John Dickerson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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John Dickerson is a journalist and a reporter for CBS News. Anchor, CBS News Prime Time. Contributor, @CBSSunday. Co-Host, @SlateGabfest Contributor @TheAtlantic. Author, The Hardest Job in the World.

Gratitude
Oliver Sacks
Just sat down and read Oliver Sacks’ Gratitude. I wasn’t intending to have that kind of a Saturday, but now everything feels enormous and tiny in rapid succession.
Hardcover, 2015
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Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders
@MalloryMcMorrow A swim in the pond in the Rain by George Saunders. It encourages engagement of the brain with Russian short stories that offers insight in lots of other aspects of life as well.
Paperback, 2023
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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks
The book's thesis is that while human relations are hard, the skills can be taught, and if people can improve their one-on-one interactions – in listening, in conversation, and in what Brooks calls the "close at hand" – it might have a compounding effect on society.
Hardcover, 2023
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The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob Dylan
The new @bobdylan book The Philosophy of Modern Song makes you want to take notes. I’m only on the third entry. https://t.co/hm3aArRAAM
Hardcover, 2022
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Winesburg, Ohio: Intimate Histories of Everyday People (1922)
Sherwood Anderson
Starting a Sunday with Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio and I feel like I’ve been spun around a few times.
Hardcover, 2010
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Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age
Debby Applegate
Tomorrow on @CBSSunday, the story of The Empress of Crime, Polly Adler, icon of the jazz age and madam to gangsters, politicians, and celebrities from Debby Applegate's new book https://t.co/vn7M8Hg2Le https://t.co/3DsPlcN7Cv
Paperback, 2022
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The Papers of Woodrow Wilson, Volume 69: 1918-1924: Contents and Index, Volumes 53-68
Woodrow Wilson
"A growing cordiality and sense of community of interest among the nations, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good will." -- Woodrow Wilson 1913 SOTU, which started the modern tradition of in-person speeches. 7 months later: World War I broke out. https://t.co/eXvxM8m4SQ
Hardcover, 1994
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Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives
Plutarch
From the introduction to Roman Lives by Plutarch
Paperback, 2009
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Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
Starting a Sunday with Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio and I feel like I’ve been spun around a few times.
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Phone
Will Self
Obviously, the self guided and propelled rolling bag that stays close to its owner through an app on the smart phone will be available shortly, right? Is Elon working on this?
Paperback, 2019
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