John Podhoretz 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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Editor of Commentary. Columnist, New York Post. Co-Founder of the murdered Weekly Standard. Overuser of the phrase "blithering idiot."
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Jane MayerJohn PodhoretzAnd guess who's not going to care that liberal groups used Dark Money so effectively in 2018? The "dark money" press corps, led by Jane Mayer, who actually just hates conservative donors. https://t.co/wCG3FvWq8e
Paperback, 2017
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Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why America Needs a New Kind of Labor Movement
Thomas GeogheganJohn Podhoretz@ComfortablySmug Only one thing can save us now: VICE
Paperback, 2016
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Free Food for Millionaires
Min Jin LeeJohn PodhoretzMy happiest literary discovery this year was Min Jin Lee, whose two masterful novels, Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires, represent a successful effort to write books in the spirit of Anthony Trollope. Read them.
Paperback, 2022
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The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
Ben ShapiroJohn Podhoretz"The Right Side of History," @benshapiro 's new book, is a brilliant introduction to Western Civilization, with all its glories and its discontents. https://www.amazon.com/Right-Side-History-Reason-Purpose/dp/0062857908/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Hardcover, 2019
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The Shape of Water
Guillermo del ToroJohn PodhoretzGonzalez Inarritu has won two (Birdman, The Revenant). Guillermo del Toro has won two (Pans Labyrinth screenplay and direction of The Shape of Water). Alfonso Cuaron has won two directing (Gravity, Roma), one cinematography. They all got their start on a Mexican horror TV show.
Paperback, 2025
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts 1 & 2, Special Rehearsal Edition Script
Jack ThorneJohn PodhoretzIn the great Amazon mystery ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE, the young actor Anthony Boyle, who was fantastically inventive on Broadway in HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, is similarly spectacular as the tragic Jack. We're going to be seeing this guy for decades.
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Dead Solid Perfect
Dan JenkinsJohn PodhoretzRIP Dan Jenkins, one of the funniest American novelists of our time. LIFE ITS OWNSELF is screamingly hilarious. So is LIMO. So is DEAD SOLID PERFECT. And don't get me started on SEMI TOUGH. These are books so incorrect they can barely be read now.
Paperback, 2000
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Limo
Dan JenkinsJohn PodhoretzRIP Dan Jenkins, one of the funniest American novelists of our time. LIFE ITS OWNSELF is screamingly hilarious. So is LIMO. So is DEAD SOLID PERFECT. And don't get me started on SEMI TOUGH. These are books so incorrect they can barely be read now.
Paperback, 2013
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Semi-Tough
Dan JenkinsJohn PodhoretzRIP Dan Jenkins, one of the funniest American novelists of our time. LIFE ITS OWNSELF is screamingly hilarious. So is LIMO. So is DEAD SOLID PERFECT. And don't get me started on SEMI TOUGH. These are books so incorrect they can barely be read now.
Paperback, 2006
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Ordeal by Innocence
Agatha ChristieJohn PodhoretzFascinating. I just watched Ordeal by Innocence on Amazon and loved it. Turns out the killer was changed from the original Agatha Christie book. Read the plot summary of the book and in fact the change is very much for the better.
Paperback, 2011
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book