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November 07, 2023

HOT 5: Amy Chua's New Thriller, the Story of the AR-15 Rifle, and More

November 07, 2023/ Adam Cohen
HOT 5: Amy Chua's New Thriller, the Story of the AR-15 Rifle, and More

And Rich Cohen on the NBA’s Greatest Season

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November 07, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Amy Chua, Guns, NBA Basketball
August 15, 2023

5 HOT BOOKS: August Wilson, a Pleasurable Book on Aging, and More

August 15, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: August Wilson, a Pleasurable Book on Aging, and More

And a Gorgeous Prose Poem of a Book About Being Kidnaped

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August 15, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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August Wilson, Aging
May 31, 2023

5 Hot Books: Toobin on the Oklahoma City Bombing, Women's Survival, and More

May 31, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Toobin on the Oklahoma City Bombing, Women's Survival, and More

And a Dual Biography of Winnie and Nelson Mandela

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May 31, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Oklahoma City, Winnie and Nelson Mandela
May 17, 2023

5 HOT BOOKS: An Eye-Opening MLK Biography, Pioneering Women Journalists, and More

May 17, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: An Eye-Opening MLK Biography, Pioneering Women Journalists, and More

And a Witty Novel About a Character Who Seems a Lot Like Donald Trump

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May 17, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Martin Luther King, Women Journalists, John Randolph
March 20, 2023

5 HOT BOOKS: The Real Causes of Poverty, Living with a Stutter, and More

March 20, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Real Causes of Poverty, Living with a Stutter, and More

And an Acclaimed Thriller Set in a New England Boarding School

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March 20, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Poverty, Stuttering
February 13, 2023

5 HOT BOOKS: Black Power vs. Civil Rights, How to Talk About Identity, and More

February 13, 2023/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Black Power vs. Civil Rights, How to Talk About Identity,  and More

And the Dramatic Story of a Journey from Slavery to Freedom

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February 13, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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1966, Black Power
November 28, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: A Daniel Webster Biography, 2 National Book Award Winners, and More

November 28, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Daniel Webster Biography, 2 National Book Award Winners, and More

And an Exploration of Why People Join the Fight for Social Justice

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November 28, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Daniel Webster
November 16, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: The Grimkes and Slavery, a New Anthony Bourdain Biography, and More

November 16, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Grimkes and Slavery, a New Anthony Bourdain Biography, and More

And a Sobering Story of Injustice in New Haven, Connecticut

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November 16, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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5 Hot Books, The Grimkes, Anthony Bordain
November 01, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: Samuel Adams, Revolutionary; Martha Graham, Modern Genius; and More

November 01, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Samuel Adams, Revolutionary; Martha Graham, Modern Genius; and More

And a Pair of Writing Sisters Who Set the Stage for the Brontes and Jane Austen

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November 01, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Samuel Adams, Martha Grah, Martha Graham, English Novelists
September 26, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: Women Lawyers Saving America, Japanese-American Soldiers, and More

September 26, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Women Lawyers Saving America, Japanese-American Soldiers, and More

And the Violence Directed at Black Americans in the Jim Crow Era

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September 26, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Supreme Court, Jim Crow
September 20, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: A U.S. Attorney on Battling Trump, What is Mental Illness?, and More

September 20, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A U.S. Attorney on Battling Trump, What is Mental Illness?, and More

And Ling Ma’s Story Collection, Full of Compelling Female Narrators

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September 20, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Trump, U.S. Attorneys
August 15, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: America's Overdose Crisis, a Mexican Massacre, and More

August 15, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: America's Overdose Crisis, a Mexican Massacre, and More

And a Nontraditional Divorce Chronicle

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August 15, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Opiods, Mexico, Divorce
July 29, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: Trump's Election Lies, a Memoir of an Imperfect Life, and More

July 29, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Trump's Election Lies, a Memoir of an Imperfect Life, and More

And the Story of How the “It Girl” Was Born

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July 29, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Election Lies, "It Girl", Memoirs
June 28, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: Life Among Chicago Gangs, 'Never Trumpers,' and More

June 28, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Life Among Chicago Gangs, 'Never Trumpers,' and More

And How Beautiful-Looking Beaches Wreak Havoc on the Environment

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June 28, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Gangs, Chicago
June 15, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: Race and Horse Racing, How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals, and More

June 15, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Race and Horse Racing, How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals, and More

And a Memoir of a Woman Farmhand with an Emphasis on Pigs

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June 15, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Horse Racing, Enslaved People, Pig Farming
May 25, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: A Gilded Age Lynching, 'the Hangman of the Gestapo,' and More

May 25, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Gilded Age Lynching, 'the Hangman of the Gestapo,' and More

And the Story of an Amazing Rescue Dog

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May 25, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Lynching, Nazis
May 17, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: The Life of George Floyd, a Graphic Novel About Barney Frank, and More

May 17, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Life of George Floyd, a Graphic Novel About Barney Frank, and More

And How French Convict Women Helped to Shape Early America

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May 17, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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George Floyd, Barnie Frank
May 02, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: "My Old Kentucky Home," Premonitions of Bad Things, and More

May 02, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: "My Old Kentucky Home," Premonitions of Bad Things, and More

And a Onetime Flight Attendant Tells All

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May 02, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Stephen Foster, Premonitions
April 19, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: How Democracies Fall Apart, Digging Up Problematic Ancestors, and More

April 19, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How Democracies Fall Apart, Digging Up Problematic Ancestors, and More

And a Look at the Powerful Newspapers That Backed Hitler

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April 19, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Democracy, Geneology
April 12, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: Margo Jefferson's New Memoir, a Son with a Difficult Mother, and More

April 12, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Margo Jefferson's New Memoir, a Son with a Difficult Mother, and More

And a Compelling Novel of Depression-Era Texas

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April 12, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
African-American Memoirs, Mothers and Sons, Texas Fiction
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