Timothy Noah 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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Beware of Pity
Stefan Zweig
At the moment I'm reading Stefan Zweig's "Beware of Pity," which is all about emotional blackmail. With that it mind: Follow me on Mastodon or I will weep and bang my head against the wall! @timothy@mas.to https://t.co/OXiceIQR33
Paperback, 2020
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On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake
Sarah Chayes
I enjoyed talking to Sarah Chayes Monday night about her book, "On Corruption in America," just out in paperback. https://t.co/OEwoFgKmJC
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond
Why does the U.S. economy leave the same percentage in poverty as Estonia, with a GDP one-thousandth the size? In the Washington Post, I review new books by “Evicted” author Matthew Desmond (@just_shelter) and Mark Robert Rank. https://t.co/Ed83rIXica
Paperback, 2017
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Unreliable Memoirs
Clive James
@imalexbeamyrnot As you probably know, Clive James titled the first of his, about his very un-literary Tom Sawyerish childhood in a still-wild Australia, “Unreliable Memoirs.” Great book.
Paperback, 2009
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Clyde's
Lynn Nottage
1. The New York Times reports today that Lynn Nottage's play "Clyde's" will livestream 16 performances in January. The piece describes various precedents for televising Broadway shows during their theatrical runs, but it misses the first of these, a 1963 play by my father. https://t.co/2eX6zjfKwy
Paperback, 2024
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The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate
Marjorie Williams
Nearly 18 years after it was published, "The Woman at the Washington Zoo," the first of two posthumous anthologies of Marjorie Williams's writings, remains in print. I just received a royalty payment of not quite $70. Feeling very grateful this book continues to find readers.
Paperback, 2006
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The Octopus: A Story of California: Premium Edition
Frank Norris
What a throwback to be thinking about the global market in wheat. Frank Norris, thou shouldst be living at this hour! “The Octopus” is about the battle between California wheat farmers (wheat was once the state’s principal crop) and the railroads. https://t.co/sqMbD4IqBF
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Couples
John Updike
My own literacy suffered from growing up in a liberal community. How was I to know what to read when my parents wouldn’t tell me what not to? To this day I’ve still never read John Updike’s “Couples” or Terry Southern’s “Candy,” the two dirtiest books on my parents’ shelves. https://t.co/HbS8RGhEo1
Paperback, 1996
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Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America
Barbara Ehrenreich
@jamesnorth7 Part of the insane American idea that losers have problems and winners have challenges. Barbara Ehrenreich wrote a book about this, “Bright-Sided.” (Bad title, great book.)
Paperback, 2010
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The Best and the Brightest
David Halberstam
George Will has a great column (words I don’t often recite) on the legacy of David Halberstam’s “The Best and the Brightest,” published 50 years ago today. The book articulated (and perhaps shaped) forces that warp our politics to this day. https://t.co/wkwJR5Xr4j
Paperback, 1993
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