Ron Charles Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Ron Charles

Utterly ridiculous and deeply satisfying... Without in any way diminishing the seriousness of the threats we’re facing or the difficulty of restoring moral and political order to the United States, humor remains a powerful weapon to pierce the armor of tyrants and raise the spirits of patriots.

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The plot of his latest book may feel copy-pasted from the risk factors outlined in some hot IPO, but it’s a searching examination of family dynamics and the burdens that no machine will ever lift for us... it presents deep ethical questions about fault and responsibility.

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Prepare to be awed... A mind-blowing reflection on what it means to live on a dying planet... I wasn't prepared for the astonishing resolution that Powers delivers. In the now-vast library of fiction and nonfiction books reminding us of the planet's imperiled condition, I can't think of another novel that treats the Earth's plight with such an expansive and disorienting vision...

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Shteyngart’s new novel, “Vera, or Faith,” tastes at first like a cherry-flavored gumdrop, but it’ll burn a hole in your tongue...But as the comedy seeps out of this story like air from a tire, the novel keeps picking up speed until it’s grinding on its rims.

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Except for one extraordinary scene, everything Newman does takes place within the confines of that grim original story. Somehow, she has stuck her tweezers into Orwell’s bottle and rebuilt the ship pointing the other way.

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Ron Charles

At the opening of Small Things Like These, one immediately senses that Keegan is breathing something vital into the season’s most cherished tales, until, as gently as snow falling, her little book accrues the unmistakable aura of a classic.

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There is, apparently, no statute of limitations on spoilers. Today, a Gentle Reader takes us to task for incidentally revealing the endings of Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” and Leo Tolstoy's “War and Peace.” https://t.co/vDopclahhE

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I haven’t felt quite like this about a book since I was dazzled by Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections... But despite his equally capacious reach, Schaefer is no Franzen wannabe. If anything, he’s looser, confident enough to be sweet... [his] satiric tongue never develops fangs.

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Founded on the same rock of introspection that anchors the Gilead series...Stone Yard Devotional not only stays aloft but soars... A strange sense of engagement with these pages gives way to sheer gratitude for the chance to be in the presence of such restraint and wisdom.

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The year is off to a very good start! Xochitl Gonzalez’s "Olga Dies Dreaming" is terrific. https://t.co/VG5IuNTC0f

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