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Roxane Gay recommended The Age of Innocence in Books (curated)

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton | 1920 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance

6.5

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"This is such an elegant novel. I love how Wharton finely details the lives of the New York wealthy, their intrigues, the ways they interact, the ways they indulge and deny themselves. And at the heart of it, passionate, unrequited love, and the quieter, more reserved love borne of duty. I’ll always love this book."

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Alison Bechdel recommended Martin Bauman: Or, A Sure Thing in Books (curated)

"I love this book almost as much as I hate it. Martin, a thinly disguised version of Leavitt himself, describes the “brat pack” of young writers he was a part of in the New York literary scene of the mid-1980s. It’s sort of like watching a train wreck, fascinating and horrifying at once."

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John Lithgow recommended A Bright Shining Lie in Books (curated)

A Bright Shining Lie

Neil Sheehan | 1998 | Biography, History & Politics

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"This is the most gripping book I’ve read about the Vietnam War, written by a New York Times journalist who, along with David Halberstam, was one of the best on-the-ground chroniclers of that chapter in our history. And because it focuses on one single, indelible character, it reads like a great novel."

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