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Jennifer Szalai’s book recommendations in 2018

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Michael Lewis and Tana French on Their Latest Books

The Book Review · 2018-10-12

The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean · discussed · at 47:07

The End of the ‘Struggle’

The Book Review · 2018-09-28

Ninth Street women by Mary Gabriel · discussed · at 54:08

Lydia Millet on 'Fight No More'

The Book Review · 2018-08-10

Crashed by J. Adam Tooze · discussed · at 52:41

The Latest in Cyberwarfare

The Book Review · 2018-06-29

Old in art school by Nell Irvin Painter · recommended · at 1:00:38
The history of White people by Nell Irvin Painter · discussed · at 1:02:06

The Things We Inherit

The Book Review · 2018-06-15

Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold · discussed · at 58:27

Lost at Sea

The Book Review · 2018-05-18

The restless wave by John McCain · discussed · at 59:29

Jo Nesbo Reimagines ‘Macbeth’

The Book Review · 2018-04-20

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan · discussed · at 49:14
Locking up our own by James Forman · discussed · at 50:30
God Save Texas by Lawrence Wright · discussed · at 59:13
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright · discussed · at 59:31
Going Clear by Lawrence Wright · discussed · at 59:31

Just the Funny Parts

The Book Review · 2018-03-23

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · discussed · at 38:37
Fun by Unknown · discussed · at 38:44
Outline by Rachel Cusk · discussed · at 38:46
The Neapolitan Novels : My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante · discussed · at 38:49
American innovations by Rivka Galchen · discussed · at 38:52
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday · discussed · at 38:55
How should a person be? by Sheila Heti · discussed · at 38:58

A Marine’s Inventive Memoir

The Book Review · 2018-03-02

Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker · discussed · at 41:48
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker · discussed · at 43:07

Lisa Halliday on 'Asymmetry'

The Book Review · 2018-02-16

Scarlet A by Katie Watson · discussed · at 44:03

Rose McGowan on 'Brave'

The Book Review · 2018-02-02

Rise and kill first by Ronen Bergman · discussed · at 50:44

What to Read About North Korea

The Book Review · 2018-01-05

Radetzky march by Joseph Roth · discussed · at 46:34

Other mentions in 2018 (4: passing, ad reads, own books)