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Alexandra Alter’s book recommendations in 2024

24 books · 12 episodes · Alexandra Alter’s most recommended books, all years →

Every episode from 2024, newest first

Bringing Down Harvey Weinstein

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

She Said by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey · discussed · at 23:56

Robert Caro on How He Does It

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai · discussed · at 47:14
Be With by Forrest Gander · discussed · at 48:04
The new Negro by Jeffrey C. Stewart · discussed · at 49:36
Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold · discussed · at 51:13

The Year in Reading

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Nasty Women by Laura Jones · discussed · at 19:37

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Last Flight of Poxl West’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee · discussed · at 15:48

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘America’s Bitter Pill’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Redeployment by Phil Klay · discussed · at 23:51
The yellow birds by Kevin Powers · discussed · at 23:51
War of the Encyclopaedists by Christopher Robinson · discussed · at 24:31
Green on Blue by Elliot Ackerman · discussed · at 24:59
No Easy Day by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer · discussed · at 25:49

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Guantánamo Diary’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins · discussed · at 21:17

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Elliot Ackerman’s ‘Green on Blue’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro · discussed · at 13:53

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Patrick Modiano’s ‘Suspended Sentences’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr · discussed · at 14:14

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The haunting of Sunshine girl by Paige McKenzie · discussed · at 22:06

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Charles D’Ambrosio’s ‘Loitering’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The First Bad Man by Miranda July · recommended · at 13:05
In the unlikely event by Judy Blume · discussed · at 14:55
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison · discussed · at 15:17
A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson · recommended · at 16:01
Purity by Jonathan Franzen · discussed · at 16:22
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari · discussed · at 17:04

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Love and Lies’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee · discussed · at 15:41
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 16:27

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Opposite of Spoiled’

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

The sick bag song by Nick Cave · discussed · at 18:00

Other mentions in 2024 (19: passing, ad reads, own books)