from John Green and then if I stay and where she went from D Foreman”
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Where the dead sit talking
Discussed“and Brandon Hobson for where the dead sit talking which is by Soho press”
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Wobble
Discussed“Ray Arman Trout's wobble by which was published by Wesleyan University press was a finalist”
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Wolf Hall Trilogy (Wolf Hall / Bring Up the Bodies / The Mirror & the Light)
Discussed“at the top of my list and many people's list was Hillary mantel's the mirror in the light which is her conclusion to her Trilogy about the life of Thomas crom”
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Women Who Work
Discussed“is aanka Trump's book women who work it's being pushed back from early March to early May and that that's being published by portfolio”
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Yes We (Still) Can
Why people recommend it: This insightful political book examines modern campaigning, media dynamics, and civic engagement during turbulent times in American politics.
Discussed“and then another one coming out in June is is Dan Fifer's yes we still can politics in the age of Obama Twitter and Trump”
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You Can't Spell America Without Me
You Can't Spell America Without Me by Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen is a satirical inside account of Donald Trump's first year in the presidency.
Discussed“penguin press announced this week that Kurt Anderson and Alec Baldwin are teaming up to write a satire titled you can't spell America without me the really tremendous Inside Story of my fantastic first year as president Donald J Trump”
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Other mentions (255: passing, ad reads, own books)
“this weekend the girl on the train is opening and of course everyone's familiar with that book it sold more than 6 million copies in the us alone became an overnight sensation”
“you know we saw in the first few months of this year this huge surge in sales for classic dystopian novels 1984 Brave New World uh the handmaid's tale which is still selling briskly”
“you know we saw in the first few months of this year this huge surge in sales for classic dystopian novels 1984 Brave New World uh the handmaid's tale which is still selling briskly”
“you know we saw in the first few months of this year this huge surge in sales for classic dystopian novels 1984 Brave New World uh the handmaid's tale which is still selling briskly”
“we have an extraordinary looking film from Angley based on Ben fountain's novel Billy Lyn's long halime walk”
“and a final movie that's out now based on another bestseller that is on our list and has been for a long long time is a Swedish film called a man called AA”
“even cormic McCarthy's the road”
“one interesting name I thought was um vieten who won the pullit Sur prize for his novel The sympathizer”
“and of course there's other dystopian books as we spoke about last week Rising as well like uh you know Alis Hy's Brave New World is up there”
“another book by another Clinton is uh Chelsea Clinton is publishing a book called governing Global Health about healthc care and she's co-written that with Debbie Shar”
“it's going to be called facing the messy truth so I think there was a big auction for that and I'm sure that was very competitive one”
“and you also had Hamilton the revolution which was the book based on Hamilton the musical which itself was based on the biography by Ron Cho”
“examples like um Wally Lamb She's Come Undone that went on to sell millions of copies”
“so did eart tolls A New Earth and these were people with no profile”
“and that's why it's called killing the Rising Sun”
“she has been writing a little bit of non-fiction and doing various things but hadn't published anything in a really long time and people mostly just think of her for her 1987 novel from Rockway”
“I suppose after fire and fury by also interesting that there was this controversy”
“and there's been anticipation for months on this book but it you know compared to some other bestsellers like Hillary Clinton's Memoir which came out last fall titled what happened”
“so yeah educated a memoir by terara Westover”
“the novelist Jasmine word she was there to talk about her upcoming novel sing unburied sing”
“and this year the actress Isa Fischer was there to discuss the first book in her new series Marg in charge”
“they removed one of their board members illustrator David Diaz and another big author Jay Asher who is the author of 13 reasons why a major bestselling young adult novel that was adapted into a Netflix series”
“J Asher was also let go by his literary agency as was another major children's book author James Dashner who is the author of the bestselling series The Maze Runner”
“this is Michael Lewis author of The Blindside and Moneyball and liars poker and a number of best sellers and he sold more than 10 million copies of his books”
“this is Michael Lewis author of The Blindside and Moneyball and liars poker and a number of best sellers and he sold more than 10 million copies of his books”
“this is Michael Lewis author of The Blindside and Moneyball and liars poker and a number of best sellers and he sold more than 10 million copies of his books”
“so the Newberry award this year went to Hello Universe which is a novel by Aaron and trod Kelly”
“similarly the calicot medal which goes to the most distinguished American picture book went to Wolf in the snow which was Illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell and it's a wordless picture book”
“there is the kreda Scott King book awards that went to piecing me together by Renee Watson”
“and the Michael Prince award went to we are okay by Nina Lor which is a young adult novel”
“she's the author of St Mark's dead”
“and then a debut novelist Emily fridland H and that that's for history of wolves exactly”
“people were surprised to see those two books fall off as well as Smith swing time because that did get a lot of critical love”
“and the British writer Fiona Mosley made the short list for her debut novel elmet”
“one was the levers by Lisa Co”
“another one is Carol zoro's Baron Island and another one is Margaret Wilkerson seon's novel a kind of Freedom”
“this was a much anticipated followup to a visit from the Goon Squad and people have been waiting years and years for this novel”
“Daniel all con was nominated for his short Story collection the king is always above the people”
“some notable names on there include Masha gassen who was nominated for the futurist history how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia”
“also in the list is Naomi Klein for no is not enough resisting Trump's shock politics and winning the world we need”
“and Nancy McLean's democracy and chains the Deep history of the radical right stealth plan for America”
“Kevin young is also nominated of course he was been nominated before for poetry but this time he's nominated fiction for his forthcoming work bunk the rise of hoaxes humbug plagiarist phonies Posta and fake news”
“also Jason Reynolds he's nominated for a long way down”
“another exciting name on the list is Erica L Sanchez her novel is I'm not your perfect Mexican daughter”
“also Samantha maoby for all the wind in the world and I a boy is also nominated for American Street”
“also Samantha maoby for all the wind in the world and I a boy is also nominated for American Street”
“he is the author of World War Z which is which was a huge bestseller and a movie”
“her novel American wife was about Laura Bush”
“he's of course the author of The Martian which was a massive besteller a book that he started off by self-publishing”
“today we're gonna talk about the young adult author John Green who finally published a new novel his fans had been waiting for years since the fonar stars came out in 2012”
“they you know they got a contract with Tim Ferris who's a huge bestselling author it's a 4our work week exactly Guru”
“and of course you know getting attacked repeatedly by the president on Twitter which as Michael wolf demonstrated with fire and fury is a recipe for massive Book Sales”
“after Paul batty won for the sellout last year it's interesting because I was talking to a publisher yesterday”
“he's so well known for his short stories like his collection 10th of December and those stories tend to be dystopian and futuristic and satirical and dark and funny and kind of oblique in their emotion whereas this he felt like was such an emotional Story”
“he published a with Sky horse titled the case against impeaching Trump”
“reminds me of what pet should I get which was his most recent postumus released book”
“I'm not going to go to the Broadway production”
“he wrote uh you might know him for his work 50 shames of Earl Gray which is a 50 Shades of Gray parody”
“he wrote an earily prophetic satire called The Day of the Donald Trump Trump's America which came out six months before the 2016 election and predicted Trump's win”
“well I recently reread the H it's tell by Margaret Atwood in anticipation of of the sequel that she's writing which is called the Testaments it's coming out this fall”
“Karen Russell's collection orange world came out earlier this year”
“every year there's one or two books that are unexpected bestsellers and they run out of stock one year it was all the light we cannot see”
“you've had some huge hits like Michelle Obama's becoming Bob Woodward's fear which has sold I think almost 2 million copies now”
“you've had some huge hits like Michelle Obama's becoming Bob Woodward's fear which has sold I think almost 2 million copies now”
“when there is an unexpected demand for say a literary novel that made a bunch of 10 best lists for example Lisa holiday's asymmetry or Washington black when they need to go back and do reprints to meet the demand they're they're not able to do it”
“when there is an unexpected demand for say a literary novel that made a bunch of 10 best lists for example Lisa holiday's asymmetry or Washington black when they need to go back and do reprints to meet the demand they're they're not able to do it”
“same for the Frederick Douglas biography by David blight which is also out of stock on Amazon right now”
“another one is the over Story by Richard Powers which was also on a lot of Tim best lists”
“Sabrina and Karina that was a dark horse in the race”
“and finally Lea Lami her novel The Other Americans was one of the finalists”
“you have Michelle Obama's becoming still hanging in there”
“you have Donald Trump Jr's triggered”
“you have a warning by Anonymous that's the unnamed senior Trump Administration official”
“at number three you have crime in progress which is by Glenn Simpson and Peter frish the founders of Fusion GPS and that looks at their investigation into Donald Trump and his ties to Russia”
“it was Margaret Atwood who has won before she won in 2000 for the blind assassin and a less well-known author Bernardine avisto who is a British author of Nigerian and British descent”
“it's her you know her incredibly highly anticipated sequel to The handmaid's Tale”
“so there was a bit of an outcry this week over a book by yval Noah Harari he's of course the famous author of sapiens”
“one of the most high-profile titles which I think was a bit of a disappointment to people that were looking forward to it was the new Alina fante book The Lying life of adults and so that won't be coming out until September now”
“there were 13 books selected by a panel of five judges and the only obvious candidate who was on the list I thought was Hillary mantel for the mirror in the light”
“another judge that I thought was an interesting choice is Emily Wilson who's a classicist and translator and she got a lot of Acclaim for her translation of the Odyssey which was sort of a reinterpretation in a way of the Epic”
“of the story in exhalation Ted Chang's most recent collection called the life cycle of software objects where you have these people creating these kind of sentient avatars”
“Ted Chang's most recent collection called the life cycle of software objects where you have these people creating these kind of sentient avatars”
“two other titles that people are really looking forward to are Stephanie danler stray her first novel Sweet Bitter was a huge hit and it was the semi-autobiographical tale about a waitress in New York City and it was about the restaurant scene and it people called it a Kitchen Confidential of our time that was in our New York”
“this happened of course with George R Martin and Game of Thrones how the authors kind of navigate that”
“more than a decade since the first one Wolf Hall was released the trilogy has been really groundbreaking commercially and culturally”
“shortly after she wrote the opening sequences of Wolf Hall which depict crumel as a young man being beaten by his father”
“she was publisher at Crown which is a penguin Random House imprint probably best known for publishing one of the most successful Memoirs in recent memory which is Michelle Obama's becoming she was handpicked to be Michelle Obama's editor and that was the bestselling book of 2018”
“he of course won the Pitzer for his most recent book The overstory so I'll be very curious to see what he does next”
“in addition to suy Bane on the fiction short list there is Lydia millets a children's Bible Charles 's interior Chinatown”
“in addition to suy Bane on the fiction short list there is Lydia millets a children's Bible Charles 's interior Chinatown”
“Charles 's interior Chinatown daa pilia is the Secret Lives of church ladies and ranol lams Leave the World Behind”
“daa pilia is the Secret Lives of church ladies and ranol lams Leave the World Behind the church ladies is from an academic press”
“Gerald Walker is listed for how to make a slave in other essays Jen Chaplan for my autobiography of Carson molers”
“Les pain and Tamara pain for the dead are arising the life of Malcolm X”
“and the last among the finalists is Carla Coro via vencio's book The undocumented Americans”
“I haven't had a chance to read it yet is Tokyo weno Station by uiri”
“there was Rachel Kushner who was nominated for the Mars room and Richard Powers who was nominated for the over story”
“there was Rachel Kushner who was nominated for the Mars room and Richard Powers who was nominated for the over story”
“and from a low and quiet Sea by Donal Ryan”
“but probably the biggest non-fiction book that everyone was anticipating was of course Hillary Clinton's new Memoir what happened”
“and I think it's also noteworthy that number two was unbelievable by Katie tur which is her Memoir about covering the Trump campaign”
“some other books that are coming up on Amazon include listen liberal by Thomas Frank author of what's the matter with Kansas”
“she's a sociologist out of Berkeley and she did the second shift and um a number of other books that kind of explain the way we live now”
“on the latest bestseller list he has both the number one bestseller old school written with Bruce firin um for its third week at number one and the number five book Killing the Rising Sun with Martin Dugard which is up from number seven”
“on the latest bestseller list he has both the number one bestseller old school written with Bruce firin um for its third week at number one and the number five book Killing the Rising Sun with Martin Dugard which is up from number seven”
“the ministry of utmost happiness which of course came out 20 years after her debut novel The God of small things”
“it's a graphic novel adaptation of Margaret Atwoods the handmaid's tale which is doing tremendously well in novel form right now”
“so you can get a Marvel Comic version of Pride and preus”
“there's a kafka's metamorphous graphic novel”
“The Alchemist by Paulo Quello”
“of course March was really successful the representative John Lewis's graphic novel based on the civil rights movement”
“I think you've seen a lot of backlist titles doing well because of TV shows like the handmaid's tale and things like that”
“they just came out with two new ones the the Jungle Book in a manga adaptation and The Count of Monte Christo”
“the Jungle Book in a manga adaptation and The Count of Monte Christo which were very popular in my house”
“it's called the red Clocks by Lenny zumas and it's kind of in the mold of Margaret Atwoods the hamid's tale or ones that we've seen recently like Louise Erik's future home of the Living God and the power by Naomi Alderman”
“it's called the red Clocks by Lenny zumas and it's kind of in the mold of Margaret Atwoods the hamid's tale or ones that we've seen recently like Louise Erik's future home of the Living God and the power by Naomi Alderman”
“it's called the red Clocks by Lenny zumas and it's kind of in the mold of Margaret Atwoods the hamid's tale or ones that we've seen recently like Louise Erik's future home of the Living God and the power by Naomi Alderman”
“she is a former Classics professor and she wrote the song of Achilles that was her debut which was a a novelization of The Iliad”
“One was a historical Thriller called his bloody project by gr McCrae Bernett”
“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”
“and a genre bending debut novel Eileen by Essa m”
“there was another novel hot milk by Deborah Ley which made the the cut”
“and interestingly last week there was an announcement from Gallery books that they will be publishing a book by Omarosa manal Newman titled unhinged an Insider's account of the Trump White House so that'll be coming out on August 14th and that is being described by the publisher as quote an explosive jaw-dropping account”
“so Sean Spicer as many of our listeners know has also released his own book which is titled The Briefing Politics the press and the president”
“and then at number two similar argument also from a Fox News personality Janine peros liars leakers and liberals is it number two and that book is a kind of general pro Trump book interesting”
“I think a lot of this has to do with a certain book that had Harry Potter in the title even though it was a play”
“so they didn't have you know the sort of Harry Potter and the curse child craze had kind of tailed off at that point”
“so they didn't have you know the sort of Harry Potter and the curse child craze had kind of tailed off at that point”
“the other Booker finalists were Brandon Taylor for his novel real life also a debut”
“Diane Cook's novel the new Wilderness and avne doshi's burnt sugar”
“and avne doshi's burnt sugar”
“and established authors on the list were Maza meste for her novel The Shadow King which is set during Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930s”
“and CTI dangu for this mournable body which centers on an outof work middle-aged woman in herar and is sort of a sequel in a way to her debut novel”
“books like the Mary Trump the Stephanie Meyer which was sort of a surprise not not a surprise hit but it was announced and then quickly released John Bolton Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games author all those books have sold more than a million copies”
“the novel that won the national book award last year was the D Hutch by Tess guny which was a debut novel”
“she then published a second novel with Koff and that one was called traps and that was also well reviewed”
“another thing to consider that could drive sales in a major way is there are a lot of big adaptations of books coming out this year in 2020 including the TV show based on the outsider by Stephen King”
“there's Jenny hans's PS I love you”
“Joan didan the last thing he wanted is coming out Call of the Wild all the right places by Jennifer nen”
“little fires everywhere”
“the plot against America Secret Garden”
“the plot against America Secret Garden”
“the latest sales figures for former president Barack Obama's Memoir a Promised Land were pretty astronomic”
“and it's interesting to see another book about the Trump Administration coming on the heels of omarosa's book and of Michael Wolf's book fire and fury that paints this portrait of an Administration in chaos”
“the finalists in The biography category were the road not taken Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam by Max Boot and PR's Duchess By Carolyn Weber who's a frequent contributor to the book review”
“finalist in that category were rising dispatches from the new American Shore by Elizabeth rush and in a day's work by Bernice Young”
“finalist in that category were rising dispatches from the new American Shore by Elizabeth rush and in a day's work by Bernice Young”
“she wrote the novel Water for Elephants”
“there was the notorious RBG which came out of a Tumblr page dedicated to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and that became kind of a quas biography”
“you have of course humans of New York which is based on photographs by Brandon Stanton that he took of people around New York and interviews that he did”
“other nominees included Ethan Kanan who was nominated for a passage in the daughter's Almanac where he Compares a sexual encounter to a Brisk tennis game”
“other nominees included uh Gail foran for leave me and Tom Connelly”
“and Tom Connelly uh for men like air which described a sex act involving Chili Peppers”
“so one Ian mccuen's nutshell was one of those uh Jonathan saffron fyers here I am was considered but then deemed too good”
“Jonathan saffron fyers here I am was considered but then deemed too good to really win the bad sex and fiction award”
“it's kind ofama well above Michelle Obama”
“number three is actually dog man Dave pky”
“because in 2018 you really saw the Trump bump there were books like Bob Woodward's fear”
“and before that you had fire and fury and Publishers were just racing to sign up”
“if you look at the print bestsellers that NPD pulled together the only political book on the list is becoming by Michelle Obama”
“there are other non-fiction books that are appealing to people particularly educated by Tara West which is still selling incredibly well”
“and on Thursday it was in the number one spot overall on Amazon's print bestseller list finally toppling Mark Levan's American Marxism which has been clinging to the number one spot for a long time”
“moong girl reads video about we were Liars that's been viewed millions of times”
“for example Richard Powers who is shortlisted for bewilderment”
“he was also shortlisted ed for the overstory”
“Maggie shipstead is nominated for a great circle”
“he is nominated for Cloud Cuckoo Land”
“I think a two-time national book award finalist is nominated for Matrix which is her novel that's set in a Nery in France”
“and Jason M for hell of a book which I have to confess I haven't read but based on the description I'm intrigued”
“and of course he had a huge hit two huge hits fire and fury was his first book and that was a massive besteller”
“the other ones were McGill's pool on beon zebra scrambled egg supper and the cats quizzer”
“one of those Works was what pet should I get has become a huge bestseller”
“some of his work including his novel Paradise is already available in a lot of stores”
“there was only a dip at haset book group where sales declined 9% and that was largely according to the publisher because of Stephanie Meyer's midnight sun which came out in 2020”
“another one I forgot to mention that was announced recently but won't come out until the fall is Ian mcan's novel can will be publishing that in September and it's titled lessons”
“of course there's Harper Lee's next book which is a continuation of to Killa Mockingbird it takes place 20 years later”
“there was Harper Le's go a Watchman and eel James Gray”
“there was Harper Le's go a Watchman and eel James Gray”
“oh and then finally in a couple months we're getting another installment of St larsson's incredibly popular series The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which is the Millennium series which has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide”
“yes so the piters came out this week and I was familiar with the fiction winner as everyone will be Anthony dor is all the light we can see”
“and with the non-fiction winner Elizabeth colar is the six Extinction”
“they're the publisher of Winnie the Pooh and she narrowed it down from you know 50 or 60 titles a year to 10 titles a year”
“you know like the biggest adult title this year is Harper Lee's ghost set a Watchman and they're printing 2 million copies of that”
“and it seems like there's one of these movies every year I mean right now we had another Divergent movie came out last year was another Hunger Games”
“and it seems like there's one of these movies every year I mean right now we had another Divergent movie came out last year was another Hunger Games”
“I mean they've been helping them quite a bit with really successful adaptations of books like Gone Girl wild Now American snipers and theaters and that selling really well”
“I mean they've been helping them quite a bit with really successful adaptations of books like Gone Girl wild Now American snipers and theaters and that selling really well”
“I mean they've been helping them quite a bit with really successful adaptations of books like Gone Girl wild Now American snipers and theaters and that selling really well”
“and of course for Valentine's Day there will be a 50 Shades of Gray adaptation and that book has already sold more than 100 million”
“this is not what you expect from the author of remains of the day”
“there were so many great books out you know Jane Smiley Marilyn Robinson David Mitchell but there wasn't one book that everyone was reading and everyone was talking about”
“and it was the same height as exactly it's about twice it's it's like reading The Goldfinch twice”
“It's like reading The Goldfinch twice”
“so the biggest one that I've heard of lately is coming next year and it's by Alan Moore who's best known for his graphic novels Watchmen and V and this is his second non-graphic novel”
“so the biggest one that I've heard of lately is coming next year and it's by Alan Moore who's best known for his graphic novels Watchmen and V and this is his second non-graphic novel”
“I think that the Tina Fay got somewhere between five and6 million for her book bossy pants which went on to be a huge bestseller”
“you know it's connected to te Killa Mockingbird there's overlapping characters and themes”
“an Tyler's a spool of blue thread was nominated”
“Hana Yan gara's a little life was nominated um and then there's the British writer Tom McCarthy the Jamaican author Marlon James and the Nigerian author Choi Obama's debut novel The Fisherman and the British author sanjie sahota's the year of the runaway”
“Hana Yan gara's a little life was nominated um and then there's the British writer Tom McCarthy the Jamaican author Marlon James and the Nigerian author Choi Obama's debut novel The Fisherman and the British author sanjie sahota's the year of the runaway”
“I'm extremely excited for the buried which is ishiguro's first novel in about a decade since never let me go”
“one recent example is let me tell you a collection of 56 short stories and other pieces by Shirley Jackson who died in 1965 and is probably best known for the lottery”
“Hana Yan gahara was also nominated for the fiction long list uh for her novel a little life”
“uh for her novel a little life and Bill C's debut novel did you ever have a family made it onto the booker long list”
“and this year there is a book about Rain by Cynthia Barnett”
“Patty Smith has her second Memoir coming out U follow up to her bestseller just kids in September”
“and that was essentially how we got to Kill Mockingbird”
“she most recently Rie reviewed Steve silberman's book neurotribes for us”
“she also reviewed Christopher hitchin' Memoir hitch 22 and so we are looking forward to seeing her around here a lot more”
“and it's you know before it was really driven I think by these big franchises by Harry Potter by Twilight and The Hunger Games”
“and it's you know before it was really driven I think by these big franchises by Harry Potter by Twilight and The Hunger Games”
“and it's you know before it was really driven I think by these big franchises by Harry Potter by Twilight and The Hunger Games”
“now it's all John Green and Divergent”
“so there was a book announced this week by random house which caught my eye because it was a cookbook but it's connected to a series of fantasy novels if you like 18th century Scottish food or perhaps more likely if you're a fan of Diana gabaldon's time travel series Outlander”
“just because there's very little known about this book apart from the fact that it takes place 20 years after to Kill Mockingbird”
“there's a Twilight cookbook of course called love it first bite”
“then I found there are two rival cookbooks based on George R Martin's uh series A Song of Ice and Fire which spawned of course the hit show on HBO”
“then I found there are two rival cookbooks based on George R Martin's uh series A Song of Ice and Fire which spawned of course the hit show on HBO”
“it looks like some of the favorites are Lauren grath's the fates and Furies she was shortlisted for the circus prize this week as was a ton hassy coats for between the world and me”
“it looks like some of the favorites are Lauren grath's the fates and Furies she was shortlisted for the circus prize this week as was a ton hassy coats for between the world and me”
“that's the Harry Potter series”
“he's published other novels since glamorama lunar Park but nothing has defined his career in the same way as American Psycho”
“he's published other novels since glamorama lunar Park but nothing has defined his career in the same way as American Psycho”
“I think probably the biggest bombshell was the second novel by Harper Lee published more than 50 years after To Kill a Mockingbird”
“so for example Susan Kane's quiet there's a ya version Now there's a boys in the boot ya version”
“Now there's a boys in the boot ya version Michael pollen's book there's a ya version”
“you know after previous years where we had The Goldfinch or Anthony dores all the light we cannot see there wasn't one mustre most discussed book of the year”
“if they did make movies based on books it was always the big fantasy series like The Hunger Games books that um obviously that helps sales”
“the difference at the Amazon store is that for the opening the section included a few of Jeff bezos's own favorite titles um including the five love languages by Gary Chapman and traps by his own wife McKenzie Bezos”
“I mean people will put a new cover on a classic novel and I'm not you know we're not going to write about the latest cover on The Great Gatsby or something like that”
“sort of in in the mode of The Exorcist but with a little bit of romantic comedy thrown and it's very unusual”
“so for example Susan Kane's quiet there's a ya version”
“now there's a boys in the boot ya version”
“go the bleep to sleep”
“there's also a middle- grade book it's called Alexander Hamilton revolutionary”
“there was of course its role in purity Jonathan”
“the audio book of the year is the girl on the train by Paula Hawkins her bestselling Thriller”
“the Audio Drama of the year was The Jungle Book the mowgly stories and this is another multicast production”
“you look at Michael Cunningham's the hours about Virginia wolf or Colm toyin's novel about Henry James”
“oh and we should add there is a fully Illustrated version of the Chamber of Secrets coming out in October”
“oh and we should add there is a fully Illustrated version of the Chamber of Secrets coming out in October”
“the first one in these newly full color Illustrated editions came out last year with um Harry Potter and uh the sorcer stone”
“and the latest novelist to enter the fry is Curtis senfeld author of prep and American Wife”
“and the latest novelist to enter the fry is Curtis senfeld author of prep and American Wife”
“which book did he win for he won for best male narrator this is again like the Oscars they have best female narrator and best male narrator and he was reading Daniel Silva's Thriller the English spy”
“yes it's the fourth installment the previous ones have included Emma by Alexander McCall Smith and North anger Abby by Val mcder”
“yes it's the fourth installment the previous ones have included Emma by Alexander McCall Smith and North anger Abby by Val mcder which she took a sort of crime novelist approach to it”
“which she took a sort of crime novelist approach to it um as well as Sense and Sensibility by Joanna trolip”
“this year's best female narrator is Katherine krin she was reading Wild Rover No More by La Meyer”
“and my youngest who's already sensing that that this is something to resent uh is currently reading the Chamber of Secrets”
“and my youngest who's already sensing that that this is something to resent uh is currently reading the Chamber of Secrets”
“yes uh Michael Strahan won for best business personal development audio book and that's for his own book wake up happy”
“one is H pasta Wars which is a romantic comedy for Foodies that novel came out”
“another one is the Silence of the six by EC Meers that's a teen cyber Thriller”
“Jack Black won for his narration of ARL Stein's The Little Shop of monsters and that's in the young listeners category”