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4/261929Sorkin2025NYPL ebook
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4/26DeterminedSapolsky
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3/26Bronze Age MindsetPervert
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3/26The Sex Lives of CannibalsTroost2004Non-fictionA very western couple lives for two years in Kiribati. Hilarity ensues. No sex thoughNYPL ebook44.0
Funny, irreverant, acerbic humor, cruel, did I say acerbic humor, reality hurts.
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2/26Possesion: A RomanceByatt1990FictionAcademics research the previously unknown love between famous fictional poets Ash and LaMotte. Kindle ebook
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1/26WaitingHa1999FictionChinese doctor wastes decades waiting to be granted a divorce.Paperback
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12/25I Deliver Parcels in BeijingHu2024MemoirHow China's gig economy helped the author launch his writing career, with hard work as the star.Hardcover
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12/25A Mind at PlaySoni2017BiographyThe life of Claude Shannon, the American genius from Gaylord, MI who gave us bits and the digital universe.NYPL audiobook
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11/2510:04Lerner2014FictionA Brooklyn writer faces illness and creative uncertainty as he navigates friendship and time.NYPL audiobook44.0
What it's like to be a neurotic and successful NYC writer.
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10/25Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the DeadTokarczuk2009FictionOdd rural Polish woman investigates animal-linked murders, blurring lines between justice, nature, and revenge.NYPL ebook
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9/25HousekeepingRobinson1980FictionTwo sisters raised by eccentric relatives in a remote Idaho town face loss, transience, and the pull of freedom.Paperback
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9/25The Spell of the SensuousAbram1997Non-fictionPerception and Language in a More-Than-Human World wracked by environmental destruction.NYPL ebook
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8/25Emptiness: A Practical Guide for MeditatorsArmstrong2018Non-fictionAn insightful guide to an important, subtle, and difficult topic in Buddhism.
Bookshop ebook
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7/25North WoodsMason2024FictionA Western Massachusetts house and the lives in and around it across centuries.Hardcover (Alex)
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6/25This is How You Lose the Time WarEk-Mohtar2019Sci-fiRival agents from warring futures fall in love through letters, defying fate, time, and their orders.NYPL Audio
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Chokepoints: American power in the age of economic warfare
Fishman2024Non-fictionThe US can wield power not only by military force, but by controlling critical nodes in the global economy
Bookshop ebook
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Running the Books: Adventures of an accidental prison librarian
Steinberg2010MemoirHarvard grad slums it as prison librarian for a while, see the good in everyone.NYPL Audio
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5/25The Future is HistoryGessen2017Non-fictionHow Russia re-embraced totalitarianism, succumbed to Putin, and lost perhaps their only chance at democracy.Audio
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5/25Benedict Arnold: Patriot and TraitorRandall1991BiographyComprehensive biography examines his transformation from war hero to America's most infamous traitorPaperback
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4/25Champlain's DreamFischer2009BiographyHe was the founder of New France, and had a vision of a peaceful, multicultural colony in North America.Apple ebook
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4/25The Perrenial PhilosophyHuxley1945Non-fictionUniversal truths are shared by major religions; divine reality and the soul’s journey toward unity with it.NYPL ebook
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3/25How to Love a ForestTapper2024Non-fictionCare for forests by understanding them, supporting natural processes, and valuing all their wild complexity.Kindle ebook
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3/25The Age of InnocenceWharton1920FictionWealthy New York lawyer struggles between duty and desire as he chooses societal expectations over true love.Audio
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3/251453: The Holy War for Constantinople Crowley2005Non-fictionMehmet II vs Constantine XI - guess who won?Kindle ebook
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2/25The Metaphysical ClubMenand2001Non-fictionThe intellectual and philosophical work of O.W. Holmes, Wm James, CS Peirce, and John Dewey and friendsAudio
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2/25The Death of Ivan IlyichTolstoy1886FictionThe consequences of living without meaning, and maybe what a good death might be.Audio
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1/25The Art ThiefFinkel2023Non-fictionThe true story of the love, crime, and obsession of art thief Stephane Breitwieser.Paperback
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1/25Weep, Shudder, DieGioia2024Non-fictionIdosyncratic book about the etravagant and alluring art of opera.Kindle ebook
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12/24Slaughterhouse FiveVonnegut1969FictionBilly Pilgrim becomes unstuck in time after surviving the fire-bombing of Dresden. So it goes.NYPL ebook
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12/24The House of MirthWharton1905FictionThe trials of Lily Bart, born beautiful but without means. Great ~8 hour audiobook made a drive to NYC vanish.Audio
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11/24In the Shadow of DenaliWaterman2009Non-fictionLife and death on the tallest mountain in North America.Paperback
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11/24Death and the PenguinKurkov2011FictionPolitical satire. In Ukraine. With a penguin. Or not.NYPL ebook
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11/24Demon CopperheadKingsolver2022FictionModern-day David Copperfield in Appalachia, plus bonus oxycodone.NYPL ebook
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10/24The New York TrilogyAuster1987FictionThree intertwined mysteries about NYC detectives and their cases.NYPL ebook
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10/24Rise and Kill FirstBergman2018Non-fictionHistory of Israel's targeted assassination programs.NYPL ebook
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10/24HorseBrooks2022FictionA great civil-war era racehorse, his trainer, and the reseachers who discover their stories.Paperback
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9/24Life & Times of Michael KCoetzee1983FictionSimple man trying to live simply in complicated, war-torn South Africa.NYPL ebook
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9/24DisgraceCoetzee1999FictionDisgraced professor moves to his daughter's house where bad things happen.NYPL ebook
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9/24BaumgartnerAuster2023FictionAuthor and academic searches for meaning after his wife's death by drowning.NYPL ebook
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9/24Embracing DefeatDower1999Non-fictionHow Japan reckoned with its loss in WWII, more socially than economically.Kindle ebook
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The Templars: The legend and legacy of the warriors of god
Torr2017Non-fictionReligious knights that came to power in the 1st crusade but fell afterwards because heresy.Audio
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8/24A Distant MirrorTuchman1978Non-fictionThe calamitous 14th century. NYPL ebook
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8/24MiddlemarchEliot1872FictionListened to it on a cross-country drive. Should have concentrated on the drive.Audio
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8/24The SelloutBeatty2015FictionSatire and social commentary on race that I found heavy-handed and not funny enough to finish.NYPL ebook
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8/24WarJunger2010Non-fictionGritty and gripping report on a brutal US position in the Afghan war, source for the movie Restrepo.Paperback
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8/24Here and NowAuster2013Non-fictionPleasant and literate correspondence between two great authors.Kindle ebook
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7/24LessGreer2017FictionPulitzer-winning send-up of a semi-successful gay writer who runs but can't hide from his ex's wedding.Kindle ebook
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7/24Just MercyStevenson2014Non-fictionThe author's career defending mostly poor and disavantaged clients, largely death penalty, in the South.Paperback
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6/24Quick FixesFong2023Non-fictionWhy do Americans take so many drugs, of so many kinds?Paperback
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6/24CodKurlansky1997Non-fictionChronicles the history and impact of the cod fish on global economies and cultures.Paperback
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5/24The Darkest WhiteBlehm2024BiographyBiography and final harrowing adventures of snowboarding legend Craig Kelly, who died in a BC avalanche.Hardcover
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4/24The Guns of AugustTuchman1962Non-fictionDetails the events leading up to World War I and its first month of battles.Paperback
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4/24The Nazi Seizure of PowerAllen1965Non-fictionExamines how Nazis gained control in a German town during the 1930s.
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3/24The Loved OneWaugh1948FictionA satirical novel about the funeral industry in Los Angeles.
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3/24The War BelowScott2013Non-fictionThe story of three USN submarines that battled Japan in WWII.
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3/24A Land So StrangeResendez2007Non-fictionChronicles a 16th-century Spanish expedition's survival in North America.Paperback
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3/24Good Morning MidnightBrown2004FictionLife and times of Guy Waterman - conscience of the Northeast US mountains and troubled soul.Hardcover
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2/24Lucky JimAmis1954FictionA comedic tale of a disenchanted university lecturer navigating academic life.Audio
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2/24A Short History of Tractors in UkranianLewycka2005FictionA humorous family saga involving two sisters and their father's marriage to a younger woman.Paperback
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1/24GileadRobinson2004FictionA dying preacher reflects on his life and legacy in a letter to his young son.Paperback
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1/24Why Buddhism is TrueWright2017Non-fictionExplores the psychological benefits of Buddhist practices and philosophy.Paperback
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12/23The Catcher in the RyeSalinger1951FictionFollows Holden Caulfield's journey through New York City after being expelled from school.Paperback
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11/23A Woman of No Importance Purnell2019Non-fictionChronicles the life of Virginia Hall, an American spy in World War II.
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11/23The Barbarians are ComingLouie2000FictionA portrait of the Chinese/American experience centered on Sterling Lung, a man caught between two worlds.Paperback
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10/23The Eight MountainsCognetti2016FictionTheir different paths – Bruno’s in the mountains, Pietro’s across the world – test the strength of their connection.Paperback
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10/23Beneath a Scarlet Sky Sullivan2017FictionA novel based on the true story of a young Italian's efforts to save Jews during WWII.Paperback
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10/23YellowfaceKuang2023FictionJune steals Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work, fakes a backstory, and almost wins.
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9/23The WEIRDest people in the WorldHenrich2020Non-fictionExplores how Western societies became psychologically peculiar and prosperous.
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9/23An Immense WorldYong2022Non-fictionWe think we know what the world is "like" - but our experience is uniquely human, and animals' are unique too.
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8/23What the Buddha TaughtRahula1959Non-fictionAn introduction to the fundamental teachings of Buddhism.Paperback
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8/23Gulliver's TravelsSwift1726FictionSatirical adventures of Lemuel Gulliver to various fantastical lands.
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7/23Liberation DaySaunders2022FictionGreat short stories from the best Short Story Writer in English.
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7/23Interior ChinatownYu2020FictionA satirical novel about an Asian American actor trapped in stereotypical roles.
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6/23The Sun Also RisesHemingway1926FictionFollows expatriates in 1920s Europe seeking meaning after World War I.
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6/23The Baileys' VisitorRosenstein1984PlayOne-act play by my friend Ira. Fun and a bit outrageous.
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6/23Crossing to SafetyStegner1987FictionChronicles the lifelong friendship of two academic couples.
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6/23News of the WorldJiles2016FictionAn aging news reader escorts a rescued girl across post-Civil War Texas.
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5/23For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemingway1940FictionA tale of love and war during the Spanish Civil War.
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5/23The WagerGrann2023Non-fictionTale of an 18th-century British shipwreck and the moral, physical, and political trials faced by its survivors.
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4/23The Will to BelieveJames1897Non-fictionPhilosophical essays defending the right to adopt a believing attitude in religious matters.
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4/23Testament of MaryToibin2012FictionA retelling of the life of Mary, mother of Jesus, from her perspective.Paperback
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3/23Fresh water for flowersPerrin2018FictionPoignant story of a cemetery caretaker whose quiet life gets complicated.
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2/23In the footsteps of Mr KurtzWrong2001Non-fictionThe history of the Congo/Zaire/DRC but mostly about Mobutu Sese Seko.
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1/23CandideVoltaire1759FictionA satirical novel following Candide's disillusioning adventures across the world.
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11/22The Man in the High CastleDick1962FictionAn alternate history where the Axis powers won World War II and divided the U.S.
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11/22An Edible History of HumanityStandage2009Non-fictionExplores how food has shaped human history and civilizations.Paperback
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10/22Burning boyAuster2021BiographyGreat biography of Stephen Crane
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9/22The Strangest ManFarmelo2009BiographyBiography of Paul Dirac with good treatment of his contributions to quantum theory and physics.
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8/22The state of mind called beautifulPandita2017Non-fictionAdvice and directions for meditation and life according to Pandita's method and philosophy.
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7/22Brothers KaramazovDostoevsky1880FictionA philosophical novel exploring faith, doubt, and morality through a family's story.
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6/22You should have leftKehlmann2016FictionA writer's retreat in the mountains turns eerie as reality blurs.
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6/22The power and the gloryGreene1940FictionA 'whisky priest' evades capture in anti-Catholic Mexico.
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6/22The perfect Golden CircleMeyers2022FictionAn odd-couple friendship yeilds crop circles in the English countryside.
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4/22The OverstoryPowers2018FictionInterwoven stories of people connected by their deep relationships with trees.
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3/22Lake SuccessShteyngart2018FictionA hedge fund manager embarks on a cross-country bus trip to find his college girlfriend.
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3/22Our Country FriendsShteyngart2021FictionGroup of friends isolating in an estate during the pandemic, where old tensions and new revelations explode.Audio
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3/22The Lincoln HighwayTowles2021FictionFour young men on a 1950s road trip filled with unexpected detours
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2/22All the light we cannot seeDoerr2014FictionParallel stories of a blind French girl and a German boy during WWII.Audio
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2/22The VegetarianHan2015FictionA woman in South Korea decides to stop eating meat, leading to personal and familial turmoil.