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May 21, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: A Presidential Impeachment, Investigating a 'Welfare Queen,' and More

May 21, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Presidential Impeachment, Investigating a 'Welfare Queen,' and More

And Movie Director John Waters Explains Why He Considers Himself a ‘Filth Elder’

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May 21, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Impeachment, Welfare, John Waters
May 13, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Eve Ensler on Being Raped by Her Father, Don't Trust Generic Drugs, and More

May 13, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Eve Ensler on Being Raped by Her Father, Don't Trust Generic Drugs, and More

And David Maraniss on His Father’s Travails During the McCarthy Era

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May 13, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Incest, Generic Drugs
May 09, 2019

ESSAY: How Do We Solve the Mass Incarceration Crisis? Emily Bazelon Has an Answer

May 09, 2019/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: How Do We Solve the Mass Incarceration Crisis? Emily Bazelon Has an Answer

A New Book Says the Key is to Rethink How Prosecutors Do Their Jobs

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May 09, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Mass Incarceration, Criminal Justice
May 06, 2019

5 Hot Books: A Remarkable (and Flawed) Diplomat, Violence Against Women, and More

May 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Remarkable (and Flawed) Diplomat, Violence Against Women, and More

And an American Immigration Law Motivated by Racism and Eugenics

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May 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Richard Holbrooke, Immigration
April 29, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: What Makes People Racist?, What We Don't Tell Our Mothers, and More

April 29, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: What Makes People Racist?, What We Don't Tell Our Mothers, and More

And a Gorgeously Written Story of the Life and Death (by Poachers) of a Grizzly Bear

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April 29, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Racism, Grizzly Bears, Mothers
April 22, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Presidents Ranked (Lincoln is #1, Trump is Not), John Hersey, and More

April 22, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Presidents Ranked (Lincoln is #1, Trump is Not), John Hersey, and More

And Virginia Hall, a Wealthy American Woman who Spied Behind Nazi Lines

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April 22, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
U.S. Presidents, John Hersey
April 16, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Philadelphia's Rich and WASPy Main Line, the Presidents Adams and More

April 16, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Philadelphia's Rich and WASPy Main Line,  the Presidents Adams and More

And What Do You Do When Your Friend is Accused of Sexual Assault?

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April 16, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
The Philadelphia Main Line, WASPS, Immigrants
April 08, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Ending Mass Incarceration, Fighting the Ku Klux Klan, and More

April 08, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Ending Mass Incarceration, Fighting the Ku Klux Klan, and More

And a Novel that Explores Race, Class, and Privilege at Harvard

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April 08, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Mas Incarceration, Ku Klux Klan
April 01, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Trying to Get to the U.S., Ending Up in Auschwitz; Women's Work, and More

April 01, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Trying to Get to the U.S., Ending Up in Auschwitz; Women's Work, and More

And a Riveting Story About a Cold Case Crime, from the Author of Black Hawk Down

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April 01, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
The Holocaust, Women in the Workforce, Cold Cases
March 25, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Preet Bharara, Who was Fired by Trump, Speaks; Zora & Langston, and More

March 25, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Preet Bharara, Who was Fired by Trump, Speaks; Zora & Langston, and More

And a Liberal Lesbian Muslim Reformer Calls for Dialogue — and Asks Not to Be Labeled

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March 25, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Criminal Justice, Zora Neale Hurston
March 18, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Trying to Figure Out Sandra Day O'Connor, New Dave Eggers & More

March 18, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Trying to Figure Out Sandra Day O'Connor, New Dave Eggers & More

And the Story of Spain’s Most Notorious Literary Family

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March 18, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Sandra Day O'Connor, Dave Eggers, Spain
March 11, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Did Lizzie Borden Do It?, How Whiteness Kills, and More

March 11, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Did Lizzie Borden Do It?, How Whiteness Kills, and More

And a Compelling Story from the Prolonged U.S. Presence in Afghanistan

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March 11, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Lizzie Borden, Whiteness, Afghanistan
March 04, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Violent Crime in Chicago, the French Resistance, and More

March 04, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Violent Crime in Chicago, the French Resistance, and More

And How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behavior

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March 04, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Chicago, French Resistence
February 19, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: A Legendary Hollywood Screenwriter, a Nuclear Disaster, and More

February 19, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Legendary Hollywood Screenwriter, a Nuclear Disaster, and More

And a Sharp-Eyed Novel Set in George W. Bush’s Second Term

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February 19, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Ben Hecht, Chernoble
February 11, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Sex and Christianity, the Parkland School Murders, and More

February 11, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Sex and Christianity, the Parkland School Murders, and More

And an Engrossing Memoir of the 11th First Lady

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February 11, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
School Shootings, Sarah Polk
February 04, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Jill Abramson on News, a Racist Supreme Court Landmark & More

February 04, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Jill Abramson on News, a Racist Supreme Court Landmark & More

And a Book that Argues that Facebook Has Become a Catastrophe

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February 04, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Facebook, Plessy v. Ferguson, New Media
January 22, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: The Life of a Maid -- and a Survivor, Thinking About Talent, and More

January 22, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Life of a Maid -- and a Survivor, Thinking About Talent, and More

And a Native American History of the Last Century that Should Become a Classic

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January 22, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Domestic Service, Native American History, Iran
January 14, 2019

REVIEW: How Will Humanity Survive the 21st Century?, Being Fat, and More

January 14, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: How Will Humanity Survive the 21st Century?, Being Fat, and More

And a Novel that Imagines Anne Frank Surviving the Holocaust

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January 14, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
The 21st Century, Obesity, Anne Frank
January 07, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: The Arson That Wasn't, Dating Men When You Hate Men, and More

January 07, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Arson That Wasn't, Dating Men When You Hate Men, and More

And a Valuable New History of America Since 1974

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January 07, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Arson, American History
December 10, 2018

Q&A: Jeremy Wilson on Short Stories--Including Why He Likes to Write Fast

December 10, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Jeremy Wilson on Short Stories--Including Why He Likes to Write Fast

And the Importance of Having a Character Move Through the World With a Mission

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December 10, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books, Q & A
Short Stories, Writing Techniques, Sex Dolls
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