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Pamela Paul’s book recommendations in 2018

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Isabel Wilkerson Talks About Michelle Obama’s Memoir

The Book Review · 2018-12-21

Come with me by Helen Schulman · discussed · at 31:00
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson · discussed · at 59:48
Kim by Rudyard Kipling · critiqued · at 1:00:12
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson · discussed · at 1:00:23

Poetry & Politics

The Book Review · 2018-12-14

It's only Stanley by Jon Agee · discussed · at 18:35
Hello lighthouse by Sophie Blackall · discussed · at 21:04
They say blue by Jillian Tamaki · discussed · at 22:12
Night job by Karen Hesse · discussed · at 23:26
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld · discussed · at 24:33
Anya's ghost by Vera Brosgol · discussed · at 29:43
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert · discussed · at 34:40
Brazen by Pénélope Bagieu · discussed · at 36:17
Crowded hours by Alice Roosevelt Longworth · discussed · at 52:09

Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2018

The Book Review · 2018-11-30

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai · recommended · at 2:18
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan · recommended · at 4:24
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani · recommended · at 5:58
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday · recommended · at 10:35
There There by Tommy Orange · recommended · at 15:56
American prison by Shane Bauer · recommended · at 20:05
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan · recommended · at 24:19
Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs · recommended · at 28:51
Educated by Tara Westover · recommended · at 33:48
Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight · recommended · at 36:32
Rise and kill first by Ronen Bergman · recommended · at 47:03
The Witch Elm by Tana French · recommended · at 53:36
Calypso by David Sedaris · recommended · at 54:16

The Epic Tragedy of Vietnam

The Book Review · 2018-11-21

Vietnam by Max Hastings · discussed · at 1:10
I am dynamite! by Sue Prideaux · discussed · at 22:13
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje · discussed · at 50:07
Transcription by Kate Atkinson · discussed · at 52:05

The Past, Present and Future of Jews in America

The Book Review · 2018-11-16

The Jewish American Paradox by Robert H. Mnookin · discussed · at 9:07
The new American Judaism by Jack Wertheimer · discussed · at 17:23
Dear zealots by עמוס עוז · discussed · at 21:25
Heavy by Kiese Laymon · discussed · at 46:18
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two by Ben Bova · recommended · at 57:47
Call Me Joe (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson) by Poul Anderson · discussed · at 58:43
Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell · discussed · at 59:55

Big New Biographies of Two Big American Lives

The Book Review · 2018-11-09

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert · recommended · at 51:35

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on “Friday Black”

The Book Review · 2018-11-02

Friday black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah · recommended · at 16:24
American Dialogue by Joseph J. Ellis · discussed · at 17:10
Reeling by Pauline Kael · discussed · at 1:02:27

Lisa Brennan-Jobs on 'Small Fry'

The Book Review · 2018-10-26

Rage for fame by Sylvia Jukes Morris · recommended · at 50:58

Susan Orlean on a Great Library Fire

The Book Review · 2018-10-19

The Library Book by Susan Orlean · recommended · at 0:48
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean · discussed · at 1:57
The Start-up of You by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha · discussed · at 21:26
THE ALLIANCE by Reid Hoffman · discussed · at 21:26
What I Saw at the Revolution by Peggy Noonan · discussed · at 48:56
Kim by Rudyard Kipling · book club pick · at 49:55

Michael Lewis and Tana French on Their Latest Books

The Book Review · 2018-10-12

In the Woods by Tana French · discussed · at 22:47

Kate Atkinson on 'Transcription'

The Book Review · 2018-10-05

Transcription by Kate Atkinson · discussed · at 0:01
American prison by Shane Bauer · discussed · at 0:20
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson · discussed · at 5:30
Ulysses by James Joyce · discussed · at 40:41
To Fight Against This Age by Rob Riemen · discussed · at 45:15

The End of the ‘Struggle’

The Book Review · 2018-09-28

My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård · discussed · at 0:59

Esi Edugyan on Her Booker-Shortlisted 'Washington Black'

The Book Review · 2018-09-21

Underbug by Lisa Margonelli · discussed · at 0:19
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan · discussed · at 0:42
Dreaming of Elsewhere by Esi Edugyan · discussed · at 11:26
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward · discussed · at 50:50
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff · discussed · at 51:11
The language of kindness by Christie Watson · recommended · at 54:03

A Memoir From the Hard-Working ‘Heartland’

The Book Review · 2018-09-14

Heartland by Sarah Smarsh · discussed · at 0:45
Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · discussed · at 8:58
What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank · discussed · at 11:00
One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson · discussed · at 31:45
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris · discussed · at 44:45

The Uses and Misuses of Identity

The Book Review · 2018-08-31

Middlemarch by George Eliot · discussed · at 2:13
The lies that bind by Anthony Appiah · recommended · at 29:10
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff · recommended · at 51:24

Rethinking the 'Tangled Tree' of Life

The Book Review · 2018-08-17

The tangled tree by David Quammen · recommended · at 0:08
After the Education Wars by Andrea Gabor · recommended · at 0:19
The Ballad of a Small Player by Lawrence Osborne · discussed · at 49:15
Better Living Through Criticism by A. O. Scott · recommended · at 51:56
A backward glance by Edith Wharton · recommended · at 58:28
The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll · discussed · at 1:00:51
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Lily Mathew, Lewis Lewis Carroll · recommended · at 1:01:30

Beth Macy on 'Dopesick'

The Book Review · 2018-08-03

A backward glance by Edith Wharton · recommended · at 54:54

True Crime Starring the Creator of Sherlock Holmes

The Book Review · 2018-07-20

Conan Doyle for the Defense by Margalit Fox · recommended · at 26:01
The President is Missing by Bill Clinton, James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton, President Bill Clinton · discussed · at 27:41
Give Me Your Hand by Megan E. Abbott · discussed · at 30:05

From Transcribing for Obama to Writing Her Own Story

The Book Review · 2018-07-13

From the corner of the oval by Beck Dorey-Stein · recommended · at 20:58
Proust's duchess by Caroline Weber · discussed · at 22:02
The English and their history by Robert Tombs · discussed · at 1:05:14

An Inside View of Putin

The Book Review · 2018-07-06

From Cold War to Hot Peace by Michael McFaul · discussed · at 0:10
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh · discussed · at 0:19
by Unknown · discussed · at 0:42
The English and their history by Robert Tombs · discussed · at 59:18

The Things We Inherit

The Book Review · 2018-06-15

She Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer · recommended · at 23:25
And Then We Danced by Henry Alford · recommended · at 47:22

Michael Pollan on His Acid Test

The Book Review · 2018-06-08

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan · discussed · at 0:41
The efficiency paradox by Edward Tenner · discussed · at 20:03
Why things bite back by Edward Tenner · discussed · at 20:30
Our own devices by Edward Tenner · discussed · at 20:30
Less by Andrew Sean Greer · recommended · at 55:28
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier · discussed · at 57:30

Dinosaurs, the Master of Horror and Philip Roth

The Book Review · 2018-06-01

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte · discussed · at 0:08
The Outsider by Stephen King · discussed · at 0:20
Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte · recommended · at 19:03
11/22/63 by Stephen King · discussed · at 23:01
The Stand by Stephen King · discussed · at 28:27
On Writing by Stephen King · recommended · at 31:52
Rose Madder by Stephen King · discussed · at 33:30
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth · discussed · at 1:03:14

David Sedaris on ‘Calypso’

The Book Review · 2018-05-25

Calypso by David Sedaris · discussed · at 3:55
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris · discussed · at 21:39
Insane by Alisa Roth · discussed · at 38:05
Less by Andrew Sean Greer · recommended · at 1:18:07

Lost at Sea

The Book Review · 2018-05-18

Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-three mariners, one megastorm and the sinking of El Faro by Rachel Slade · discussed · at 0:01

Amy Chozick on 'Chasing Hillary'

The Book Review · 2018-05-11

Chasing Hillary by Amy Chozick · discussed · at 26:57
A Higher Loyalty by James Comey · discussed · at 49:54
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner · discussed · at 50:36
The perfect mother by Aimee Molloy · discussed · at 50:50
Odyssey : a Father, a Son and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn · discussed · at 1:00:22
The Odyssey by Homer · discussed · at 1:01:21
Ulysses by James Joyce · discussed · at 1:02:12

There Is Nothin' Like a Tune

The Book Review · 2018-05-04

The moralist by Patricia O'Toole · discussed · at 56:44

Julian Barnes on 'The Only Story'

The Book Review · 2018-04-27

The only story by Julian Barnes · discussed · at 0:12
God Save Texas by Lawrence Wright · discussed · at 0:23
Educated by Tara Westover · discussed · at 1:09:14

Tara Westover on 'Educated'

The Book Review · 2018-04-06

The recovering by Leslie Jamison · discussed · at 43:16
Two Sisters by Åsne Seierstad · discussed · at 1:00:37

All in the Family

The Book Review · 2018-03-30

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins · discussed · at 48:39
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff · discussed · at 48:53

Just the Funny Parts

The Book Review · 2018-03-23

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg · discussed · at 9:04

Impeachment, Then and Now

The Book Review · 2018-03-16

Impeachment by Cass R. Sunstein · discussed · at 0:08
Can It Happen Here? Authoritarianism in America by Cass R. Sunstein · discussed · at 0:08
Victorians Undone by Kathryn Hughes · discussed · at 0:21
Ulysses by James Joyce · discussed · at 46:00
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins · discussed · at 56:04
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe · discussed · at 57:15

Ronen Bergman on Israel’s Targeted Assassinations

The Book Review · 2018-03-09

Fair Shot by Chris Hughes · discussed · at 16:36
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins · discussed · at 48:23
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming · recommended · at 48:43

A Marine’s Inventive Memoir

The Book Review · 2018-03-02

Eat the apple by Matt Young · discussed · at 0:47
The yellow birds by Kevin Powers · discussed · at 13:28
Redeployment by Phil Klay · discussed · at 13:28
The Rub of Time by Martin Amis · discussed · at 19:36
The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère · discussed · at 51:08

Tayari Jones on 'An American Marriage'

The Book Review · 2018-02-23

Jackie, Janet & Lee by J. Randy Taraborrelli · discussed · at 0:20
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones · discussed · at 0:44
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward · discussed · at 13:40

Lisa Halliday on 'Asymmetry'

The Book Review · 2018-02-16

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday · discussed · at 0:16
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin · discussed · at 28:39

Rose McGowan on 'Brave'

The Book Review · 2018-02-02

Brave by Rose McGowan · discussed · at 2:52
In Every Moment We Are Still Alive by Tom Malmquist · discussed · at 19:56
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala · discussed · at 22:07
White Teeth by Zadie Smith · discussed · at 46:13

Twilight's Last Gleaming?

The Book Review · 2018-01-26

Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff · discussed · at 14:30

Some Assembly Required

The Book Review · 2018-01-12

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward · book club pick · at 37:55
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward · discussed · at 38:52
The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn · discussed · at 48:05

What to Read About North Korea

The Book Review · 2018-01-05

Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland · discussed · at 20:51
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward · book club pick · at 44:40
The Secret River by Kate Grenville · recommended · at 54:55

Other mentions in 2018 (112: passing, ad reads, own books)