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Greg Cowles’s book recommendations in 2020

17 books · 14 episodes · Greg Cowles’s most recommended books, all years →

Every episode from 2020, newest first

Jo Nesbo Talks About 'The Kingdom'

The Book Review · 2020-12-11

The Known World by Edward P. Jones · discussed · at 48:31

Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2020

The Book Review · 2020-11-27

Just Us by Claudia Rankine · recommended · at 1:00:15

Real-Life Political Violence Fuels Fiction in ‘The Abstainer’

The Book Review · 2020-10-23

Pig Earth by John Berger · discussed · at 39:08

C.I.A. Operatives in the Early Years of the Cold War

The Book Review · 2020-09-25

Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey · recommended · at 52:52

Kurt Andersen on ‘Evil Geniuses’

The Book Review · 2020-08-28

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell · discussed · at 46:38

David Mitchell's Vast and Tangled Universe

The Book Review · 2020-07-10

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell · discussed · at 47:14
Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro · discussed · at 47:39

Stephen Fry on Reimagining the Greek Myths

The Book Review · 2020-06-12

Mystery and manners by Flannery O'Connor · discussed · at 45:05
A bell for Adano by John Hersey · discussed · at 46:14

A Manhunt on the 17th Century’s High Seas

The Book Review · 2020-05-29

The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by M.G. Vassanji · discussed · at 48:22

Lawrence Wright on Researching a (Fictional) Pandemic

The Book Review · 2020-05-01

Until the End of Time by Brian Greene · recommended · at 53:13
The elegant universe by Brian Greene · discussed · at 54:01
The Dream Universe by David Lindley · discussed · at 55:08

Samantha Irby Talks About ‘Wow, No Thank You’

The Book Review · 2020-04-17

Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney · discussed · at 47:10

Parenting When the Family Is Locked Inside

The Book Review · 2020-04-03

Sum by David Eagleman · discussed · at 59:28

James McBride Talks About ‘Deacon King Kong’

The Book Review · 2020-03-06

Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener · recommended · at 44:30

Andrea Bernstein on 'American Oligarchs'

The Book Review · 2020-01-24

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson · discussed · at 48:58

Life in Tech’s ‘Uncanny Valley’

The Book Review · 2020-01-10

Thelonious Monk by Robin D.G. Kelley · discussed · at 44:27

Other mentions in 2020 (4: passing, ad reads, own books)