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Jennifer Szalai’s book recommendations in 2019

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Times Critics Talk About Their Year-End Lists

The Book Review · 2019-12-20

Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham · discussed · at 6:14
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr · discussed · at 6:40
Poems by the author of “Paul Ferroll” [i.e. Caroline Clive]. Including a new edition of IX Poems by V, with former and recent additions by Caroline CLIVE · discussed · at 7:19
The Hidden History of Burma by Thant Myint-U · recommended · at 25:27

Poems About the Challenges of Life After Prison

The Book Review · 2019-12-13

The Crying Book by Heather Christle · discussed · at 52:55

Among the Trolls

The Book Review · 2019-11-08

The War Comes Home by Aaron Glantz · discussed · at 50:37
Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor · discussed · at 50:37
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein · discussed · at 53:10

Thomas Chatterton Williams on ‘Unlearning Race’

The Book Review · 2019-10-18

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow · discussed · at 51:36
She Said by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey · discussed · at 52:13
Mindf*ck by Christopher Wylie · discussed · at 58:05
Targeted by Brittany Kaiser · discussed · at 58:05
Antisocial by Andrew Marantz · discussed · at 1:02:51

Samantha Power on What She's Learned

The Book Review · 2019-09-27

A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch · recommended · at 55:54

Trump, TV and America

The Book Review · 2019-09-06

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell · critiqued · at 52:55

The Politicization of Academic Life

The Book Review · 2019-08-23

Dark Money by Jane Mayer · discussed · at 44:01
Sons of Wichita by Daniel Schulman · discussed · at 44:01

Colson Whitehead Talks About 'The Nickel Boys'

The Book Review · 2019-07-19

American Carnage by Tim Alberta · discussed · at 38:32

Picking the Best Memoirs Since 1969

The Book Review · 2019-07-05

Lives Other Than My Own by Emmanuel Carrère · discussed · at 18:27
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan · discussed · at 24:47

The World's Far Corners and Deepest Depths

The Book Review · 2019-06-14

Reckoning by Linda Hirshman · discussed · at 51:46

Harper Lee's Unwritten True-Crime Book

The Book Review · 2019-05-17

The Impeachers by Brenda Wineapple · discussed · at 49:11
Profiles in courage by John F. Kennedy · discussed · at 52:08

Laila Lalami on 'The Other Americans'

The Book Review · 2019-05-03

Mind Fixers by Anne Harrington · discussed · at 40:43

Ruth Reichl's Delicious New Memoir

The Book Review · 2019-04-12

Working by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 56:20

Preet Bharara on the Rule of Law

The Book Review · 2019-03-29

Hattiesburg by William Sturkey · recommended · at 49:50

Isaac Mizrahi on His New Memoir

The Book Review · 2019-03-15

Last Days at Hot Slit by Andrea Dworkin · discussed · at 58:14
Pornography by Andrea Dworkin · discussed · at 58:45
Intercourse by Andrea Dworkin · discussed · at 58:45
Ice and fire by Andrea Dworkin · discussed · at 1:03:33
Mercy by Andrea Dworkin · discussed · at 1:03:37

Seeking Silence

The Book Review · 2019-02-22

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe · discussed · at 41:13

Marlon James Talks About His Epic New Trilogy

The Book Review · 2019-02-08

Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham · recommended · at 43:33

Fugitive Slaves and the Road to the Civil War

The Book Review · 2019-01-04

Act Natural by Jennifer Traig · discussed · at 45:59

Other mentions in 2019 (2: passing, ad reads, own books)