The Age of Eisenhower by William I. Hitchcock

I loved this so much.

Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen

I find Anna Quindlen to be hit or miss; this one was a miss.

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The Myth of Race by Robert Sussman

Fascinating, by which I mean depressing.

This Book Is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson

Really interesting.

Extreme Cities by Ashley Dawson

Interesting data, but weighed down by theory.

Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King

Fascinating.

The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian

Very strong, an enjoyable read, with a slightly weak ending.

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The Age of Reagan by Sean Wilentz

I really, really enjoyed this.

A Taste for the Beautiful by Michael Ryan

Very interesting.

Katharina and Martin Luther by Michelle DeRusha

Interesting.

Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt

More interesting than I expected.

Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker

I found this fascinating, largely because I agreed with most of it but aggressively disagreed with parts of it.

This Narrow Space by Elisha Waldman

Very interesting.

Zero Day by Ezekiel Boone

Yes, it is a spider apocalypse. With nuclear weapons. And a coup. And I loved it.

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Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr

Fun views of Rome, depressing views of babies, and very well written.

Hitler's American Model by James Q. Whitman

Fascinating, by which I mean depressing.

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

On the one hand, this was really engaging. On the other hand, the plot was over the top.

How We Eat with Our Eyes and Think with Our Stomach by Melanie Muhl

Interesting.

Counting Backwards by Henry Jay Przybylo

Very interesting book.

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari

Extremely thought-provoking.

Communist Daze by Vladimir A. Tsesis

Super interesting.

Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella

Kinsella is my favorite mind-candy read next to Liane Moriarty. This book was great fun.

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Annoying by Joe Palca

This was so interesting.

The American Plate by Libby O'Connell

If you have had no exposure to food history, this might be interesting, but if you have done some reading already, there won't be much new here.

When by Daniel H. Pink

Super-interesting.

American War by Omar El Akkad

Very, very well done.

The Power by Naomi Alderman

This was amazing.

Island Practice by Pam Belluck

Very interesting.

The Art of Flavor by Daniel Patterson and Mandy Aftel

meh

The Alice Behind Wonderland by Simon Winchester

Decent.

The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani

I have no idea why people are raving over this book. It is mediocre at best.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

So they blurb this book as if it were a chick-lit rom-com a la Sophie Kinsella, but it . . . is not. It's good, but the fact that it used the same device as another book I read recently kind of took the punch out of it for me.

Privilege by Shamus Khan

Decent.

Need to Know by Karen Cleveland

I thought this was great fun.

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Moral Combat by R. Marie Griffith

Very interesting.

The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn

Solid, but not quite up to all of the hype about it.

Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna

This was surprisingly good for genre fiction.

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The Good Widow by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke

Kind of ridiculous, but also kind of entertaining.

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Happiness for Humans by P. Z. Reizin

If I said "rom-com with AI as Greek gods," you'd probably think that was stupid. But this: this is one of my favorite books every.

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What She Ate by Laura Shapiro

I really enjoyed this.

Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky

Solid, but (1) this really could have used a good editor, and (2) it doesn't quite live up to the hype, and (3) if you read a lot of social science, a lot of this won't be new to you.

Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak

Decent.

Lady Bird and Lyndon by Betty Boyd Caroli

I really, really enjoyed this.

Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict

I normally love books that can be described as "like reading Downton Abbey," but I think the genre of "we're going to focus on a woman peripheral to a famous person and show how she changed history" has been overdone.

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The Rooster Bar by John Grisham

This was less formulaic than expected in that the main characters were not just underdogs but also jerks. I enjoyed reading it.

The Journal of Best Practices by David Finch

Hilarious . . . and hit pretty close to home.

The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth

Fascinating, and I loved the local color.

Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Quite interesting.

Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright

Very, very interesting.

Plutopia by Kate Brown

Very interesting.