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August 31, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Presidents vs. the Press, the Complexities of Homeownership, and More

August 31, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Presidents vs. the Press, the Complexities of Homeownership, and More

And a Memoir About the Decline of Rural Maine’s ‘Vacationland’

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August 31, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
The Media, Homeownership, Maine
August 17, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: When Coal Mining Kills, the Untold Story of the Middle Class, and More

August 17, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: When Coal Mining Kills, the Untold Story of the Middle Class, and More

And the Story of Two Influential and Colorful Jewish Trading Families in 19th Century China

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August 17, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Coal Mining, The Middle Class, Jews in China
August 10, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: America's Racial Caste System, Jeffrey Toobin on Trump, and More

August 10, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: America's Racial Caste System, Jeffrey Toobin on Trump, and More

And a Smart and Witty History of the Miss America Pageant

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August 10, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Caste, Racism, Miss America
July 27, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Justice in the Jim Crow South, a Poet's Tragic Memoir, and More

July 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Justice in the Jim Crow South, a Poet's Tragic Memoir, and More

And Untold Stories From a Louisiana Home for Lepers

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July 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Civil Rights, Supreme Court, 19th Century Japan
July 23, 2020

REVIEW: Jane Austen's Novels, Read Through a Prism of Motherhood and Mourning

July 23, 2020/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Jane Austen's Novels, Read Through a Prism of Motherhood and Mourning

Rachel Cohen’s Literary Analysis-Memoir Is Brimming With Insight About a Beloved Author

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July 23, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Jane Austen, Motherhood, Literary Criticism
July 20, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: What Can We Do About Overincarceration?, a Great American Conman, and More

July 20, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: What Can We Do About Overincarceration?, a Great American Conman, and More

And Director Oliver Stone Looks Back on a Wild Career

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July 20, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Mass Incarceration, Con Men, Oliver Stone
July 13, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Mary Trump on Her Family's "Dark History," James Baldwin, and More

July 13, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Mary Trump on Her Family's "Dark History," James Baldwin, and More

And Journalist Diane Cardwell’s Memoir of Taking Up the Surfing Life Post-Divorce

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July 13, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Trump Family, James Baldwin, Surfing
July 06, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Sexual Assault at Prep School, Separating Immigrant Families, and More

July 06, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Sexual Assault at Prep School, Separating Immigrant Families, and More

And How Hot Springs, Arkansas Became America’s Capital of Vice

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July 06, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Prep School, Immigrant Family Separation, Hot Springs
June 29, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: How Russia Rigs Elections, Evangelicals and Politics, and More

June 29, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How Russia Rigs Elections, Evangelicals and Politics, and More

And J. Courtney Sullivan’s New Novel Looks at Motherhood, Economic Class, and Campus Politics

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June 29, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Russian Election Interference, Evangelicals, Liberia
June 22, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Bolton Speaks Out About Trump, Why the Black Kids Sit Apart, and More

June 22, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Bolton Speaks Out About Trump, Why the Black Kids Sit Apart, and More

And John Dickerson on What’s Wrong with the Office of President — the ‘Hardest Job in the World’

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June 22, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
5 Hot Books
John Bolton, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Don Siegelman
June 16, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: The Real Melania Trump, How to Fix Our Democracy, and More

June 16, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Real Melania Trump, How to Fix Our Democracy, and More

And a Deep Look at Migration — of People, Birds, and Other Movers — and its Impact on the World

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June 16, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Melania Trump, Democracy, Migration
June 08, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Stacey Abrams on Fighting for a Fair America, an Anti-Nazi Spy, and More

June 08, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Stacey Abrams on Fighting for a Fair America, an Anti-Nazi Spy, and More

And an Admiring Biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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June 08, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Stacy Abrams, Anti-Nazi Espionage, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
June 01, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: A Tale of Two African Refugees, the LGBTQ Struggle, and More

June 01, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Tale of Two African Refugees, the LGBTQ Struggle, and More

And Brit Bennett’s Los-Angeles Based Novel, which Includes a Black Character Trying to Pass as White

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June 01, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Refugees, Gay Rights, LGBTQ History
May 26, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: How Do We Recover from Trump?, John Maynard Keynes, and More

May 26, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How Do We Recover from Trump?, John Maynard Keynes, and More

And a History of American Immigration, 1924-1965

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May 26, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
John Maynard Keynes, Immigration, Turkey in Fiction
May 18, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: America's Surveillance State, Novelizing Hillary Clinton's Life, and More

May 18, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: America's Surveillance State, Novelizing Hillary Clinton's Life, and More

And the Story of a Girl Scout Troop Started in a Big City Homeless Shelter

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May 18, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Government Surveillance, Hillary Clinton, Girl Scouts
May 14, 2020

REVIEW: Who Won the Civil War? Two New Books Argue that the South Did

May 14, 2020/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Who Won the Civil War? Two New Books Argue that the South Did

Since its Surrender, the Confederacy’s Values Have Been Ascendant — through the Republican Party

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May 14, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Civil War, Civil Rights, Republican Party
May 11, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: A New Scott Turow Thriller, How Not to Crush the Middle Class, and More

May 11, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A New Scott Turow Thriller, How Not to Crush the Middle Class, and More

And a Timely Book on How Society Should Combat Loneliness

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May 11, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Scott Turow, Economic Inequality, Loneliness
May 04, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Understanding Henry Kissinger, the Rise of Nancy Pelosi, and More

May 04, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Understanding Henry Kissinger, the Rise of Nancy Pelosi, and More

And What’s the Matter with St. Louis?

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May 04, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Henry Kissinger, Nancy Pelosi, St. Louis
April 27, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: A Big Novel about . . . a Pandemic, a Family Beset by Schizophrenia, and More

April 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Big Novel about . . . a Pandemic, a Family Beset by Schizophrenia, and More

And a Look at all of the New Women in Congress (Including the Non-‘Squad’ Ones)

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April 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Pandemics, Schizophrenia, Women in Congress
April 20, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: How Trump is Destroying America, a Life with 7 Dogs, and More

April 20, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How Trump is Destroying America, a Life with 7 Dogs, and More

And Baltimore Wrestling with Freddie Gray’s Death in Police Custody

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April 20, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Sarah Kendzior, Dogs, Freddie Gray
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