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Greg Cowles’s book recommendations in 2017

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The Fire Next Time

The Book Review · 2017-12-29

Kill All Normies by Angela Nagle · discussed · at 37:38

'The Story of the Jews' Continues

The Book Review · 2017-12-22

Angle of repose by Wallace Stegner · discussed · at 34:03
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson · discussed · at 35:19
Jesus' son by Denis Johnson · recommended · at 35:25
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson · discussed · at 36:02
Angels by Denis Johnson · discussed · at 36:10
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James · recommended · at 43:46

Mary Beard on 'Women & Power'

The Book Review · 2017-12-15

Angle of repose by Wallace Stegner · discussed · at 44:29

The Second Coming of the KKK

The Book Review · 2017-12-08

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward · discussed · at 35:19
Locking up our own by James Forman · discussed · at 38:09
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders · recommended · at 47:45
Improvement by Joan Silber · recommended · at 57:25

Mother Knows Best?

The Book Review · 2017-11-17

Autumn by Ali Smith · discussed · at 55:47

Kurt Andersen on Channeling President Trump

The Book Review · 2017-11-10

Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson · discussed · at 50:19

Marilyn Stasio on True Crime

The Book Review · 2017-10-27

The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy · recommended · at 36:28

Jennifer Egan Talks About 'Manhattan Beach'

The Book Review · 2017-10-06

Warning light by David Ricciardi · recommended · at 43:15
One more warbler by Victor Emanuel · discussed · at 44:22

Jesmyn Ward on 'Sing, Unburied, Sing'

The Book Review · 2017-09-22

After the Tall Timber by Renata Adler · discussed · at 55:54

Jill Abramson on the 2016 Presidential Campaign

The Book Review · 2017-09-15

Notes on a Foreign Country by Suzy Hansen · discussed · at 1:07:07
There Was and There Was Not by Meline Toumani · discussed · at 1:08:01

Gorbachev: His Life and Times

The Book Review · 2017-09-08

Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje · discussed · at 42:42
Euphoria A Novel by Lily King · recommended · at 43:25
Mating by Norman Rush · discussed · at 44:05

An American Abroad

The Book Review · 2017-09-01

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen · discussed · at 33:45
The Kingdom by Emmanuel Carrère · discussed · at 33:56
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino · discussed · at 35:17

New Books About Parenting

The Book Review · 2017-08-11

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen · recommended · at 36:56
Life by Keith Richards · discussed · at 37:03

Amy Schumer on ‘Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo’

The Book Review · 2017-08-04

Citizen by Claudia Rankine · discussed · at 15:24
The Kingdom by Emmanuel Carrère · discussed · at 36:43

Lights On, Rats Out

The Book Review · 2017-07-28

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 38:24
A walker in the city by Alfred Kazin · recommended · at 38:52

Steve Bannon's Road to the White House

The Book Review · 2017-07-21

The collected stories by Grace Paley · discussed · at 55:20

The World of Jane Austen Fans

The Book Review · 2017-07-14

Who is Rich? by Matthew Klam · discussed · at 41:35

The History of the London Zoo

The Book Review · 2017-07-07

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon · discussed · at 34:52
Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon · discussed · at 34:52
Use of force by Brad Thor · discussed · at 35:22
The Swamp by Eric Bolling · discussed · at 38:21
Rediscovering Americanism by Mark R. Levin · discussed · at 38:34
Black tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips · recommended · at 42:11

Silk on a Stick

The Book Review · 2017-06-30

The hyphenated family by Hermann Hagedorn · discussed · at 37:07

The Boy Who Loved Too Much

The Book Review · 2017-06-23

Do not become alarmed by Maile Meloy · recommended · at 38:50

China's World

The Book Review · 2017-06-16

The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon · discussed · at 37:25

Al Franken on Life in the Senate

The Book Review · 2017-06-09

World War I and America by A. Scott Berg · recommended · at 49:26

David Sedaris Talks About His Diaries

The Book Review · 2017-06-02

Legends of the fall by Jim Harrison · discussed · at 34:08

Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution

The Book Review · 2017-05-26

Transit by Rachel Cusk · discussed · at 33:32
Outline by Rachel Cusk · discussed · at 33:32

Joshua Ferris on ‘The Dinner Party’

The Book Review · 2017-05-19

Mating by Norman Rush · discussed · at 40:52
In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl · recommended · at 42:23
Tribes by Nina Raine · recommended · at 42:28
Interchange by Ken Jaworowski · discussed · at 42:42

Elizabeth Warren on Fighting for the Middle Class

The Book Review · 2017-05-12

Mating by Norman Rush · discussed · at 41:49

Gabourey Sidibe and Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Book Review · 2017-05-05

Modern Gods by Nick Laird · discussed · at 42:17

Hamlet Globe to Globe

The Book Review · 2017-04-21

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 36:36
American War by Omar El Akkad · discussed · at 37:41

Lives on the Line

The Book Review · 2017-04-07

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 41:45
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith · discussed · at 43:17

The Charm of 'The Idiot'

The Book Review · 2017-03-31

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 35:30
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel · discussed · at 35:36

'Ties' to Ferrante?

The Book Review · 2017-03-24

The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone · discussed · at 4:42
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante · discussed · at 4:42
Ties by Domenico Starnone · discussed · at 6:43

The Definition of Adulthood

The Book Review · 2017-03-17

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid · discussed · at 45:24
Blitzed by Norman Ohler · discussed · at 45:45
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel · discussed · at 55:02
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel · recommended · at 55:17

Points of No Return

The Book Review · 2017-03-10

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 58:10
Running by Cara Hoffman · recommended · at 58:41
The Night Ocean by Paul LaFarge · recommended · at 1:01:00
Ill will by Dan Chaon · recommended · at 1:02:24

The History of Race and Racism in America

The Book Review · 2017-02-24

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders · discussed · at 38:45
This Life I Live by Rory Feek · discussed · at 39:42

George Saunders on Lincoln and Lost Souls

The Book Review · 2017-02-10

The blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson · discussed · at 37:09
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 38:51

A Brave Look at Depression

The Book Review · 2017-02-03

The Girl Before by J. P. Delaney · discussed · at 33:54
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 39:10

Barack Obama's Legacy

The Book Review · 2017-01-20

The guests on South Battery by Karen White · discussed · at 35:36
The sleepwalker by Christopher A. Bohjalian · discussed · at 35:41
Ring of Fire by Brad Taylor · discussed · at 35:49
The great equalizer by David M. Smick · discussed · at 35:59
Three Days in January by Bret Baier · discussed · at 36:23
Special heart by Bret Baier · discussed · at 36:29
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 39:43
Everything I never told you by Celeste Ng · recommended · at 40:07

Edward Snowden: Hero, Traitor or Spy?

The Book Review · 2017-01-13

The Telomere Effect by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Dr. Elissa Epel · discussed · at 36:08
The North water by Ian McGuire · recommended · at 38:00
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston · discussed · at 38:40
Huck out west by Robert Coover · discussed · at 40:08
Homesick For Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh · discussed · at 42:13

Should You Stop Eating Sugar?

The Book Review · 2017-01-06

The Sellout by Paul Beatty · discussed · at 37:45

Other mentions in 2017 (56: passing, ad reads, own books)