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Greg Cowles’s book recommendations in 2021

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Every episode from 2021, newest first

David Sedaris’s Diaries and Paul McCartney’s Songs

The Book Review · 2021-12-23

Less by Andrew Sean Greer · discussed · at 48:20

A New Oral History of HBO

The Book Review · 2021-12-10

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles · discussed · at 50:58

Ross Douthat on Dealing With Lyme Disease

The Book Review · 2021-11-19

Resuscitation of a Hanged Man by Denis Johnson · recommended · at 41:01
Jesus' son by Denis Johnson · discussed · at 43:00

Andrea Elliott on ‘Invisible Child’

The Book Review · 2021-10-08

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen · discussed · at 45:37
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney · discussed · at 45:48
The Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos · discussed · at 46:42

Richard Powers on ‘Bewilderment’

The Book Review · 2021-10-01

On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed · recommended · at 47:22
The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed · discussed · at 48:29

Colson Whitehead on 'Harlem Shuffle'

The Book Review · 2021-09-17

A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor · recommended · at 52:18

A Heartbreaking Novel About Mothers, Daughters and Secrets

The Book Review · 2021-07-23

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe · discussed · at 42:40
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe · recommended · at 42:46

Clint Smith on ‘How the Word Is Passed’

The Book Review · 2021-06-25

The collected essays of Elizabeth Hardwick by Elizabeth Hardwick · discussed · at 53:19

A Desperate Writer Steals 'The Plot'

The Book Review · 2021-05-28

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien · discussed · at 53:26
The Emigrants by W. G. Sebald · discussed · at 54:11

Louis Menand on 'The Free World'

The Book Review · 2021-05-14

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen · recommended · at 50:57

Amy Klobuchar on 'Antitrust'

The Book Review · 2021-04-30

A fan's notes by Frederick Exley · discussed · at 54:36

Kazuo Ishiguro and Friendship With Machines

The Book Review · 2021-03-05

The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro · discussed · at 1:00:00

The Ethics of Adoption in America

The Book Review · 2021-01-22

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro · discussed · at 50:35
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder · discussed · at 52:38

Fareed Zakaria on Life After the Pandemic

The Book Review · 2021-01-01

Kings County by David Goodwillie · recommended · at 49:09
The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud · discussed · at 51:13
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adele Waldman · discussed · at 51:15
Apartment by Teddy Wayne · discussed · at 51:18

Other mentions in 2021 (27: passing, ad reads, own books)