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October 21, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: A Humorist on Why Elitism is Better than Trumpism, Elaine Stritch, and More

October 21, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Humorist on Why Elitism is Better than Trumpism, Elaine Stritch, and More

And a Beguiling New Memoir from Dancer and Choreographer Mark Morris

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October 21, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Joel Stein, Elitism, Mark Morris, Elaine Stritch, Crack Cocaine
October 16, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Ronan Farrow on Sex Predators, Gail Collins on Older Women, and More

October 16, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Ronan Farrow on Sex Predators, Gail Collins on Older Women, and More

And What Happens When a Black Man Has a Daughter Who is Blond and Blue-Eyed?

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October 16, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Me Too Movement, Older Women, Cities
October 07, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: A Sexual Assault Victim Speaks Out, Biden & Obama, and More

October 07, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Sexual Assault Victim Speaks Out, Biden & Obama, and More

And How We Should Be Fighting Disinformation Around the World

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October 07, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Sexual Assault, Disinformation, Joe Biden
September 17, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Breaking the Harvey Weinstein Story, the Life of Susan Sontag, and More

September 17, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Breaking the Harvey Weinstein Story, the Life of Susan Sontag, and More

And a New Biography Explores the Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg

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September 17, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Me Too, Susan Sontag
September 05, 2019

5 Hot Books: Abraham Lincoln as Politician, the Roots of the Opioid Crisis, and More

September 05, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Abraham Lincoln as Politician, the Roots of the Opioid Crisis, and More

And an Anthropologist Looks at America’s Student Debt Crisis

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September 05, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Abraham Lincoln, Fentanyl, Student Debt
August 26, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: How You're Contributing to Global Warming, Medical Ethics, and More

August 26, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How You're Contributing to Global Warming, Medical Ethics, and More

And What we Can Learn from Modern Germany About Racism and Making Amends

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August 26, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Global Warming, Latin America, Germany
August 19, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Piracy and Murder on the High Seas, Renegade Anthropologists, and More

August 19, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Piracy and Murder on the High Seas, Renegade Anthropologists, and More

And a Close Look at One Migrant Family’s Tortuous Journey from Manila to the United States

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August 19, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Oceans, Piracy, Migrants
August 16, 2019

REVIEW: The Next Didion or Sontag? Perhaps. Certainly an Astute Chronicler of Our Time

August 16, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: The Next Didion or Sontag? Perhaps. Certainly an Astute Chronicler of Our Time

Jia Tolentino is a Wise and Witty Observer of Everything from Politics to the Weddings

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August 16, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Cultural Criticism, Memoir, Essays
August 12, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: How to Be Antiracist, Barely Surviving in New Orleans, and More

August 12, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How to Be Antiracist, Barely Surviving in New Orleans, and More

And a Cluster of Villages in France that Give Refugees a Warm Welcome

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August 12, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Racism, New Orleans, France, Refugees
August 06, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Capitalism Crushing Workers, a Sharp New Feminist Voice, and More

August 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Capitalism Crushing Workers, a Sharp New Feminist Voice, and More

And How President Lincoln Used Spies in the Civil War

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August 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Labor Unions, Abraham Lincon
July 30, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: The Dark Forces that Gave Us Trump, How We Talk on Online, and More

July 30, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Dark Forces that Gave Us Trump, How We Talk on Online, and More

And a Close Look at the Sex Lives of Three American Women

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July 30, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Trump, Internet, Sex
July 15, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Colson Whitehead's Acclaimed New Novel, the Low-Wage Economy, and More

July 15, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Colson Whitehead's Acclaimed New Novel, the Low-Wage Economy, and More

And George Takei on His Family’s Experience with Japanese-American Internment

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July 15, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Colson Whitehead, Japanese-American Internment, Low-Wage Work
July 11, 2019

REVIEW: Making Sense of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Short, Tragic, and Sadly Flawed Life

July 11, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Making Sense of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Short, Tragic, and Sadly Flawed Life

Kennedy Comes Across as Cognizant of the Kennedy Recklessness, Yet Foolhardy Himself.

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July 11, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
John F. Kennedy Jr, Camelot, Kennedys
July 08, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: 4 Prep School Classmates Who Died Young, Kipling in the U.S., and More

July 08, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: 4 Prep School Classmates Who Died Young, Kipling in the U.S., and More

And a New History of the Rise of Silicon Valley

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July 08, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Prep School, Kipling, Silicon Valley
July 01, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: The Woman Who Says Trump Sexually Assaulted Her, the Moonshot & More

July 01, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Woman Who Says Trump Sexually Assaulted Her, the Moonshot & More

And a New York Times Reporter Explains How We Ended Up with Justice Kavanaugh

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July 01, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Donald Trump, The Moon Mission
June 24, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw on American Music, Writing Better, and More

June 24, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw on American Music, Writing Better, and More

And Jill Lepore on the Right Kind of American Patriotism

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June 24, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
American Music, Patriotism, Writing Well
June 18, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Trump is Under Siege, a Memoir of Boxing in Alaska, and More

June 18, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Trump is Under Siege, a Memoir of Boxing in Alaska, and More

And Counterculture Hackers Who Are Trying to Save the World

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June 18, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Trump, Michael Wolff, Boxing
June 12, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: The History of Sexual Harassment, George Orwell's 1984, and More

June 12, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The History of Sexual Harassment, George Orwell's 1984, and More

And Was George Washington’s Mother Really Unloving, Shrewish, and Cruel?

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June 12, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Sexual Harassment, George Orwell, Mary Washington, 1984
June 03, 2019

5 Hot Books: A Family Memoir of Fighting Nazis in Occupied France, Pirates, and More

June 03, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Family Memoir of Fighting Nazis in Occupied France, Pirates, and More

And an Impassioned Argument for Accepting More Immigrants

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June 03, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
The French Resistance, Pirates
May 28, 2019

5 Hot Books: 'Howard Stern Comes Again,' the World of High-Priced Art and More

May 28, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: 'Howard Stern Comes Again,' the World of High-Priced Art and More

And the Case for Generalists in an Increasingly Complex World

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May 28, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Howard Stern, Art, Experts
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