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John Williams’s book recommendations in 2015

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Reading ‘Pride and Prejudice’

The Book Review · 2015-12-11

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz · recommended · at 32:01
Rebel Yell by S. C. Gwynne · recommended · at 32:23
Tell the wolves I'm home by Carol Rifka Brunt · recommended · at 32:53
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf · recommended · at 33:26
Man At the Helm by Nina Stibbe · recommended · at 33:34

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs’

The Book Review · 2015-11-27

Dark matter and the dinosaurs by Lisa Randall · discussed · at 1:07
Warheart (Sword of Truth) by Terry Goodkind · discussed · at 37:56
Rules for a Knight by Ethan Hawke · discussed · at 38:01
The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans · discussed · at 38:24
The Pharaoh’s Secret by Clive Cussler · discussed · at 38:29
All Dressed in White by Mary Higgins Clark · discussed · at 38:34
The Guilty by David Baldacci · discussed · at 38:47
Tricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum Series #22) by Janet Evanovich · discussed · at 38:57
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr · discussed · at 39:02
Killing Reagan by Bill O'Reilly · discussed · at 39:21
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade · discussed · at 39:31
Destiny and power by Jon Meacham · discussed · at 39:33

Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Life of George H. W. Bush

The Book Review · 2015-11-13

Destiny and power by Jon Meacham · recommended · at 21:59
Killing a King by Dan Ephron · discussed · at 25:07

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Michael Connelly’s ‘The Crossing’

The Book Review · 2015-10-30

Night Shift by Stephen King · recommended · at 34:37
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood · recommended · at 35:13

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Richard McGuire’s ‘Here’

The Book Review · 2015-10-16

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James · discussed · at 10:56
Here by Richard McGuire · recommended · at 14:07
Pretty deadly by Joe Schreiber · recommended · at 14:46
The motherless oven by Rob Davis · recommended · at 15:03

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter’

The Book Review · 2015-10-09

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell · recommended · at 40:01
Slade House by David Mitchell · discussed · at 40:09
City on fire by Garth Risk Hallberg · discussed · at 40:19

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Black Silent Majority’

The Book Review · 2015-09-25

NW by Zadie Smith · recommended · at 32:54
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James · recommended · at 32:54
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See · recommended · at 33:20
Braided lives by Marge Piercy · recommended · at 33:45
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood · recommended · at 33:45
My Brilliant Friend by Chiara Lagani · recommended · at 33:56
The road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway · recommended · at 34:24

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Fates and Furies’

The Book Review · 2015-09-11

Knowing your value by Mika Brzezinski · discussed · at 34:34
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill · discussed · at 35:04
Live From New York by Tom Shales · discussed · at 35:18
Working by Studs Terkel · discussed · at 35:52

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Vu Tran’s ‘Dragonfish’

The Book Review · 2015-08-14

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman · discussed · at 27:56
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 28:40

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Conservative Heart’

The Book Review · 2015-07-31

The prelude by William Wordsworth · discussed · at 31:52
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens · discussed · at 32:20

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘What Pet Should I Get?’

The Book Review · 2015-07-24

If I Ran the Circus by Dr. Seuss · discussed · at 12:04
The 500 hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss · discussed · at 12:09
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss · discussed · at 12:29
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss · discussed · at 12:37
The Sneetches by Seuss Dr · discussed · at 12:53
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss · discussed · at 12:53
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss · discussed · at 13:00
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss · discussed · at 13:30

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Michael B. Oren’s ‘Ally’

The Book Review · 2015-07-10

Outline by Rachel Cusk · recommended · at 30:45
Hold still by Sally Mann · recommended · at 30:45
The Sellout by Paul Beatty · recommended · at 30:45
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald · recommended · at 30:45
Book of numbers by Joshua Cohen · recommended · at 31:02
The love object by Edna O’Brien · recommended · at 31:02
James Merrill by Langdon Hammer · recommended · at 31:02
Life Into Art by Langdon Hammer · recommended · at 31:02
Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick · recommended · at 31:02

Other mentions in 2015 (26: passing, ad reads, own books)