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“They stopped speaking to him after he wrote some pretty cruel stuff about my mom in a story published in Esquire in 1975,” says the CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, whose new book, with Katherine Howe, is “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty.” “I wouldn’t want Truman to stay very long though, and he couldn’t have any alcohol. Actually let’s make it Truman circa 1966, not the bloated Truman of 1975.”

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By the Book: Anderson Cooper (2021)

NYT By the Book column (2021-09-16).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Stefano Massini · Buy on Amazon
"I saw the play just before the pandemic began and it was the best play I'd ever seen. The book is a history of Lehman Brothers written entirely in verse. It is completely unexpected and fantastic."
Evelyn Waugh · Buy on Amazon
"I've watched the mini-series many times and it is still so great, so I thought I should finally read the book. I loved it."
Jamie O'Neill · Buy on Amazon
"Not sure no one has heard of it, but I don't think it got the recognition it deserves."
Cover of Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Craig Brown · Buy on Amazon
"It blew me away. It was a completely unique way of writing a biography, and it changed my way of thinking about writing Vanderbilt."
Tina Fey · Buy on Amazon
"I know, it came out in 2011, but I only read it last year. I then read Amy Poehler's book, which was also amazing."
Amy Poehler · Buy on Amazon
"I then read Amy Poehler's book, which was also amazing."
Tim Murphy · Buy on Amazon
"I finished it on a plane and was weeping, I worried someone would think I was having a breakdown."
Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · 2011 · Buy on Amazon
"Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens was a revelation."
Cover of The Magus
John Fowles · Buy on Amazon
"I read it years ago and want to reread it."
Cover of Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead · Buy on Amazon
"I read both The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad and can't wait to read his new work."
Colson Whitehead · Buy on Amazon
"I read both The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad and can't wait to read his new work."

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