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Gilbert Cruz’s book recommendations in 2015

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

The Book Review · 2015-12-11

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen · discussed · at 0:03
Year of Lear by James Shapiro · discussed · at 0:44
So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano · discussed · at 28:52

Inside The New York Times Book Review: David Hare’s Memoir

The Book Review · 2015-11-20

The Blue Touch Paper by David Hare · discussed · at 0:06
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell · discussed · at 0:29
Acting Up by David Hare · discussed · at 5:20

Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Life of George H. W. Bush

The Book Review · 2015-11-13

Destiny and power by Jon Meacham · discussed · at 0:07
Killing a King by Dan Ephron · discussed · at 0:29

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Michael Connelly’s ‘The Crossing’

The Book Review · 2015-10-30

The Crossing by Michael Connelly · discussed · at 0:06

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Doomed to Succeed”

The Book Review · 2015-10-25

America's Bank by Roger Lowenstein · discussed · at 0:09
Doomed to succeed by Dennis Ross · discussed · at 0:31

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Doomed to Succeed”

The Book Review · 2015-10-25

America's Bank by Roger Lowenstein · discussed · at 0:09
Doomed to succeed by Dennis Ross · discussed · at 0:31

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Richard McGuire’s ‘Here’

The Book Review · 2015-10-16

Here by Richard McGuire · discussed · at 1:00
SuperBetter by Jane McGonigal · discussed · at 17:00
State of Play by David Edgar · discussed · at 22:28

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

The Book Review · 2015-10-02

Kissinger by Niall Ferguson · discussed · at 0:10

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Black Silent Majority’

The Book Review · 2015-09-25

Black Silent Majority by Michael Javen Fortner · discussed · at 0:01

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

The Book Review · 2015-09-18

The Court and the World by Stephen G. Breyer · discussed · at 0:08
the star side of bird hill by naomi jackson · discussed · at 19:16
Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth · discussed · at 22:35

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Fates and Furies’

The Book Review · 2015-09-11

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff · discussed · at 0:07
Objective Troy by Shane, Scott · discussed · at 0:30

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Give Us the Ballot’

The Book Review · 2015-08-30

Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman · discussed · at 0:08
The incarnations by Susan Barker · discussed · at 0:28

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Give Us the Ballot’

The Book Review · 2015-08-30

Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman · discussed · at 0:08

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘NeuroTribes’

The Book Review · 2015-08-21

Neurotribes by Steve Silberman · discussed · at 0:05

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

The Book Review · 2015-08-14

Dragonfish by Vu Tran · discussed · at 0:10

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

The Book Review · 2015-08-07

Katrina by Gary Rivlin · discussed · at 0:08
Blue by Joe Domanick · discussed · at 0:30

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Barbarian Days’

The Book Review · 2015-07-17

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan · discussed · at 0:06

Inside The New York Times Book Review: When I Grow Up

The Book Review · 2015-06-19

How to raise an adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims · discussed · at 1:09
The Prime of Life by Steven Mintz · discussed · at 1:35
The diver's clothes lie empty by Vendela Vida · discussed · at 21:11

Inside The New York Times Book Review: “Reagan: The Life”

The Book Review · 2015-06-05

Reagan by H. W. Brands · discussed · at 0:07
Dutch by Edmund Morris · discussed · at 2:25

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘A God in Ruins’

The Book Review · 2015-05-08

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson · discussed · at 0:03
A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson · discussed · at 0:09

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Life of Saul Bellow’

The Book Review · 2015-05-01

The Life of Saul Bellow by Zachary Leader · discussed · at 1:21
Missoula by Jon Krakauer · discussed · at 28:27
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer · discussed · at 29:35

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

The Book Review · 2015-04-24

One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Asne Seierstad · discussed · at 0:06
The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander · discussed · at 0:24

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

The Book Review · 2015-04-17

So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson · discussed · at 0:23
Spinster by Kate Bolick · discussed · at 0:53
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee · discussed · at 18:49

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

The Book Review · 2015-04-10

The Brothers by Masha Gessen · discussed · at 0:01
Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin · discussed · at 0:23

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

The Book Review · 2015-04-03

Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli · discussed · at 1:10
The brain's way of healing by Norman Doidge · discussed · at 17:15
Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience by Michael S. Gazzaniga · discussed · at 17:24

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

The Book Review · 2015-03-27

The folded clock by Heidi Julavits · recommended · at 0:07
Shrinks by Jeffrey A. Lieberman · recommended · at 0:29

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

The Book Review · 2015-03-27

The folded clock by Heidi Julavits · recommended · at 0:07
Shrinks by Jeffrey A. Lieberman · recommended · at 0:29

Other mentions in 2015 (24: passing, ad reads, own books)