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Gilbert Cruz's book recommendations
Books Gilbert Cruz recommends
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American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
Recommended“I am here to talk about American Scoundrel by Kybird and Susan Goldmark.”
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Free Food for Millionaires
Recommended“I also would love to see people go back to Minjin Lee's like debut book, Free Food for Millionaires. Totally different than Pachenko.”
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Life Out of Order
Recommended“Audrey Niffaneer, the author of that, has written a sequel, I think a long-awaited sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife that is called Life Out of Order, and it is out in early October.”
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On the Calculation of Volume (Book V)
Recommended“we devoted an entire episode to a series of novels written by the Danish author Salv Bala. Those novels are titled on the calculation of volume. In April, Bala had just released the fourth volume”
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Our Noble Selves
Recommended“Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson out in September. Kate Atkinson is the beloved English mystery writer. She has written the Jackson Brody series of books.”
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Ply
Recommended“along with the author of this next book Ply by Ernand Diaz. That's out at the end of September. And this is the follow-up to his book Trust”
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Take My Word for It
Recommended“If you know Reading Rainbow, you know Lavar Burton. um the patron saint of bookish kids, at least in my generation. He has a memoir that's coming out titled Take My Word for It”
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The Disappearers
Recommended“In September, Marlon James is back with his book, The Disappearers. It's his big return to literary fiction.”
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The Rush
Recommended“This is called The Rush: California Gold: The Civil War and the Making of the Modern World by Nathaniel Philick.”
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The Vanishing Family
Recommended“The next book that I want to talk about, The Vanishing Family by Robert Kulker, um, is also about dementia.”
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Trust
Recommended“And this is the follow-up to his book Trust, which I I think I've read two or three times at this point. I really love that book.”
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A Court of Splintered Harmony
Discussed“This is the latest in Sarah J. Moss's A Court of Thorns and Roses series. This one is called A Court of Splintered Harmony.”
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Other Worlds Than These
Discussed“He has a new book uh titled Other Worlds Than the These. Uh he wrote it with Peter Stra. Stephen King, someone I have talked about on this podcast before”
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Promise Me, America
Discussed“Former President Joe Biden is releasing a book called Promise Me America. And it's a memoir about his presidency.”
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Discussed“So, in 2003, a book called The Time Traveler's Wife came out. I read it so long ago. I remember almost nothing about it other than the fact that I really, really loved it.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| It’s Time for a Big Ol’ Fall Book Preview | The Book Review | 2026-09-04 | 15 |
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing The Great Gatsby
“I will quote a book titled The Great Gatsby, which says, "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."”
“You may remember Marlon James from his book um A Brief History of Seven Killings, which won the Booker Prize in 2015.”
Passing American Prometheus
“Kai Bird is also interesting because he was the co-author of American Prometheus. It was the Pulitzer winning biography that eventually got adapted into the movie Oppenheimer”
Passing Hidden Valley Road
“So, his last book, Hidden Valley Road, which was one of the book reviews top 10 books of 2020, was about this family.”
Passing In the Heart of the Sea
“the reason I brought up boats is because I think if you know Nathaniel Filick, you might know him best as the author of In the Heart of the Sea. This was uh a book that told the true story of the Essex”
Passing MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
“And that true life story and that true life story ended up inspiring Moby Dick, which is supposedly one of the great works of American fiction.”