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Pamela Paul’s book recommendations in 2015

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: You, New and Improved

The Book Review · 2015-12-31

Presence by Amy Cuddy · discussed · at 0:05
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes · discussed · at 0:05
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo · discussed · at 4:57
You're not doing it right by Michael Ian Black · discussed · at 16:07
My Custom Van by Michael Ian Black · discussed · at 16:13

Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Year in Poetry

The Book Review · 2015-12-24

Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy · recommended · at 6:04
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee · discussed · at 14:00
The very persistent gappers of Frip by George Saunders · discussed · at 20:36

Inside The New York Times Book Review: From Movement to Mainstream

The Book Review · 2015-12-18

Lactivism by Courtney Jung · discussed · at 23:51

Inside The New York Times Book Review: The 10 Best Books of 2015

The Book Review · 2015-12-04

The door by Magda Szabó · discussed · at 1:28
A manual for cleaning women by Lucia Berlin · discussed · at 1:28
Outline by Rachel Cusk · discussed · at 1:28
The Sellout by Paul Beatty · discussed · at 1:36
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 1:37
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates · discussed · at 1:39
Empire of cotton by Sven Beckert · discussed · at 1:43
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald · discussed · at 1:49
The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf · discussed · at 1:51
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Asne Seierstad · discussed · at 1:55
My Brilliant Friend by Chiara Lagani · discussed · at 13:35
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff · recommended · at 15:13
Mr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell · discussed · at 16:02
Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. Connell · discussed · at 16:02
Beauty is a wound by Eka Kurniawan · recommended · at 17:17
Negroland by Margo Jefferson · discussed · at 17:18
Skyfaring by Mark Vanhoenacker · recommended · at 18:19
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill · discussed · at 19:08
Of Beards and Men by Christopher Oldstone-Moore · discussed · at 27:03
True style by G. Bruce Boyer · discussed · at 27:10
First bite by Bee Wilson · discussed · at 41:43
Bread and jam for Frances by Russell Hoban · discussed · at 51:41

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 · recommended · at 15:53
A Thousand Miles to Freedom by Eunsun Kim · discussed · at 19:41
In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers · discussed · at 19:41
The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee · discussed · at 19:41
Under the same sky by Joseph Kim · discussed · at 19:54

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 · discussed · at 0:57

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Putin’s Reign

The Book Review · 2015-11-06

The New Tsar by Steven Lee Myers · recommended · at 0:06
Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt · recommended · at 0:23

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

The Book Review · 2015-10-30

The Crossing by Michael Connelly · discussed · at 1:10
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King · discussed · at 16:56
Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon · discussed · at 17:20
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré · discussed · at 27:28
The Shining by Stephen King · recommended · at 34:55

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

The Book Review · 2015-10-09

Rosemary by Kate Clifford Larson · discussed · at 0:07

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Niall Ferguson’s ‘Kissinger’

The Book Review · 2015-10-02

Kissinger by Niall Ferguson · discussed · at 0:52

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

The Book Review · 2015-09-25

Black Silent Majority by Michael Javen Fortner · discussed · at 1:20
Killing the Messenger by David Brock · discussed · at 16:28
Blinded by the Right by David Brock · discussed · at 19:53

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

The Book Review · 2015-09-11

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff · discussed · at 1:10
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn · discussed · at 6:40
Objective Troy by Shane, Scott · discussed · at 16:44

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Bill Clegg’s Debut Novel

The Book Review · 2015-09-04

Did you ever have a family by Bill Clegg · discussed · at 1:12

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Give Us the Ballot’

The Book Review · 2015-08-30

Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman · discussed · at 0:48

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Give Us the Ballot’

The Book Review · 2015-08-30

Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman · discussed · at 14:09
The incarnations by Susan Barker · discussed · at 14:29

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘NeuroTribes’

The Book Review · 2015-08-21

Neurotribes by Steve Silberman · discussed · at 1:30
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua · discussed · at 36:29

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

The Book Review · 2015-08-14

Dragonfish by Vu Tran · discussed · at 1:08
A manual for cleaning women by Lucia Berlin · discussed · at 15:55

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Katrina: After the Flood’

The Book Review · 2015-08-07

Katrina by Gary Rivlin · discussed · at 1:06

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

The Book Review · 2015-07-31

The conservative heart by Brooks, Arthur C. · discussed · at 3:52
Nagasaki by Susan Southard · discussed · at 22:56
Hiroshima by John Hersey · discussed · at 28:24
Breath by Tim Winton · discussed · at 35:00

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

The Book Review · 2015-07-24

Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr. Seuss · discussed · at 2:11
What Pet Should I Get? by Dr. Seuss · discussed · at 2:22
The hand that feeds you by Rich, A. J. (Novelist) · discussed · at 13:59

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Barbarian Days’

The Book Review · 2015-07-17

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan · discussed · at 1:03

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

The Book Review · 2015-07-10

Ally by Michael B. Oren · discussed · at 1:09
Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont · discussed · at 17:24

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Skyfaring’

The Book Review · 2015-07-03

Skyfaring by Mark Vanhoenacker · discussed · at 0:06
Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County by Kristen Green · discussed · at 0:25

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Skyfaring’

The Book Review · 2015-07-03

Skyfaring by Mark Vanhoenacker · discussed · at 0:06
Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County by Kristen Green · discussed · at 0:25

Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Art Issue

The Book Review · 2015-06-26

The Contemporaries by Roger White · discussed · at 1:22
The Paintings that Revolutionized Art by Philippa Hurd · discussed · at 1:28
Painting Now by Suzanne Hudson · discussed · at 1:28
Painting Beyond Pollock by Morgan Falconer · discussed · at 1:28
Master Thieves by Stephen Kurkjian · discussed · at 17:23
The art of the con by Anthony M. Amore · discussed · at 17:31

Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford · discussed · at 0:08
On the Move by Oliver Sacks · discussed · at 0:27
Shadow Work by Craig Lambert · discussed · at 1:00
A Confederacy of dunces cookbook by Cynthia LeJeune Nobles · discussed · at 14:26

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘A God in Ruins’

The Book Review · 2015-05-08

A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson · discussed · at 13:36
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson · discussed · at 13:43
Raising demons by Shirley Jackson · discussed · at 27:56
Life among the savages by Shirley Jackson · discussed · at 27:56

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Mass Murder in Norway

The Book Review · 2015-04-24

One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Asne Seierstad · discussed · at 1:34
The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander · discussed · at 23:12

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Brothers,’ About the Boston Marathon Bombers

The Book Review · 2015-04-10

The Brothers by Masha Gessen · discussed · at 0:52
Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin · discussed · at 24:37
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin · discussed · at 24:50
Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin · discussed · at 24:50

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’

The Book Review · 2015-04-03

Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli · discussed · at 1:10
The teenage brain by Frances E. Jensen · discussed · at 17:07
The brain's way of healing by Norman Doidge · discussed · at 17:15
Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience by Michael S. Gazzaniga · discussed · at 17:24

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Folded Clock’

The Book Review · 2015-03-27

The folded clock by Heidi Julavits · discussed · at 1:09
Shrinks by Jeffrey A. Lieberman · recommended · at 15:45

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Folded Clock’

The Book Review · 2015-03-27

The folded clock by Heidi Julavits · discussed · at 1:09
Shrinks by Jeffrey A. Lieberman · discussed · at 18:44

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