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Every book Nicholas Kristof recommended on podcasts
Nicholas Kristof’s most recommended books
- In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers
- The Cleanest Race by B.R. Myers
- The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
- The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
- Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader by Bradley K. Martin
- Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
- Tightrope by Nicholas D. Kristof
Nicholas Kristof is a journalist and author known for his extensive reporting on international human rights, global affairs, and social issues. During podcast appearances, he recommended and discussed several books focusing on North Korea, history, and memoir. Kristof recommended Yeonmi Park's memoir 'In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom,' written with Maryanne Vollers, alongside Hyeonseo Lee's memoir 'The Girl with Seven Names,' highlighting both as compelling accounts of North Korean defectors. He also recommended Bradley K. Martin's 'Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader' as an essential primer covering the sweep of North Korean history, Adam Johnson's novel 'The Orphan Master's Son' as an extraordinary narrative window into the country's workings, and B.R. Myers's 'The Cleanest Race' for its focus on North Korean government propaganda. Additionally, Kristof discussed Min Jin Lee's novel 'Pachinko,' which follows a rural poor family migrating from North Korea to Japan, and mentioned reading Steven Pinker's 'Enlightenment Now.' Finally, he spoke about the goals of his own book, written with Sheryl WuDunn, titled 'Tightrope,' which aims to broaden national conversations regarding financial struggles and systemic hardships in the United States.
Books recommended by Nicholas Kristof
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In Order to Live
In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park and Maryanne Vollers is a harrowing memoir detailing the author's dramatic escape from North Korea and her subsequent journey toward freedom.
Recommended“um the first is in order to live a North Korean girl's journey to Freedom by Yoni Park written with Maryann vowers”
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The Cleanest Race
The Cleanest Race by B.R.
Recommended“and there's one book that I I mentioned called the cleanest race how North Korean SE themselves”
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The Girl with Seven Names
Hyeonseo Lee's memoir The Girl with Seven Names recounts her daring escape from North Korea and her subsequent journey to freedom.
Recommended“and that book is the girl with seven names a North Korean Defector Story by hanso Lee with David John”
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The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that offers a harrowing and deeply imaginative look into life within the closed society of North Korea.
Recommended“tell us about why you chose to put Adam Johnson's the orphan Master son Adam Johnson is just an extraordinary writer and the idea of writing a novel set in in North Korea about a a military man”
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Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader
Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader by Bradley K.
Recommended“It's Bradley Martin's book uh under the loving care of the fatherly leader and he he goes through the sweep of North Korean history”
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Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker is a data-driven defense of reason, science, humanism, and progress that argues humanity is living in an era of unprecedented health, prosperity, and safety.
Discussed“so I'm just finishing up a a book by stepen Pinker called Enlightenment now which is coming out next month and a fantastic book”
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Pachinko
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee is a sweeping historical novel that follows four generations of a Korean immigrant family living in Japan.
Discussed“and there was one book that that came out last year would ended up being one of our 10 best books of the Year minin Le Pachinko which right begins in in in North Korea and talks about the sort of Working Poor there the rural poor and their migration over to Japan”
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Tightrope
Tightrope by Nicholas D.
Discussed“and that's what we hope tight RPP will do to try to broaden the conversation from just Trump's tweets of the day to this larger convulsion that the country is enduring”
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Books Nicholas Kristof wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| What to Read About North Korea | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 7 |
| Americans on a Financial 'Tightrope' | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 1 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“um I I've been covering North Korea since the 1980s and there have been you know some wonderful books that originally I was going to uh include Barbara demics nothing to Envy which is one of the maybe the best of the journalistic books about about North Korea”