Tunku Varadarajan 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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Tunku Varadarajan is a journalist. AEI Fellow/ Classical Liberal Inst@NYU Law/Center on Capitalism & Society@Columbia/ WSJ writer/Cricket fan. Father. Fogey/Madridista/Anti-Hindutva
Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing
Max HolleranTunku VaradarajanMove over NIMBYs. Let's applaud "Yimby—or Yes in My Back Yard—a pro-growth movement that may be our best hope for making coastal America more affordable." Edward Glaeser reviews “Yes to the City” by Max Holleran https://t.co/5fPoetVWz5 via @WSJBooks
Paperback, 2024
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents--And What They Mean for America's Future
Jean M. TwengeTunku VaradarajanMatthew Hennessey reviews “Generations” by Jean M. Twenge https://t.co/CrT85Q79mN via @WSJBooks
Hardcover, 2023
$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lion House: The Coming of a King
Christopher de BellaigueTunku VaradarajanI can't recall another occasion when I had so much pleasure in the reading and reviewing of a book... ~~~ The Lion House, by Christopher de Bellaigue. https://t.co/ZaNQ0UIxZp via @WSJ
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David GraeberTunku VaradarajanThe book was 10 years in the writing and is every bit as dense and passionate as you’d expect from a decade-long labor of love—conceived by two learned and mischievous men.
Paperback, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--The Truth and the Turmoil
Tina BrownTunku Varadarajan"If the Windsors have weathered a cavalcade of misfortunes and scandals, credit their determined family manager: the Queen." A review of @TinaBrownLM's "The Palace Papers," by Anna Mundow, whose writing is as juicy as the book she's reviewing. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-palace-papers-book-review-royal-reality-show-windsors-queen-tina-brown-11650636939?st=1jv0c4g1u4e0c2e&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter @WSJBooks
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
Hana VideenTunku VaradarajanHenry Hitchings reviews “The Wordhord” by Hana Videen https://t.co/tnfg1vZyOO via @WSJ
Paperback, 2023
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mr. President
Miguel Ángel AsturiasTunku VaradarajanWhy haven't more people heard of the "inventor" of Magical Realism: the Guatemalan Miguel Ángel Asturias? https://t.co/ZdXKj9V3i2 via @nybooks
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom
Ramachandra GuhaTunku VaradarajanObservations made in 1945 by Philip Spratt, an Englishman married to an Indian woman, with whom he lived in Madras. Not much has changed, I think. (From Rebels Against the Raj, by Ramachandra Guha) https://t.co/j4ItFoSSk3
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution
Louise PerryTunku VaradarajanThe Case Against the Sexual Revolution, by Louise Perry. Review – "a potent, plain-speaking womanifesto" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/06/the-case-against-the-sexual-revolution-by-louise-perry-review-an-act-of-insurrection-a-new-guide-to-sex-in-the-21st-century?CMP=share_btn_tw
Paperback, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955
Ronald H. SpectorTunku VaradarajanAs Europe began to restore itself after 1945, Asia was consumed by civil war and fierce insurgencies, writes Ronald H. Spector, whose book ("A Continent Erupts") I review here. https://t.co/BsX4JvNbt0 via @WSJBooks
Paperback, 2023
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book