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September 05, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Kurt Andersen's Fantasyland, Danielle Allen's Doomed Cousin, and More

September 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Kurt Andersen's Fantasyland, Danielle Allen's Doomed Cousin, and More

And a Beautiful, Heartbreaking Novel Set on Mississippi's Gulf Coast

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September 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Mississippi Fiction, New York City, Sexual Assaults on Campus
August 28, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Sex, Race, and Music, a Marine's War Memoir, and More

August 28, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Sex, Race, and Music, a Marine's War Memoir, and More

And an M.I.T. Professor's Cautionary Words about Artificial Intelligence

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August 28, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Music, Marines, Artificial Intelligence
August 21, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A Scandal Involving the World's Richest Woman, Monica Lewinsky, and More

August 21, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Scandal Involving the World's Richest Woman, Monica Lewinsky, and More

And a Turkish Nobel Prize Winner Orhan Pamuk's New Novel

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August 21, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Liliane Bettencourt, Monica Lewinsky, Orhan Palmuk
August 14, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Reading Children's Books as an Adult, Injustice in North Carolina, and More

August 14, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Reading Children's Books as an Adult, Injustice in North Carolina, and More

And an American Abroad Contemplates Her Nation's Place in the World

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August 14, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Children's Books, Wrongful Conviction, Foreign Affairs
August 07, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Inventing Cornflakes, Brothers in a Drug Cartel, and More

August 07, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Inventing Cornflakes, Brothers in a Drug Cartel, and More

And an Insightful Memoir from a Veteran Woman Computer Coder

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August 07, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Computer Coding, Drugs, Kelloggs
July 31, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A Dunkirk History that Enriches the Movie, Jim and Tammy Faye, and More

July 31, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Dunkirk History that Enriches the Movie, Jim and Tammy Faye, and More

And a Novel about Economic Decline in a Haunted Victorian Fixer-Upper

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July 31, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Dunkirk, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Essays
July 24, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Al Gore on Global Warming, New York Gentrification, and More

July 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Al Gore on Global Warming, New York Gentrification, and More

And a Nobel Prize Winner's Oral History of Russian Women of WW II

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July 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Global Warming, New York City, Al Gore
July 17, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Trump's Dark Lieutenant, India's Untouchables, and More

July 17, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Trump's Dark Lieutenant, India's Untouchables, and More

And a Rollicking Look at Celebrities and Why We Care About Them

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July 17, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Steve Bannon, Untouchables, India, Celebrities
July 10, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A Bob Marley Oral History, 'Who is Rich?' and More

July 10, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Bob Marley Oral History, 'Who is Rich?' and More

And a Look at the High-Stakes War for Cyberspace

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July 10, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Bob Marley, Police, Cybersecurity
July 05, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Preparing for Our Robotic Future, a Tale of Love and Arson, and More

July 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Preparing for Our Robotic Future, a Tale of Love and Arson, and More

And a Convicted Killer's Short Stories on Prison Life

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July 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Artificial Intelligence, Prisons, Arson, War
June 26, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A Disease that Makes People Too Good, Thelma & Louise, and More

June 26, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Disease that Makes People Too Good, Thelma & Louise, and More

And a Memoir About Growing Up in a Very Eccentric Hollywood Clan

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June 26, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Barack Obama, William Syndrome, Thelma and Louise, Hollywood
June 19, 2017

5 Hot Books: A Prostitute's Memoir, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, and More

June 19, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Prostitute's Memoir, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, and More

And a Look at Why Authoritarianism May Be on the Rise

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June 19, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Bob Dylan, Liberalism
June 12, 2017

5 Hot Books: Young Radicals in the 1910's, a Vietnam War Turning Point, and More

June 12, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Young Radicals in the 1910's, a Vietnam War Turning Point, and More

And Sherman Alexie's Compelling Memoir About His Problematic Mother

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June 12, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
5 Hot Books
Vietnam War, Radicalism, Native Americans
June 05, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Bobby Kennedy's Evolution, Why Popularity Matters, and More

June 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Bobby Kennedy's Evolution, Why Popularity Matters, and More

And a Charming Novel About Leaving Tribeca for Queens

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June 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Popularity, Robert F. Kennedy, Syria
May 30, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Al Franken's Hilarious Memoir, Disposable Workers, and More

May 30, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Al Franken's Hilarious Memoir, Disposable Workers, and More

And a Fine, Inventive Novel from an Actor on "30 Rock"

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May 30, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Al Franken, Politics, Employment, Michigan
May 22, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Churchill and Orwell, a Journalist's Africa Memoir, and More

May 22, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Churchill and Orwell, a Journalist's Africa Memoir, and More

And a Minnesotan's Travels through the World of High-End New York Restaurants

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May 22, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Winston Churchill, George Orwell, Africa, Palestinian Fiction, Restaurants
May 15, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Fighting a Rare Illness, Muhammad Ali's Legal Woes, and More

May 15, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Fighting a Rare Illness, Muhammad Ali's Legal Woes, and More

And a Tale of Murder and Injustice in the Jim Crow South

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May 15, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Alabama, Disease, Parents
May 08, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Elizabeth Warren's Call to Arms, Hemingway, and More

May 08, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Elizabeth Warren's Call to Arms, Hemingway, and More

And Abraham Lincoln at a Pivotal Moment in His Political Evolution

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May 08, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Elizabeth Warren, Abraham Lincoln
May 01, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A Joyful Memoir of Books, a Man With a Wife in a Psych Ward, and More

May 01, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Joyful Memoir of Books, a Man With a Wife in a Psych Ward, and More

And a Young Woman Who Fought Back Tenaciously After a Brain Aneurysm

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May 01, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Mental Illness, Book Reading, Brain Injury
April 24, 2017

5 Hot Books: A Revealing Look at David Letterman, Sheryl Sandberg on Grief, and More

April 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Revealing Look at David Letterman, Sheryl Sandberg on Grief, and More

And Britain's Lonely and Brave Battle Against the Nazis

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April 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Sherly Sandberg, David Letterman, Grief, World War II, The Presidency
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