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April 13, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Why Street Addresses Matter, Evangelical Tourism, and More

April 13, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Why Street Addresses Matter, Evangelical Tourism, and More

And a Fiction ‘Mash-Up’ About a Tainted Family with an Eerie Castle

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April 13, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Addresses, Evangelicals, Korean Literature
April 06, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: The Ominous Start of Lincoln's Presidency, the Rich History of Coffee, and More

April 06, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Ominous Start of Lincoln's Presidency, the Rich History of Coffee, and More

And a Biography of Doris Duke, the Billionaire Heiress and Philanthropist, who had a Complicated Life

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April 06, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Abraham Lincoln, Coffee, Doris Duke
March 31, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: How Shakespeare Speaks to America Today, a Mormon Story, and More

March 31, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How Shakespeare Speaks to America Today, a Mormon Story, and More

And the Mother of Three Prominent Writers Investigates Her Family’s Holocaust History

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March 31, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Shakespeare, Mormons, Holocaust
March 24, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Climate Change in the Supreme Court, a "Fallen Woman," and More

March 24, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Climate Change in the Supreme Court, a "Fallen Woman," and More

And a Lively Tour through the World of Crossword Puzzles

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March 24, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Climate Change, Supreme Court
March 16, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: The 'Poison' of American Racism, How Do We Save Democracy?, and More

March 16, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The 'Poison' of American Racism, How Do We Save Democracy?, and More

And the Story of a Modernist Mies van der Rohe Architectural Masterpiece

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March 16, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Racism, Democracy, Architecture, Mies van der Rohe
March 09, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: "Pretty Bitches" Speak Out, Lincoln's Second Inauguration, and More

March 09, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: "Pretty Bitches" Speak Out, Lincoln's Second Inauguration, and More

And Honor Moore’s Engaging Memoir About Her Relationship with Her Remarkable Mother

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March 09, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Mysogengy, Abraham Lincoln, Memoirs
February 24, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Churchill Defending England in the Blitz, Rahm Emmanuel, and More

February 24, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Churchill Defending England in the Blitz, Rahm Emmanuel, and More

And a Look at 10 Pivotal Moments in the Life of Emily Dickinson

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February 24, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Winston Churchill, Rahm Emmanuel, Emily Dickinson
February 19, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: A Whistleblower in Silicon Valley, Millenials in Politics, and More

February 19, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Whistleblower in Silicon Valley, Millenials in Politics, and More

And a Spirited Look at Muckraking Journalists

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February 19, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Silicon Valley, Millenials, Muckrakers
February 10, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Why the Nation is Polarized, Driving While Black in the Civil Rights Era, and More

February 10, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Why the Nation is Polarized, Driving While Black in the Civil Rights Era, and More

And the Year Everything Changed for Black Students at Harvard

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February 10, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Political Polarization, Blacks at Harvard
February 03, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: How to Save Democracy from Trump, a Drug-Addiction Tragedy, and More

February 03, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How to Save Democracy from Trump, a Drug-Addiction Tragedy, and More

And a Paris Review Editor’s Kaleidoscopic Baseball Novel

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February 03, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Democracy, Drug Addiction, Presidential Authors
January 27, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Jared Kushner's Ruthless Family, Women Fighting Nazism, and More

January 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Jared Kushner's Ruthless Family, Women Fighting Nazism, and More

And the 40-Year Cold War Between Iran and Saudi Arabia

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January 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Jared Kushner, Iran, Saudi Arabia
January 21, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: A Look at Trump's Incompetence and Narcissism, Rural Voters, and More

January 21, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Look at Trump's Incompetence and Narcissism, Rural Voters, and More

And a Biography of the “Father of American Architecture”

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January 21, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Donald Trump, Stateway Gardens, Benjamin Henry Latrobe
January 14, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: The Sleazy Folks Who Made Trump President, American Hopelessness, and More

January 14, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Sleazy Folks Who Made Trump President, American Hopelessness, and More

And Peggy Orenstein on Boys and Sex

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January 14, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Donald Trump, Nicholas Kristof
January 07, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Surviving the 21st Century Economy, Why Women Can't Sleep, and More

January 07, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Surviving the 21st Century Economy, Why Women Can't Sleep, and More

And a Look at What McDonald’s Means for Black America

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January 07, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
21st Century Economy, McDonald's
December 02, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Who is Melania Trump, Really? the Wisdom of Toni Morrison, and More

December 02, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Who is Melania Trump, Really? the Wisdom of Toni Morrison, and More

And Why Is Britain Suddenly Lurching Toward Extreme Nationalism?

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December 02, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Melania Trump, Toni Morrison, George Wallace, Brexit
November 25, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Why We Should Impeach Trump, Memories of Mike Nichols, and More

November 25, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Why We Should Impeach Trump, Memories of Mike Nichols, and More

And Leading Writers Tell Us Why they Loved Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and All of the Other Peanuts Characters

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November 25, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Impeachment, Mike Nichols
November 18, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: The Civil War's Final Year, a Jewish Family's Sprawling History, and More

November 18, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Civil War's Final Year, a Jewish Family's Sprawling History, and More

And a Chilling Look at Putin’s Global Assassinations of Political Opponents

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November 18, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Civil War, Sephardic Jews, Vladamir Putin
November 12, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Irving Berlin's Glamorous Life, Revenge after Auschwitz, and More

November 12, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS:  Irving Berlin's Glamorous Life, Revenge after Auschwitz, and More

And a Writer Gets Honest About the Difficulties of Writing about Beckett and de Beauvoir

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November 12, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Irving Berlin, Simone de Beauvoir, Holocaust Fiction
October 28, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: Tom Brokow's Timely Memories of Watergate, Astrology, and More

October 28, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Tom Brokow's Timely Memories of Watergate, Astrology, and More

And Investigating the Shadowy, Alarming World of Right-Wing Political Money

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October 28, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
5 Hot Books
Tom Brokow, Richard Nixon, Astrology
October 24, 2019

REVIEW: Zadie Smith's Short Story Collection is Lit -- in Every Sense of the Word

October 24, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Zadie Smith's Short Story Collection is Lit -- in Every Sense of the Word

Smith’s First Collection Offers Dazzling Prose and Heartbreaking Characters

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October 24, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Zadie Smith
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