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Alexandra Alter’s book recommendations in 2016

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How Octopuses Are Like Aliens

The Book Review · 2016-12-29

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne · discussed · at 18:52
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter · discussed · at 19:21
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman · discussed · at 19:56
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead · discussed · at 21:04

100 Notable Books of 2016

The Book Review · 2016-12-02

The day before happiness by Erri De Luca · discussed · at 22:27

War Stories

The Book Review · 2016-11-11

The Unwinding by George Packer · discussed · at 25:28
Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank · discussed · at 26:12
Strangers in their own land by Arlie Russell Hochschild · discussed · at 26:23
Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · discussed · at 27:17
Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump · discussed · at 28:52
Crippled America by Donald J. Trump · discussed · at 28:52

Thrillers and True Crime

The Book Review · 2016-10-29

The Sellout by Paul Beatty · discussed · at 13:06

Beth Macy’s ‘Truevine’

The Book Review · 2016-10-21

Charlie the Choo-Choo by Stephen King · discussed · at 14:51
Christine by Stephen King · discussed · at 15:27

Simon Schama's 'The Face of Britain'

The Book Review · 2016-09-23

Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton · discussed · at 18:44
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead · discussed · at 20:16

Maureen Dowd on Clinton and Trump

The Book Review · 2016-09-16

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead · discussed · at 15:24
The association of small bombs by Karan Mahajan · discussed · at 15:37
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett · discussed · at 16:04
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson · discussed · at 16:21
The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie · discussed · at 16:47
Nothing Ever Dies by Viet Thanh Nguyen · discussed · at 18:02
Blood in the water by Heather Ann Thompson · discussed · at 18:34
Booked by Kwame Alexander · discussed · at 19:15
Pax by Sara Pennypacker · discussed · at 20:17
The Sellout by Paul Beatty · discussed · at 20:42
Hot milk by Deborah Levy · discussed · at 20:58
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh · discussed · at 21:04
All that man is by David Szalay · discussed · at 21:15
Do not say we have nothing by Madeleine Thien · discussed · at 21:28

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Mark Thompson's 'Enough Said'

The Book Review · 2016-09-09

All we have left by Wendy Mills · discussed · at 22:52
Graphic Novel"I Survived 9/11" The Attacks of September 11 by Lauren Tarshis · discussed · at 26:58

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘How to Be a Person in the World’

The Book Review · 2016-08-05

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling · discussed · at 15:02
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two - Playscript by J.K. Rowling · discussed · at 15:02
Fantastic Beasts by J. K. Rowling · discussed · at 17:42
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling · discussed · at 17:42
Crisis of Character by Gary J. Byrne · discussed · at 19:09
Hillary's America by Dinesh D'Souza · discussed · at 19:33
Wake up America by Eric Bolling · discussed · at 19:46
Killing the Legends by Bill O'Reilly · discussed · at 20:01
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West by David Fisher · discussed · at 20:01
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter · discussed · at 20:14

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Megan Abbott’s ‘You Will Know Me’

The Book Review · 2016-07-29

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling · discussed · at 14:44
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two - Playscript by J.K. Rowling · discussed · at 14:44
Fantastic Beasts by J. K. Rowling · discussed · at 18:03
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling · discussed · at 18:03

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘We Are Not Such Things’

The Book Review · 2016-07-22

DC Trip by Sara Benincasa · discussed · at 18:53

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘You’ll Grow Out of It’

The Book Review · 2016-07-10

Proust was a neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer · discussed · at 16:31
How we decide by Jonah Lehrer · discussed · at 16:31
The voyeur's motel by Gay Talese · discussed · at 19:18

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Hogs Wild’

The Book Review · 2016-07-01

Lord of Publishing by Sterling Lord · discussed · at 20:05

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Why Populism Now?

The Book Review · 2016-06-24

Trump and me by Mark Singer · discussed · at 23:03
Lost Tycoon by Harry Hurt III · discussed · at 23:37
The making of Donald Trump by David Cay Johnston · discussed · at 24:07
Trump Revealed by Michael Kranish · discussed · at 24:31
Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump · discussed · at 24:59
Day of the Donald by Andrew Shaffer · discussed · at 25:46
A child's first book of Trump by Michael Ian Black · discussed · at 26:49

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘First Dads’

The Book Review · 2016-06-10

The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs · discussed · at 16:36
Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life by Jeff Wilser · discussed · at 18:09

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets’

The Book Review · 2016-05-27

The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz · discussed · at 16:01

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Romanovs’

The Book Review · 2016-05-20

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown · discussed · at 15:21

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Romanovs’

The Book Review · 2016-05-20

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown · discussed · at 15:25

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Gene’

The Book Review · 2016-05-13

Locke & Key, Vol. 1 by Joe Hill · discussed · at 20:16

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide’

The Book Review · 2016-04-22

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis · discussed · at 11:20

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘At the Existentialist Café'

The Book Review · 2016-04-15

Lady Susan by Jane Austen · discussed · at 21:10
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen · discussed · at 21:33

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Spain in Our Hearts’

The Book Review · 2016-04-01

The very persistent gappers of Frip by George Saunders · discussed · at 17:05
The Beach at Night by Elena Ferrante · discussed · at 17:47

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Girls and Sex’

The Book Review · 2016-03-25

Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley · discussed · at 21:02

Inside The New York Times Book Review: American Eugenics

The Book Review · 2016-03-18

Dark Debts by Karen Hall · discussed · at 17:40
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 21:15

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Profiteers’

The Book Review · 2016-03-11

The Vegetarian by Han Kang · discussed · at 17:44
Death by Water by Kenzaburō Ōe · discussed · at 17:58
A Cup of Rage by Raduan Nassar · discussed · at 18:04

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘A Mother’s Reckoning’

The Book Review · 2016-02-26

The Revenant by Michael Punke · discussed · at 12:16

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Love and Death

The Book Review · 2016-02-12

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee · discussed · at 21:47
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 23:01

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Dark Money’

The Book Review · 2016-01-24

A birthday cake for George Washington by Ramin Ganeshram · discussed · at 16:31

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘City of Thorns’

The Book Review · 2016-01-15

The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff · discussed · at 18:09
Carol by Patricia Highsmith · discussed · at 18:09
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín · discussed · at 18:31
The big short by Michael Lewis · discussed · at 18:31
Room by Emma Donoghue · discussed · at 18:31
The Martian by Andy Weir · discussed · at 18:31
The Revenant by Michael Punke · discussed · at 18:31
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain · recommended · at 22:38
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins · discussed · at 22:38

Other mentions in 2016 (50: passing, ad reads, own books)