Linda Holmes thisislindaholmes.com Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Linda Holmes is an author and host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour. Host, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour. Author, FLYING SOLO (out now!) and NYT Bestseller EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER (now in paperback). IG: lindaholmes97
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed YongLinda Holmes thisislindaholmes.comIn addition to being a great and educational science book, it made me better understand my dog, plus it gave me lessons in empathy in general — the subjectivity of experience — that have had surprising applications throughout my life.
Paperback, 2023
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The Last White Man
Mohsin HamidLinda Holmes thisislindaholmes.comI loved @MauriceRuffin’s WE CAST A SHADOW, and I recently read @jessaminechan’s THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS and Mohsin Hamid’s THE LAST WHITE MAN. They’re all sort of along these lines, and I devoured them all.
Paperback, 2023
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How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
Michael SchurLinda Holmes thisislindaholmes.comMike Schur's book about ethics that grew out of his work as the creator of The Good Place, is informative and funny, but also an example of pop culture's capacity to be a gateway to things beyond itself.
Paperback, 2023
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Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
Michael SchulmanLinda Holmes thisislindaholmes.comOSCAR WARS by @MJSchulman is so very much fun. I knew Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland were sisters and mortal enemies; I didn’t know about J claiming she was considered for Melanie in GWTW but told she wasn’t plain enough, so she recommended her sister.👀👀👀💀💀💀
Paperback, 2024
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Love on the Brain
Ali HazelwoodLinda Holmes thisislindaholmes.comVery much enjoyed Ali Hazelwood’s LOVE ON THE BRAIN, out Tuesday. If you like the idea of a steamy romantic comedy that reveres women in STEM and the people who find them hot, give it a whirl.
Paperback, 2022
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The Dream
H. G. WellsLinda Holmes thisislindaholmes.comA lot of people recommended the podcast THE DREAM to me. Some liked S1, some liked S2. I'm two episodes into S2, and while I'm interested in wellness reporting, I don't think I'm into this host's ... contempt for meditation and so forth. Does it kind of stay on that?
Paperback, 2020
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Devil House
John DarnielleLinda Holmes thisislindaholmes.comDevil House was one of the most fascinating books I read this year, in part because Darnielle — an expansive and creative thinker — shifts its format and its tone as he unspools the story of the aftermath of a brutal crime.
Paperback, 2022
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One Last Stop
Casey McQuistonLinda Holmes thisislindaholmes.comA funny side story about FLYING SOLO: It originally had a longer discussion at one point about whether something was a heist or not. But! Then I read the great @casey_mcquiston’s sparkling discussion of same in their wonderful ONE LAST STOP.
Paperback, 2021
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Notes to Boys: And Other Things I Shouldn't Share in Public
Pamela RibonLinda Holmes thisislindaholmes.comMy friend Pam’s memoir NOTES TO BOYS is the basis for this Oscar-shortlisted animated short, MY YEAR OF DICKS, which she also wrote. It is funny and sweet and I encourage you to watch it. It’s right there on Vimeo! A click away! https://t.co/YfPNBoVJXn
Paperback, 2017
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Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden KeefeLinda Holmes thisislindaholmes.com@bessbell Oh wow it’s my moment to shine, I love audiobooks. I loved AN IMMENSE WORLD from Ed Yong. If you want a love story, I loved BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA. Patrick Radden Keefe’s ROGUES is fun audio. Mike Schur reads HOW TO BE PERFECT with Good Place cast cameos.
Paperback, 2023
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