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June 06, 2019

Q&A: Briallen Hopper Talks About the Many Kinds of Love, Romantic and Otherwise

June 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Briallen Hopper Talks About the Many Kinds of Love, Romantic and Otherwise

A Collection of Funny, Wry, Unflinchingly Honest Essays About How People Connect

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June 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Love, Friendship, Essay Collections
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 29, 2019

Q&A: Journalist David Maraniss on His Memoir About His Father and the Red Scare

May 29, 2019/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Journalist David Maraniss on His Memoir About His Father and the Red Scare

A Leading Biographer of Clinton and Obama, Among Others, Turns His Gaze Closer to Home

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May 29, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
McCarthyism, Fathers
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
May 24, 2019

REVIEW: A Very Timely History of Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

May 24, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Very Timely History of Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

Brenda Wineapple’s New Book is One that Nancy Pelosi Might Want to Have on Her Nightstand

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May 24, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Andrew Johnson, Impeachment, Reconstruction
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 20, 2019

LIST: Bill Gates Has Just Revealed His 5 Book Recommendations for This Summer

May 20, 2019/ Adam Cohen
LIST: Bill Gates Has Just Revealed His 5 Book Recommendations for This Summer

It Includes a Look at the Future of Capitalism and, More Surprisingly, a Journalist’s Exploration of Blood

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May 20, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
List
Bill Gates, Recommended Reading, Best Books
May 16, 2019

REVIEW: The Book Harper Lee Didn't Write: A Wild Southern Gothic Tale of a Murderous Minister

May 16, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: The Book Harper Lee Didn't Write: A Wild Southern Gothic Tale of a Murderous Minister

A Fascinating Look at the ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Author’s Struggle to Tell an Elusive Story

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May 16, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Harper Lee, Alabama, True Crime
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
May 01, 2019

ESSAY: An Author Wonders: Why Does Everyone Think My Protagonist is Me?

May 01, 2019/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: An Author Wonders: Why Does Everyone Think My Protagonist is Me?

What Part of “It is a Novel” Do People Not Understand?

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May 01, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay
Novels, Protagonists, Iraq
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 25, 2019

REVIEW: A True Story of Murder and Mystery in Northern Ireland, Amid the 'Troubles'

April 25, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A True Story of Murder and Mystery in Northern Ireland, Amid the 'Troubles'

New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe Weaves a Rich Tale with Few Heroes

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April 25, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Northern Ireland, Belfast, Kidnapping
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 18, 2019

REVIEW: An Acclaimed Novel Looks at Irish University Students Figuring Out Life

April 18, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: An Acclaimed Novel Looks at Irish University Students Figuring Out Life

Her Latest Book Confirms that Sally Rooney is a Keen-Eyed Observer of a New Generation

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April 18, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Ireland, University Students, Irish Fiction
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 11, 2019

REVIEW: Robert Caro, Pre-Eminent Biographer, Tells Us How He Does What He Does

April 11, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Robert Caro, Pre-Eminent Biographer, Tells Us How He Does What He Does

On Researching, Writing, and Coming to Terms with His Great Subject: Power

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April 11, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Robert Caro, Biography, Writing Techniques
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 04, 2019

READ THIS: Trump Cheats at Golf, a Legendary Sportswriter Says -- and Yes, It Matters

April 04, 2019/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: Trump Cheats at Golf, a Legendary Sportswriter Says -- and Yes, It Matters

Rick Reilly Takes a Close, Often Hilarious, Look at Our ‘Commander in Cheat’

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April 04, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Golf, Sportsmanship, Cheating
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