- A welcome reminder that there’s value to being a citizen of the world
Washington Post, Thursday - 12/12/2019 - 10:47 AMOrlando Figes’s “The Europeans” is a sweeping history that highlights the importance of internationalism.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - An inside look at Trump’s foreign policy: ‘This is literally insane’
Washington Post, Wednesday - 12/11/2019 - 04:47 PMPeter Bergen’s tale of the generals who served in Trump’s White House raises critical questions about civil-military relations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Winter reading guide: This season's must-read books
USA Today: Books, Wednesday - 12/11/2019 - 07:00 AMThis winter brings new books by Chuck Palahniuk, Isabel Allende, Colum McCann, Louise Erdrich, Carrie Underwood, Lindsey Vonn and plenty more.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In Michael Eric Dyson’s new book, Jay-Z is the living embodiment of American ideals
Washington Post, Friday - 12/06/2019 - 08:47 AM
The Georgetown professor’s “JAY-Z: Made in America” paints the rapper as the ultimate hustler in a nation built by hustlers and strivers.
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Washington Post, Thursday - 12/05/2019 - 04:47 PM
In “Model City Pyongyang,” two architects give a visual tour of the capital city.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘The Letters of Cole Porter’ amount to the last word on a madcap existence
Washington Post, Thursday - 12/05/2019 - 02:47 PM
Editors Cliff Eisen and Dominic McHugh weave the composer’s correspondence into a mostly tidy account.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' is the Barnes & Noble book of the year
USA Today: Books, Thursday - 12/05/2019 - 08:30 AMMore than 20,000 Barnes & Noble booksellers chose Charlie Mackesy's "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" as their book of the year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A nun with a past investigates church abuse in Olaf Olafsson's chilly 'The Sacrament'
USA Today: Books, Wednesday - 12/04/2019 - 07:00 AMOlaf Olafsson's chilly mystery, "The Sacrament," is built around a reliably intriguing character type: The nun with a past.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Blood and Bone' author continues powerful saga in 'Children of Virtue and Vengeance'
USA Today: Books, Tuesday - 12/03/2019 - 07:00 AMTomi Adeyemi follows her wildly successful West African-inspired fantasy "Children of Blood and Bone" with "Children of Virtue and Vengeance."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gift guide: 5 books for the fiction lovers on your holiday shopping list
USA Today: Books, Tuesday - 11/26/2019 - 02:48 PMLooking for just the right book for the reader in y our life? We chose five fiction standouts from 2019 that will please even the pickiest readers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Perumal Murugan said his career as a novelist was dead. Lucky for us, he was wrong.
Washington Post, Tuesday - 11/26/2019 - 12:47 PM
In “The Story of a Goat,” animals articulate their own curious perspectives on their lives — and ours.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Five books not to miss: 'The Rise of Magicks' by Nora Roberts, Ian McKellen biography
USA Today: Books, Saturday - 11/23/2019 - 07:00 AMNora Roberts concludes her Chronicles of The One trilogy with "The Rise of Magicks," and actor Ian McKellen gets a definitive biography.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Profiles in Thinking About Courage: inside ‘A Warning’ by Anonymous
Washington Post, Wednesday - 11/13/2019 - 03:45 PMA WARNING By Anonymous. Twelve. 259 pp. $30 There is a good reason the anonymous Trump administration official who published an opinion essay in the New Y
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Washington Post, 12/12/2019 - 6:47amA look at popular books.
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- Bill Gates recommends 5 favorite books for 2019 — and looks ahead to ‘Infinite Jest’
Washington Post, Wednesday - 12/11/2019 - 12:47 AMBooks on sleep, education, American history, world growth and one novel made the cut this year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Three new poetry collections grapple with injustice, grief — and the nature of truth
Washington Post, Tuesday - 12/10/2019 - 02:47 PMWorks by Reginald Dwayne Betts, Sharon Olds and Stephen Dunn.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Rick Riordan among winners of Goodreads' best books of 2019
USA Today: Books, Tuesday - 12/10/2019 - 12:01 AMGoodreads has compiled a list of the top books for 2019 in 20 categories based on ratings, reviews and member votes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indian author Perumal Murugan returns to fiction with magical 'Story of a Goat'
USA Today: Books, Monday - 12/09/2019 - 01:52 PMPerumal Murugan nearly swore off literature after a controversy, but he returns with a magical adult fable called "The Story of a Goat."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - John Crowley continues an uncharacteristically prolific period with the singular ‘And Go Like This’
Washington Post, Saturday - 12/07/2019 - 12:47 PM
This is Crowley’s first collection of short fiction since 2004’s “Novelties & Souvenirs.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For Susan Rice, diplomacy began at home — at age 7
Washington Post, Saturday - 12/07/2019 - 10:47 AM
The former Obama official recounts warring parents, policy wins and Washington gossip in her memoir.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: Author behind 'Schindler's List' returns, 'Story of a Goat'
USA Today: Books, Saturday - 12/07/2019 - 07:00 AMIndian writer Perumal Murugan returns with magical fable "The Story of a Goat," and "Schindler's Ark" writer Thomas Keneally has a new novel.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The best books to read — and gift — in December
Washington Post, Wednesday - 12/04/2019 - 12:47 PM
End-of-year titles, from wild science fiction to road-tripping memoirs, make promising presents.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Alexander McCall Smith published his first hit novel at 50 and hasn’t stopped. How does he do it?
Washington Post, Wednesday - 12/04/2019 - 08:47 AM
The former law professor feels no need to be more “edgy.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: Sequel to 'Children of Blood and Bone,' 'Just Watch Me' by 'Dexter' author
USA Today: Books, Saturday - 11/30/2019 - 08:00 AMTomi Adeyemi continues her hugely popular Legacy of Orïsha trilogy, and the author of the "Dexter" series returns with a new antihero.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Thomas Edison’s brilliant life, told in reverse
Washington Post, Thursday - 11/28/2019 - 12:47 PM
A biography by the late Edmund Morris paints a grand portrait of the prolific inventor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The glorious history of movie musicals
Washington Post, Wednesday - 11/27/2019 - 06:47 PM
Film historian Jeanine Basinger brings zeal to her decades-spanning survey “The Movie Musical!”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The many ambitions that propelled Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Washington Post, Wednesday - 11/27/2019 - 04:47 PM
His nomination fulfilled his dream — and others’ plans, too, Ruth Marcus writes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gift Guide: Books for even the most finicky readers on your holiday shopping list
USA Today: Books, Sunday - 11/24/2019 - 07:00 AMUSA TODAY's book gift guide, with fiction, nonfiction, thriller/mystery, memoir and biography, history and children's book recommendations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - He burned Frank Lloyd Wright’s house and killed his mistress — but why?
Washington Post, Friday - 11/22/2019 - 08:47 PM
Paul Hendrickson searches for answers in a crime that, 100 years later, remains a mystery.
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