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July 02, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: 1968 Protests Around the World, the Grand Canyon, and More

July 02, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: 1968 Protests Around the World, the Grand Canyon, and More

And an Atmospheric Look at the Criminal Underworld of 1930s Shanghai

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July 02, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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1968, Shanghai, Rocky Marciano
June 26, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A. Conan Doyle's Real-Life Murder Mystery, Middle Class in Peril and More

June 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A. Conan Doyle's Real-Life Murder Mystery, Middle Class in Peril and More

And ‘Selfie,’ a Critical Look at Today’s Narcissistic Culture

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June 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Arthur Conan Doyle, Middle Class, Narcissism
June 18, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: David Hogg on Guns, Flint's Water Crisis Explained, and More

June 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: David Hogg on Guns, Flint's Water Crisis Explained, and More

And a Memoir by One of Barack Obama’s First Campaign Staffers

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June 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Guns, Flint Water Crisis, Barack Obama
June 13, 2018

5 Hot Books: America in Crisis, Hemingway in Venice, and More

June 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: America in Crisis, Hemingway in Venice, and More

And a Biography of the Great Street Photographer Weegee

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June 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Weegee, Ernest Hemingway, Small Town America
June 04, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Bill Clinton and James Patterson, A Tragic Plane Crash, and More

June 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Bill Clinton and James Patterson, A Tragic Plane Crash, and More

And the Untold Story of a Long-Ago Fire in a New Orleans Gay Night Club

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June 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Bill Clinton, LGBTQ History, Atlanta History
May 29, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Why You Should Get Off Social Media, America's Fall and More

May 29, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Why You Should Get Off Social Media, America's Fall and More

And a Novel about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Last Love Affair

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May 29, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Jaron Lanier, Social Media, The CIA
May 21, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: The 'Sh*tshow' of Trump's America, Harvey Milk, and More

May 21, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The 'Sh*tshow' of Trump's America, Harvey Milk, and More

And a Newly Discovered Zora Neale Hurston Work that’s on the Bestseller Lists

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May 21, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Charles LeDuff, Harvey Milk
May 07, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Hillary Clinton Reporter Tells All, Atticus Finch, and More

May 07, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Hillary Clinton Reporter Tells All, Atticus Finch, and More

And James and Deborah Fallows’ Journalistic Journey into the Heart of America

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May 07, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Hillary Clinton, Atticus Finch, James Fallows
April 30, 2018

5 HOT Books: Trump as a Shakespearean Tyrant, Nazis and Asperger's, and More

April 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT Books: Trump as a Shakespearean Tyrant, Nazis and Asperger's, and More

And Unraveling the Mystery of a Disaster at Sea that Left 33 Dead

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April 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Shakespeare, Asperger's, Disasters at Sea
April 23, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Stunning Tale of Racial Injustice in the South, Woodrow Wilson, and More

April 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Stunning Tale of Racial Injustice in the South, Woodrow Wilson, and More

And Ronan Farrow on America’s Declining Place on the World Stage

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April 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Woodrow Wilson, Ronan Farrow, Alexander Chee
April 16, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Comey's Blockbuster, What Does Texas Mean?, and More

April 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Comey's Blockbuster, What Does Texas Mean?, and More

And Investigating the Mysterious Death of 12 Nepalese Men in the Middle East

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April 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Texas, James Comey, Nepal
April 13, 2018

REVIEW: In JFK's White House: The Greatest Dinner Party of All Time

April 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: In JFK's White House: The Greatest Dinner Party of All Time

Nobel Prize Winners, Distinguished Authors, John Glenn -- and John and Jackie Kennedy

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April 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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John F. Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Camelot
April 09, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Warning About the Rise of Fascism, Gun History, and More

April 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Warning About the Rise of Fascism, Gun History, and More

And a Biography of the Underappreciated Pioneering Photographer Berenice Abbott

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April 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Fascism, Berenice Abbott, Guns
April 02, 2018

5 Hot Books: Meg Wolitzer's Buzzy New Novel, Apollo 8, and More

April 02, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Meg Wolitzer's Buzzy New Novel, Apollo 8, and More

And Sloane Crosley's Hilarious New Collection of Essays

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April 02, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Meg Wolitzer, Apollo 8
March 26, 2018

5 Hot Books: John Oliver's Gay Rabbit Story, Trump's Wrongs: a List, and More

March 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: John Oliver's Gay Rabbit Story, Trump's Wrongs: a List, and More

And a Woman's Obsessive Search for the "Golden State Killer"

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March 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
John Oliver, Donald Trump, Golden State Killer
March 19, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: New Orleans' Confederate Statues, an Art-World Novel and More

March 19, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: New Orleans' Confederate Statues, an Art-World Novel and More

And a Historian Explores Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and Legacy

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March 19, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Martin Luther King, New Orleans, Confederacy
March 12, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Putin and Trump, Justice Scalia as Change Agent, and More

March 12, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Putin and Trump, Justice Scalia as Change Agent, and More

And a Look at Four Iconic American Women Who Changed the World

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March 12, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Vladamir Putin, Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court
March 05, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Women Voting, an Australian Aborigine's Memoir, and More

March 05, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Women Voting, an Australian Aborigine's Memoir, and More

And a Look at the Hugely Important Battle Between Erasmus and Martin Luther

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March 05, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Women's Vote, Aborigines, 19th Amendment
February 26, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Joy Press on Women in Television, David Mamet, and More

February 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Joy Press on Women in Television, David Mamet, and More

And Stories of Injustice from the American South

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February 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Television, Women, Hispanic-Americans, Immigrants
February 20, 2018

5 Hot Books: Amy Chua on Tribalism, Corporations as People, and More

February 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Amy Chua on Tribalism, Corporations as People, and More

And a Biography of John Marshall, the Greatest Chief Justice of the United States

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February 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Tribalism, John Marshall, Corporations, Law
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