12bkr Bythebook_ronson's Reading List

The author, most recently, of “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed” used to find stories about children in peril unbearable. But with his son reaching adulthood, he says, “I nowadays find it impossible to read stories in which dogs are in peril.”

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By the Book: 12bkr Bythebook_ronson (2015)

NYT By the Book column (2015-04-09).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins · Buy on Amazon

"The three voice actors are perfect."

What a Carve Up!

Jonathan Coe · Buy on Amazon

"It taught me that there are crazy people up there who make decisions that shape those of us stumbling around down here in ways we barely notice. All my books are, in a sense, my attempt to write a nonfiction What a Carve Up!"

Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic

James Gilligan · Buy on Amazon

"He said something to me that I found profound and important: "All violence is an attempt to replace shame with self-esteem.""

The Assassin's Cloak

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"It includes diary entries from Sofia Tolstoy and Brian Eno and Andy Warhol and Queen Victoria and Joseph Goebbels and Anne Frank and John Wesley and on and on — all these wildly disparate lives butting up against each other."

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