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Gilbert Cruz’s book recommendations in 2021

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Every episode from 2021, newest first

Ann Patchett on ‘These Precious Days’

The Book Review · 2021-11-25

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett · discussed · at 0:14

Ross Douthat on Dealing With Lyme Disease

The Book Review · 2021-11-19

The Deep Places by Ross Douthat · recommended · at 21:27

Alan Cumming Talks About ‘Baggage’

The Book Review · 2021-11-12

Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming · discussed · at 0:07
Baggage by Alan Cumming · discussed · at 0:13

Thomas Mallon on the Career of Jonathan Franzen

The Book Review · 2021-10-15

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen · discussed · at 0:19
A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris · discussed · at 0:27

Life at Seven Miles Below the Sea

The Book Review · 2021-08-20

The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales · recommended · at 0:13
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner · recommended · at 0:24

Katie Kitamura Talks About ‘Intimacies’

The Book Review · 2021-08-06

Intimacies by Katie M. Kitamura · discussed · at 0:13

Echoes of a Fairy Tale in a Devastating Novel

The Book Review · 2021-07-30

What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad · discussed · at 0:14
An Ugly Truth by Sheera Frenkel · discussed · at 0:26
American War by Omar El Akkad · discussed · at 1:28
Lenin by Victor Sebestyen · discussed · at 55:14

Clint Smith on ‘How the Word Is Passed’

The Book Review · 2021-06-25

How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith III · discussed · at 0:10
The Holly by Julian Rubinstein · discussed · at 0:24
Counting descent by Clint Smith · discussed · at 25:06

Reimagining the Aftermath of a Wartime Attack

The Book Review · 2021-06-04

How Iceland Changed the World by Egill Bjarnason · discussed · at 0:21

A Desperate Writer Steals 'The Plot'

The Book Review · 2021-05-28

America on Fire by Elizabeth Hinton · discussed · at 0:23
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz · discussed · at 0:52
Writers & Lovers by Lily King · discussed · at 8:00

Maggie O’Farrell on ‘Hamnet’

The Book Review · 2021-05-21

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell · discussed · at 0:11
Second Place by Rachel Cusk · discussed · at 0:20
I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell · discussed · at 9:30

Louis Menand on 'The Free World'

The Book Review · 2021-05-14

The Free World by Louis Menand · discussed · at 0:58

Michael Lewis on 'The Premonition'

The Book Review · 2021-05-07

The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis · discussed · at 0:55

Amy Klobuchar on 'Antitrust'

The Book Review · 2021-04-30

Antitrust by Amy Klobuchar · discussed · at 0:52
The Invention of Miracles by Katie Booth · discussed · at 28:33

Patrick Radden Keefe on ‘Empire of Pain’

The Book Review · 2021-04-23

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe · discussed · at 0:10
What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins · book club pick · at 0:24

Blake Bailey on Writing His Life of Philip Roth

The Book Review · 2021-04-09

Philip Roth by Blake Bailey · recommended · at 20:17
Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia Sweig · recommended · at 23:12
Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 29:45

Imbolo Mbue on Writing Her Second Novel

The Book Review · 2021-03-12

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue · discussed · at 0:11
Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz · discussed · at 0:20

Kazuo Ishiguro and Friendship With Machines

The Book Review · 2021-03-05

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro · discussed · at 0:11
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro · discussed · at 6:37
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro · discussed · at 6:44
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro · discussed · at 6:48
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro · recommended · at 23:57
Mike Nichols by Mark Harris · recommended · at 47:49

Chang-rae Lee on His New Novel: ‘It’s Kind of a Crazy Book.’

The Book Review · 2021-02-05

On such a full sea by Chang-rae Lee · discussed · at 1:39
My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee · discussed · at 6:19
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson · discussed · at 39:46

James Comey and Truth in Government

The Book Review · 2021-01-15

Saving Justice by James Comey · discussed · at 0:11
A Lie Someone Told You about Yourself by Peter Ho Davies · book club pick · at 20:52

Charles Yu Talks About ‘Interior Chinatown’

The Book Review · 2021-01-08

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu · discussed · at 0:12
Third Class Superhero by Charles Yu · discussed · at 2:41
How to live safely in a science fictional universe by Charles Yu · discussed · at 2:41
Sorry please thank you by Charles Yu · discussed · at 2:48
The Last American Aristocrat by David S. Brown · discussed · at 17:17
The education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams · discussed · at 19:12

Other mentions in 2021 (56: passing, ad reads, own books)