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Greg Cowles’s book recommendations in 2015

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Year in Poetry

The Book Review · 2015-12-24

When my brother was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz · recommended · at 2:11
Field guide by Robert Hass · discussed · at 6:27
What work is by Philip Levine · recommended · at 7:05
Trees & other poems by Joyce Kilmer · discussed · at 7:45
Raft That No Man Made by Robert T. S. Lowell · discussed · at 8:49
Indistinguishable from the darkness by Charlie Smith · discussed · at 12:47
The Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins · discussed · at 38:02

Inside The New York Times Book Review: From Movement to Mainstream

The Book Review · 2015-12-18

The Food Lab by J. Kenji López-Alt · recommended · at 38:44

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

The Book Review · 2015-12-11

Precious gifts by Danielle Steel · discussed · at 47:49
Tom Clancy commander-in-chief by Mark Greaney · discussed · at 48:07
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks · discussed · at 48:57

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

The Book Review · 2015-11-20

The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende · discussed · at 38:47
The promise by Robert Crais · discussed · at 39:16
Crimson Shore by Douglas Preston · discussed · at 39:32
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom · discussed · at 39:37
Destiny and power by Jon Meacham · discussed · at 40:01

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

The Book Review · 2015-11-13

Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving · discussed · at 40:48
The Crossing by Michael Connelly · discussed · at 41:06
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King · discussed · at 41:14
Crippled America by Donald J. Trump · discussed · at 41:38
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade · discussed · at 42:32
Troublemaker by Leah Remini · discussed · at 43:02

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Putin’s Reign

The Book Review · 2015-11-06

The immortal Nicholas by Glenn Beck · discussed · at 45:07
Slade House by David Mitchell · discussed · at 45:34
The woman who walked in sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith · discussed · at 45:55
A banquet of consequences by Elizabeth George · discussed · at 46:08
Depraved Heart by Patricia Cornwell · discussed · at 46:18
My life on the road by Gloria Steinem · discussed · at 46:40
Lights out by Ted Koppel · discussed · at 46:55
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein · discussed · at 47:16
Wildflower by Drew Barrymore · discussed · at 48:16
Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik · discussed · at 49:15
Government zero by Michael Savage · discussed · at 49:37
The witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff · discussed · at 49:56

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

The Book Review · 2015-10-30

The Lake House by Kate Morton · discussed · at 36:41
Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink · discussed · at 37:00
Career of Evil by J. K. Rowling · discussed · at 37:24
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham · discussed · at 37:41
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell · discussed · at 38:15
I Feel Like Going On by Ray Lewis · discussed · at 38:44
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink · discussed · at 39:38
Binge by Tyler Oakley · discussed · at 40:11

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

The Book Review · 2015-10-25

Hell's Foundations Quiver by David Weber · discussed · at 25:52
All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani · discussed · at 26:14
City on fire by Garth Risk Hallberg · discussed · at 27:00
See me by Nicholas Sparks · discussed · at 27:55
Unfaithful music & disappearing ink by Elvis Costello · discussed · at 28:38
Last of the President's Men by Bob Woodward · discussed · at 29:02
Humans Of New York by Brandon Stanton · discussed · at 29:25

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

The Book Review · 2015-10-25

Hell's Foundations Quiver by David Weber · discussed · at 25:52
All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani · discussed · at 26:14
Foreign affairs by Stuart Woods · discussed · at 26:43
City on fire by Garth Risk Hallberg · discussed · at 27:05
See me by Nicholas Sparks · discussed · at 28:23
Unfaithful music & disappearing ink by Elvis Costello · discussed · at 28:58
Last of the President's Men by Bob Woodward · discussed · at 29:09
Humans Of New York by Brandon Stanton · discussed · at 29:40

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter’

The Book Review · 2015-10-09

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood · discussed · at 41:59
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter · discussed · at 42:09
The aeronaut's windlass by Jim Butcher · discussed · at 42:31
After You by Jojo Moyes · discussed · at 42:40
The murder house by James Patterson · discussed · at 42:50
Unlikeable by Edward Klein · discussed · at 43:23
Deep South by Paul Theroux · discussed · at 43:42
I'll never write my memoirs by Grace Jones · discussed · at 43:56
Saving capitalism by Robert B. Reich · discussed · at 44:11
In This Together by Ann Romney · discussed · at 44:25
Killing Reagan by Bill O'Reilly · discussed · at 44:37

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

The Book Review · 2015-10-02

Once in a great city by David Maraniss · discussed · at 31:25
My Southern journey by Rick Bragg · discussed · at 31:52
1944 by Jay Winik · discussed · at 32:10
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson · discussed · at 33:02
Killing Reagan by Bill O'Reilly · discussed · at 33:09
Come rain or come shine by Jan Karon · discussed · at 34:04
The thing about jellyfish by Ali Benjamin · discussed · at 34:43
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate · discussed · at 35:45
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman · discussed · at 36:21

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

The Book Review · 2015-09-25

One Year After by William R. Forstchen · discussed · at 35:29
Driving heat by Richard Castle · discussed · at 35:50
The scam by Janet Evanovich · discussed · at 35:59
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff · discussed · at 36:35
Devoted in Death by Nora Roberts · discussed · at 36:48
Never Broken by Jewel · discussed · at 37:13
Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics by Stephen G. Breyer · discussed · at 37:28
The Court and the World by Stephen G. Breyer · discussed · at 37:28
Fast Girl by Suzy Favor Hamilton · discussed · at 38:02
The art of memoir by Mary Karr · discussed · at 38:42
Why not me? by Mindy Kaling · discussed · at 39:05

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

The Book Review · 2015-09-18

Two years eight months and twenty-eight nights by Salman Rushdie · discussed · at 45:40
Black Earth by Timothy Snyder · discussed · at 47:34
Reckless by Chrissie Hynde · discussed · at 49:40

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Bill Clegg’s Debut Novel

The Book Review · 2015-09-04

A manual for cleaning women by Lucia Berlin · discussed · at 33:23

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

The Book Review · 2015-08-14

Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 30:40
Magic shifts by Ilona Andrews · discussed · at 30:51
Deadly assets by William E. Butterworth III · discussed · at 31:10
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman · discussed · at 31:21
Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami · discussed · at 31:57
Pinball, 1973 by 村上春樹 · discussed · at 31:57
Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami · discussed · at 31:57
Alert by James Patterson · discussed · at 32:35
Voices in the ocean by Susan Casey · discussed · at 33:13
My Fight / Your Fight by Ronda Rousey · discussed · at 33:47
Plunder and deceit by Mark R. Levin · discussed · at 34:28

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

The Book Review · 2015-08-07

The Bourbon Kings by J. R. Ward · discussed · at 35:12
The Paris wife by Paula McLain · discussed · at 36:22
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain · discussed · at 36:36
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 36:46
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins · discussed · at 36:52
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr · discussed · at 36:54
Blackout by Sarah Hepola · discussed · at 37:09

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Conservative Heart’

The Book Review · 2015-07-31

Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 34:02
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates · discussed · at 34:02
Speaking in bones by Kathy Reichs · discussed · at 34:22
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan · discussed · at 34:33

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘What Pet Should I Get?’

The Book Review · 2015-07-24

Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 23:19

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Michael B. Oren’s ‘Ally’

The Book Review · 2015-07-10

The English spy by Daniel Silva · discussed · at 32:08
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George · discussed · at 32:21
The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck · discussed · at 33:05
Ally by Michael B. Oren · discussed · at 33:39

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Skyfaring’

The Book Review · 2015-07-03

Minions by Lucy Rosen · discussed · at 30:39
Jurassic World by David Lewman · discussed · at 30:52
Inside Out by Nick Mason · discussed · at 31:07
Wicked Lizzy and Diesel Trilogy wicked Appetite; Wicked Business; Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich · discussed · at 31:26
The melody lingers on by Mary Higgins Clark · discussed · at 31:32
Truth or die by James Patterson · discussed · at 31:46
Life is short (no pun intended) by Jennifer Arnold MD · discussed · at 31:57
Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson · discussed · at 32:08
Down the rabbit hole by Holly Madison · discussed · at 32:24
Roll Deep by Major Jackson · recommended · at 33:27
How to be drawn by Terrance Hayes · recommended · at 33:35
Across the mutual landscape by Christopher Gilbert · discussed · at 33:47
Turning into dwelling by Christopher Gilbert · recommended · at 34:01
Bright dead things by Ada Limón · recommended · at 34:21
Scattered at sea by Amy Gerstler · recommended · at 34:47
Delinquent palaces by Danielle Chapman · recommended · at 35:16

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Skyfaring’

The Book Review · 2015-07-03

Roll Deep by Major Jackson · recommended · at 33:28
How to be drawn by Terrance Hayes · recommended · at 33:33
Across the mutual landscape by Christopher Gilbert · discussed · at 33:47
Turning into dwelling by Christopher Gilbert · recommended · at 33:57
Bright dead things by Ada Limón · recommended · at 34:22
Scattered at sea by Amy Gerstler · recommended · at 34:47
Delinquent palaces by Danielle Chapman · recommended · at 35:16

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

The Book Review · 2015-06-19

Happily Ali After by Ali Wentworth · discussed · at 36:51

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Stalin’s Daughter’

The Book Review · 2015-06-12

Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews · discussed · at 40:38
Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin · discussed · at 41:50
Adios, America by Ann Coulter · discussed · at 42:24

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

The Book Review · 2015-06-05

Make something up by Chuck Palahniuk · discussed · at 34:57

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Judy Blume’s ‘In the Unlikely Event’

The Book Review · 2015-05-29

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins · discussed · at 43:24
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough · discussed · at 43:52

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Shakespeare in Love

The Book Review · 2015-05-22

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll · discussed · at 31:41
The Great War of Our Time by Michael Morell · discussed · at 33:14
Hold still by Sally Mann · discussed · at 35:03

Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Future of Work

The Book Review · 2015-05-15

A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson · discussed · at 29:31
14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson · discussed · at 29:59
Deal by Bill Kreutzmann · discussed · at 30:38
American wife by Taya Kyle · discussed · at 31:04
The book of Joan by Melissa Rivers · discussed · at 31:24
It's a Long Story by Willie Nelson · discussed · at 31:37
Clinton Cash by Peter Schweizer · discussed · at 32:26
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough · discussed · at 33:17

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

The Book Review · 2015-05-08

An ember in the ashes by Sabaa Tahir · discussed · at 28:42

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

The Book Review · 2015-05-01

Beauty's Kingdom by Anne Rice · discussed · at 42:25
Garden of Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz · discussed · at 43:31
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison · discussed · at 43:57
The bone tree by Greg Iles · discussed · at 44:35
And the good news is-- by Dana Perino · discussed · at 46:06

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

The Book Review · 2015-04-24

Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline · discussed · at 33:09
The Liar by Nora Roberts · discussed · at 33:15
Natural born heroes by Christopher McDougall · discussed · at 33:53
Born with teeth by Kate Mulgrew · discussed · at 34:39
Capital dames by Cokie Roberts · discussed · at 35:18
Dealing With China by Henry M. Paulson Jr. · discussed · at 35:47
The Road to Character by David Brooks · discussed · at 36:29

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

The Book Review · 2015-04-17

The lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr · discussed · at 35:36
Chasing Sunsets by Karen Kingsbury · discussed · at 36:08
Inside the O' Briens by Lisa Genova · discussed · at 36:18
Miracle at Augusta by James Patterson · discussed · at 36:48
Blood on snow by Jo Nesbø · discussed · at 37:03
Falling in love by Donna Leon · discussed · at 37:17
Hot pursuit by Stuart Woods · discussed · at 37:32
Words without music by Philip Glass · discussed · at 38:08
A Curious Mind by Brian Grazer · discussed · at 38:36
Killing the Legends by Bill O'Reilly · discussed · at 40:33
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West by David Fisher · discussed · at 40:33

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

The Book Review · 2015-04-10

The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett · discussed · at 38:04
The harder they come by T. Coraghessan Boyle · discussed · at 39:01
At the water's edge by Sara Gruen · discussed · at 39:32
The patriot threat by Steve Berry · discussed · at 39:55
The Shadows by J. R. Ward · discussed · at 40:06
Unforgettable by Scott Simon · discussed · at 40:29
Between You & Me by Norris, Mary (Editor) · discussed · at 41:05
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson · discussed · at 42:05
In defense of a liberal education by Fareed Zakaria · discussed · at 42:47

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

The Book Review · 2015-04-03

Cuba straits by Randy Wayne White · discussed · at 36:51
The Stranger by Harlan Coben · discussed · at 37:13
Heretic by Ayaan Hirsi Ali · discussed · at 37:28
Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli · discussed · at 39:20

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

The Book Review · 2015-04-03

Heretic by Ayaan Hirsi Ali · discussed · at 37:28

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

The Book Review · 2015-03-27

A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear · discussed · at 41:53
NYPD Red 3 by James Patterson · discussed · at 42:06
Where you go is not who you'll be by Frank Bruni · discussed · at 42:15
Frank by Barney Frank · discussed · at 42:50

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

The Book Review · 2015-03-27

A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear · discussed · at 41:53
NYPD Red 3 by James Patterson · discussed · at 42:05
Where you go is not who you'll be by Frank Bruni · discussed · at 42:15
Frank by Barney Frank · discussed · at 42:50

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