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Alexandra Alter’s book recommendations in 2015

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Year in Poetry

The Book Review · 2015-12-24

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff · recommended · at 18:53
Purity by Jonathan Franzen · recommended · at 19:19

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Reading ‘Pride and Prejudice’

The Book Review · 2015-12-11

Crucible by Troy Denning · discussed · at 16:22

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs’

The Book Review · 2015-11-27

Iterating Grace by Koons Crooks · discussed · at 16:32

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Putin’s Reign

The Book Review · 2015-11-06

Traps by MacKenzie Bezos · discussed · at 21:23

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter’

The Book Review · 2015-10-09

Boys in Zinc by Svetlana Alexievich · discussed · at 17:50
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich · discussed · at 18:18

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Niall Ferguson’s ‘Kissinger’

The Book Review · 2015-10-02

Life by Unknown · discussed · at 19:37

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Court and the World’

The Book Review · 2015-09-18

The Soul of an Octopus by SY Montgomery · recommended · at 16:29
All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior · recommended · at 17:03

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Bill Clegg’s Debut Novel

The Book Review · 2015-09-04

Two years eight months and twenty-eight nights by Salman Rushdie · discussed · at 13:47
The witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff · recommended · at 14:26

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘NeuroTribes’

The Book Review · 2015-08-21

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie · discussed · at 25:36

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Vu Tran’s ‘Dragonfish’

The Book Review · 2015-08-14

Let Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson · discussed · at 14:04

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Katrina: After the Flood’

The Book Review · 2015-08-07

The Reason I Jump One Boys Voice From The Silence Of Autism by Naoki Higashida · discussed · at 18:53
Pound Foolish by Helaine Olen · discussed · at 19:18

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Conservative Heart’

The Book Review · 2015-07-31

Did you ever have a family by Bill Clegg · discussed · at 19:03
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 19:31
Lila by Marilynne Robinson · discussed · at 20:17
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler · discussed · at 20:17
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James · discussed · at 20:36

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘What Pet Should I Get?’

The Book Review · 2015-07-24

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss · discussed · at 1:14
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham with 12 Silly Sounds! by Dr. Seuss · discussed · at 1:14

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Michael B. Oren’s ‘Ally’

The Book Review · 2015-07-10

Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 15:38

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Skyfaring’

The Book Review · 2015-07-03

Drunken Fireworks by Stephen King · discussed · at 13:40

Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Art Issue

The Book Review · 2015-06-26

Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin · discussed · at 14:07
On the Run by Alice Goffman · discussed · at 14:35
Objective Troy by Shane, Scott · discussed · at 15:59

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Stalin’s Daughter’

The Book Review · 2015-06-12

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green · discussed · at 13:14

Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Future of Work

The Book Review · 2015-05-15

Outlander kitchen by Theresa Carle-Sanders · discussed · at 13:54

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Mass Murder in Norway

The Book Review · 2015-04-24

Digest by Gregory Pardlo · discussed · at 19:07

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Spinster’ and Public Shaming

The Book Review · 2015-04-17

Did you ever have a family by Bill Clegg · discussed · at 16:52
Solve for happy by Mo Gawdat · discussed · at 17:52
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 18:25

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Brothers,’ About the Boston Marathon Bombers

The Book Review · 2015-04-10

Paper Towns by John Green · discussed · at 19:25
Looking for Alaska by John Green · discussed · at 19:25
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green · discussed · at 19:25
If I Stay by Gayle Forman · discussed · at 19:25
Where She Went by Gayle Forman · discussed · at 19:25

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’

The Book Review · 2015-04-03

Jerusalem by Alan Moore · discussed · at 15:52

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’

The Book Review · 2015-04-03

Jerusalem by Alan Moore · discussed · at 15:52

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Folded Clock’

The Book Review · 2015-03-27

Secret Garden by Johanna Basford · discussed · at 16:52

Other mentions in 2015 (35: passing, ad reads, own books)