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Greg Cowles’s book recommendations in 2019

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Every episode from 2019, newest first

Times Critics Talk About Their Year-End Lists

The Book Review · 2019-12-20

Thelonious Monk by Robin D.G. Kelley · discussed · at 29:08

The Life of Mike Nichols

The Book Review · 2019-12-06

Kudos by Rachel Cusk · recommended · at 48:18
Outline by Rachel Cusk · discussed · at 51:04

10 Best Books of 2019

The Book Review · 2019-11-26

Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky · recommended · at 1:05:23
The Body in Question by Jill Ciment · recommended · at 1:06:53

The Life of Thomas Edison

The Book Review · 2019-11-01

This Is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill · recommended · at 46:24
A Pocket History of Human Evolution by Silvana Condemi · discussed · at 47:54

Ben Lerner's New Novel and the Politics of Language

The Book Review · 2019-10-04

The Body in Question by Jill Ciment · recommended · at 55:56

Toni Morrison's Legacy

The Book Review · 2019-08-09

Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood · recommended · at 52:06

George F. Will on Conservatism’s Homelessness

The Book Review · 2019-07-12

Maggie Brown and Others by Peter Orner · recommended · at 47:59

Taffy Brodesser-Akner Talks About Her First Novel

The Book Review · 2019-06-28

Here by Richard McGuire · recommended · at 54:07

Rethinking the Epidemic of Domestic Violence

The Book Review · 2019-06-07

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett · discussed · at 44:42

A Trilogy About the American Revolution Begins

The Book Review · 2019-05-24

Our Man by George Packer · recommended · at 1:02:50

The Real Life of a Diplomat, Told Like a Novel

The Book Review · 2019-05-10

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood · recommended · at 58:49

Connecting the Dots Between Reconstruction and Jim Crow

The Book Review · 2019-04-26

The carrying by Ada Limón · discussed · at 24:58
Women Talking by Miriam Toews · recommended · at 50:29

A Violent Summer in Chicago

The Book Review · 2019-03-08

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman · discussed · at 47:30

How Curses Function in Literature

The Book Review · 2019-01-11

The Witch Elm by Tana French · recommended · at 1:04:15

Other mentions in 2019 (8: passing, ad reads, own books)