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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Nov 25, 2017
For those more in the mood for fictitious escapes, an Icelandic mystery or a humorous collection of short stories might do the trick:

Politics plays the leading role in this week’s list of recommendations, starting with Joe Biden’s memoir about his son Beau’s death from brain cancer in 2015:


Catapult: Stories

Catapult: Stories

Emily Fridlund

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"Fridlund writes of families, marriage, and childhood as if our received wisdom--what we thought we...


fiction
The Last Ballad

The Last Ballad

Wiley Cash

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The author of the celebrated bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home returns with this eagerly awaited...


Historical fiction
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes

Adam Rutherford

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This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to...

The Shadow District

The Shadow District

Arnaldur Indridason and Victoria Cribb

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OLD CRIMES, NEW CONSEQUENCES THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled...


mystery crime
President McKinley: Architect of the American Century

President McKinley: Architect of the American Century

Robert W. Merry

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"A deft character study of a president."--The New York Times Book Review "A valuable education on...


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The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
2017 | Action, Comedy
Both lead actors (0 more)
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Amazing chemisty
The chemisty between the two lead actors is unsurpassed. Amazing and humorous throughout. Well worth watching.
  
Confessions of a Prayer Slacker
Confessions of a Prayer Slacker
Diane Moody | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
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4.0 (1 Ratings)
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Whilst I partly liked Moody's humorous approach I found this book too patronizing and the advice too basic to get much out of this book.
  
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James Franco recommended Jesus' Son in Books (curated)

 
Jesus' Son
Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson | 2012 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"A slim book of interconnected stories following a hapless drug addict nicknamed "Fuckhead." Humorous, dark, and moving, with prose that surprises with its drug fueled imagery."

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